Texas Legislature
Bills Coauthored
Number of Bills: 52
Author:
Berman | McReynolds | Flynn | Goolsby | Naishtat
Coauthor:
Bohac | Cook, Robby | Crabb | Creighton | Delisi | et al.
Sponsor:
Deuell
Last Action:
05/04/2007 E Effective on adoption of const. amendment
Caption:
Relating to providing for a reduction of the limitation on the total amount of ad valorem taxes that may be imposed by a school district on the residence homesteads of the elderly or disabled to reflect any reduction in the school district's tax rate and protecting a school district against any resulting loss in local revenue.
Author:
Hilderbran | Keffer, Jim | Dukes | Cook, Byron
Coauthor:
Allen, Alma | Alonzo | Anchia | Anderson | Aycock | et al.
Last Action:
04/19/2007 H Considered in Calendars
Caption:
Relating to the allocation and use of the sporting goods sales tax revenue to fund state and local parks.
Author:
Crownover | King, Phil | Woolley | Hamilton | Escobar
Coauthor:
Allen, Alma | Anchia | Aycock | Berman | Bolton | et al.
Sponsor:
Ellis
Last Action:
05/23/2007 S Placed on intent calendar
Caption:
Relating to the elimination of smoking in certain workplaces and public places; providing penalties.
Author:
Hilderbran | Guillen | Chisum | Turner | Cook, Byron
Coauthor:
Allen, Alma | Alonzo | Anderson | Aycock | Berman | et al.
Sponsor:
Estes
Last Action:
06/15/2007 E See remarks for effective date
Caption:
Relating to parks, wildlife, hunting, and historic sites; the funding, powers, and duties of the Parks and Wildlife Department, the Parks and Wildlife Commission, and the Texas Historical Commission; and standards for certain state law enforcement officers; providing a criminal penalty.
Author:
Keffer, Jim | Rose | Delisi | Morrison | Thompson
Coauthor:
Allen, Alma | Alonzo | Anchia | Aycock | Bailey | et al.
Sponsor:
Nelson
Last Action:
06/13/2007 E Effective on adoption of const. amendment
Caption:
Relating to reorganizing certain state institutions that provide financing for cancer research, including creating the Cancer Prevention and Research Institute of Texas, and information about certain cancer treatments; granting authority to issue bonds.
Author:
Corte, Frank
Coauthor:
Miles
Last Action:
01/29/2007 H Referred to Land & Resource Management
Caption:
Relating to certain municipal development programs involving areas having characteristics of blight or a slum.
Author:
Corte, Frank
Coauthor:
Miles
Last Action:
01/29/2007 H Referred to Licensing & Admin. Procedures
Caption:
Relating to punishment for the sale of an alcoholic beverage to a minor.
Author:
Chavez | Hilderbran | Strama | Dukes | Giddings
Coauthor:
Harless | Leibowitz | Miles | Vaught
Sponsor:
Deuell
Last Action:
06/15/2007 E Effective on 9/1/07
Caption:
Relating to the advertising, promoting, and conducting of certain live musical performances; providing a civil penalty.
Author:
Branch
Coauthor:
Miles
Last Action:
01/29/2007 H Referred to Business & Industry
Caption:
Relating to acquisition of personal information in a business record through fraudulent means.
Author:
Turner | Davis, John | Dukes | England | Pena
Coauthor:
Allen, Alma | Alonzo | Anchia | Bailey | Bohac | et al.
Sponsor:
Averitt | Van de Putte
Last Action:
06/15/2007 E Effective immediately
Caption:
Relating to eligibility for and information regarding the child health plan program.
Author:
Brown, Fred | Homer
Coauthor:
Leibowitz | Lucio III | McClendon | Miles
Last Action:
04/26/2007 H Considered in Calendars
Caption:
Relating to the securing of a child passenger in a motor vehicle.
Author:
Villarreal
Coauthor:
Farias | Howard, Donna | Lucio III | Miles | Olivo | et al.
Last Action:
03/07/2007 H Withdrawn from schedule
Caption:
Relating to disclosure and use of sales price information for ad valorem tax purposes.
Author:
Hochberg | Anchia | Menendez | Bohac
Coauthor:
Miles | Miller | Quintanilla | Villarreal
Sponsor:
Ellis
Last Action:
05/17/2007 S Left pending in committee
Caption:
Relating to discipline in public schools, including gang-related activity in and around public schools; providing a criminal penalty.
Author:
Hochberg | Branch | Ortiz, Jr.
Coauthor:
Miles | Straus
Sponsor:
Van de Putte
Last Action:
06/15/2007 E Effective immediately
Caption:
Relating to the adoption of textbooks and the use of credits for textbooks or other instructional materials in a school district or open-enrollment charter school.
Author:
Vo | Hochberg
Coauthor:
Allen, Alma | Anchia | Martinez, "Mando" | Miles | Noriega, Rick | et al.
Last Action:
01/30/2007 H Referred to Public Education
Caption:
Relating to the availability of automated external defibrillators at certain public school campuses and events.
Author:
Alonzo | Anchia
Coauthor:
Allen, Alma | Burnam | Cohen | Coleman | Farrar | et al.
Last Action:
03/26/2007 H Left pending in committee
Caption:
Relating to prohibition of certain insurance discrimination.
Author:
Herrero | Corte, Frank | Escobar | Hilderbran | Turner
Coauthor:
Allen, Alma | Alonzo | Anchia | Anderson | Bailey | et al.
Last Action:
05/02/2007 H Considered in Calendars
Caption:
Relating to a consumer debt owed by certain military personnel called to active duty.
Author:
Turner | Bonnen | Giddings | Bohac | Homer
Coauthor:
Allen, Alma | Anchia | Anderson | Bailey | Brown, Fred | et al.
Last Action:
05/01/2007 S Referred to Finance
Caption:
Relating to the system benefit fund and to eligibility for and enrollment for benefits provided under the system benefit fund programs.
Author:
Quintanilla | Patrick
Coauthor:
Farias | Miles
Last Action:
05/07/2007 S Referred to Transportation & Homeland Sec.
Caption:
Relating to specialty license plates benefiting the classroom supply reimbursement program.
Author:
Van Arsdale | Flynn | Rose | Giddings | McClendon
Coauthor:
Allen, Alma | Alonzo | Anchia | Aycock | Bailey | et al.
Last Action:
02/06/2007 H Referred to Pensions and Investments
Caption:
Relating to prohibiting the investment of state funds in certain private business entities doing business in Sudan.
Author:
Dukes | Gattis | Rose
Coauthor:
Miles
Last Action:
03/26/2007 H Left pending in committee
Caption:
Relating to the office of inspector general.
Author:
Hochberg
Coauthor:
Miles
Sponsor:
Duncan
Last Action:
06/15/2007 E Effective on 9/1/07
Caption:
Relating to postconviction forensic testing.
Author:
Dutton
Coauthor:
Miles
Last Action:
04/11/2007 H No action taken in committee
Caption:
Relating to the payment and use of a juvenile delinquency prevention fund.
Author:
Dutton
Coauthor:
Miles
Sponsor:
Ellis
Last Action:
06/15/2007 E Effective on 9/1/07
Caption:
Relating to certain payments to or on behalf of persons wrongfully imprisoned.
Author:
Hochberg
Coauthor:
Howard, Donna | Miles
Sponsor:
Shapiro
Last Action:
06/15/2007 E See remarks for effective date
Caption:
Relating to the computation of certain amounts under the Foundation School Program.
Author:
Dutton | Raymond
Coauthor:
Allen, Alma | Anchia | Bolton | Burnam | Farias | et al.
Last Action:
05/09/2007 H Placed on General State Calendar
Caption:
Relating to the prevention of harassment in public schools.
Author:
McClendon
Coauthor:
Miles | Ortiz, Jr.
Last Action:
02/08/2007 H Referred to Public Health
Caption:
Relating to disease control programs to reduce the risk of certain communicable diseases.
Author:
Davis, Yvonne | Goolsby | Thompson | Naishtat
Coauthor:
Allen, Alma | Anchia | Anderson | Farabee | Farrar | et al.
Last Action:
03/19/2007 H Left pending in committee
Caption:
Relating to a silver alert for missing senior citizens.
Author:
Hilderbran | Keffer, Jim | Otto | Martinez Fischer | Cook, Robby
Coauthor:
Alonzo | Anderson | Aycock | Berman | Bohac | et al.
Sponsor:
Williams
Last Action:
06/15/2007 E Effective on adoption of const. amendment
Caption:
Relating to the exemption from ad valorem taxation of a motor vehicle owned by an individual and used in the course of the owner's occupation or profession and also for personal activities of the owner and to the rendition of such vehicles.
Author:
Gattis | Anchia | Naishtat | Delisi | Rose
Coauthor:
Alonzo | Aycock | Castro | Chavez | Chisum | et al.
Sponsor:
Shapleigh
Last Action:
06/15/2007 E Effective on 9/1/07
Caption:
Relating to dog attacks on persons; creating an offense.
Author:
Latham | Truitt | Woolley
Coauthor:
Aycock | Brown, Betty | Burnam | Christian | Delisi | et al.
Last Action:
04/16/2007 H Considered in Calendars
Caption:
Relating to the punishment for the offense of burglary of a vehicle.
Author:
Ortiz, Jr. | Coleman
Coauthor:
Miles
Last Action:
02/27/2007 H Referred to Public Health
Caption:
Relating to disease control programs to reduce the risk of certain communicable diseases.
Author:
Smith, Wayne | Dutton | Hartnett | Creighton | Howard, Charlie
Coauthor:
Allen, Alma | Callegari | Cohen | Coleman | Crabb | et al.
Sponsor:
Williams
Last Action:
05/18/2007 E Vetoed by the Governor
Caption:
Relating to the authority of certain counties and other entities with respect to certain transportation projects; providing penalties.
Author:
Castro
Coauthor:
Allen, Alma | Anchia | Chavez | Coleman | Dunnam | et al.
Last Action:
03/08/2007 H Referred to Corrections
Caption:
Relating to the operations of the Texas Youth Commission.
Author:
Dunnam | Merritt | Bolton
Coauthor:
Allen, Alma | Anchia | Castro | Coleman | Farias | et al.
Last Action:
03/19/2007 H Left pending in committee
Caption:
Relating to conservatorship of the Texas Youth Commission.
Author:
Woolley | Cook, Byron | Turner | Thompson | Hardcastle
Coauthor:
Allen, Alma | Anchia | Aycock | Bailey | Bolton | et al.
Last Action:
04/12/2007 H Left pending in committee
Caption:
Relating to the regulation of the use of human cells and tissue, including a ban on human cloning; providing penalties.
Author:
Kolkhorst | Chisum | Woolley | Harper-Brown | Coleman
Coauthor:
Allen, Alma | Anderson | Aycock | Bailey | Berman | et al.
Last Action:
03/14/2007 H Referred to Transportation
Caption:
Relating to a moratorium on the inclusion of certain provisions in a comprehensive development agreement or the sale of a toll project and to the creation and duties of a study committee.
Author:
Madden | Pena | McClendon | Castro | Woolley
Coauthor:
Dunnam | Miles | Ortiz, Jr.
Last Action:
05/07/2007 H Laid on the table subject to call
Caption:
Relating to the Texas Youth Commission and the prosecution of certain offenses and delinquent conduct in the Texas Youth Commission and certain other criminal justice agencies; providing penalties.
Author:
Dunnam | Merritt | McReynolds
Coauthor:
Anchia | Castro | Coleman | Farias | Farrar | et al.
Last Action:
03/20/2007 H Referred to Judiciary
Caption:
Relating to creating the office of district attorney for the 201st Judicial District.
Author:
Allen, Alma
Coauthor:
Miles
Last Action:
03/20/2007 H Referred to Law Enforcement
Caption:
Relating to the recognition of law enforcement officers in certain counties.
Author:
Dutton
Coauthor:
Allen, Alma | Howard, Charlie | Miles | Vo
Last Action:
04/16/2007 H Left pending in committee
Caption:
Relating to investigations and other procedures with respect to allegations of child abuse and neglect.
Author:
Bolton
Coauthor:
Allen, Alma | Anchia | Castro | Coleman | Dunnam | et al.
Last Action:
05/15/2007 S Referred to Criminal Justice
Caption:
Relating to measures to increase the safety of children committed to the Texas Youth Commission.
Author:
Bolton
Coauthor:
Allen, Alma | Anchia | Castro | Dunnam | Farias | et al.
Last Action:
03/21/2007 H Referred to Law Enforcement
Caption:
Relating to background and criminal history checks and for certain state employees who interact with children or supervise persons who interact with children.
Author:
Straus | Anchia | Crabb | King, Phil | Oliveira
Coauthor:
Anderson | Aycock | Bohac | Branch | Burnam | et al.
Sponsor:
Fraser
Last Action:
06/15/2007 E Effective on 9/1/07
Caption:
Relating to energy demand, energy load, energy efficiency incentives, energy programs, and energy performance measures.
Author:
Gattis | Dukes | Murphy | Laubenberg | Rose
Coauthor:
Keffer, Jim | Miles
Last Action:
03/26/2007 H Left pending in committee
Caption:
Relating to the creation of the office of inspector general; providing penalties.
Author:
Dutton
Coauthor:
Miles
Last Action:
02/12/2007 H Referred to Higher Education
Caption:
Requesting The University of Texas at Austin to lead a study by several Texas public universities to examine how young black males in Texas are affected by the benefits and detriments of living in Texas.
Author:
Leibowitz | Chisum | Swinford | Heflin | Hardcastle
Coauthor:
Allen, Alma | Alonzo | Anchia | Anderson | Aycock | et al.
Sponsor:
Seliger
Last Action:
06/15/2007 E Signed by the Governor
Caption:
Urging Congress to provide further drought relief for Texas.
Author:
Noriega, Rick
Coauthor:
Allen, Alma | Bailey | Bohac | Crabb | Davis, John | et al.
Sponsor:
Ellis
Last Action:
05/10/2007 E Signed by the Governor
Caption:
Honoring Art Briles, head coach of the University of Houston football team, for his achievements.
Author:
Allen, Alma | Giddings | Bohac | Turner | Thompson
Coauthor:
Alonzo | Anchia | Anderson | Aycock | Bailey | et al.
Sponsor:
Ellis
Last Action:
05/23/2007 S Placed on intent calendar
Caption:
Post-ratifying Amendment XXIV to the Constitution of the United States prohibiting the denial or abridgment of the right to vote for failure to pay any poll tax or other tax.
Author:
Hilderbran | Keffer, Jim | Otto | Martinez Fischer | Cook, Robby
Coauthor:
Alonzo | Anderson | Aycock | Berman | Bohac | et al.
Sponsor:
Williams
Last Action:
05/29/2007 E Filed with the Secretary of State
Caption:
Proposing a constitutional amendment authorizing the legislature to exempt from ad valorem taxation one motor vehicle owned by an individual and used in the course of the owner's occupation or profession and also for personal activities of the owner.
Author:
Keffer, Jim | Rose | Delisi | Morrison | Thompson
Coauthor:
Allen, Alma | Alonzo | Anchia | Aycock | Bailey | et al.
Sponsor:
Nelson
Last Action:
05/29/2007 E Filed with the Secretary of State
Caption:
Proposing a constitutional amendment providing for the establishment of the Cancer Prevention and Research Institute of Texas and authorizing the issuance of general obligation bonds for the purpose of scientific research of all forms of human cancer.
Author:
Dutton
Coauthor:
Allen, Alma | Miles | Thompson | Turner | Zerwas
Last Action:
04/26/2007 H Reported enrolled: Apr 26 2007 1:03PM
Caption:
Honoring Coach Cynthia Cooper-Dyke and the Prairie View A&M University women's basketball team.