Texas Legislature
Bills Coauthored
Number of Bills: 54
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:
Branch | Dutton | Goolsby | Rose
Coauthor:
Cook, Robby | Darby | England | Farabee | Harless | et al.
Last Action:
05/10/2007 H Postponed
Caption:
Relating to requiring a record vote by each house of the legislature on final passage of a bill, resolution to propose or ratify a constitutional amendment, or other nonceremonial resolution and to public notice of the record vote.
Author:
Delisi | Corte, Frank | Escobar | Garcia | Haggerty
Coauthor:
Aycock | Crabb | Farabee | Gonzalez Toureilles | Guillen | et al.
Sponsor:
Van de Putte
Last Action:
06/15/2007 E Effective immediately
Caption:
Relating to tuition and fee exemptions for the children of certain military personnel.
Author:
Zedler
Coauthor:
Brown, Betty | Christian | Laubenberg | Miller | Paxton
Last Action:
05/08/2007 H Placed on General State Calendar
Caption:
Relating to the creation and dissolution of a covenant marriage.
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:
Brown, Betty | Berman | Bohac | Riddle
Coauthor:
Aycock | Christian | Darby | Harless | Harper-Brown | et al.
Sponsor:
Fraser
Last Action:
05/16/2007 S Co-sponsor authorized
Caption:
Relating to requiring a voter to present proof of identification.
Author:
Paxton | Olivo | Escobar | Chisum | Parker
Coauthor:
Anderson | Aycock | Berman | Brown, Betty | Brown, Fred | et al.
Last Action:
04/16/2007 H Committee report sent to Calendars
Caption:
Relating to prohibiting the use of state money for certain biomedical research.
Author:
Smith, Todd | Goolsby | Callegari | Anchia
Coauthor:
Driver | Flynn | Hardcastle | Hill | Jackson, Jim | et al.
Last Action:
04/02/2007 H Left pending in committee
Caption:
Relating to the authority of the Department of Public Safety and certain local law enforcement agencies to establish a checkpoint on a highway or street to determine whether persons are driving while intoxicated.
Author:
Corte, Frank
Coauthor:
Berman | Brown, Betty | Cook, Robby | Herrero | Howard, Charlie | et al.
Last Action:
04/11/2007 H Laid on the table subject to call
Caption:
Relating to the confiscation of firearms and ammunition during a state of disaster or emergency.
Author:
Driver | King, Phil | Talton | Rose | Riddle
Coauthor:
Anchia | Anderson | Aycock | Bailey | Berman | et al.
Last Action:
03/19/2007 H Laid on the table subject to call
Caption:
Relating to the use of force or deadly force in defense of a person.
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:
Harper-Brown | Escobar | Corte, Frank | Flynn
Coauthor:
Aycock | Chisum | Gonzalez Toureilles | Macias | Miller
Last Action:
04/24/2007 H Laid on the table subject to call
Caption:
Relating to the use in an advertisement of a name or picture of a member of the United States armed forces or the national guard; providing a criminal penalty.
Author:
Flynn | Zedler | Bailey | Dutton | Eissler
Coauthor:
Herrero | Macias | Miller
Last Action:
04/12/2007 S Referred to Education
Caption:
Relating to random testing of certain public school students for steroid use.
Author:
Otto
Coauthor:
Gonzales | Miller
Last Action:
04/17/2007 S Referred to Finance
Caption:
Relating to the exemption from ad valorem taxation of rent-to-own property not held by the lessee primarily to produce income and to the method to be used to depreciate taxable rent-to-own property for tax appraisal purposes.
Author:
King, Phil | Christian | Macias | Paxton | Crabb
Coauthor:
Aycock | Darby | Flynn | Harless | Harper-Brown | et al.
Sponsor:
Williams
Last Action:
05/17/2007 S Left pending in committee
Caption:
Relating to the procedures for registering to vote.
Author:
McCall | Strama | Gonzalez Toureilles | Berman | Bohac
Coauthor:
Crabb | Crownover | Miller | Straus
Sponsor:
Duncan
Last Action:
05/18/2007 S Left pending in committee
Caption:
Relating to the making of political contributions to and acceptance of political contributions by statewide officers and members of the legislature before and during a special session of the legislature; providing a criminal penalty.
Author:
Orr | Bonnen | Otto | Pena | Cook, Robby
Coauthor:
Aycock | Chisum | Cook, Byron | Darby | Frost | et al.
Last Action:
04/19/2007 S Referred to Finance
Caption:
Relating to the exemption of volunteer fire departments from certain motor fuel taxes.
Author:
Delisi | Rose | Gattis
Coauthor:
Miller | Otto
Last Action:
04/12/2007 H Failed to pass
Caption:
Relating to the prosecution of the offense of failure to identify.
Author:
Burnam | Leibowitz | Dunnam | Rodriguez | Pena
Coauthor:
Hernandez | Miller
Last Action:
04/17/2007 S Referred to Finance
Caption:
Relating to exemptions from the sales tax for certain energy efficient products for a limited period.
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:
Riddle | Berman | Flynn | Hilderbran | Branch
Coauthor:
Anchia | Anderson | Bailey | Bohac | Bonnen | et al.
Sponsor:
Patrick, Dan
Last Action:
06/15/2007 E Effective immediately
Caption:
Relating to the pledge of allegiance to the state flag.
Author:
Hughes | Rodriguez | Smithee | Laubenberg
Coauthor:
Anderson | Berman | Bohac | Bonnen | Brown, Betty | et al.
Last Action:
04/25/2007 H Left pending in committee
Caption:
Relating to advance directives or health care or treatment decisions made by or on behalf of patients.
Author:
McClendon | Truitt | Pena | Otto | Kolkhorst
Coauthor:
Allen, Alma | Anderson | Aycock | Berman | Bohac | et al.
Last Action:
04/19/2007 S Referred to State Affairs
Caption:
Relating to the state contribution to the Teacher Retirement System of Texas, including a one-time supplemental annuity payment.
Author:
Kolkhorst | Parker
Coauthor:
Aycock | Berman | Bohac | Flynn | Harless | et al.
Sponsor:
Janek
Last Action:
06/15/2007 E Effective on 9/1/07
Caption:
Relating to restrictions on the use of certain public subsidies.
Author:
Jackson, Jim | Harper-Brown
Coauthor:
Bohac | Crabb | Miller | Zedler
Last Action:
04/24/2007 H Returned to committee
Caption:
Relating to the requirement of speaking and reading the English language as a condition for the issuance of a commercial driver's license.
Author:
Chisum | Flynn | Zerwas | Berman | Eissler
Coauthor:
Anderson | Aycock | Bonnen | Branch | Brown, Betty | et al.
Sponsor:
Estes
Last Action:
06/15/2007 E See remarks for effective date
Caption:
Relating to public school elective courses providing academic study of the Bible.
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:
Paxton | Bailey | Flynn | Eiland
Coauthor:
Christian | Hughes | King, Phil | Macias | Miller | et al.
Last Action:
05/08/2007 H Returned to committee
Caption:
Relating to the reporting of expenditures for lobbying and legislative communication by local governmental entities.
Author:
Van Arsdale | O'Day | Goolsby | Cook, Byron | Strama
Coauthor:
Aycock | Branch | Christian | Eissler | Jackson, Jim | et al.
Sponsor:
Fraser
Last Action:
05/24/2007 E Effective immediately
Caption:
Relating to venue in civil actions under the Jones Act.
Author:
Eissler | Branch | Hochberg | Harless | Cook, Byron
Coauthor:
Eiland | Miller
Sponsor:
Shapleigh
Last Action:
05/17/2007 S Left pending in committee
Caption:
Relating to the use of technology by public schools.
Author:
Dukes | Strama | Giddings | Isett, Carl | Hilderbran
Coauthor:
Anchia | Anderson | Bailey | Berman | Castro | et al.
Sponsor:
Deuell
Last Action:
06/08/2007 E Effective immediately
Caption:
Relating to incentives for the film, television, and multimedia production industries.
Author:
McClendon
Coauthor:
Miller
Last Action:
02/26/2007 H Referred to Pensions and Investments
Caption:
Relating to exemptions from employer contributions for certain employed retirees under the Teacher Retirement System of Texas.
Author:
Bonnen
Coauthor:
Gattis | Miller
Sponsor:
Hegar
Last Action:
05/15/2007 E Effective on 9/1/07
Caption:
Relating to the punishment for failing to stop following a motor vehicle accident.
Author:
Woolley | Corte, Frank | Callegari | Cook, Robby | Orr
Coauthor:
Aycock | Brown, Betty | Christian | Crabb | England | et al.
Sponsor:
Janek
Last Action:
06/15/2007 E Vetoed by the Governor
Caption:
Relating to the use of eminent domain authority.
Author:
Chisum | Escobar | Vaught | Guillen
Coauthor:
Gonzalez Toureilles | Miller
Sponsor:
Williams
Last Action:
05/15/2007 E Effective immediately
Caption:
Relating to the issuance of disabled parking placards to and the registration of vehicles by certain veterans with disabilities.
Author:
Patrick
Coauthor:
Allen, Alma | Anderson | Aycock | Bolton | Callegari | et al.
Sponsor:
Hegar
Last Action:
06/15/2007 E Effective on 9/1/07
Caption:
Relating to the prosecution of an offense prohibiting the exhibition, use, or threatened exhibition or use of a firearm in or on school property or a school bus.
Author:
Woolley | Christian | Laubenberg | Farrar
Coauthor:
Miller | Naishtat | Paxton
Sponsor:
Whitmire
Last Action:
06/15/2007 E Effective on 9/1/07
Caption:
Relating to the offenses of cruelty to livestock and nonlivestock animals.
Author:
Delisi | Gonzalez Toureilles
Coauthor:
Aycock | Miller
Sponsor:
Wentworth
Last Action:
06/15/2007 E Effective immediately
Caption:
Relating to the issuance of specialty license plates to immediate family members of a person who dies while serving in the United States armed forces.
Author:
Truitt | Davis, John | Rose | Isett, Carl | McReynolds
Coauthor:
Burnam | Callegari | Farabee | Gonzales | Hilderbran | et al.
Sponsor:
Janek
Last Action:
06/15/2007 E Effective immediately
Caption:
Relating to the functions of local mental health and mental retardation authorities.
Author:
Eissler
Coauthor:
Aycock | Miller | Zedler
Sponsor:
Williams
Last Action:
06/15/2007 E Effective immediately
Caption:
Relating to a technology literacy assessment instrument to be administered to certain public school students.
Author:
Chisum | Flynn | Zedler | Davis, John | Brown, Betty
Coauthor:
Callegari | Christian | Cook, Byron | Crownover | Eissler | et al.
Sponsor:
Estes
Last Action:
06/15/2007 E Effective on 9/1/07
Caption:
Relating to funding for programs that support the development of healthy marriages or the strengthening of families.
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:
Hardcastle | Deshotel | Darby | Solomons | Cook, Robby
Coauthor:
Brown, Fred | Burnam | Hopson | Miller
Sponsor:
Averitt
Last Action:
06/15/2007 E See remarks for effective date
Caption:
Relating to the implementation of advanced clean energy projects and other environmentally protective projects in this state.
Author:
Isett, Carl | Crabb | Haggerty
Coauthor:
Berman | Flores | Goolsby | Hughes | Jones, Delwin | et al.
Sponsor:
Shapleigh
Last Action:
06/15/2007 E Effective immediately
Caption:
Relating to a probate fee exemption for estates of members of the armed forces of the United States who died while serving in a combat zone.
Author:
Truitt
Coauthor:
Miller
Last Action:
03/22/2007 H Referred to Pensions and Investments
Caption:
Relating to supplemental payments by the Teacher Retirement System of Texas.
Author:
Truitt
Coauthor:
Miller
Last Action:
03/22/2007 H Referred to Pensions and Investments
Caption:
Relating to the state contribution to the Teacher Retirement System of 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:
Branch | Paxton | Anderson | Raymond | Cook, Robby
Coauthor:
Aycock | Berman | Bohac | Bonnen | Brown, Betty | et al.
Last Action:
05/07/2007 H Failed of adoption
Caption:
Proposing a constitutional amendment requiring any increase in a franchise tax rate to be approved by three-fourths of all the members elected to each house of the legislature.
Author:
Paxton | Hughes | Taylor | Harper-Brown | Van Arsdale
Coauthor:
Berman | Bohac | Bonnen | Callegari | Christian | et al.
Last Action:
04/18/2007 H Left pending in subcommittee
Caption:
Proposing a constitutional amendment regarding limitations on taxation and expenditures by the state government and local governments.
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.