Texas Legislature
Bills Coauthored
Number of Bills: 49
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:
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:
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:
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03/07/2007 H Withdrawn from schedule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:
Pickett | Driver | Giddings | Solomons | Guillen
Coauthor:
Crabb | Farias | Gonzales | Herrero | Howard, Charlie | et al.
Last Action:
04/30/2007 H Laid on the table subject to call
Caption:
Relating to a silver alert for missing senior citizens.
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:
Gallego | Raymond
Coauthor:
Alonzo | Anchia | Burnam | Castro | Coleman | et al.
Last Action:
04/24/2007 H Committee report sent to Calendars
Caption:
Relating to health benefit plan coverage for certain prosthetic devices, orthotic devices, and related services.
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:
Allen, Alma
Coauthor:
Farrar | Lucio III | Olivo
Last Action:
02/01/2007 H Referred to Public Education
Caption:
Relating to corporal punishment in public schools.
Author:
Madden | Dukes | Hartnett | Delisi | Naishtat
Coauthor:
Anchia | Aycock | Bolton | Brown, Betty | Cohen | et al.
Last Action:
05/09/2007 H Laid on the table subject to call
Caption:
Relating to a competitive grant program to fund nurse-family partnership programs in certain communities in this state.
Author:
Hernandez | Miles | Farrar | Leibowitz
Coauthor:
Allen, Alma | Anchia | Burnam | Gallego | Lucio III | et al.
Last Action:
02/05/2007 H Referred to Environmental Regulation
Caption:
Relating to controlling emissions of air contaminants under the Texas Clean Air Act; providing a penalty.
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:
Gonzales | Martinez, "Mando" | Escobar | Lucio III
Coauthor:
Allen, Alma | Alonzo | Bolton | Cohen | Coleman | et al.
Last Action:
04/16/2007 H Committee report sent to Calendars
Caption:
Relating to the creation of an address confidentiality program to assist victims of family violence, sexual assault, or stalking in maintaining confidential addresses.
Author:
Deshotel
Coauthor:
Olivo
Last Action:
04/19/2007 H Considered in Calendars
Caption:
Relating to the adoption of an alternative base period for computation of unemployment compensation benefits.
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:
Noriega, Rick | Escobar | Strama | Berman | Chavez
Coauthor:
Farabee | Flores | Olivo | Raymond
Last Action:
04/12/2007 H Committee report sent to Calendars
Caption:
Relating to the residency requirements for tuition and fee exemptions for certain military personnel and their dependents.
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:
McClendon | Gallego
Coauthor:
Eissler | Farabee | Flores | Olivo | Raymond
Last Action:
04/12/2007 H Committee report sent to Calendars
Caption:
Relating to tuition and fee exemptions for certain military personnel and their dependents.
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:
Bonnen | Delisi | Flynn | Howard, Charlie | Keffer, Jim
Coauthor:
Anderson | Aycock | Bailey | Berman | Bohac | et al.
Sponsor:
Hegar
Last Action:
05/08/2007 E Effective immediately
Caption:
Relating to immunization against human papillomavirus.
Author:
Gallego
Coauthor:
Aycock | Eissler | Flores | Olivo | Raymond
Last Action:
03/27/2007 H Left pending in committee
Caption:
Relating to tuition and fee exemptions at public institutions of higher education for the spouses of certain military personnel.
Author:
Deshotel
Coauthor:
Olivo
Last Action:
04/19/2007 H Considered in Calendars
Caption:
Relating to eligibility for unemployment compensation benefits based on the claimant's availability to do part-time work.
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:
Strama | Rose | Escobar | Vaught | Noriega, Rick
Coauthor:
Flores | Garcia | Howard, Donna | Hughes | Olivo | et al.
Last Action:
03/27/2007 H Left pending in committee
Caption:
Relating to allowing certain military personnel to receive certain federal and state higher education benefits concurrently.
Author:
Noriega, Rick
Coauthor:
Olivo | Raymond
Last Action:
03/27/2007 H Left pending in committee
Caption:
Relating to an exemption from tuition and mandatory fees for certain members of the Texas National Guard.
Author:
Brown, Betty
Coauthor:
Gallego | Hamilton | Noriega, Rick | Olivo
Last Action:
02/22/2007 H Referred to Elections
Caption:
Relating to clarifying the law regarding lobbyist communications with the executive branch.
Author:
Coleman
Coauthor:
Allen, Alma | Bolton | Burnam | Eiland | Gallego | et al.
Last Action:
02/28/2007 H Referred to Public Health
Caption:
Relating to the practice of nursing; providing civil penalties.
Author:
Cook, Robby
Coauthor:
Eissler | Flores | Olivo | Raymond
Last Action:
03/27/2007 H Left pending in committee
Caption:
Relating to a tuition and fee exemption available to the dependents of certain military personnel.
Author:
Rodriguez
Coauthor:
Flores | Olivo | Raymond
Last Action:
03/27/2007 H Left pending in committee
Caption:
Relating to tuition and fee exemptions for certain military personnel and their family members.
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:
Delisi | Corte, Frank | Escobar | Garcia | Haggerty
Coauthor:
Flores | Olivo | Raymond
Last Action:
03/27/2007 H Left pending in committee
Caption:
Relating to tuition and fee exemptions for the spouses of certain military personnel.
Author:
King, Susan
Coauthor:
Anchia | Hardcastle | Heflin | Olivo | Zerwas
Last Action:
05/08/2007 H Committee report sent to Calendars
Caption:
Relating to the registration requirements for sex offenders residing in certain health care facilities.
Author:
Garcia | Herrero | Ortiz, Jr. | Escobar | Gonzalez Toureilles
Coauthor:
Alonzo | Anchia | Burnam | Farias | Farrar | et al.
Last Action:
05/01/2007 H Left pending in committee
Caption:
Relating to creating a recognition day in honor of Dr. Hector P. Garcia.
Author:
Morrison | Villarreal | McCall | Otto | Cook, Byron
Coauthor:
Allen, Alma | Alonzo | Aycock | Bailey | Bohac | et al.
Sponsor:
Shapiro
Last Action:
06/15/2007 E Effective immediately
Caption:
Relating to the Texas tomorrow fund II prepaid tuition unit undergraduate education program.
Author:
Coleman | Dutton
Coauthor:
Allen, Alma | Alonzo | Burnam | Castro | Chavez | et al.
Last Action:
05/01/2007 H Referred to Higher Education
Caption:
Relating to the governance of certain state agencies.
Author:
Gallego | Dunnam | Naishtat | Coleman | Thompson
Coauthor:
Allen, Alma | Anchia | Bolton | Burnam | Castro | et al.
Sponsor:
Ellis
Last Action:
06/15/2007 E Signed by the Governor
Caption:
In memory of the Honorable Ann Richards, 45th governor of Texas.
Author:
Gallego | Puente | Martinez Fischer | Menendez | Castro
Coauthor:
Anchia | Bolton | Chisum | Craddick | Dukes | et al.
Sponsor:
Lucio
Last Action:
05/04/2007 E Signed by the Governor
Caption:
In memory of the Honorable Frank Madla of San Antonio.
Author:
Rodriguez | Hardcastle | Rose | Deshotel | Eissler
Coauthor:
Coleman | Davis, John | Gonzales | Guillen | Isett, Carl | et al.
Sponsor:
Ellis
Last Action:
06/15/2007 E Signed by the Governor
Caption:
Urging the United States Congress to enact legislation to eliminate the 24-month Medicare waiting period for participants in Social Security Disability Insurance.
Author:
Rodriguez | Anchia
Coauthor:
Alonzo | Bolton | Burnam | Castro | Escobar | et al.
Last Action:
02/12/2007 H Referred to State Affairs
Caption:
Requesting that the U.S. Department of Homeland Security reconsider all alternatives to the detention of immigrant and asylum-seeking families.
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:
Berman | McReynolds | Flynn | Goolsby | Naishtat
Coauthor:
Allen, Alma | Alonzo | Anchia | Bohac | Burnam | et al.
Last Action:
02/19/2007 H Laid on the table subject to call
Caption:
Proposing a constitutional amendment authorizing the legislature to provide for a reduction of the limitation on the total amount of ad valorem taxes that may be imposed for public school purposes on the residence homesteads of the elderly or disabled to reflect any reduction in the rate of those taxes.
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:
Coleman
Coauthor:
Davis, John | Olivo | Talton
Last Action:
02/22/2007 H Reported enrolled: Feb 22 2007 8:00AM
Caption:
Recognizing University of Houston System Day at the State Capitol on February 20, 2007.
Author:
Taylor
Coauthor:
Howard, Charlie | Olivo
Last Action:
05/23/2007 H Reported enrolled: May 23 2007 7:00PM
Caption:
In memory of U.S. Army Private First Class Joseph Graham Harris of Sugar Land.