Texas Legislature
Bills Coauthored
Number of Bills: 34
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:
Swinford | Escobar | Christian | Woolley | Guillen
Coauthor:
Aycock | Crabb | Creighton | Flynn | Hughes | et al.
Sponsor:
Carona
Last Action:
05/25/2007 S Returned from the House for further action
Caption:
Relating to homeland security issues, including border security issues and law enforcement.
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:
Delisi | Jackson, Jim | Bohac | Truitt
Coauthor:
Brown, Betty | O'Day
Last Action:
04/16/2007 H Left pending in committee
Caption:
Relating to the requirement that state agencies report the cost of services and benefits provided to unlawful immigrants.
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:
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:
Jackson, Jim | Harper-Brown | Bohac | Parker | Laubenberg
Coauthor:
Anderson | Berman | Brown, Betty | Crabb | Flynn | et al.
Last Action:
04/16/2007 H Left pending in committee
Caption:
Relating to requiring governmental entities and contractors with governmental entities to participate in the federal work authorization program; providing a penalty.
Author:
Miller | Kolkhorst | Hughes | Anderson | Cook, Robby
Coauthor:
Aycock | Bailey | Berman | Bohac | Bonnen | et al.
Sponsor:
Estes
Last Action:
05/23/2007 S Placed on intent calendar
Caption:
Relating to participation in an animal identification system.
Author:
Madden
Coauthor:
O'Day
Last Action:
05/14/2007 S Referred to Education
Caption:
Relating to assessment of the academic growth of students attending a disciplinary alternative education program and evaluation of disciplinary alternative education programs.
Author:
Bonnen
Coauthor:
O'Day
Sponsor:
Jackson, Mike
Last Action:
06/15/2007 E Effective immediately
Caption:
Relating to the eligibility of emergency medical services personnel to participate in a low-interest home loan program offered by the state.
Author:
Hughes | Kolkhorst | Anderson
Coauthor:
Aycock | Bonnen | Cook, Robby | Gallego | Hopson | et al.
Last Action:
02/06/2007 H Referred to Agriculture and Livestock
Caption:
Relating to making participation in an animal identification program voluntary.
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:
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:
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:
Lucio III | Escobar | Rose | Pena
Coauthor:
Allen, Alma | Anderson | Aycock | Berman | Cohen | et al.
Last Action:
04/23/2007 H Committee report sent to Calendars
Caption:
Relating to considering ownership interests of disabled veterans in determining whether a business is a historically underutilized business for purposes of state contracting.
Author:
Hilderbran | Gattis
Coauthor:
Christian | Cook, Robby | King, Phil | Murphy | O'Day | et al.
Last Action:
02/14/2007 H Referred to State Affairs
Caption:
Relating to the enforcement of immigration laws.
Author:
Creighton | Callegari | Phillips | Taylor | Van Arsdale
Coauthor:
Christian | Crabb | Davis, John | Flynn | Hancock | et al.
Last Action:
04/03/2007 H Left pending in committee
Caption:
Relating to the total revenue exemption for the franchise tax.
Author:
Callegari | Flynn | Murphy | Crabb
Coauthor:
Aycock | Brown, Betty | Christian | Davis, John | Frost | et al.
Sponsor:
Nichols
Last Action:
06/15/2007 E Effective on . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Caption:
Relating to a bill of rights for property owners whose property may be acquired by governmental or private entities through the use of eminent domain authority.
Author:
Anchia | Bonnen
Coauthor:
O'Day
Last Action:
02/26/2007 H Referred to Public Education
Caption:
Relating to the requirement that certain high school students successfully complete four courses in each subject of the foundation curriculum.
Author:
Taylor | Bonnen | Flynn | Gattis | England
Coauthor:
Anderson | Berman | Cook, Robby | Darby | Driver | et al.
Last Action:
04/26/2007 S Referred to Finance
Caption:
Relating to exempting from ad valorem taxation property used by certain nonprofit community business organizations to provide services to aid in the economic development of local communities.
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:
Parker | Homer | King, Phil | Hartnett | Rose
Coauthor:
Creighton | England | Murphy | O'Day | Paxton | et al.
Sponsor:
Hinojosa
Last Action:
05/17/2007 S Left pending in committee
Caption:
Relating to requiring that a driver's license, personal identification certificate, commercial driver's license, and commercial driver learner's permit issued by the Department of Public Safety state that the holder is a registered sex offender.
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:
Gattis | Flynn
Coauthor:
Christian | Eissler | O'Day
Last Action:
03/14/2007 H Referred to Transportation
Caption:
Relating to the public and governmental oversight of the design, financing, construction, and operation of the Trans-Texas Corridor project.
Author:
Callegari
Coauthor:
Aycock | O'Day
Sponsor:
Janek
Last Action:
05/26/2007 H Point of order sustained
Caption:
Relating to the acquisition of real property for public use.
Author:
Rose | Keffer, Jim | Deshotel | McCall | Gonzales
Coauthor:
Bonnen | Branch | Hughes | O'Day
Sponsor:
Eltife
Last Action:
06/15/2007 E Effective on 9/1/07
Caption:
Relating to the promotion by the governor's office of economic development of Texas manufactured products; providing civil and administrative penalties.
Author:
King, Susan | Anchia | Kolkhorst | Eissler
Coauthor:
Aycock | Heflin | Lucio III | O'Day
Sponsor:
Shapiro
Last Action:
06/15/2007 E Effective immediately
Caption:
Relating to career and technical education provided by school districts and certain postsecondary institutions.
Author:
Howard, Charlie | Chisum
Coauthor:
Anderson | Berman | Bohac | Bonnen | Branch | et al.
Sponsor:
Williams
Last Action:
06/08/2007 E Effective immediately
Caption:
Relating to voluntary student expression of religious viewpoints in public schools.
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:
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:
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:
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:
Murphy
Coauthor:
O'Day
Last Action:
03/16/2007 H Reported enrolled: Mar 16 2007 8:10AM
Caption:
Honoring the contributions that individuals of Irish descent have made to the State of Texas.