Texas Legislature
Bills Coauthored
Number of Bills: 18
Author:
Aycock | Deshotel | Davis, John | Villarreal | Callegari
Coauthor:
Allen | Alvarado | Ashby | Bohac | Bonnen, Dennis | et al.
Sponsor:
Patrick
Last Action:
06/10/2013 E See remarks for effective date
Caption:
Relating to public school accountability, including assessment, and curriculum requirements; providing a criminal penalty.
Author:
Simpson | Hilderbran | Thompson, Senfronia | Lucio III | Canales
Coauthor:
Allen | Alonzo | Alvarado | Anderson | Ashby | et al.
Sponsor:
Eltife
Last Action:
06/14/2013 E Effective on . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Caption:
Relating to the exemption from the sales and use tax for certain coins and precious metals.
Author:
Simpson | Hilderbran
Coauthor:
Bell | Bonnen, Dennis | Bonnen, Greg | Button | Capriglione | et al.
Last Action:
04/10/2013 H Left pending in committee
Caption:
Relating to official oppression; creating offenses.
Author:
McClendon | Moody | Canales | Crownover | Leach
Coauthor:
Alonzo | Alvarado | Anchia | Burnam | Cook | et al.
Sponsor:
Ellis
Last Action:
05/15/2013 S Co-sponsor authorized
Caption:
Relating to the creation of a commission to investigate convictions after exoneration and to prevent wrongful convictions.
Author:
Stickland | Krause | Sheets | Pickett
Coauthor:
Alvarado | Anchia | Ashby | Bell | Bonnen, Dennis | et al.
Last Action:
04/17/2013 H Comm. report sent to Local & Consent Calendar
Caption:
Relating to the absence of a student from school to visit with a parent or guardian who will be or has been deployed on military duty.
Author:
Gonzalez, Naomi | Márquez | Moody | Pickett | González, Mary
Coauthor:
Allen | Alonzo | Alvarado | Anchia | Ashby | et al.
Last Action:
04/29/2013 H Laid on the table subject to call
Caption:
Relating to the creation of the Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center at El Paso as a component institution of the Texas Tech University System.
Author:
Hilderbran | Thompson, Senfronia | Creighton | Button | Turner, Scott
Coauthor:
Anderson | Bell | Bohac | Bonnen, Dennis | Bonnen, Greg | et al.
Sponsor:
Hegar
Last Action:
06/14/2013 E See remarks for effective date
Caption:
Relating to the computation of the franchise tax, including certain exclusions from the tax.
Author:
Turner, Chris | Farias | Flynn | Moody
Coauthor:
Bonnen, Dennis | Cortez | Fletcher | Guerra | Guillen | et al.
Last Action:
05/08/2013 S Referred to Vet Affairs & Military Installations
Caption:
Relating to an exception to the domicile requirement for issuance of a commercial driver's license for certain military personnel.
Author:
Gooden | Riddle | Burnam | Fallon | Stickland
Coauthor:
Allen | Alonzo | Anchia | Ashby | Aycock | et al.
Sponsor:
Estes
Last Action:
06/14/2013 E Effective on 9/1/13
Caption:
Relating to images captured by unmanned aircraft and other images and recordings; providing penalties.
Author:
Oliveira | Branch | Canales | Guerra | Longoria
Coauthor:
Allen | Alonzo | Alvarado | Anchia | Anderson | et al.
Sponsor:
Hinojosa
Last Action:
05/16/2013 H Senate Amendments Analysis distributed: May 16 2013 5:01PM
Caption:
Relating to the creation of a new university in South Texas within The University of Texas System.
Author:
Villalba | Bonnen, Greg | Fletcher | Menéndez | Keffer
Coauthor:
Anderson | Bell | Bonnen, Dennis | Canales | Capriglione | et al.
Sponsor:
Hancock
Last Action:
06/14/2013 E Effective immediately
Caption:
Relating to the creation of a new category of law enforcement officer who shall be designated a school marshal, the training and appointment of certain employees of a school district or open-enrollment charter school as school marshals, and the rights, restrictions, limitations, and responsibilities of school marshals; authorizing the imposition of a fee.
Author:
Simpson | Rodriguez, Eddie | Kolkhorst | Burnam
Coauthor:
Anderson | Bonnen, Greg | Dutton | Farias | Flynn | et al.
Sponsor:
Deuell
Last Action:
06/14/2013 E Effective on 9/1/13
Caption:
Relating to the regulation of food prepared, stored, distributed, or sold at farms and farmers' markets; limiting the applicability of a fee.
Author:
Hughes | Kolkhorst | Stickland | Burnam | Thompson, Senfronia
Coauthor:
Allen | Alonzo | Anderson | Ashby | Bell | et al.
Last Action:
05/09/2013 H Placed on General State Calendar
Caption:
Relating to warrants or orders issued to obtain location information from wireless communications devices and to public access to law enforcement or prosecutor requests for certain related location or communication information.
Author:
Anchia | Rose | Keffer | Hughes | Bohac
Coauthor:
Ashby | Carter | Dale | Dutton | Eiland | et al.
Sponsor:
West
Last Action:
05/16/2013 S Reported from s/c favorably w/o amendments
Caption:
Relating to a temporary exemption from ad valorem taxation of property used to collect, process, and deliver landfill-generated gas.
Author:
Alonzo
Coauthor:
Allen | Alvarado | Anchia | Burnam | Canales | et al.
Last Action:
05/01/2013 H Committee report sent to Calendars
Caption:
Relating to the creation of a Texas resident driver's permit, provisional Texas resident driver's permit, and Texas resident driver's instruction permit; authorizing fees; creating an offense.
Author:
Turner, Scott | Fletcher | Toth | Strama | Murphy
Coauthor:
Krause | Laubenberg | Miller, Rick | Raymond | Sanford | et al.
Last Action:
05/10/2013 S Referred to Higher Education
Caption:
Relating to a requirement that a student's postsecondary transcript include the average or median grade awarded in each class.
Author:
Hilderbran | Eiland | Otto | Bohac | Alvarado
Coauthor:
Alonzo | Anderson | Burkett | Carter | Cook | et al.
Sponsor:
Williams
Last Action:
06/14/2013 E Effective on 1/1/14
Caption:
Relating to the administration, collection, and enforcement of taxes on mixed beverages; imposing a tax on sales of mixed beverages; decreasing the rate of the current tax on mixed beverages.
Author:
Vo | Hilderbran | Pitts | Thompson, Senfronia | Hunter
Coauthor:
Allen | Alonzo | Anchia | Bohac | Burnam | et al.
Last Action:
05/05/2013 H Committee report sent to Calendars
Caption:
Authorizing the State Preservation Board to approve and permit the construction of a monument on the Capitol grounds recognizing Vietnamese Americans for their contributions to this state and nation.