Texas Legislature
Bills Coauthored
Number of Bills: 43
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:
Riddle | Berman | Pena | Vaught | Escobar
Coauthor:
Anchia | Anderson | Bohac | Christian | Cook, Byron | et al.
Sponsor:
Deuell
Last Action:
06/15/2007 E Effective on 9/1/07
Caption:
Relating to the prosecution, punishment, and supervision of certain sex offenders and to certain crimes involving sex offenders.
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:
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:
Chisum | Berman | Flynn | Christian | Macias
Coauthor:
Brown, Betty | Callegari | Cook, Byron | Howard, Charlie | Hughes | et al.
Last Action:
04/18/2007 H Failed to receive affirmative vote in comm.
Caption:
Relating to the protection of life, including unborn life, from the point of fertilization; providing penalties.
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:
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:
Delisi | Coleman | McReynolds | Truitt | Brown, Betty
Coauthor:
Eissler | Smith, Todd | Zerwas
Last Action:
05/15/2007 S Referred to Health & Human Services
Caption:
Relating to the expansion of faith- and community-based health and human services and social services initiatives.
Author:
Anchia | Heflin | Cook, Robby
Coauthor:
Bohac | Frost | Garcia | Gonzales | Gonzalez Toureilles | et al.
Last Action:
04/12/2007 H Committee report sent to Calendars
Caption:
Relating to the development of a state strategy for increasing the availability of low-emission automotive fuels for Texas drivers.
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:
Straus | Thompson | Keffer, Jim | Isett, Carl | King, Phil
Coauthor:
Anchia | Anderson | Aycock | Bohac | Branch | et al.
Sponsor:
Williams
Last Action:
06/15/2007 E Effective on . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Caption:
Relating to the discontinuation of the Telecommunications Infrastructure Fund.
Author:
Smithee | Paxton | Bonnen
Coauthor:
Anderson | Berman | Brown, Fred | Christian | Coleman | et al.
Last Action:
04/03/2007 H Left pending in committee
Caption:
Relating to the total revenue exemption for the franchise tax.
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:
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:
Pitts | Branch | Goolsby | Anchia | Crownover
Coauthor:
Berman | Delisi | Geren | Hilderbran | King, Susan | et al.
Sponsor:
Carona
Last Action:
05/17/2007 S Left pending in committee
Caption:
Relating to mutual assistance agreements entered into by certain municipalities and private institutions of higher education for the purpose of enforcing state law and to additional powers, privileges, and immunities of peace officers employed by private institutions of higher education.
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:
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:
Crownover | Naishtat | Villarreal | Delisi | Eissler
Coauthor:
Allen, Alma | Anchia | Anderson | Aycock | Brown, Fred | et al.
Sponsor:
Shapleigh
Last Action:
06/15/2007 E Effective on 9/1/07
Caption:
Relating to the Communities In Schools program.
Author:
Morrison | Swinford | Gattis | Brown, Betty | Flynn
Coauthor:
Anderson | Berman | Bonnen | Callegari | Christian | et al.
Last Action:
04/18/2007 H Failed to receive affirmative vote in comm.
Caption:
Relating to information related to the performance of an abortion; creating an offense.
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:
Hill | Goolsby | Branch | Geren | Anchia
Coauthor:
Alonzo | Burnam | England | Hancock | Harper-Brown | et al.
Last Action:
04/17/2007 H Committee report sent to Calendars
Caption:
Relating to sales and use taxes by certain municipalities.
Author:
Hancock
Coauthor:
Aycock | Bohac | Brown, Fred | Christian | Cook, Byron | et al.
Last Action:
05/01/2007 S Referred to Education
Caption:
Relating to public disclosure of student referrals for services made by counselors in public schools.
Author:
Hartnett | Branch | Geren | Goolsby | Laubenberg
Coauthor:
Alonzo | Anchia | Crownover | Driver | England | et al.
Last Action:
05/02/2007 H Failed to receive affirmative vote in comm.
Caption:
Relating to the development, management, and preservation of the water resources of the state.
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:
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:
Isett, Carl
Coauthor:
Smith, Todd
Last Action:
05/10/2007 H Committee report sent to Calendars
Caption:
Relating to the regulation of fireworks by counties.
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:
Anderson | Hodge
Coauthor:
Anchia | Burnam | Cohen | Crabb | Eiland | et al.
Last Action:
04/03/2007 H Left pending in committee
Caption:
Urging the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality to impose a 180-day moratorium on applications for pulverized coal-fired power plant permits.
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:
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:
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:
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:
Elkins | Bailey | Bonnen | Leibowitz | Callegari
Coauthor:
Anchia | Berman | Bohac | Brown, Fred | Burnam | et al.
Sponsor:
Wentworth
Last Action:
04/30/2007 S Left pending in committee
Caption:
Proposing a constitutional amendment to allow the legislature to override a veto of the governor following a legislative session.
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:
Pierson
Coauthor:
Patrick | Smith, Todd | Zedler
Last Action:
04/19/2007 H Reported enrolled: Apr 19 2007 8:10AM
Caption:
Honoring The Class in The Parks marketing students from Arlington ISD for their efforts to promote entrepreneurship.