Texas Legislature
Bills Coauthored
Number of Bills: 35
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:
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 | Giddings | Solomons | Howard, Donna | Chavez
Coauthor:
Leibowitz | Straus | Veasey
Sponsor:
Van de Putte
Last Action:
05/18/2007 E Effective on 9/1/07
Caption:
Relating to credit card marketing activities at postsecondary educational institutions; providing a civil penalty.
Author:
Hochberg | Branch | Ortiz, Jr.
Coauthor:
Miles | Straus
Sponsor:
Van de Putte
Last Action:
06/15/2007 E Effective immediately
Caption:
Relating to the adoption of textbooks and the use of credits for textbooks or other instructional materials in a school district or open-enrollment charter school.
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:
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:
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:
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:
Puente | Laubenberg | Cook, Byron | Farrar | Veasey
Coauthor:
Anchia | Christian | Crownover | Hernandez | Straus
Sponsor:
Nelson
Last Action:
05/17/2007 E Effective immediately
Caption:
Relating to information regarding umbilical cord blood options.
Author:
Madden | McClendon | Pena | Dutton | Van Arsdale
Coauthor:
Flores | Parker | Straus
Sponsor:
Hinojosa
Last Action:
06/15/2007 E Effective immediately
Caption:
Relating to the establishment of an office of inspector general at the Texas Youth Commission.
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:
Geren | Vaught | Garcia | Macias | Berman
Coauthor:
Aycock | Cook, Robby | Escobar | Heflin | Keffer, Jim | et al.
Sponsor:
Harris
Last Action:
06/04/2007 E Effective immediately
Caption:
Relating to the offense of funeral service disruption.
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:
Menendez | Castro
Coauthor:
Straus
Last Action:
04/24/2007 H Left pending in committee
Caption:
Relating to the criminal penalty for endangering certain blind or disabled pedestrians.
Author:
Deshotel | Delisi | Bonnen | Howard, Donna
Coauthor:
Brown, Betty | Brown, Fred | Eiland | England | King, Susan | et al.
Sponsor:
Nelson
Last Action:
05/11/2007 E Effective on 9/1/07
Caption:
Relating to human papillomavirus education programs.
Author:
Villarreal
Coauthor:
Burnam | Straus
Sponsor:
Uresti
Last Action:
06/15/2007 E Effective on 9/1/07
Caption:
Relating to the regulation of and licensing exemptions for certain child-care facilities.
Author:
Delisi | Gattis | Miller
Coauthor:
Bohac | Kolkhorst | Noriega, Rick | Straus | Zerwas
Last Action:
05/02/2007 H Laid on the table subject to call
Caption:
Relating to the reporting of health care-associated infections at certain health care facilities and the creation of an advisory panel.
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:
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:
Latham | Truitt | Woolley
Coauthor:
Aycock | Brown, Betty | Burnam | Christian | Delisi | et al.
Last Action:
04/16/2007 H Considered in Calendars
Caption:
Relating to the punishment for the offense of burglary of a vehicle.
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:
Strama | Turner | Anchia | Gonzales | Dukes
Coauthor:
Allen, Alma | Burnam | Cohen | Coleman | Eiland | et al.
Last Action:
05/08/2007 H Placed on General State Calendar
Caption:
Relating to the provision of certain services and information related to unintended pregnancies and sexually transmitted diseases.
Author:
Farias | Noriega, Rick | Escobar | McCall | Delisi
Coauthor:
Anderson | Straus
Last Action:
04/02/2007 H Left pending in committee
Caption:
Relating to the extension of consumer credit to certain members of the Texas National Guard and armed forces of the United States and their dependents; providing a penalty.
Author:
Strama
Coauthor:
Branch | Howard, Donna | Straus | Villarreal
Last Action:
04/04/2007 H Left pending in committee
Caption:
Relating to eligibility of voters to sign ballot access petitions.
Author:
Woolley | Cook, Byron | Turner | Thompson | Hardcastle
Coauthor:
Allen, Alma | Anchia | Aycock | Bailey | Bolton | et al.
Last Action:
04/12/2007 H Left pending in committee
Caption:
Relating to the regulation of the use of human cells and tissue, including a ban on human cloning; providing penalties.
Author:
Bonnen | Hancock | Branch | King, Phil | England
Coauthor:
Anderson | Cook, Robby | Harper-Brown | Hernandez | Straus
Sponsor:
Averitt
Last Action:
06/15/2007 E Vetoed by the Governor
Caption:
Relating to studies, plans, and projects concerning electric generation capacity or electric energy storage, transmission, or distribution.
Author:
Eiland
Coauthor:
Straus | Zerwas
Last Action:
04/17/2007 H Left pending in committee
Caption:
Relating to the prosecution or the offense of criminal nonsupport.
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:
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:
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:
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:
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.