Texas Legislature
Bills Coauthored
Number of Bills: 48
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:
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:
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:
Pickett
Coauthor:
Zerwas
Last Action:
03/20/2007 H Left pending in committee
Caption:
Relating to the abolition of the Texas Transportation Commission and the creation of a commissioner of transportation as an elected statutory state officer.
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:
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:
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:
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:
Woolley | Hartnett
Coauthor:
Howard, Donna | Zerwas
Sponsor:
Duncan
Last Action:
05/25/2007 E Effective immediately
Caption:
Relating to adoption and operation of requirements regarding health benefit plan identification cards.
Author:
Aycock | Delisi | Miller | Corte, Frank
Coauthor:
Creighton | Darby | Murphy | Vaught | Zerwas
Sponsor:
Fraser
Last Action:
06/15/2007 E Vetoed by the Governor
Caption:
Relating to the student enrollment required for certain institutions of higher education to operate as general academic teaching institutions and to receive certain revenue.
Author:
King, Phil | Taylor | Woolley | Crabb
Coauthor:
Bohac | Davis, John | Howard, Charlie | Murphy | Talton | et al.
Sponsor:
Fraser
Last Action:
06/15/2007 E Effective immediately
Caption:
Relating to the securitization of the nonbypassable delivery rates of transmission and distribution utilities.
Author:
Leibowitz
Coauthor:
Zerwas
Last Action:
02/08/2007 H Referred to Transportation
Caption:
Relating to repeal of authority for the establishment and operation of the Trans-Texas Corridor.
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:
Parker | Truitt | Zedler | Veasey | Laubenberg
Coauthor:
Creighton | Heflin | Hughes | Lucio III | Zerwas
Sponsor:
Nelson
Last Action:
05/15/2007 E Effective immediately
Caption:
Relating to an immunization awareness program in certain school districts.
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:
Kolkhorst | Parker
Coauthor:
Aycock | Berman | Bohac | Flynn | Harless | et al.
Sponsor:
Janek
Last Action:
06/15/2007 E Effective on 9/1/07
Caption:
Relating to restrictions on the use of certain public subsidies.
Author:
Pierson | Pena | Truitt | Veasey
Coauthor:
Anchia | Bohac | Bolton | Brown, Fred | Burnam | et al.
Sponsor:
Harris
Last Action:
06/15/2007 E Effective on 9/1/07
Caption:
Relating to the penalties for intoxication assault and intoxication manslaughter and to the sentencing of defendants convicted of those offenses.
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:
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:
Lucio III | Escobar | Pena | Goolsby | O'Day
Coauthor:
Allen, Alma | Anderson | Aycock | Christian | Cohen | et al.
Sponsor:
Hinojosa
Last Action:
06/15/2007 E Vetoed by the Governor
Caption:
Relating to a person's eligibility for a license to carry a concealed handgun and to the prosecution of certain offenses involving the possession of a weapon.
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:
Howard, Charlie | Flynn
Coauthor:
Anderson | Berman | Brown, Betty | Callegari | Chisum | et al.
Last Action:
05/10/2007 H Placed on General State Calendar
Caption:
Relating to prohibiting the transfer of an embryo except in an adoption proceeding; providing a penalty.
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:
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:
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:
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:
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:
Paxton | Hughes | Eissler | Keffer, Jim | Bonnen
Coauthor:
Berman | Bohac | Christian | Crabb | Davis, John | et al.
Last Action:
05/15/2007 S Referred to Finance
Caption:
Relating to school district property tax rate reductions.
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:
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:
Swinford | Berman | Jackson, Jim | Creighton
Coauthor:
Aycock | Driver | Harless | Hartnett | Hughes | et al.
Last Action:
05/15/2007 S Referred to Transportation & Homeland Sec.
Caption:
Expressing support for ongoing state-led border security operations to control the Texas-Mexico border and ensure the safety of the people of Texas.
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:
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:
Parker
Coauthor:
Hughes | Murphy | Zerwas
Last Action:
05/10/2007 H Returned to committee
Caption:
Proposing a constitutional amendment to require a two-thirds vote of the legislature to enact and submit to the voters a law imposing an income tax or increasing that tax.
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:
Aycock
Coauthor:
Murphy | Zerwas
Last Action:
03/16/2007 H Reported enrolled: Mar 16 2007 3:08PM
Caption:
Commending Major John Oh for his exemplary actions in the midst of a critical medical event.
Author:
Aycock
Coauthor:
Zerwas
Last Action:
03/16/2007 H Reported enrolled: Mar 16 2007 3:08PM
Caption:
Commending Lieutenant Colonel William Brock for his significant contribution to the life-saving surgery of a wounded soldier.
Author:
Dutton
Coauthor:
Allen, Alma | Miles | Thompson | Turner | Zerwas
Last Action:
04/26/2007 H Reported enrolled: Apr 26 2007 1:03PM
Caption:
Honoring Coach Cynthia Cooper-Dyke and the Prairie View A&M University women's basketball team.