Texas Legislature
Bills Coauthored
Sen. Leticia Van de Putte
80th Legislature Regular Session
Report Date: 5/7/2024

Number of Bills: 85

SB 36 Author: Nelson
Coauthor: Van de Putte
Sponsor: Eiland
Last Action: 06/15/2007 E Effective immediately
Caption: Relating to the examination of certain applicants for a license to practice medicine.

SB 49 Author: Zaffirini
Coauthor: Duncan | Shapleigh | West, Royce | Lucio | Van de Putte | et al.
Last Action: 05/14/2007 H Referred to Higher Education
Caption: Relating to exempting books purchased by university and college students from the sales tax for a limited period.

SB 50 Author: Zaffirini
Coauthor: Uresti | Hinojosa | Carona | Seliger | Van de Putte | et al.
Sponsor: Kolkhorst
Last Action: 05/22/2007 H Placed on Major State Calendar
Caption: Relating to early childhood education.

SB 54 Author: Zaffirini
Coauthor: Averitt | Shapleigh | Lucio | Van de Putte | Ellis | et al.
Last Action: 04/02/2007 S Referred to s/c by chair
Caption: Relating to health benefit plan coverage for certain prosthetic devices, orthotic devices, and related services.

SB 60 Author: Zaffirini
Coauthor: Van de Putte
Last Action: 05/17/2007 H Failed to receive affirmative vote in comm.
Caption: Relating to the offense of failing to secure a child passenger in a motor vehicle and to fines for the offense.

SB 65 Author: Zaffirini
Coauthor: Hinojosa | West, Royce | Watson | Uresti | Van de Putte | et al.
Last Action: 01/23/2007 S Referred to Finance
Caption: Relating to reconstituting the system benefit fund as a trust fund and to uses of the fund.

SB 74 Author: Lucio
Coauthor: Shapleigh | Uresti | Van de Putte | Ellis | Shapiro | et al.
Sponsor: Guillen | Gonzales
Last Action: 06/15/2007 E Effective immediately
Caption: Relating to the confidentiality of certain information regarding victims of family violence, sexual assault, or stalking, including the creation of an address confidentiality program; providing a penalty.

SB 75 Author: Shapiro
Coauthor: Van de Putte
Sponsor: Rose
Last Action: 06/15/2007 E Effective on 9/1/07
Caption: Relating to penalties for certain repeat and habitual felony sex offenders.

SB 103 Author: Hinojosa
Coauthor: Van de Putte | Uresti | Averitt | Brimer | Carona | et al.
Sponsor: Madden | Hochberg | McReynolds | Haggerty | Jones, Delwin
Last Action: 06/08/2007 E Effective immediately
Caption: Relating to the Texas Youth Commission and the prosecution of certain offenses and delinquent conduct in the Texas Youth Commission and certain other criminal justice agencies; providing penalties.

SB 123 Author: Deuell
Coauthor: Van de Putte
Sponsor: Latham
Last Action: 05/17/2007 E Effective immediately
Caption: Relating to excepting from required disclosure under the public information law certain personal information maintained by a municipality that pertains to a minor.

SB 124 Author: Ellis
Coauthor: Zaffirini | Van de Putte
Last Action: 04/10/2007 S Left pending in committee
Caption: Relating to the implementation by the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality of a low-emission vehicle program.

SB 127 Author: Shapleigh
Coauthor: Wentworth | Uresti | Van de Putte | Seliger | Fraser | et al.
Sponsor: Crownover
Last Action: 05/20/2007 H Committee report sent to Calendars
Caption: Relating to the Communities In Schools program.

SB 131 Author: West, Royce
Coauthor: Uresti | Zaffirini | Van de Putte
Sponsor: Naishtat
Last Action: 06/15/2007 E See remarks for effective date
Caption: Relating to the creation of nursing home family councils.

SB 132 Author: Wentworth
Coauthor: Van de Putte
Sponsor: Straus
Last Action: 05/22/2007 H Placed on General State Calendar
Caption: Relating to the establishment and operation of a motor-bus-only lane pilot program in certain counties.

SB 136 Author: Nelson
Coauthor: Shapiro | Van de Putte | West, Royce
Sponsor: Branch
Last Action: 06/15/2007 E Effective immediately
Caption: Relating to the establishment of a community education program concerning Internet safety.

SB 156 Author: Shapiro
Coauthor: Uresti | Deuell | Carona | Nelson | Williams | et al.
Sponsor: Madden
Last Action: 06/15/2007 E Effective on 9/1/07
Caption: Relating to a competitive grant program to fund nurse-family partnership programs in certain communities in this state.

SB 158 Author: Seliger
Coauthor: Van de Putte
Sponsor: Eissler
Last Action: 05/14/2007 E Effective on 9/1/07
Caption: Relating to the certification and employment of educational diagnosticians.

SB 183 Author: Estes
Coauthor: Van de Putte | Uresti
Sponsor: Madden | Escobar
Last Action: 05/18/2007 H Placed on General State Calendar
Caption: Relating to enhancing the penalty for the manufacture of certain controlled substances if a child is present on the premises where the offense is committed.

SB 194 Author: Jackson, Mike
Coauthor: Van de Putte
Sponsor: Bonnen
Last Action: 05/22/2007 H Placed on General State Calendar
Caption: Relating to the eligibility of certain individuals with terminally ill spouses for unemployment compensation.

SB 204 Author: Nelson
Coauthor: Van de Putte | Zaffirini
Sponsor: Delisi
Last Action: 06/15/2007 E Effective immediately
Caption: Relating to certain electronic medical records systems.

SB 210 Author: Ellis
Coauthor: Van de Putte | West, Royce | Zaffirini
Sponsor: Giddings
Last Action: 05/21/2007 H Placed on General State Calendar
Caption: Relating to compensation to persons wrongfully imprisoned.

SB 247 Author: Ellis
Coauthor: Estes | Lucio | Seliger | Shapiro | Shapleigh | et al.
Sponsor: Van Arsdale | Flynn | Rose | Giddings | McClendon
Last Action: 06/15/2007 E Effective on 1/1/08
Caption: Relating to prohibiting the investment of state funds in certain private business entities doing business in Sudan.

SB 248 Author: Ellis
Coauthor: Carona | Watson | Van de Putte | Lucio
Sponsor: Harper-Brown
Last Action: 05/22/2007 H Placed on General State Calendar
Caption: Relating to a motor vehicle passing a bicyclist; providing penalties.

SB 252 Author: Estes
Coauthor: Averitt | Brimer | Deuell | Hegar | Hinojosa | et al.
Last Action: 01/30/2007 S Referred to Finance
Caption: Relating to the allocation and use of the sporting goods sales tax revenue to fund state and local parks.

SB 263 Author: Ellis
Coauthor: Van de Putte
Last Action: 05/18/2007 H Failed to receive affirmative vote in comm.
Caption: Relating to the creation of a commission to investigate and prevent wrongful convictions.

SB 270 Author: Wentworth
Coauthor: Van de Putte
Last Action: 05/10/2007 S Not again placed on intent calendar
Caption: Relating to mandatory sales price disclosure in certain real property sales; providing a civil penalty.

SB 286 Author: Watson
Coauthor: Hinojosa | Van de Putte | Seliger
Last Action: 03/21/2007 S Reported from s/c favorably with substitute
Caption: Relating to the establishment of a home-delivered meal grant program in the Department of Agriculture.

SB 368 Author: Ellis
Coauthor: Shapleigh | Van de Putte | Zaffirini | Uresti | Janek | et al.
Last Action: 04/19/2007 S Left pending in committee
Caption: Relating to the elimination of smoking in all workplaces and public places; providing penalties.

SB 436 Author: Ellis
Coauthor: Van de Putte
Last Action: 05/10/2007 H Failed to receive affirmative vote in comm.
Caption: Relating to the operation of hybrid motor vehicles.

SB 439 Author: Deuell
Coauthor: Eltife | Williams | Zaffirini | Brimer | Carona | et al.
Sponsor: Delisi
Last Action: 05/22/2007 H Placed on Major State Calendar
Caption: Relating to advance directives and health care and treatment decisions.

SB 445 Author: Hinojosa | West, Royce
Coauthor: Ellis | Van de Putte
Last Action: 05/07/2007 H Left pending in committee
Caption: Relating to design, construction, and renovation standards for state buildings and facilities.

SB 448 Author: Uresti
Coauthor: Nelson | Lucio | Shapleigh | Van de Putte | Ellis | et al.
Last Action: 04/30/2007 H Referred to State Affairs
Caption: Relating to the distribution, possession, purchase, consumption, and receipt of tobacco products; providing penalties.

SB 450 Author: Uresti
Coauthor: Janek | Nelson | Zaffirini | Van de Putte
Sponsor: Turner
Last Action: 06/15/2007 E Effective on 9/1/07
Caption: Relating to enrollment and participation in certain research programs of certain children in foster care.

SB 457 Author: Watson
Coauthor: Van de Putte | Zaffirini
Sponsor: Menendez
Last Action: 05/21/2007 E Effective immediately
Caption: Relating to the eligibility for education benefits of surviving minor children of certain public employees killed in the line of duty.

SB 458 Author: Watson
Coauthor: Van de Putte
Sponsor: Giddings
Last Action: 05/21/2007 E Effective on 9/1/07
Caption: Relating to workers' compensation medical benefits for certain prosthetic or orthotic devices.

SB 489 Author: Ellis
Coauthor: Van de Putte
Last Action: 03/01/2007 S Left pending in committee
Caption: Relating to efficiency standards for certain appliances; providing a civil penalty.

SB 490 Author: Ellis
Coauthor: Van de Putte
Last Action: 04/30/2007 S Left pending in committee
Caption: Relating to exemptions from the sales tax for certain energy efficient products.

SB 536 Author: West, Royce
Coauthor: Whitmire | Van de Putte
Last Action: 05/07/2007 S Not again placed on intent calendar
Caption: Relating to an offense committed against a homeless person because of bias or prejudice.

SB 556 Author: Lucio
Coauthor: Van de Putte
Sponsor: McReynolds
Last Action: 06/15/2007 E Effective immediately
Caption: Relating to the creation of an interagency obesity council.

SB 568 Author: Ellis
Coauthor: Van de Putte | Duncan
Sponsor: Coleman | Eiland | Rose | Smithee
Last Action: 05/18/2007 H Committee report sent to Calendars
Caption: Relating to group health benefit plan coverage for an enrollee with certain mental disorders.

SB 573 Author: Brimer
Coauthor: Lucio | Harris | Nichols | Van de Putte
Sponsor: Hilderbran
Last Action: 05/23/2007 E Effective on 9/1/07
Caption: Relating to an interim study concerning the breeding of white-tailed and mule deer in this state.

SB 574 Author: Brimer
Coauthor: Harris | Lucio | Nichols | Van de Putte
Last Action: 04/19/2007 S Left pending in committee
Caption: Relating to deer breeding operations; providing a penalty.

SB 673 Author: Zaffirini
Coauthor: Van de Putte | Patrick, Dan | West, Royce | Lucio
Sponsor: Eissler
Last Action: 05/08/2007 E Effective immediately
Caption: Relating to allowing a student receiving special education services to participate in a graduation ceremony after the fourth year of high school.

SB 674 Author: Zaffirini
Coauthor: Uresti | Van de Putte
Last Action: 05/21/2007 S Committee report printed and distributed: May 21 2007 2:25PM
Caption: Relating to health benefit plan coverage for routine patient care costs for enrollees participating in certain clinical trials.

SB 700 Author: Lucio
Coauthor: Van de Putte
Sponsor: Elkins
Last Action: 05/18/2007 H Placed on General State Calendar
Caption: Relating to state agency rules affecting small businesses.

SB 750 Author: Deuell
Coauthor: Lucio | Van de Putte | Carona | Uresti | Hegar
Last Action: 05/15/2007 H Referred to Government Reform
Caption: Relating to the creation of offices of inspectors general within certain state agencies.

SB 769 Author: Zaffirini | Brimer | Deuell | Janek | Ogden | et al.
Coauthor: Van de Putte
Sponsor: Delisi
Last Action: 05/22/2007 H Placed on Major State Calendar
Caption: Relating to contracting issues of state agencies, including ethics issues related to state contracting.

SB 782 Author: Deuell
Coauthor: Watson | Lucio | Eltife | Van de Putte
Last Action: 04/16/2007 S Left pending in committee
Caption: Relating to incentives for the film, television, and multimedia production industries.

SB 807 Author: Whitmire
Coauthor: Nelson | Brimer | Van de Putte | Hegar | Shapiro | et al.
Last Action: 04/10/2007 S Committee report printed and distributed: Apr 10 2007 12:52PM
Caption: Relating to the punishment for and prevention of the offense of burglary of vehicles.

SB 828 Author: West, Royce
Coauthor: Van de Putte
Sponsor: Smithee
Last Action: 05/17/2007 H Committee report sent to Calendars
Caption: Relating to a study concerning the collection and use of certain information by certain insurers.

SB 834 Author: Zaffirini
Coauthor: Shapleigh | Van de Putte
Last Action: 03/07/2007 S Referred to Education
Caption: Relating to requirements for monitoring compliance of public school bilingual education and special language programs.

SB 855 Author: Shapleigh
Coauthor: Van de Putte
Sponsor: Corte, Frank | Farias
Last Action: 05/11/2007 H Committee report sent to Calendars
Caption: Relating to the extension of consumer credit to certain members of the armed forces of the United States and their dependents.

SB 883 Author: Deuell
Coauthor: Van de Putte
Sponsor: Laubenberg
Last Action: 05/25/2007 E Effective immediately
Caption: Relating to the imposition of impact fees on the property of a school district.

SB 922 Author: Watson
Coauthor: Ellis | Van de Putte
Sponsor: Naishtat
Last Action: 05/18/2007 H Placed on General State Calendar
Caption: Relating to regional or local health care programs for employees of small employers.

SB 999 Author: Eltife
Coauthor: Van de Putte
Sponsor: Dutton
Last Action: 05/22/2007 H Placed on General State Calendar
Caption: Relating to possession of or access to a child in a suit affecting the parent-child relationship during or after military deployment of the child's parent.

SB 1007 Author: West, Royce
Coauthor: Van de Putte
Sponsor: Giddings
Last Action: 06/15/2007 E Effective on 9/1/07
Caption: Relating to student representation on the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board and certain coordinating board advisory committees.

SB 1019 Author: West, Royce
Coauthor: Van de Putte
Last Action: 03/14/2007 S Referred to Education
Caption: Relating to establishment of a pilot program to provide early identification of public school students at risk of dropping out of school.

SB 1042 Author: West, Royce
Coauthor: Uresti | Van de Putte
Last Action: 05/04/2007 H Referred to Appropriations
Caption: Relating to providing supplemental financial assistance to certain grandparents.

SB 1049 Author: Zaffirini
Coauthor: Lucio | Van de Putte
Sponsor: Patrick
Last Action: 05/18/2007 H Placed on General State Calendar
Caption: Relating to the availability of online information relating to research-based programs and best practices regarding the instruction of students with autism and autism-related disorders in public schools.

SB 1056 Author: Wentworth
Coauthor: Van de Putte
Sponsor: Smithee
Last Action: 06/15/2007 E Effective immediately
Caption: Relating to conversion of a reciprocal or interinsurance exchange to a stock company through creation of a mutual holding company.

SB 1058 Author: West, Royce
Coauthor: Shapleigh | Van de Putte | Hinojosa
Sponsor: Noriega, Rick | Merritt | Escobar | Raymond | Hodge
Last Action: 06/15/2007 E Effective on 9/1/07
Caption: Relating to reintegration counseling services and related resources for military servicemembers.

SB 1146 Author: Shapiro
Coauthor: Van de Putte
Sponsor: Morrison
Last Action: 05/23/2007 H Returned to Local & Consent Calendars Comm.
Caption: Relating to online performance reports for public institutions of higher education.

SB 1176 Author: Ellis
Coauthor: Lucio | Watson | Shapleigh | Uresti | Whitmire | et al.
Last Action: 04/23/2007 S Left pending in subcommittee
Caption: Relating to a requirement that a full TEXAS grant be awarded to each eligible applicant in an academic year.

SB 1234 Author: Zaffirini
Coauthor: Van de Putte | Watson
Sponsor: Rose
Last Action: 06/15/2007 E Vetoed by the Governor
Caption: Relating to a master plan for higher education in this state.

SB 1263 Author: Brimer
Coauthor: Van de Putte
Sponsor: Eiland
Last Action: 06/15/2007 E Effective on 9/1/07
Caption: Relating to regulation and licensing of certain insurance agents.

SB 1292 Author: Nelson | Deuell | Janek | Shapiro | Uresti | et al.
Coauthor: Shapleigh | Van de Putte | Ellis | Patrick, Dan | Estes | et al.
Last Action: 05/22/2007 S Not again placed on intent calendar
Caption: Relating to reorganizing certain state institutions that provide financing for cancer research, including creating the Cancer Prevention and Research Institute of Texas; granting authority to issue bonds.

SB 1295 Author: West, Royce
Coauthor: Hinojosa | Van de Putte | Zaffirini
Sponsor: Dutton
Last Action: 05/22/2007 H Placed on General State Calendar
Caption: Relating to the establishment of community-based programs administered by the juvenile boards of certain counties.

SB 1315 Author: Uresti
Coauthor: Van de Putte
Sponsor: Pickett | Driver | Giddings | Guillen
Last Action: 05/11/2007 E Effective on 9/1/07
Caption: Relating to a silver alert for missing senior citizens.

SB 1341 Author: Hegar
Coauthor: Uresti | Van de Putte | Wentworth | Zaffirini
Sponsor: Puente | Hilderbran | Castro
Last Action: 05/21/2007 H Placed on General State Calendar
Caption: Relating to the management of groundwater in the area regulated by the Edwards Aquifer Authority and to the operations and oversight of the Edwards Aquifer Authority.

SB 1357 Author: Ellis
Coauthor: Van de Putte
Last Action: 03/20/2007 S Referred to Finance
Caption: Relating to the creation of a TexSun Solar Energy System Rebate Program.

SB 1490 Author: Watson
Coauthor: Lucio | Van de Putte
Sponsor: Rose
Last Action: 05/21/2007 H Placed on General State Calendar
Caption: Relating to information that must be provided to the parent of a public school student enrolled in a special education program.

SB 1658 Author: Nichols
Coauthor: Patrick, Dan | Van de Putte
Sponsor: Hopson
Last Action: 06/15/2007 E Effective on 9/1/07
Caption: Relating to the authority of a pharmacist to fill certain prescriptions in the event of a disaster.

SB 1696 Author: Nelson
Coauthor: Shapleigh | Uresti | Van de Putte
Sponsor: Truitt
Last Action: 05/20/2007 H Committee report sent to Calendars
Caption: Relating to eligibility for medical assistance for treatment of breast or cervical cancer.

SB 1713 Author: Eltife
Coauthor: Van de Putte
Sponsor: Patrick
Last Action: 06/15/2007 E Effective immediately
Caption: Relating to the authority of a parent to designate a child-care facility or grandparent's residence for purposes of transportation provided by a public school transportation system.

SB 1764 Author: Uresti
Coauthor: Hinojosa | Van de Putte
Last Action: 05/21/2007 S Not again placed on intent calendar
Caption: Relating to a pilot program to facilitate food stamp program outreach efforts and eligibility determination processes.

SB 1834 Author: Hegar
Coauthor: Van de Putte
Sponsor: Callegari
Last Action: 05/21/2007 H Placed on General State Calendar
Caption: Relating to treatment of pharmaceutical services provided through specialty and mail order pharmacy services operated under contracts between governmental entities and pharmacy benefit managers.

SB 1871 Author: Zaffirini
Coauthor: Van de Putte
Sponsor: Hochberg
Last Action: 06/15/2007 E Effective immediately
Caption: Relating to the compilation and reporting by the Texas Education Agency of certain data regarding students enrolled in public school or in preschool programs.

SB 1879 Author: Williams
Coauthor: Van de Putte
Sponsor: Hamilton
Last Action: 06/15/2007 E See remarks for effective date
Caption: Relating to the regulation of controlled substances; providing an administrative penalty.

SB 1909 Author: Ellis | Carona | Deuell
Coauthor: Hinojosa | Whitmire | Hegar | West, Royce | Van de Putte
Sponsor: Madden
Last Action: 05/22/2007 H Placed on General State Calendar
Caption: Relating to community supervision for certain drug possession offenses and to a person's eligibility for an order of nondisclosure following a term of community supervision for any of those offenses.

SB 1928 Author: Gallegos
Coauthor: Van de Putte
Last Action: 04/23/2007 S Left pending in committee
Caption: Relating to the provision of a community telephone emergency notification system as part of the 9-1-1 system.

SCR 4 Author: Lucio
Coauthor: Van de Putte
Last Action: 04/16/2007 S Left pending in committee
Caption: Authorizing the State Preservation Board, subject to state law and board rules, to approve and permit the construction of a monument on the Capitol grounds honoring Texans who have fought or served in specified military actions since the Vietnam War.

SJR 28 Author: Wentworth
Coauthor: Brimer | Duncan | Eltife | Hinojosa | Lucio | et al.
Last Action: 03/06/2007 S Referred to State Affairs
Caption: Proposing a constitutional amendment to allow the legislature to override a veto of the governor following a legislative session.

SJR 43 Author: Nelson
Coauthor: Lucio | Van de Putte
Last Action: 05/22/2007 S Not again placed on intent calendar
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.

SR 588 Author: Uresti
Coauthor: Brimer | Carona | Duncan | Fraser | Gallegos | et al.
Last Action: 04/02/2007 S Reported enrolled
Caption: Recognizing April 2007 as Child Abuse Prevention Month.

SR 777 Author: West, Royce
Coauthor: Van de Putte
Last Action: 05/22/2007 S Reported enrolled
Caption: Encouraging the Health and Human Services Commission to partner with private entities to provide education on chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.

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