| SB 46 | Author: | Nelson |
| Coauthor: | Lucio | |
| Last Action: | 05/10/2007 H Left pending in committee | |
| Caption: | Relating to certain fees charged for the impoundment and storage of a recovered stolen vehicle. |
| 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 99 | Author: | Zaffirini |
| Coauthor: | Lucio | |
| Sponsor: | Guillen | |
| Last Action: | 06/15/2007 E Effective immediately | |
| Caption: | Relating to the identification of and provision of assistance to colonias and for tracking the progress of certain state-funded projects that benefit colonias. |
| 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 108 | Author: | Deuell |
| Coauthor: | Lucio | |
| Last Action: | 01/29/2007 S Referred to Health & Human Services | |
| Caption: | Relating to a Medicaid buy-in program for certain children with disabilities. |
| 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 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 338 | Author: | Van de Putte |
| Coauthor: | Lucio | Harris | Hinojosa | Janek | Uresti | et al. | |
| Sponsor: | Eissler | |
| Last Action: | 05/22/2007 H Placed on General State Calendar | |
| Caption: | Relating to carbon monoxide alarms and smoke detectors in certain residential dwellings. |
| SB 444 | Author: | Hinojosa |
| Coauthor: | Lucio | |
| Last Action: | 02/20/2007 S Left pending in committee | |
| Caption: | Relating to the provision of electricity in this state; providing civil penalties. |
| 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 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 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 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 956 | Author: | West, Royce |
| Coauthor: | Lucio | |
| Sponsor: | Dutton | |
| Last Action: | 05/22/2007 H Placed on General State Calendar | |
| Caption: | Relating to consideration of family violence in the risk assessment for international parental abduction of a child. |
| 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 1162 | Author: | Estes |
| Coauthor: | Harris | Hinojosa | Lucio | Brimer | Nelson | |
| Last Action: | 04/26/2007 S Left pending in committee | |
| Caption: | Relating to the ad valorem tax situs of certain portable drilling rigs and associated equipment. |
| SB 1168 | Author: | Van de Putte | Deuell |
| Coauthor: | Lucio | |
| Last Action: | 03/14/2007 S Referred to Health & Human Services | |
| Caption: | Relating to the licensing and regulation of the practice of dietetics and nutrition care services. |
| SB 1170 | Author: | Hinojosa |
| Coauthor: | Harris | Hegar | Carona | Deuell | Lucio | et al. | |
| Last Action: | 04/23/2007 S No action taken in committee | |
| Caption: | Relating to requirements for certain contracts with physicians and health care providers. |
| 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 1283 | Author: | Van de Putte |
| Coauthor: | West, Royce | Gallegos | Lucio | |
| Sponsor: | Thompson | |
| Last Action: | 05/21/2007 H Placed on General State Calendar | |
| Caption: | Relating to the prosecution and punishment of the offense of trafficking of persons and reports concerning the offense. |
| SB 1285 | Author: | Van de Putte |
| Coauthor: | Lucio | |
| Sponsor: | Thompson | |
| Last Action: | 05/18/2007 H Committee report sent to Calendars | |
| Caption: | Relating to training for peace officers relating to the trafficking of persons. |
| SB 1287 | Author: | Van de Putte |
| Coauthor: | Lucio | |
| Sponsor: | Thompson | |
| Last Action: | 05/21/2007 E Effective on 9/1/07 | |
| Caption: | Relating to providing certain notices to be posted on the premises of alcoholic beverage retailers. |
| 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 1424 | Author: | Brimer | Harris |
| Coauthor: | Lucio | |
| Sponsor: | Smith, Todd | Patrick | Pierson | Zedler | |
| Last Action: | 06/15/2007 E Effective immediately | |
| Caption: | Relating to the municipalities authorized to use the other events trust fund to attract certain sporting events and to the comptroller of public accounts' responsibilities regarding those events. |
| SB 1470 | Author: | Seliger |
| Coauthor: | Lucio | |
| Sponsor: | Dukes | |
| Last Action: | 05/17/2007 E Effective on 9/1/07 | |
| Caption: | Relating to certain notifications required for persons convicted of a misdemeanor involving family violence. |
| 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 1558 | Author: | Hinojosa |
| Coauthor: | Lucio | |
| Sponsor: | Pena | |
| Last Action: | 05/18/2007 H Placed on General State Calendar | |
| Caption: | Relating to the punishment of certain persons who commit the offense of assault or aggravated assault. |
| SB 1697 | Author: | Shapiro |
| Coauthor: | Lucio | |
| Sponsor: | Patrick | |
| Last Action: | 05/21/2007 H Placed on General State Calendar | |
| Caption: | Relating to improvement of reading skills of students enrolled in public middle and junior high schools and use of certain federal funds to provide accelerated instruction to certain public school students. |
| SB 1700 | Author: | Shapiro |
| Coauthor: | Zaffirini | West, Royce | Lucio | |
| Sponsor: | Kolkhorst | |
| Last Action: | 05/21/2007 H Placed on General State Calendar | |
| Caption: | Relating to state assistance with the costs of constructing or renovating public high school science laboratories. |
| SB 1748 | Author: | Nichols |
| Coauthor: | Lucio | |
| Last Action: | 05/03/2007 S Left pending in committee | |
| Caption: | Relating to the collateralization of certain public funds; providing administrative penalties. |
| SB 1888 | Author: | Hinojosa |
| Coauthor: | Lucio | |
| Last Action: | 05/04/2007 H Referred to Border and International Affairs | |
| Caption: | Relating to an optional fee on registration of a vehicle in certain counties to fund transportation projects. |
| SB 1908 | Author: | Ellis |
| Coauthor: | Lucio | Duncan | |
| Sponsor: | Menendez | |
| Last Action: | 06/15/2007 E Effective on 9/1/07 | |
| Caption: | Relating to affordable housing and to the receivership and rehabilitation of certain property; providing an administrative penalty. |
| SCR 62 | Author: | Ellis | West, Royce | Zaffirini |
| Coauthor: | Lucio | |
| Last Action: | 05/10/2007 S Left pending in committee | |
| Caption: | Expressing regret for the role of the Texas government in maintaining the institution of slavery and requesting the creation of a joint interim committee to study the contributions of African slaves and their descendants. |
| SCR 84 | Author: | Watson |
| Coauthor: | Lucio | Zaffirini | |
| Sponsor: | Leibowitz | |
| Last Action: | 06/15/2007 E Signed by the Governor | |
| Caption: | Recognizing Phil Hatlen on the occasion of his retirement from the Texas School for the Blind and Visually Impaired. |
| 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. |
| SJR 61 | Author: | Duncan |
| Coauthor: | Lucio | |
| Sponsor: | Morrison | |
| Last Action: | 05/20/2007 H Committee report sent to Calendars | |
| Caption: | Proposing a constitutional amendment providing for the continuation of the constitutional appropriation of money to certain higher education entities and for the appropriation and allocation of income from the higher education fund for the purpose of performing certain repairs or rehabilitation of permanent improvements at those entities. |
| SR 2 | Author: | Carona |
| Coauthor: | Lucio | Seliger | |
| Last Action: | 03/14/2007 S Reported enrolled | |
| Caption: | Requesting the Texas Transportation Commission to cease efforts to influence Congress and other states for changes in federal law relating to the statewide transportation enhancement program. |
| SR 388 | Author: | Hinojosa |
| Coauthor: | Lucio | |
| Last Action: | 03/07/2007 S Reported enrolled | |
| Caption: | Recognizing March 7, 2007, as Coastal Bend Day at the State Capitol. |
| 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 1158 | Author: | Gallegos | Hinojosa |
| Coauthor: | Lucio | |
| Last Action: | 05/25/2007 S Reported enrolled | |
| Caption: | In memory of the life of John William Spencer. |