Texas Legislature
Bills Coauthored
Number of Bills: 39
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:
Cook, Byron | Chisum | Rose | Paxton | Keffer, Jim
Coauthor:
Aycock | Brown, Fred | Darby | Escobar | Hancock | et al.
Sponsor:
Eltife
Last Action:
05/18/2007 E Effective on 9/1/07
Caption:
Relating to the filing of sales reports with the comptroller by wholesalers and distributors of certain alcohol and tobacco products.
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:
Paxton | Bonnen
Coauthor:
Brown, Betty | Christian | Darby | Flynn | Zedler
Last Action:
04/19/2007 H Left pending in committee
Caption:
Relating to the determination of resident status of students by public institutions of higher education.
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:
Otto | Keffer, Jim | Rose | Howard, Donna | Miller
Coauthor:
Anchia | Aycock | Bohac | Branch | Crabb | et al.
Sponsor:
Patrick, Dan
Last Action:
05/18/2007 S Left pending in committee
Caption:
Relating to the margin of error the comptroller of public accounts must use to determine whether the local value for a school district is valid after conducting the annual property value study.
Author:
Brown, Betty | Berman | Bohac | Riddle
Coauthor:
Aycock | Christian | Darby | Harless | Harper-Brown | et al.
Sponsor:
Fraser
Last Action:
05/16/2007 S Co-sponsor authorized
Caption:
Relating to requiring a voter to present proof of identification.
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:
Brown, Betty
Coauthor:
Aycock | Darby
Sponsor:
Zaffirini
Last Action:
06/15/2007 E Effective on 9/1/07
Caption:
Relating to the use of text messages and other electronic media to commit certain sexual offenses against minors or certain students.
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 | Christian | Macias | Paxton | Crabb
Coauthor:
Aycock | Darby | Flynn | Harless | Harper-Brown | et al.
Sponsor:
Williams
Last Action:
05/17/2007 S Left pending in committee
Caption:
Relating to the procedures for registering to vote.
Author:
Orr | Bonnen | Otto | Pena | Cook, Robby
Coauthor:
Aycock | Chisum | Cook, Byron | Darby | Frost | et al.
Last Action:
04/19/2007 S Referred to Finance
Caption:
Relating to the exemption of volunteer fire departments from certain motor fuel taxes.
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:
Chisum | Brown, Betty | Callegari
Coauthor:
Aycock | Darby | Harless | Orr | Otto | et al.
Last Action:
05/07/2007 S Referred to State Affairs
Caption:
Relating to the use of certain voting equipment in certain elections that do not involve a federal office.
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:
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:
Noriega, Rick | Davis, John | Zerwas | Anchia | Brown, Fred
Coauthor:
Anderson | Aycock | Darby | Harless | Ortiz, Jr. | et al.
Last Action:
05/10/2007 S Co-sponsor authorized
Caption:
Relating to the operation of a student health center at an institution of higher education.
Author:
McReynolds
Coauthor:
Darby
Sponsor:
Deuell
Last Action:
06/15/2007 E Effective on 9/1/07
Caption:
Relating to the regional emergency medical dispatch resource centers program.
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:
Patrick
Coauthor:
Allen, Alma | Anderson | Aycock | Bolton | Callegari | et al.
Sponsor:
Hegar
Last Action:
06/15/2007 E Effective on 9/1/07
Caption:
Relating to the prosecution of an offense prohibiting the exhibition, use, or threatened exhibition or use of a firearm in or on school property or a school bus.
Author:
Chisum | Keffer, Jim | Flynn | Homer | Zerwas
Coauthor:
Anderson | Aycock | Brown, Fred | Christian | Cook, Robby | et al.
Last Action:
05/08/2007 H Laid on the table subject to call
Caption:
Relating to delivery of certain unclaimed money to a rural scholarship fund.
Author:
Gattis | Eiland | Otto
Coauthor:
Aycock | Darby
Last Action:
05/03/2007 H Laid on the table subject to call
Caption:
Relating to the investment authority of the Teacher Retirement System of Texas.
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:
Otto | Hill | Kolkhorst | Ritter | Thompson
Coauthor:
Aycock | Darby
Sponsor:
Williams
Last Action:
05/20/2007 S Committee report printed and distributed: May 20 2007 12:07PM
Caption:
Relating to the authority of a chief appraiser to appeal from an order of an appraisal review board determining a taxpayer protest.
Author:
Otto | Hill | Kolkhorst | Ritter | Thompson
Coauthor:
Aycock | Darby
Sponsor:
Williams
Last Action:
05/23/2007 S Placed on intent calendar
Caption:
Relating to the qualifications and selection of the board of directors of an appraisal district.
Author:
Otto | Hill | Kolkhorst | Ritter | Thompson
Coauthor:
Aycock | Darby
Sponsor:
Janek
Last Action:
06/15/2007 E Effective immediately
Caption:
Relating to the determination of the total taxable value of property in a school district under the property value study conducted by the comptroller of public accounts.
Author:
Otto | Hill | Kolkhorst | Ritter | Thompson
Coauthor:
Aycock | Bohac | Darby
Sponsor:
Williams
Last Action:
06/15/2007 E Effective on 1/1/08
Caption:
Relating to the contents of the notice of the meeting at which the governing body of a taxing unit will vote on a proposed ad valorem tax rate that will result in a tax revenue increase.
Author:
Otto | Hill | Kolkhorst | Ritter | Thompson
Coauthor:
Aycock | Darby
Sponsor:
Williams
Last Action:
06/15/2007 E Effective on 1/1/08
Caption:
Relating to the delivery or filing of certain ad valorem tax notices.
Author:
Hilderbran | Hardcastle | Heflin | Davis, John
Coauthor:
Cook, Byron | Darby | Delisi | Eiland | Frost | et al.
Last Action:
05/03/2007 H Committee report sent to Calendars
Caption:
Relating to the liability and indemnification of directors of soil and water conservation districts.
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:
McClendon | Truitt | Dukes | Hardcastle | Giddings
Coauthor:
Aycock | Brown, Betty | Darby | Harless | Harper-Brown | et al.
Sponsor:
Duncan
Last Action:
06/15/2007 E Vetoed by the Governor
Caption:
Expressing the commitment of the 80th Legislature of the State of Texas to providing a supplemental annuity in the form of a 13th check for eligible ERS retirees.
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:
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.