Author:
Berman | McReynolds | Flynn | Goolsby | Naishtat
Coauthor:
Bohac | Cook, Robby | Crabb | Creighton | Delisi | et al.
Sponsor:
Deuell
Last Action:
05/04/2007 E Effective on adoption of const. amendment
Caption:
Relating to providing for a reduction of the limitation on the total amount of ad valorem taxes that may be imposed by a school district on the residence homesteads of the elderly or disabled to reflect any reduction in the school district's tax rate and protecting a school district against any resulting loss in local revenue.
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:
Chavez | Hilderbran | Strama | Dukes | Giddings
Coauthor:
Harless | Leibowitz | Miles | Vaught
Sponsor:
Deuell
Last Action:
06/15/2007 E Effective on 9/1/07
Caption:
Relating to the advertising, promoting, and conducting of certain live musical performances; providing a civil penalty.
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:
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:
Delisi | Corte, Frank | Escobar | Garcia | Haggerty
Coauthor:
Aycock | Crabb | Farabee | Gonzalez Toureilles | Guillen | et al.
Sponsor:
Van de Putte
Last Action:
06/15/2007 E Effective immediately
Caption:
Relating to tuition and fee exemptions for the children of certain military personnel.
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:
Chisum | Naishtat | Crownover | Berman | Truitt
Coauthor:
Chavez | Cook, Byron | Gallego | Howard, Donna | Keffer, Jim | et al.
Sponsor:
Watson
Last Action:
05/15/2007 E Effective immediately
Caption:
Relating to the establishment of a home-delivered meal grant program in the Department of Agriculture.
Author:
Jackson, Jim
Coauthor:
Vaught
Last Action:
03/27/2007 H Left pending in subcommittee
Caption:
Relating to the minimum eligibility standards adopted by this state for use in determining eligibility for indigent health care.
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:
Dukes | Rose
Coauthor:
Vaught
Last Action:
03/12/2007 H Left pending in committee
Caption:
Relating to the adequacy of health maintenance organization health care delivery networks and availability of preferred provider benefits; providing penalties.
Author:
Hopson
Coauthor:
Frost | Homer | Ritter | Vaught
Last Action:
03/01/2007 H Left pending in committee
Caption:
Relating to eligibility for and the administration of the child health plan program.
Author:
Davis, Yvonne | Goolsby | Thompson | Naishtat
Coauthor:
Allen, Alma | Anchia | Anderson | Farabee | Farrar | et al.
Last Action:
03/19/2007 H Left pending in committee
Caption:
Relating to a silver alert for missing senior citizens.
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:
Jackson, Jim
Coauthor:
Vaught
Last Action:
03/27/2007 H Left pending in subcommittee
Caption:
Relating to county liability for indigent health care services provided to a county resident in another county.
Author:
Miles | Coleman
Coauthor:
Vaught
Last Action:
05/02/2007 H Laid on the table subject to call
Caption:
Relating to territory included in, and the validation of acts of, the Greater Southeast Management District.
Author:
Thompson | Coleman
Coauthor:
Vaught
Last Action:
04/13/2007 H Committee report sent to Calendars
Caption:
Relating to a study concerning maximum lifetime benefit limits under health benefit plan coverage applicable to hemophilia-related services, supplies, pharmaceuticals, and biologics.
Author:
Harper-Brown | Callegari
Coauthor:
Vaught
Last Action:
05/09/2007 H Placed on General State Calendar
Caption:
Relating to a motor vehicle passing a bicyclist; providing penalties.
Author:
Isett, Carl | Crabb | Haggerty
Coauthor:
Berman | Flores | Goolsby | Jones, Delwin | Macias | et al.
Last Action:
04/18/2007 H Left pending in committee
Caption:
Relating to the eligibility of a disabled veteran or surviving spouse to pay ad valorem taxes imposed on a residence homestead in installments.
Author:
Hartnett | Branch | Geren | Goolsby | Laubenberg
Coauthor:
Alonzo | Anchia | Crownover | Driver | England | et al.
Last Action:
05/02/2007 H Failed to receive affirmative vote in comm.
Caption:
Relating to the development, management, and preservation of the water resources of the state.
Author:
Veasey | Ortiz, Jr. | Miles
Coauthor:
Allen, Alma | Burnam | Farrar | Martinez, "Mando" | Naishtat | et al.
Last Action:
04/02/2007 H Left pending in subcommittee
Caption:
Relating to a study regarding the effectiveness of the James Byrd Jr. Hate Crimes Act.
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:
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:
Pierson | Rose | Truitt | McCall | Parker
Coauthor:
Patrick | Raymond | Vaught
Sponsor:
Nelson
Last Action:
06/15/2007 E Effective immediately
Caption:
Relating to the establishment of a pilot program to match certain teens in foster care with adult mentors.
Author:
Homer | Hopson | Frost | Rose | Smithee
Coauthor:
Castro | Coleman | Garcia | Geren | Guillen | et al.
Last Action:
03/20/2007 H Referred to Insurance
Caption:
Relating to the election of the commissioner of insurance.
Author:
Delisi | Eissler | Zerwas | Homer | McClendon
Coauthor:
Aycock | Berman | Callegari | Castro | Cook, Byron | et al.
Last Action:
04/25/2007 H Left pending in committee
Caption:
Relating to advance directives.
Author:
Isett, Carl | Crabb | Haggerty
Coauthor:
Berman | Flores | Goolsby | Hughes | Jones, Delwin | et al.
Sponsor:
Shapleigh
Last Action:
06/15/2007 E Effective immediately
Caption:
Relating to a probate fee exemption for estates of members of the armed forces of the United States who died while serving in a combat zone.
Author:
Gonzalez Toureilles | Corte, Frank | Escobar | Pena | Herrero
Coauthor:
Delisi | Garcia | Noriega, Rick | Vaught
Last Action:
05/08/2007 H Considered in Calendars
Caption:
Relating to the issuance of specialty license plates to family members of a person who dies while serving in the United States armed forces.
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:
Anderson | Hodge
Coauthor:
Anchia | Burnam | Cohen | Crabb | Eiland | et al.
Last Action:
04/03/2007 H Left pending in committee
Caption:
Urging the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality to impose a 180-day moratorium on applications for pulverized coal-fired power plant permits.
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:
Berman | McReynolds | Flynn | Goolsby | Naishtat
Coauthor:
Allen, Alma | Alonzo | Anchia | Bohac | Burnam | et al.
Last Action:
02/19/2007 H Laid on the table subject to call
Caption:
Proposing a constitutional amendment authorizing the legislature to provide for a reduction of the limitation on the total amount of ad valorem taxes that may be imposed for public school purposes on the residence homesteads of the elderly or disabled to reflect any reduction in the rate of those taxes.
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.