Texas Legislature
Bills Coauthored
Sen. John Carona
82nd Legislature Regular Session
Report Date: 4/19/2024

Number of Bills: 35

SB 11 Author: Williams
Coauthor: Harris | Carona
Last Action: 02/17/2011 S Referred to Transportation & Homeland Sec.
Caption: Relating to the enforcement of state and federal laws governing immigration by certain governmental entities.

SB 16 Author: Patrick
Coauthor: Nelson | Estes | Hegar | Carona | Birdwell
Last Action: 04/29/2011 H Referred to State Affairs
Caption: Relating to informed consent to an abortion.

SB 18 Author: Estes | Duncan
Coauthor: Patrick | Nichols | Deuell | Eltife | Hegar | et al.
Sponsor: Geren | Oliveira | Kleinschmidt
Last Action: 05/19/2011 E Effective on 9/1/11
Caption: Relating to the use of eminent domain authority.

SB 27 Author: Zaffirini
Coauthor: Carona | Watson | Van de Putte | Davis
Sponsor: Branch | Hochberg
Last Action: 06/17/2011 E Effective immediately
Caption: Relating to policies of school districts and open-enrollment charter schools for the care of certain students at risk for anaphylaxis.

SB 121 Author: Ellis
Coauthor: Carona | Hinojosa | West
Last Action: 05/16/2011 H Left pending in committee
Caption: Relating to photograph and live lineup identification procedures in criminal cases.

SB 124 Author: Patrick
Coauthor: Shapiro | Nichols | Carona | Nelson
Last Action: 01/31/2011 S Referred to Transportation & Homeland Sec.
Caption: Relating to the enforcement of state and federal laws governing immigration by certain governmental entities; providing a civil penalty.

SB 125 Author: Patrick
Coauthor: Carona
Last Action: 01/31/2011 S Referred to Finance
Caption: Relating to the retention of the $1 million total revenue exemption for the franchise tax.

SB 129 Author: Patrick
Coauthor: Carona
Last Action: 03/21/2011 S Left pending in committee
Caption: Relating to the limitation on increases in the appraised value of a residence homestead for ad valorem taxation.

SB 152 Author: Huffman
Coauthor: Carona | Nelson | Shapiro
Last Action: 05/16/2011 H Left pending in committee
Caption: Relating to the admissibility of evidence of other similar offenses in the prosecution of certain sexual offenses.

SB 160 Author: Williams
Coauthor: Carona
Last Action: 03/29/2011 H Referred to Natural Resources
Caption: Relating to the regulation of certain aggregate production operations by the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality; providing penalties.

SB 165 Author: Shapiro
Coauthor: Carona | Birdwell
Last Action: 03/28/2011 S Left pending in committee
Caption: Relating to zero-based budgeting for state agencies as a part of the sunset review process.

SB 201 Author: Uresti
Coauthor: Van de Putte | Hinojosa | West | Carona | Davis | et al.
Sponsor: Callegari
Last Action: 06/17/2011 E Effective on 1/1/12
Caption: Relating to the calculation of ad valorem taxes on the residence homestead of a 100 percent or totally disabled veteran for the tax year in which the veteran qualifies or ceases to qualify for an exemption from taxation of the homestead.

SB 202 Author: Shapiro
Coauthor: Carona | Birdwell
Last Action: 04/28/2011 H Referred to Ways & Means
Caption: Relating to achievement benchmarks in fiscal notes and to legislative review of those benchmarks.

SB 321 Author: Hegar | Birdwell
Coauthor: Eltife | Deuell | Watson | Wentworth | Carona | et al.
Sponsor: Kleinschmidt
Last Action: 06/17/2011 E Effective on 9/1/11
Caption: Relating to an employee's transportation and storage of certain firearms or ammunition while on certain property owned or controlled by the employee's employer.

SB 329 Author: Watson
Coauthor: Hinojosa | Carona | West | Davis
Sponsor: Chisum | Naishtat
Last Action: 06/17/2011 E Effective on 9/1/11
Caption: Relating to the sale, recovery, and recycling of certain television equipment; providing administrative penalties.

SB 331 Author: Shapiro | Estes | Fraser | Harris | Huffman | et al.
Coauthor: Davis | Carona | Van de Putte | West
Sponsor: Madden | Gallego | Bonnen | Coleman | Rodriguez, Eddie
Last Action: 05/28/2011 E Effective on 9/1/11
Caption: Relating to designating certain synthetic cannabinoids as controlled substances under the Texas Controlled Substances Act; providing penalties and establishing certain criminal consequences or procedures.

SB 371 Author: Seliger
Coauthor: Nichols | Uresti | Carona | Davis
Sponsor: Johnson | Sheffield | Farrar | Crownover | Lucio III
Last Action: 05/24/2011 H Placed on General State Calendar
Caption: Relating to the eligibility for service retirement annuities of certain elected officials convicted of certain crimes.

SB 474 Author: Patrick
Coauthor: Carona
Last Action: 02/14/2011 S Referred to Finance
Caption: Relating to a limitation on increases in the appraised value for ad valorem tax purposes of commercial or industrial real property.

SB 515 Author: Patrick
Coauthor: Carona | Birdwell
Last Action: 02/17/2011 S Referred to State Affairs
Caption: Relating to required individual health insurance coverage.

SB 516 Author: Patrick
Coauthor: Carona | Uresti
Sponsor: Fletcher
Last Action: 06/17/2011 E See remarks for effective date
Caption: Relating to the exemption from ad valorem taxation of all or part of the appraised value of the residence homestead of the surviving spouse of a 100 percent or totally disabled veteran.

SB 530 Author: Huffman
Coauthor: Carona
Sponsor: Miller, Sid
Last Action: 06/17/2011 E Effective immediately
Caption: Relating to granting limited state law enforcement authority to special agents of the Office of Inspector General of the United States Social Security Administration and to updating certain references related to the grant of that authority to other federal law enforcement personnel.

SB 726 Author: Rodriguez
Coauthor: Wentworth | Hinojosa | Carona | Deuell | Ellis | et al.
Last Action: 05/17/2011 S Not again placed on intent calendar
Caption: Relating to the establishment of the judicial access and improvement account to provide funding for basic civil legal services, indigent defense, and judicial technical support through certain county service fees and court costs imposed to fund the account.

SB 773 Author: Zaffirini
Coauthor: Carona | Deuell | Van de Putte
Sponsor: Gallego | Chisum | Munoz, Jr. | Strama
Last Action: 06/17/2011 E Effective on 9/1/11
Caption: Relating to telecommunications service discounts for educational institutions, libraries, hospitals, and telemedicine centers.

SB 1000 Author: Eltife | Hinojosa | Van de Putte | Williams
Coauthor: Carona | Estes | Patrick
Sponsor: Geren | Thompson | Hamilton | Darby | Otto
Last Action: 06/17/2011 E Effective on 9/1/11
Caption: Relating to self-directed and semi-independent status of the Texas Real Estate Commission; making an appropriation.

SB 1085 Author: Wentworth
Coauthor: Carona | Rodriguez
Last Action: 04/28/2011 S No action taken in committee
Caption: Relating to the fees collected by district court clerks on the filing of certain civil actions or proceedings to fund basic civil legal services.

SB 1319 Author: Lucio
Coauthor: Carona
Sponsor: Oliveira | Truitt
Last Action: 05/20/2011 H Committee report sent to Calendars
Caption: Relating to certain loans secured by a lien on residential real property and to other transactions involving residential real property; providing civil penalties.

SB 1320 Author: Lucio
Coauthor: Carona
Sponsor: Gonzales, Veronica
Last Action: 06/17/2011 E Effective on 9/1/11
Caption: Relating to the execution of written instruments relating to residential real estate transactions and deeds conveying residential real estate in connection with certain transactions involving residential real estate; providing a civil penalty.

SB 1353 Author: Eltife | Deuell | Fraser | Huffman | Nichols | et al.
Coauthor: Carona | Patrick | Van de Putte
Sponsor: Solomons | Thompson | Phillips | Hartnett | Gonzales, Larry
Last Action: 05/28/2011 E Effective immediately
Caption: Relating to certain claims against persons licensed as real estate brokers and salespersons.

SB 1381 Author: Ellis
Coauthor: Carona
Last Action: 03/22/2011 S Referred to Health & Human Services
Caption: Relating to the requirement that certain mammography reports contain information regarding supplemental breast cancer screening.

SB 1524 Author: Hinojosa
Coauthor: Carona | Rodriguez | Zaffirini
Last Action: 04/04/2011 S Left pending in committee
Caption: Relating to the payment and distribution of consumer assistance funds in an action by the attorney general.

SCR 36 Author: Williams | Fraser | Hinojosa | Huffman | Lucio | et al.
Coauthor: Eltife | Carona | Wentworth | Shapiro | Nelson | et al.
Last Action: 05/02/2011 H Referred to State Affairs
Caption: Urging the members of the Texas congressional delegation to provide to the legislature a cost analysis of the exact funding necessary for full enforcement of all immigration laws in Texas and to immediately report back to the legislature as to the status of that funding and directing the lieutenant governor and the speaker of the house to send a delegation of members from both chambers to meet with members of Congress and members of the executive branch to discuss the border security crisis.

SJR 7 Author: Patrick
Coauthor: Carona
Last Action: 03/21/2011 S Left pending in committee
Caption: Proposing a constitutional amendment to authorize the legislature to set a lower limit on the maximum appraised value of a residence homestead for ad valorem taxation.

SJR 12 Author: Patrick
Coauthor: Carona | Birdwell | Nelson | Harris
Last Action: 05/25/2011 S Not again placed on intent calendar
Caption: Proposing a constitutional amendment requiring certain tax bills to be approved by two-thirds of all the members elected to each house of the legislature.

SJR 20 Author: Patrick
Coauthor: Carona
Last Action: 02/14/2011 S Referred to Finance
Caption: Proposing a constitutional amendment to authorize the legislature to limit the maximum appraised value of commercial or industrial real property for ad valorem tax purposes to 110 percent or more of the appraised value of the property for the preceding tax year.

SJR 21 Author: Patrick
Coauthor: Carona
Last Action: 03/21/2011 S Left pending in committee
Caption: Proposing a constitutional amendment authorizing the legislature to provide for an exemption from ad valorem taxation of the residence homestead of the surviving spouse of a 100 percent or totally disabled veteran in an amount equal to the amount of the residence homestead exemption to which the disabled veteran was entitled.

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