Texas Legislature
Bills Coauthored
Sen. David Bernsen
76th Legislature Regular Session
Report Date: 11/8/2025

Number of Bills: 41

SB 5 Author: Sibley
Coauthor: Bernsen | Shapleigh | Zaffirini | Armbrister | Duncan | et al.
Sponsor: Oliveira | Greenberg | Cuellar | McClendon | McCall
Last Action: 05/25/1999 H Point of order sustained
Caption: Relating to the authorization of certain franchise tax incentives promoting economic development.

SB 8 Author: West, Royce
Coauthor: Duncan | Truan | Bernsen
Sponsor: Goodman
Last Action: 06/19/1999 E Effective on 9/1/99
Caption: Relating to the compilation of criminal information pertaining to criminal street gangs and criminal combinations.

SB 22 Author: Nelson
Coauthor: Moncrief | Bernsen | Lindsay | Nixon, Drew | Shapleigh | et al.
Sponsor: Naishtat
Last Action: 05/25/1999 H Placed on General State Calendar
Caption: Relating to the eligibility for release on community supervision or parole for a defendant convicted of aggravated assault.

SB 23 Author: Nelson
Coauthor: Moncrief | West, Royce | Bernsen | Lucio | Lindsay | et al.
Sponsor: Naishtat
Last Action: 06/18/1999 E Effective on 9/1/99
Caption: Relating to the duration of certain emergency protection orders issued by magistrates.

SB 24 Author: Nelson
Coauthor: Moncrief | Bernsen | Lindsay | Cain | Shapleigh | et al.
Sponsor: Hinojosa | Naishtat
Last Action: 06/19/1999 E Effective on 9/1/99
Caption: Relating to the prosecution and punishment of certain domestic violence offenses.

SB 37 Author: Ellis, Rodney
Coauthor: Wentworth | West, Royce | Zaffirini | Cain | Shapleigh | et al.
Last Action: 03/30/1999 H Referred to Higher Education
Caption: Relating to student financial aid, including the consolidation or repeal of student aid and grant programs and the creation of grant programs to provide financial assistance to students at institutions of higher education who meet certain academic, citizenship, financial need, and other requirements.

SB 50 Author: Nelson
Coauthor: Moncrief | Bernsen | Lucio | Lindsay | Cain | et al.
Sponsor: Naishtat | Reyna, Arthur | Dukes
Last Action: 06/19/1999 E Effective on 9/1/99
Caption: Relating to the application for, issuance of, and contents of a protective order.

SB 58 Author: Haywood
Coauthor: Shapiro | Carona | Ellis, Rodney | Nixon, Drew | Moncrief | et al.
Sponsor: Dukes
Last Action: 05/22/1999 H Comm. report sent to Local & Consent Calendar
Caption: Relating to incentives for an employer that establishes and operates a day-care center for children of employees or purchases child-care services for employees.

SB 68 Author: Shapiro
Coauthor: Bernsen
Last Action: 01/26/1999 S Referred to Education
Caption: Relating to funding for certain fast-growth school districts.

SB 107 Author: Truan
Coauthor: Barrientos | Moncrief | Shapleigh | Zaffirini | Gallegos | et al.
Sponsor: Chavez
Last Action: 06/18/1999 E Effective on 9/1/99
Caption: Relating to the designation of March 31 as Cesar Chavez Day.

SB 148 Author: Fraser
Coauthor: Bernsen | Nelson | Moncrief | Lucio | Shapleigh | et al.
Last Action: 03/02/1999 H Referred to Ways & Means
Caption: Relating to exempting certain small corporations from the franchise tax.

SB 275 Author: Ellis, Rodney
Coauthor: Truan | Gallegos | West, Royce | Barrientos | Moncrief | et al.
Last Action: 02/01/1999 S Referred to Criminal Justice
Caption: Relating to the investigation and prosecution of an offense motivated by bias or prejudice and to other remedies for and protections against certain hateful acts.

SB 425 Author: Ellis, Rodney
Coauthor: Bernsen | Zaffirini
Last Action: 02/09/1999 S Referred to Human Services
Caption: Relating to the provision of scholarships and wage supplementation for professional child-care workers.

SB 426 Author: Ellis, Rodney
Coauthor: Bernsen | Zaffirini
Last Action: 02/09/1999 S Referred to Finance
Caption: Relating to a franchise tax credit for an employer that purchases or subsidizes child-care services for employees.

SB 441 Author: Ellis, Rodney
Coauthor: Bernsen | Armbrister | Cain | Lucio | Madla | et al.
Sponsor: McCall | Goodman | Hartnett | Oliveira | Cuellar
Last Action: 06/03/1999 E See remarks for effective date
Caption: Relating to tax exemptions and credits.

SB 445 Author: Moncrief
Coauthor: Ratliff | Shapleigh | Bivins | Gallegos | Madla | et al.
Sponsor: Gray | Averitt | Coleman | Glaze | Maxey
Last Action: 05/28/1999 E Effective in 90 days -- 8/30/99
Caption: Relating to a child health plan for certain low-income children.

SB 461 Author: Nelson
Coauthor: Moncrief | Bernsen | Lindsay | Cain | Nixon, Drew | et al.
Sponsor: Howard
Last Action: 05/03/1999 E Effective on 9/1/99
Caption: Relating to a payment to a family violence shelter center by a defendant made as a condition of community supervision.

SB 591 Author: Shapiro
Coauthor: Bernsen | Carona | Harris | Armbrister | Gallegos | et al.
Last Action: 05/12/1999 H Posting rule suspended
Caption: Relating to funding for school districts that open new schools or expand existing schools.

SB 592 Author: Shapiro
Coauthor: Bernsen | Carona | Harris | Armbrister | Gallegos | et al.
Last Action: 04/07/1999 S Left pending in committee
Caption: Relating to state assistance for school facilities in certain fast-growth school districts.

SB 593 Author: Shapiro
Coauthor: Bernsen | Carona | Harris | Armbrister | Gallegos | et al.
Last Action: 04/07/1999 S Left pending in committee
Caption: Relating to additional state assistance for certain school districts with high tax rates.

SB 594 Author: Nelson
Coauthor: Bernsen | Wentworth
Last Action: 04/07/1999 S Left pending in committee
Caption: Relating to state assistance for certain school district instructional facilities projects.

SB 595 Author: Nelson
Coauthor: Bernsen | Wentworth
Last Action: 04/07/1999 S Left pending in committee
Caption: Relating to the state funding for school district debt service.

SB 596 Author: Nelson
Coauthor: Bernsen | Wentworth
Last Action: 04/07/1999 S Left pending in committee
Caption: Relating to an additional Foundation School Program allotment for schools that open or expand instructional facilities.

SB 677 Author: Jackson
Coauthor: Bernsen | Truan
Sponsor: Seaman | Uher | Deshotel | Eiland | Ritter
Last Action: 06/18/1999 E See remarks for effective date
Caption: Relating to the creation and operation of the Windstorm Building Code Advisory Committee on Specifications and Maintenance.

SB 706 Author: Ogden
Coauthor: Wentworth | Bernsen
Last Action: 05/22/1999 H Referred to Agriculture and Livestock
Caption: Relating to providing disaster relief to agriculture; providing penalties.

SB 782 Author: Nelson
Coauthor: Moncrief | Bernsen
Last Action: 05/04/1999 H Left pending in committee
Caption: Relating to disclosure requirements for certain patient health information; providing a criminal penalty.

SB 931 Author: Madla
Coauthor: Bivins | Cain | Bernsen | Haywood
Sponsor: Van de Putte | Rangel | Farabee | Telford
Last Action: 06/19/1999 E Effective on 9/1/99
Caption: Relating to the support of graduate pharmacy education and resident pharmacists.

SB 1120 Author: Armbrister
Coauthor: Bernsen
Last Action: 05/14/1999 S No action taken in committee
Caption: Relating to a statewide group insurance program for employees and retirees of school districts.

SB 1128 Author: Armbrister
Coauthor: Barrientos | Bernsen
Sponsor: Greenberg | Telford | Walker | McClendon | Clark
Last Action: 06/19/1999 E See remarks for effective date
Caption: Relating to systems and programs administered by the Teacher Retirement System of Texas.

SB 1291 Author: Zaffirini
Coauthor: Bernsen | Gallegos | Moncrief
Sponsor: McCall
Last Action: 05/21/1999 H Committee report sent to Calendars
Caption: Relating to tobacco use in this state.

SB 1579 Author: West, Royce
Coauthor: Duncan | Lindsay | Moncrief | Truan | Bernsen
Sponsor: Hinojosa
Last Action: 06/19/1999 E Effective on 9/1/99
Caption: Relating to the creation of the offense of soliciting membership in a criminal street gang.

SB 1580 Author: West, Royce
Coauthor: Duncan | Harris | Lindsay | Moncrief | Truan | et al.
Sponsor: Goodman
Last Action: 06/18/1999 E Effective immediately
Caption: Relating to the creation of the Texas Violent Gang Task Force.

SB 1902 Author: Lucio
Coauthor: Bernsen | Gallegos | Lindsay | Nelson | Whitmire | et al.
Sponsor: Carter | Uresti
Last Action: 05/26/1999 H Withdrawn from calendar
Caption: Relating to the provision of tuition and fee exemptions, stipends, and scholarships for certain former prisoners of war from Texas attending a public college or university.

SCR 22 Author: Jackson
Coauthor: Bernsen | Ellis, Rodney
Sponsor: Gray
Last Action: 06/19/1999 E Signed by the Governor
Caption: In memory of Galveston County Commissioner Wayne Johnson.

SCR 86 Author: Whitmire
Coauthor: Bernsen | Brown, J. E. "Buster" | Ellis, Rodney | Gallegos | Lindsay
Sponsor: Noriega
Last Action: 06/19/1999 E Signed by the Governor
Caption: Honoring the life of Officer Troy Alan Blando.

SR 122 Author: Lindsay
Coauthor: Bernsen | Nixon, Drew | Whitmire
Last Action: 02/03/1999 S Reported enrolled
Caption: Recognizing the North Harris Montgomery Community College District.

SR 546 Author: Cain
Coauthor: Bernsen
Last Action: 04/06/1999 S Reported enrolled
Caption: Congratulating Jerry L. Selby.

SR 571 Author: Cain
Coauthor: Bernsen
Last Action: 04/07/1999 S Reported enrolled
Caption: Congratulating Tom Ellis of Paris, Texas.

SR 926 Author: Bivins
Coauthor: Bernsen | Brown, J. E. "Buster" | Ellis, Rodney | Gallegos | Jackson | et al.
Last Action: 05/11/1999 S Reported enrolled
Caption: Congratulating Christopher Michael Kibbey of Houston.

SR 967 Author: Shapiro
Coauthor: Armbrister | Barrientos | Bernsen | Bivins | Cain | et al.
Last Action: 05/25/1999 S Reported enrolled
Caption: Commending Tim Flynn, R.N. of Austin.

SR 1225 Author: Truan
Coauthor: Armbrister | Barrientos | Bernsen | Bivins | Brown, J. E. "Buster" | et al.
Last Action: 05/31/1999 S Reported enrolled
Caption: In recognition of Senator Gregory Luna of San Antonio.

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