Texas Legislature
Bills Authored / Joint Authored
Sen. John Carona
75th Legislature Regular Session
Report Date: 2/14/2026

Number of Bills: 68

Report Sections: Authored Bills | Additional Primary Authored Bills

Author (64):
SB 229 Author: Carona
Sponsor: Kubiak
Last Action: 05/26/1997 H Point of order sustained
Caption: Relating to the regulation of air conditioning and refrigeration contractors; providing penalties.

SB 230 Author: Carona
Last Action: 01/21/1997 S Referred to Criminal Justice
Caption: Relating to the punishment for the offense of evading arrest.

SB 231 Author: Carona
Sponsor: Thompson | Tillery
Last Action: 05/29/1997 E Effective on 9/1/97
Caption: Relating to sources of names for the jury wheel.

SB 232 Author: Carona
Sponsor: Garcia | Hill
Last Action: 05/27/1997 H Placed on General State Calendar
Caption: Relating to an optional majority vote requirement for election of trustees in certain independent school districts.

SB 233 Author: Carona
Last Action: 01/21/1997 S Referred to Education
Caption: Relating to a student disciplinary hearing in which a student accuses another student of misconduct.

SB 234 Author: Carona
Last Action: 01/21/1997 S Referred to Jurisprudence
Caption: Relating to a civil procedure for clearing or destroying certain recorded documents.

SB 235 Author: Carona
Last Action: 02/06/1997 S Committee report printed and distributed: Feb 6 1997 11:10AM
Caption: Relating to the designation of Spur 408 in Dallas County as Patriot Parkway.

SB 251 Author: Carona
Sponsor: Thompson
Last Action: 05/21/1997 E Effective on 9/1/97
Caption: Relating to certain charges for the administration of loans and loan applications.

SB 292 Author: Carona
Sponsor: Galloway, Carolyn | Greenberg | Hodge | Chavez
Last Action: 05/19/1997 E Effective on 9/1/97
Caption: Relating to the period for early voting by personal appearance.

SB 293 Author: Carona
Sponsor: Tillery
Last Action: 05/15/1997 E Effective in 90 days -- 9/01/97
Caption: Relating to the authority of a municipality to create an industrial development corporation and to levy a sales and use tax to carry out the projects of the corporation.

SB 544 Author: Carona
Sponsor: Driver
Last Action: 05/05/1997 E Effective on 9/1/97
Caption: Relating to the procedure by which a municipality may dispose of certain land.

SB 545 Author: Carona
Last Action: 02/26/1997 S No action taken in committee
Caption: Relating to a firefighter or police officer in certain municipalities who is convicted of a felony.

SB 546 Author: Carona
Last Action: 02/17/1997 S Referred to Economic Development
Caption: Relating to the licensing and regulation of public adjusters; providing criminal penalties.

SB 547 Author: Carona
Sponsor: Smith
Last Action: 05/26/1997 H Point of order sustained
Caption: Relating to letters of credit.

SB 611 Author: Carona
Sponsor: Garcia
Last Action: 05/23/1997 E Effective immediately
Caption: Relating to criminal law magistrates in Dallas County.

SB 651 Author: Carona
Sponsor: Allen
Last Action: 05/13/1997 H Committee report sent to Calendars
Caption: Relating to complaints against certain peace officers and firefighters.

SB 652 Author: Carona
Sponsor: Marchant
Last Action: 05/23/1997 E Effective on 9/1/97
Caption: Relating to the definitions of a certain account and an instrument for purposes of a secured transaction and to the perfection of a security interest in an instrument.

SB 737 Author: Carona
Last Action: 02/26/1997 S Referred to Economic Development
Caption: Relating to a disqualification of eligibility for unemploymemt compensation benefits for periods of unpaid disciplinary suspensions.

SB 738 Author: Carona
Last Action: 04/08/1997 S Left pending in committee
Caption: Relating to a disqualification of eligibility for unemployment compensation benefits for periods of partial unemployment caused by a disciplinary reduction in hours.

SB 739 Author: Carona
Sponsor: McCall
Last Action: 05/21/1997 H Committee report sent to Calendars
Caption: Relating to the refund of certain overpaid unemployment compensation benefits by the recipients of those benefits.

SB 740 Author: Carona
Last Action: 02/26/1997 S Referred to Economic Development
Caption: Relating to the appeal of certain administrative proceedings regarding the payment of wages.

SB 745 Author: Carona
Sponsor: Gutierrez
Last Action: 06/20/1997 E Effective on 9/1/97
Caption: Relating to a special license plate for a mother of a person who died while serving in the United States armed forces.

SB 777 Author: Carona
Sponsor: McCall
Last Action: 05/25/1997 H Tabled
Caption: Relating to the authorization of certain deductions from an employee's pay.

SB 819 Author: Carona
Sponsor: Goolsby
Last Action: 05/09/1997 E Effective on 9/1/97
Caption: Relating to the design, manufacture, and sale of certain commemorative items relating to the state.

SB 885 Author: Carona
Sponsor: Thompson
Last Action: 05/30/1997 S House appoints conferees-reported
Caption: Relating to limitations on certain covenants.

SB 974 Author: Carona
Sponsor: Hill
Last Action: 05/05/1997 E Effective immediately
Caption: Relating to the recovery of environmental inspection, removal, and remediation costs by a taxing unit that purchases real property at an ad valorem tax sale.

SB 1063 Author: Carona
Sponsor: Hill
Last Action: 06/19/1997 E Effective immediately
Caption: Relating to the creation of municipal courts of record in Richardson.

SB 1064 Author: Carona
Last Action: 03/13/1997 S Referred to Health & Human Services
Caption: Relating to regulating personal care facilities; providing for a civil penalty.

SB 1065 Author: Carona
Last Action: 04/07/1997 S Committee report printed and distributed: Apr 7 1997 12:08PM
Caption: Relating to the interval between internal inspections of certain boilers.

SB 1159 Author: Carona
Last Action: 04/17/1997 S Removed from local & uncontested calendar
Caption: Relating to regulating personal care facilities; providing for a civil penalty.

SB 1160 Author: Carona
Last Action: 04/02/1997 S No action taken in committee
Caption: Relating to the licensing of eye banks and the use of donations of gifts of bodies or parts; providing criminal and civil penalties.

SB 1161 Author: Carona
Sponsor: Hill
Last Action: 06/19/1997 E Effective on 9/1/97
Caption: Relating to the authority of certain counties to contract with private entities for child support and visitation enforcement services.

SB 1162 Author: Carona
Sponsor: Gutierrez
Last Action: 05/19/1997 E Effective on 9/1/97
Caption: Relating to the warranties on the transfer or presentment of demand drafts.

SB 1313 Author: Carona
Sponsor: Hirschi
Last Action: 05/28/1997 E Effective on 9/1/97
Caption: Relating to the designation of licensed dietitians as service providers under the chronically ill and disabled children's services program.

SB 1579 Author: Carona
Sponsor: Keel, Terry
Last Action: 06/17/1997 E Effective in 90 days -- 9/01/97
Caption: Relating to the requisition for the return of a person charged with crime in this state.

SB 1580 Author: Carona
Last Action: 04/17/1997 S Record vote
Caption: Relating to the regulation of plastering contractors; providing penalties.

SB 1581 Author: Carona
Sponsor: Hartnett
Last Action: 06/20/1997 E Effective on 9/1/97
Caption: Relating to registration of and reporting by certain charitable organizations; providing penalties.

SB 1902 Author: Carona
Last Action: 03/25/1997 S Referred to Finance
Caption: Relating to tax-exempt private activity bonds.

SB 1940 Author: Carona
Last Action: 05/01/1997 S Failed to receive affirmative vote in comm.
Caption: Relating to a charge for certain types of noncredit insurance and products.

SB 1949 Author: Carona
Sponsor: Reyna, Elvira
Last Action: 06/20/1997 E Effective immediately
Caption: Relating to the powers, duties, administration, financing, and operation of the Falcon's Lair Utility and Reclamation District; granting the authority to issue bonds.

SB 1956 Author: Carona
Sponsor: Hill
Last Action: 06/20/1997 E Effective on 9/1/97
Caption: Relating to the municipal courts of record in Garland.

SCR 78 Author: Carona
Last Action: 05/05/1997 E Signed by the Governor
Caption: Instructing the senate enrolling clerk to make a technical correction to S.B. No. 251.

SCR 82 Author: Carona
Sponsor: Tillery | Reyna, Elvira
Last Action: 05/23/1997 E Signed by the Governor
Caption: Commending the Honorable Cathye Ray.

SCR 107 Author: Carona
Sponsor: Galloway, Carolyn
Last Action: 06/18/1997 E Signed by the Governor
Caption: Honoring McShan Florist, Inc.

SCR 108 Author: Carona
Sponsor: Reyna, Elvira
Last Action: 06/18/1997 E Signed by the Governor
Caption: In memory of Judge Michael Schwille.

SJR 34 Author: Carona
Last Action: 03/13/1997 S Referred to Criminal Justice
Caption: Proposing a constitutional amendment relating to the rights of the defendant in a criminal case.

SR 37 Author: Carona
Last Action: 01/21/1997 S Reported enrolled
Caption: Congratulating G.W. and Bobbie Taylor.

SR 87 Author: Carona
Last Action: 01/30/1997 S Reported enrolled
Caption: Congratulating the Lake Highlands High School Wildcats.

SR 197 Author: Carona
Last Action: 02/18/1997 S Reported enrolled
Caption: Congratulating Dallas National Bank.

SR 278 Author: Carona
Last Action: 03/04/1997 S Reported enrolled
Caption: Congratulating Jake Moran of Lake Highlands.

SR 366 Author: Carona | Shapiro
Last Action: 03/25/1997 S Reported enrolled
Caption: Recognizing March 25, 1997, as Richardson Day at the State Capitol.

SR 422 Author: Carona | Shapiro
Last Action: 04/01/1997 S Reported enrolled
Caption: Commending the students of the Westwood Leadership Center at Westwood Junior High.

SR 542 Author: Carona
Last Action: 04/22/1997 S Reported enrolled
Caption: In memory of Ward Dee Downs of Dallas.

SR 581 Author: Carona
Last Action: 04/24/1997 S Reported enrolled
Caption: Congratulating Donald Alden Buchholz of Dallas.

SR 582 Author: Carona
Last Action: 04/24/1997 S Reported enrolled
Caption: In memory of Nathan D. Maier of Dallas.

SR 699 Author: Carona
Last Action: 05/09/1997 S Reported enrolled
Caption: Congratulating Preston Charles Patterson of Balch Springs.

SR 749 Author: Carona
Last Action: 05/15/1997 S Reported enrolled
Caption: Congratulating Henry Stagg Renz and Annice Belle Renz.

SR 775 Author: Carona
Last Action: 05/19/1997 S Reported enrolled
Caption: Commending Charles "Slick" Neal of Austin.

SR 776 Author: Carona
Last Action: 05/19/1997 S Reported enrolled
Caption: Commending Jimmy Gooden of Austin.

SR 831 Author: Carona
Last Action: 05/23/1997 S Reported enrolled
Caption: Congratulating Paul Pettie of Lake Highlands.

SR 832 Author: Carona
Last Action: 05/23/1997 S Reported enrolled
Caption: Congratulating Pastor Don Emmitte of Weatherford.

SR 922 Author: Carona
Last Action: 05/29/1997 S Reported enrolled
Caption: Congratulating John Brett of Dallas.

SR 923 Author: Carona
Last Action: 05/29/1997 S Reported enrolled
Caption: Congratulating Susanna Jean De Le Garza and Scott Jamison Brown of Dallas.

SR 987 Author: Carona
Last Action: 05/31/1997 S Reported enrolled
Caption: Suspending limitations on conference committee jurisdiction, H.B. 1391.

Additional Primary Authors (4):
SB 424 Author: Bivins | Carona
Last Action: 03/20/1997 H Referred to Judicial Affairs
Caption: Relating to fraudulent public records; creating an offense.

SCR 36 Author: Zaffirini | Carona
Sponsor: Hilderbran
Last Action: 05/20/1997 E Signed by the Governor
Caption: Endorsing the Texas Department on Aging's initiative to prepare for an aging society.

SR 199 Author: Cain | Carona
Last Action: 02/19/1997 S Reported enrolled
Caption: Recognizing February 19, 1997, as Rockwall County Day at the Texas State Capitol.

SR 487 Author: Shapiro | Carona
Last Action: 05/08/1997 S Reported enrolled
Caption: Recognizing Plano Gray Ribbon Campaign Day.

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