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

Number of Bills: 77

Report Sections: Authored Bills | Additional Primary Authored Bills

Author (71):
SB 429 Author: Duncan
Last Action: 02/06/1997 S Referred to Economic Development
Caption: Relating to the liability of third parties for an injury to an employee.

SB 451 Author: Duncan
Last Action: 04/29/1997 H Withdrawn from schedule
Caption: Relating to municipal perpetual trust funds for cemeteries.

SB 452 Author: Duncan
Sponsor: Cuellar
Last Action: 05/23/1997 E Effective in 90 days -- 9/01/97
Caption: Relating to the eligibility requirements for the chief administrative law judge of the State Office of Administrative Hearing.

SB 453 Author: Duncan
Sponsor: Gallego
Last Action: 06/20/1997 E Effective immediately
Caption: Relating to the appeal of certain interlocutory orders.

SB 454 Author: Duncan
Sponsor: Jones, Delwin
Last Action: 05/05/1997 E Effective on 9/1/97
Caption: Relating to the definition of a record for records management and archival purposes.

SB 455 Author: Duncan
Sponsor: McCall
Last Action: 06/20/1997 E Effective in 90 days -- 9/01/97
Caption: Relating to liability insurance coverage for a charitable organization.

SB 456 Author: Duncan
Last Action: 02/24/1997 S Left pending in committee
Caption: Relating to sources of names for a jury wheel.

SB 457 Author: Duncan
Last Action: 04/08/1997 S Left pending in committee
Caption: Relating to the representation of a person before an executive state agency by a member of the legislature.

SB 469 Author: Duncan
Last Action: 04/17/1997 S Removed from local & uncontested calendar
Caption: Relating to the inactive status of the Texas Soybean Producers Board.

SB 530 Author: Duncan
Last Action: 04/24/1997 S No action taken in committee
Caption: Relating to indemnity provisions in certain agreements for services relating to real property.

SB 580 Author: Duncan
Sponsor: Jones, Delwin
Last Action: 05/28/1997 E Effective on 9/1/97
Caption: Relating to application of the professional prosecutors law to the county attorney of Crosby County.

SB 590 Author: Duncan | Bivins
Sponsor: Turner, Bob
Last Action: 05/09/1997 E Effective immediately
Caption: Relating to the adoption or increase of local sales and use taxes by a municipality or county in which previous elections adopting the taxes are invalid.

SB 621 Author: Duncan | Armbrister
Last Action: 05/07/1997 S Withdrawn from intent calendar
Caption: Relating to the appointment, election, and retention or rejection of appellate justices and judges and to elimination of a straight-party vote in connection with appellate and district justices and judges.

SB 630 Author: Duncan
Last Action: 04/03/1997 S Left pending in committee
Caption: Relating to requiring the state to reimburse counties for the costs of confining certain state inmates.

SB 717 Author: Duncan
Last Action: 05/13/1997 H Left pending in committee
Caption: Relating to keeping school campuses open after school hours for recreational purposes and tutoring.

SB 718 Author: Duncan
Last Action: 04/30/1997 H Left pending in committee
Caption: Relating to the control of harmful excess surface water in the extraterritorial jurisdiction of certain home-rule municipalities.

SB 719 Author: Duncan
Last Action: 04/08/1997 S Failed to receive affirmative vote in comm.
Caption: Relating to the regulation of barbers and cosmetologists under the Texas Board of Barber and Cosmetologist Examiners and the abolition of the State Board of Barber Examiners and the Texas Cosmetology Commission.

SB 720 Author: Duncan
Sponsor: Isett
Last Action: 05/26/1997 H Point of order sustained
Caption: Relating to the exception for certain officers from the registration requirements of The Property Taxation Professional Certification Act.

SB 721 Author: Duncan
Sponsor: Isett
Last Action: 05/19/1997 E Effective immediately
Caption: Relating to the issuance of certificates of obligation for the payment of a municipality's contractual interests in certain utilities.

SB 836 Author: Duncan
Last Action: 05/09/1997 S Withdrawn from intent calendar
Caption: Relating to medical examinations required for an employee who may be entitled to workers' compensation benefits.

SB 837 Author: Duncan
Last Action: 03/04/1997 S Referred to Economic Development
Caption: Relating to discrimination against an employee based on a claim for workers' compensation benefits and to remedies in an action alleging that discrimination.

SB 838 Author: Duncan
Last Action: 04/07/1997 S No action taken in committee
Caption: Relating to authorizing the adoption of rules by the supreme court for the coordination or consolidation of pretrial proceedings in certain litigation.

SB 1038 Author: Duncan
Sponsor: Jones, Delwin
Last Action: 05/19/1997 E Effective immediately
Caption: Relating to the authority of the board of regents of Texas Tech University to issue certain bonds and notes on behalf of Texas Tech University and Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center.

SB 1105 Author: Duncan
Sponsor: Averitt
Last Action: 05/26/1997 H Point of order sustained
Caption: Relating to the liability of certain volunteer health care providers.

SB 1106 Author: Duncan
Sponsor: Averitt
Last Action: 06/18/1997 E Effective on 9/1/97
Caption: Relating to actions for the amount of deductible under personal automobile insurance policies.

SB 1107 Author: Duncan
Sponsor: Oakley
Last Action: 06/19/1997 E Effective in 90 days -- 9/01/97
Caption: Relating to the provision of financial assistance to survivors of certain law enforcement officers, firefighters, and others.

SB 1108 Author: Duncan
Sponsor: Isett
Last Action: 05/27/1997 E Effective immediately
Caption: Relating to the effect of certain regulations adopted by a joint airport zoning board.

SB 1109 Author: Duncan
Last Action: 03/13/1997 S Referred to Jurisprudence
Caption: Relating to the liability of a governmental unit for the removal or destruction of traffic and road control devices.

SB 1110 Author: Duncan
Last Action: 03/13/1997 S Referred to Jurisprudence
Caption: Relating to the award of attorney's fees under the Uniform Declaratory Judgments Act.

SB 1111 Author: Duncan
Sponsor: Van de Putte
Last Action: 05/19/1997 E Effective in 90 days -- 9/01/97
Caption: Relating to the investment authority of certain insurers.

SB 1172 Author: Duncan
Last Action: 05/19/1997 S Removed from local & uncontested calendar
Caption: Relating to the offense of barratry.

SB 1173 Author: Duncan
Sponsor: Clark
Last Action: 05/05/1997 E Effective immediately
Caption: Relating to holding at the same time more than one office of municipal judge filled by appointment.

SB 1618 Author: Duncan
Last Action: 04/24/1997 S No action taken in committee
Caption: Relating to Public Fund Collateral.

SB 1619 Author: Duncan
Last Action: 03/24/1997 S Referred to Finance
Caption: Relating to the disposition of unclaimed funds by nonprofit cooperative corporations.

SB 1620 Author: Duncan
Last Action: 03/24/1997 S Referred to State Affairs
Caption: Relating to creating an excess benefit arrangement for certain annuitants of the Teacher Retirement System of Texas.

SB 1621 Author: Duncan
Sponsor: Isett
Last Action: 05/28/1997 E Effective immediately
Caption: Relating to the disposition of the City of Lubbock's auditorium-coliseum complex located on real property conveyed to the municipality by Texas Tech University.

SB 1622 Author: Duncan
Sponsor: Isett | Jones, Delwin
Last Action: 06/17/1997 E Effective immediately
Caption: Relating to the creation of the Lubbock Reese Redevelopment Authority and the eligibility of such type of authority to participate in the Texas County and District Retirement System.

SB 1623 Author: Duncan
Sponsor: Isett
Last Action: 06/11/1997 E Effective immediately
Caption: Relating to the power of the Lubbock County Hospital District to provide facilities and hospital-related equipment, supplies, and services to Lubbock County for the use of the medical examiner's office.

SB 1624 Author: Duncan
Sponsor: Kubiak
Last Action: 06/20/1997 E Effective on 9/1/97
Caption: Relating to the use and management of the state employee sick leave pool.

SB 1625 Author: Duncan
Last Action: 03/24/1997 S Referred to Economic Development
Caption: Relating to the board of directors of the Life, Accident, Health, and Hospital Service Insurance Guaranty Association.

SB 1626 Author: Duncan
Last Action: 03/24/1997 S Referred to Criminal Justice
Caption: Relating to certain offenses involving insurance fraud; providing penalties.

SB 1627 Author: Duncan
Last Action: 05/20/1997 H Left pending in committee
Caption: Relating to the provision of certain comparison data for public school districts.

SB 1628 Author: Duncan
Last Action: 03/24/1997 S Referred to Criminal Justice
Caption: Relating to punishment for certain assaults committed on school employees.

SB 1629 Author: Duncan
Last Action: 03/24/1997 S Referred to Criminal Justice
Caption: Relating to offenses under the Penal Code commonly associated with criminal street gang activity, to law enforcement provisions for investigating those offenses, and to other substantive changes and technical corrections in the Penal Code.

SB 1630 Author: Duncan
Sponsor: Siebert
Last Action: 06/11/1997 E Effective on 9/1/97
Caption: Relating to motor vehicle registrations.

SB 1631 Author: Duncan
Sponsor: Siebert
Last Action: 05/31/1997 E Effective in 90 days -- 9/01/97
Caption: Relating to the issuance of permits for the movement of oversize and overweight vehicles.

SB 1632 Author: Duncan
Last Action: 03/24/1997 S Referred to State Affairs
Caption: Relating to the regulation of vehicle storage facilities.

SB 1633 Author: Duncan
Last Action: 04/08/1997 S Left pending in committee
Caption: Relating to the members of the Commission on Law Enforcement Officer Standards and Education.

SB 1634 Author: Duncan
Last Action: 04/15/1997 S No action taken in committee
Caption: Relating to the application of the open meetings law to judges performing management functions in connection with a community supervision and corrections department.

SB 1635 Author: Duncan
Last Action: 05/07/1997 H Meeting cancelled
Caption: Relating to increasing the efficiency of the utilization of the state ceiling for qualified mortgage bonds.

SB 1636 Author: Duncan
Sponsor: Smithee
Last Action: 05/27/1997 H Comm. report sent to Local & Consent Calendar
Caption: Relating to the requirements for state agency orders adopting rules and substantial compliance with those requirements.

SB 1637 Author: Duncan
Last Action: 03/24/1997 S Referred to Natural Resources
Caption: Relating to operation of municipal drainage, utility systems, and the method of establishing drainage charges for such systems.

SB 1638 Author: Duncan
Last Action: 03/24/1997 S Referred to Natural Resources
Caption: Relating to the conversion of El Paso County Water Authority to a municipal utility district.

SB 1639 Author: Duncan
Sponsor: Walker
Last Action: 05/30/1997 E Effective on 9/1/97
Caption: Relating to a lien for the processing or harvesting of cotton.

SB 1813 Author: Duncan
Last Action: 03/24/1997 S Referred to Economic Development
Caption: Relating to the creation of a system of independent review for adverse medical determinations concerning insurance coverage.

SB 1814 Author: Duncan
Sponsor: Junell | Finnell | Seaman | Walker
Last Action: 05/30/1997 E Effective immediately
Caption: Relating to modifications of the official cotton growers' boll weevil eradication program.

SB 1871 Author: Duncan
Last Action: 05/06/1997 H Referred to Revenue & Public Ed. Funding
Caption: Relating to adjustments in the investment capital fund.

SCR 62 Author: Duncan
Sponsor: Jones, Delwin
Last Action: 05/01/1997 E Signed by the Governor
Caption: Designating April 1, 1997, as Lubbock Day at the State Capitol.

SJR 25 Author: Duncan | Armbrister
Last Action: 05/22/1997 S Withdrawn from intent calendar
Caption: Proposing a constitutional amendment providing for gubernatorial appointments to fill vacancies in the offices of appellate justices and judges, for a partisan election followed by retention elections on a nonpartisan ballot for those justices and judges, and for the appointment of district judges in accordance with certain standards.

SJR 36 Author: Duncan
Sponsor: Clark
Last Action: 04/28/1997 E Filed with the Secretary of State
Caption: Proposing a constitutional amendment to allow a person who holds the office of municipal court judge to hold more than one civil office of emolument at the same time.

SR 50 Author: Duncan
Last Action: 01/23/1997 S Reported enrolled
Caption: Recognizing Leadership Lubbock.

SR 216 Author: Duncan
Last Action: 02/20/1997 S Reported enrolled
Caption: In memory of Jacque Ione Foster McClure of Sterling City.

SR 312 Author: Duncan
Last Action: 03/11/1997 S Reported enrolled
Caption: In memory of Clem B. Boverie of Lubbock.

SR 478 Author: Duncan
Last Action: 04/10/1997 S Reported enrolled
Caption: In memory of Wayne Merwyn Igo of Plainview.

SR 491 Author: Duncan
Last Action: 04/14/1997 S Reported enrolled
Caption: Recognizing April 14-19, 1997, as Texas Energy Independence Week.

SR 626 Author: Duncan
Last Action: 05/01/1997 S Reported enrolled
Caption: Congratulating the Lubbock Christian High School Band.

SR 652 Author: Duncan
Last Action: 05/12/1997 S Reported enrolled
Caption: In memory of Jabe Brazzle, Jr.

SR 728 Author: Duncan
Last Action: 05/14/1997 S Reported enrolled
Caption: In memory of Marion Benson Blake of Lubbock.

SR 729 Author: Duncan
Last Action: 05/14/1997 S Reported enrolled
Caption: Recognizing May 28, 1997, as Elmer Delton Day.

SR 856 Author: Duncan
Last Action: 05/24/1997 S Reported enrolled
Caption: Congratulating Charles D. "Chuck" Sudduth of Lubbock.

SR 928 Author: Duncan
Last Action: 05/29/1997 S Reported enrolled
Caption: Suspending limitations on conference committee jurisdiction, H.B. No. 768.

Additional Primary Authors (6):
SB 1145 Author: Luna, Gregory | Duncan | Lucio
Last Action: 03/13/1997 S Referred to State Affairs
Caption: Relating to the operation of a vehicle with a child in the open bed of the vehicle or in the open bed of a trailer being towed by the vehicle; providing a penalty.

SCR 37 Author: Bivins | Duncan
Last Action: 04/03/1997 H Withdrawn from calendar
Caption: Designating March 4, 1997, as Panhandle Day at the Capitol.

SCR 44 Author: Sibley | Brown | Zaffirini | Harris | Duncan
Sponsor: Counts
Last Action: 06/12/1997 E Signed by the Governor
Caption: Encouraging the Texas Board of Criminal Justice, Texas Youth Commission, Juvenile Probation Commission, county commissioners, and sheriffs to support faith-based correctional programming and facilities.

SR 127 Author: Bivins | Duncan
Last Action: 02/25/1997 S Reported enrolled
Caption: Recognizing February 25, 1997, as Midland-Odessa Day at the Capitol.

SR 933 Author: Brown | Duncan
Last Action: 05/29/1997 S Reported enrolled
Caption: Congratulating Eduardo Andres Lucio III of Brownsville.

SR 1009 Author: Fraser | Duncan
Last Action: 06/02/1997 S Reported enrolled
Caption: In memory of Meagan Shea Stanley of Big Spring.

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