Texas Legislature
Bills Coauthored
Sen. Frank Madla
74th Legislature Regular Session
Report Date: 7/16/2025

Number of Bills: 46

SB 9 Author: Armbrister | Barrientos | Bivins | Brown | Cain
Coauthor: Ellis | Gallegos | Galloway | Haywood | Henderson | et al.
Sponsor: Gray
Last Action: 06/14/1995 E Effective on 9/1/95
Caption: Relating to the functions and systems and programs administered by the Teacher Retirement System of Texas.

SB 13 Author: Montford
Coauthor: Leedom | Nixon, Drew | Armbrister | Haywood | Nelson | et al.
Last Action: 01/23/1995 S Referred to State Affairs
Caption: Relating to the regulation of political contributions and expenditures in connection with certain judicial candidates and officeholders and to the disclosure by a judge of certain special relationships with attorneys; providing criminal penalties.

SB 15 Author: Whitmire
Coauthor: Armbrister | Barrientos | Bivins | Brown | Ellis | et al.
Sponsor: Place
Last Action: 06/07/1995 E Effective on 9/1/95
Caption: Relating to the prosecution, punishment, and creation of certain criminal offenses and to the sentencing of and facilities for housing certain defendants convicted of criminal offenses.

SB 18 Author: Moncrief
Coauthor: Barrientos | Brown | Ellis | Gallegos | Madla | et al.
Sponsor: Counts
Last Action: 02/06/1995 E Effective immediately
Caption: Relating to the reestablishment and operation of the State Board of Dental Examiners and to the regulation of the practice of dentistry and dental hygiene; providing penalties; and making an appropriation.

SB 19 Author: Whitmire | Brown | Wentworth | Zaffirini | Montford
Coauthor: Armbrister | Barrientos | Bivins | Ellis | Harris, Chris | et al.
Sponsor: Hamric
Last Action: 01/31/1995 E Effective immediately
Caption: Relating to delay of the vehicle emissions inspection and maintenance program; making an appropriation.

SB 23 Author: Wentworth
Coauthor: Leedom | Nixon, Drew | Armbrister | Bivins | Cain | et al.
Last Action: 02/06/1995 H Referred to State Affairs
Caption: Relating to directing the supreme court to adopt certain rules of civil procedure.

SB 24 Author: Shapiro
Coauthor: Leedom | Nixon, Drew | Armbrister | Haywood | Nelson | et al.
Last Action: 05/11/1995 S No action taken in committee
Caption: Relating to liability of certain governmental units and to the employees and officers of those units.

SB 25 Author: Sibley | Lucio
Coauthor: Leedom | Nixon, Drew | Armbrister | Haywood | Bivins | et al.
Sponsor: Junell
Last Action: 04/20/1995 E Effective on 9/1/95
Caption: Relating to exemplary damages in civil suits.

SB 26 Author: Bivins | Lucio | Ratliff | Harris, Chris | Montford
Coauthor: Nelson | Moncrief | Armbrister | Sims | Shapiro | et al.
Last Action: 05/11/1995 S No action taken in committee
Caption: Relating to civil remedies for deceptive trade practices.

SB 28 Author: Sibley | Lucio
Coauthor: Leedom | Nixon, Drew | Armbrister | Haywood | Nelson | et al.
Sponsor: Junell
Last Action: 05/18/1995 E Effective on 9/1/95
Caption: Relating to responsibility for, and recovery of, damages in certain civil actions.

SB 29 Author: Sibley | Lucio | Montford | Brown | Ratliff
Coauthor: Patterson, Jerry | Moncrief | Bivins | Sims | Galloway | et al.
Last Action: 01/11/1995 S Referred to Economic Development
Caption: Relating to tort reform.

SB 30 Author: Sibley | Lucio
Coauthor: Leedom | Nixon, Drew | Armbrister | Haywood | Nelson | et al.
Last Action: 02/28/1995 S No action taken in committee
Caption: Relating to health care liability claims.

SB 31 Author: Lucio
Coauthor: Bivins | Sims | Nelson | Leedom | Nixon, Drew | et al.
Sponsor: Seidlits
Last Action: 05/18/1995 E Effective on 9/1/95
Caption: Relating to the assessment of attorney's fees, costs, and damages for certain frivolous lawsuits and defenses.

SB 32 Author: Montford
Coauthor: Sims | Bivins | Moncrief | Shapiro | Leedom | et al.
Sponsor: Duncan
Last Action: 05/18/1995 E Effective in 90 days -- 8/28/95
Caption: Relating to venue for civil actions.

SB 94 Author: Ellis
Coauthor: Leedom | Montford | Madla | Moncrief | Gallegos
Sponsor: Madden | Danburg | Denny | Stiles | Greenberg
Last Action: 06/16/1995 E See remarks for effective date
Caption: Relating to the regulation of political contributions, political expenditures, and political advertising in connection with certain judicial candidates and officeholders and to personal financial statements filed by certain judicial officeholders; providing civil and criminal penalties.

SB 141 Author: Ellis
Coauthor: Moncrief | Madla | Rosson | Truan | Barrientos | et al.
Sponsor: Hochberg | Naishtat | Farrar | Greenberg
Last Action: 05/22/1995 H Reason for vote recorded in Journal
Caption: Relating to the prosecution of and punishment for an offense motivated by bias or prejudice.

SB 189 Author: West, Royce
Coauthor: Rosson | Luna, Gregory | Barrientos | Ellis | Henderson | et al.
Last Action: 05/01/1995 H Left pending in committee
Caption: Relating to the certification of historically underutilized businesses by the General Services Commission.

SB 246 Author: Wentworth
Coauthor: Armbrister | Luna, Gregory | Madla | Moncrief | Patterson, Jerry | et al.
Sponsor: Greenberg
Last Action: 05/21/1995 H Committee report sent to Calendars
Caption: Relating to the application of the open meetings law to certain meetings of governmental bodies.

SB 279 Author: Brown
Coauthor: Harris, Chris | Madla | Lucio
Sponsor: Junell
Last Action: 05/16/1995 E Effective immediately
Caption: Relating to the identification of inmates of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice and other convicted persons as illegal criminal aliens.

SB 385 Author: Ellis
Coauthor: Zaffirini | Madla | Luna, Gregory | Moncrief | West, Royce
Last Action: 01/31/1995 S Referred to Health & Human Services
Caption: Relating to the establishment and operation of a healthy start/healthy families program.

SB 574 Author: Turner, Jim | Truan | Moncrief | Montford | Zaffirini
Coauthor: Barrientos | Cain | Ellis | Gallegos | Harris, Chris | et al.
Last Action: 02/16/1995 S Referred to Health & Human Services
Caption: Relating to children and family issues, including education and health and human services and juvenile justice issues; providing penalties.

SB 715 Author: Patterson, Jerry
Coauthor: Madla
Last Action: 04/25/1995 S No action taken in committee
Caption: Relating to the licensing and regulation of public adjusters; providing criminal penalties.

SB 839 Author: Brown
Coauthor: Madla
Last Action: 05/01/1995 S Posting rule suspended
Caption: Relating to places where weapons are prohibited; creating an offense.

SB 840 Author: Brown
Coauthor: Madla | West, Royce
Sponsor: De La Garza
Last Action: 06/07/1995 E Effective on 9/1/95
Caption: Relating to the punishment for certain weapons offenses committed in a school zone.

SB 951 Author: Wentworth
Coauthor: Madla
Last Action: 03/07/1995 S Referred to Criminal Justice
Caption: Relating to delinquent children and children in need of supervision, procedures for the disposition of delinquent children and children in need of supervision, and juvenile justice.

SB 953 Author: Truan
Coauthor: Madla | Zaffirini | Barrientos
Last Action: 05/01/1995 H Meeting cancelled
Caption: Relating to regional planning of water supply or sewer services for an area eligible for economically distressed area program financial assistance.

SB 979 Author: Sibley
Coauthor: Zaffirini | Bivins | Haywood | Rosson | Cain | et al.
Sponsor: Berlanga
Last Action: 06/08/1995 E Effective on 9/1/95
Caption: Relating to programs to increase the number of primary care physicians and allied health personnel in medically underserved areas of this state.

SB 1221 Author: Nixon, Drew | Ratliff | Galloway | Haywood | Barrientos
Coauthor: Patterson, Jerry | Gallegos | Whitmire | Madla | Moncrief | et al.
Last Action: 04/28/1995 H Referred to Transportation
Caption: Relating to voluntary road use agreements between a person and a county.

SB 1278 Author: Luna, Gregory
Coauthor: Ellis | Wentworth | Madla
Sponsor: Maxey
Last Action: 06/08/1995 E Effective on 9/1/95
Caption: Relating to the rights of an owner or operator of a towed vehicle.

SB 1280 Author: Sibley
Coauthor: Zaffirini | Bivins | Rosson | Lucio | Madla | et al.
Sponsor: Delisi
Last Action: 06/12/1995 E Effective immediately
Caption: Relating to the creation of statewide preceptorship programs in general internal medicine and general pediatrics and the expansion of primary care residency positions.

SB 1487 Author: Zaffirini
Coauthor: West, Royce | Ellis | Madla | Truan
Sponsor: Conley
Last Action: 06/16/1995 E Effective immediately
Caption: Relating to prohibiting the consideration of race or ethnicity as a factor in adoption or foster care placements.

SB 1509 Author: Zaffirini | Truan | Moncrief | Lucio | Barrientos
Coauthor: Rosson | Montford | Madla
Sponsor: Cuellar, Henry
Last Action: 06/17/1995 E Effective on 9/1/95
Caption: Relating to the establishment of colonia self-help centers in certain counties.

SB 1599 Author: Truan
Coauthor: Zaffirini | Luna, Gregory | Madla | Montford | Rosson | et al.
Sponsor: Oliveira
Last Action: 05/21/1995 H Committee report sent to Calendars
Caption: Relating to the creation of the Texas-Mexico Border Environmental Education Council.

SB 1683 Author: Nixon, Drew
Coauthor: Madla
Sponsor: Howard
Last Action: 06/16/1995 E Effective on 9/1/95
Caption: Relating to the collection, management, and recycling of used oil and used oil filters; providing criminal penalties.

SCR 6 Author: Nelson
Coauthor: Armbrister | Barrientos | Brown | Cain | Gallegos | et al.
Last Action: 02/02/1995 H Referred to State Affairs
Caption: Claiming sovereignty under the Tenth Amendment to the United States Constitution over all other powers not otherwise enumerated and granted to the federal government by that constitution.

SCR 24 Author: Patterson, Jerry
Coauthor: Madla | Nelson | Shapiro | Wentworth | Brown
Sponsor: Krusee
Last Action: 03/09/1995 E Signed by the Governor
Caption: Memorializing the Congress to propose an amendment to the United States Constitution exempting desecration of the American flag from protection by First Amendment.

SCR 66 Author: Rosson | Armbrister | Barrientos | Bivins | Brown
Coauthor: Bullock | Cain | Ellis | Gallegos | Galloway | et al.
Sponsor: Moreno
Last Action: 03/09/1995 E Signed by the Governor
Caption: Declaring support of the El Paso region as the pilot site for the Intermodal Installation Program.

SCR 84 Author: Zaffirini
Coauthor: Barrientos | Ellis | Madla | Lucio | Truan | et al.
Last Action: 03/14/1995 S Referred to Education
Caption: Directing each public institution in the state to develop by 1997 a plan for increasing the representation of women and members of ethnic and racial minority groups among the administrators, faculty, professional staff, and students of the institution.

SCR 152 Author: Rosson
Coauthor: Lucio | Truan | Luna, Gregory | Barrientos | Zaffirini | et al.
Sponsor: Moreno
Last Action: 05/25/1995 E Signed by the Governor
Caption: Commending Belen Robles for her contributions to the League of United Latin American Citizens.

SJR 16 Author: Ellis
Coauthor: Gallegos | Madla | Wentworth | Moncrief | Montford | et al.
Last Action: 01/10/1995 S Referred to State Affairs
Caption: Proposing a constitutional amendment abolishing the office of state treasurer.

SJR 26 Author: Ellis | West, Royce | Montford | Moncrief | Turner, Jim
Coauthor: Luna, Gregory | Madla | Lucio
Sponsor: Thompson | Alonzo
Last Action: 05/15/1995 H Committee report sent to Calendars
Caption: Proposing a constitutional amendment providing for the election of justices of the supreme court, judges of the court of criminal appeals, justices of the courts of appeals, and certain district judges from subdistricts.

SR 4 Author: Lucio | Luna, Gregory
Coauthor: Barrientos | Zaffirini | Madla | Gallegos | Montford | et al.
Last Action: 01/11/1995 S Reported enrolled
Caption: Congratulating the new Dean of the Senate, Senator Carlos F. Truan.

SR 88 Author: Sibley | Armbrister
Coauthor: Barrientos | Bivins | Brown | Cain | Ellis | et al.
Last Action: 01/25/1995 S Reported enrolled
Caption: Congratulating Bernard Rapoport of Waco on being honored by receiving the Lifetime Achievement Award on behalf of McClennan County children and youth.

SR 619 Author: Truan | Barrientos | Lucio | Luna, Gregory | Zaffirini
Coauthor: Madla | Gallegos
Last Action: 04/03/1995 S Reported enrolled
Caption: Honoring the life and career of Selena Quintanilla-Perez.

SR 649 Author: Rosson | Patterson, Jerry | West, Royce | Whitmire | Zaffirini
Coauthor: Leedom | Harris, Chris | Ratliff | Gallegos | Lucio | et al.
Last Action: 04/19/1995 S Placed on Reg. Order of Business Calendar
Caption: Amending Senate Rule 4.03-limit to 5 minutes.

SR 928 Author: Barrientos | Truan | Zaffirini | Rosson | Lucio
Coauthor: Luna, Gregory | Madla | Gallegos
Last Action: 05/05/1995 S Reported enrolled
Caption: Paying homage to the heroism of those who fought for independence on El Cinco de Mayo.

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