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

Number of Bills: 38

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 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 22 Author: Zaffirini
Coauthor: Moncrief | Truan | Patterson, Jerry | Brown | Gallegos | et al.
Last Action: 04/18/1995 S Withdrawn from intent calendar
Caption: Relating to the provision of services and other assistance to needy people, including health and human services and assistance in becoming self-dependent.

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 27 Author: Sims | Brown
Coauthor: Nixon, Drew | Armbrister | Haywood | Nelson | Bivins | et al.
Last Action: 01/16/1995 S Referred to Economic Development
Caption: Relating to protection of injured parties by certain limitations on the amount of attorney's contingency fees after a settlement or settlement offer.

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 33 Author: Brown
Coauthor: Nixon, Drew | Armbrister | Haywood | Nelson | Bivins | et al.
Last Action: 04/11/1995 S No action taken in committee
Caption: Relating to testimony by expert witnesses in civil actions.

SB 59 Author: Ellis
Coauthor: Luna, Gregory | Nixon, Drew | Truan | Haywood | Barrientos | et al.
Sponsor: Giddings
Last Action: 06/05/1995 E Effective in 90 days -- 8/28/95
Caption: Relating to removal of restrictions on investment of certain funds in businesses doing business in South Africa.

SB 67 Author: Bivins
Coauthor: Moncrief | Shapiro | Sims | Wentworth | Leedom | et al.
Last Action: 02/14/1995 S Placed on Reg. Order of Business Calendar
Caption: Relating to the representation of a person before an executive state agency by a member of the legislature; providing penalties.

SB 83 Author: Shapiro
Coauthor: Leedom | Armbrister | Nixon, Drew | Ratliff | Sibley | et al.
Last Action: 05/25/1995 S Withdrawn from intent calendar
Caption: Relating to parental notification before an abortion may be performed on a minor; providing a criminal penalty.

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 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 604 Author: Nelson | Zaffirini
Coauthor: Wentworth | Nixon, Drew | Patterson, Jerry | West, Royce | Moncrief
Sponsor: Berlanga | Coleman | McDonald | Maxey | Hirschi
Last Action: 06/14/1995 E Effective immediately
Caption: Relating to a pilot program for the establishment of medical savings accounts to assist Medicaid recipients.

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 1074 Author: Brown | Sibley | Patterson, Jerry | Nelson | Ratliff
Coauthor: Bivins | Shapiro | Nixon, Drew | Wentworth | Leedom | et al.
Sponsor: Talton | Delisi
Last Action: 06/17/1995 E Effective on 9/1/95
Caption: Relating to the operations of a grand jury; providing penalties.

SB 1075 Author: Brown | Patterson, Jerry | Sibley | Nelson | Ratliff
Coauthor: Galloway | Bivins | Henderson | Haywood | Leedom | et al.
Last Action: 04/20/1995 S Left pending in committee
Caption: Relating to a probable cause ruling by the Texas Ethics Commission concerning an offense involving a public servant's misuse of a thing of value belonging to the government or violation of a law relating to the public servant's office or employment; providing a criminal penalty.

SB 1100 Author: Haywood
Coauthor: Nixon, Drew
Last Action: 03/14/1995 S Referred to Economic Development
Caption: Relating to the civil liability of certain chambers of commerce and to the volunteers and employees of the organizations.

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.

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 13 Author: Whitmire
Coauthor: Gallegos | Nixon, Drew
Sponsor: Hunter, Bob | Luna, Vilma
Last Action: 04/12/1995 E Signed by the Governor
Caption: Recognizing the people of the Republic of China on Taiwan.

SCR 60 Author: Nelson | Moncrief | Zaffirini
Coauthor: Nixon, Drew | Patterson, Jerry | West, Royce
Sponsor: Janek | Berlanga
Last Action: 06/17/1995 E Signed by the Governor
Caption: Requesting the State Medicaid Office to study the use of Medicaid funds for the health insurance risk pool and medical savings accounts.

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 131 Author: Madla
Coauthor: Nixon, Drew
Last Action: 05/04/1995 S Left pending in committee
Caption: Requesting the lieutenant governor and speaker to appoint a joint interim committee to study county road financing problems.

SJR 4 Author: Bivins | Armbrister | Brown | Cain | Galloway
Coauthor: Harris, Chris | Haywood | Leedom | Lucio | Moncrief | et al.
Last Action: 04/24/1995 H Left pending in committee
Caption: Proposing a constitutional amendment to limit the time that a person may serve in legislative office or in certain elective executive offices.

SJR 7 Author: Ellis
Coauthor: Gallegos | Luna, Gregory | Truan | Moncrief | Nixon, Drew | et al.
Sponsor: Giddings
Last Action: 05/25/1995 E Filed with the Secretary of State
Caption: Proposing a constitutional amendment allowing investment of money from the Texas growth fund in a business without the business's disclosure of its investments in or with South Africa or Namibia.

SJR 33 Author: Brown
Coauthor: Haywood | Leedom | Shapiro | Nelson | Patterson, Jerry | et al.
Last Action: 02/08/1995 S Referred to Finance
Caption: Ratifying a proposed amendment to the Constitution of the United States providing for a federal balanced budget.

SJR 34 Author: Nelson | Whitmire | Shapiro | Armbrister | Bivins
Coauthor: Patterson, Jerry | Galloway | Leedom | Haywood | Nixon, Drew | et al.
Last Action: 04/24/1995 S Placed on Reg. Order of Business Calendar
Caption: Proposing a constitutional amendment to reserve to the people the powers of initiative and referendum.

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 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.

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