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

Number of Bills: 36

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Last Action: 04/18/1995 S Withdrawn from intent calendar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 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 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 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 86 Author: Brown
Coauthor: Patterson, Jerry
Last Action: 01/11/1995 S Referred to Education
Caption: Relating to the determination of the value of taxable property in a school district.

SB 182 Author: Rosson
Coauthor: Ellis | Zaffirini | Barrientos | Gallegos | Patterson, Jerry | et al.
Sponsor: Gray
Last Action: 06/13/1995 E Effective on 9/1/95
Caption: Relating to prohibiting discrimination by certain insurers in issuing health insurance policies to women with fibrocystic breast conditions; imposing penalties.

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 345 Author: Brown
Coauthor: Patterson, Jerry
Sponsor: Uher
Last Action: 06/17/1995 E Effective on 9/1/95
Caption: Relating to tax abatement, reinvestment zones, and the refund of certain taxes by the comptroller to reimburse certain taxes paid on property in a reinvestment zone and to the creation of development districts in certain counties, which districts may adopt and levy a sales and use tax, receive the proceeds of a hotel occupancy tax, issue bonds, and exercise the power of eminent domain.

SB 396 Author: Sims | Brown
Coauthor: Leedom | Nelson | Patterson, Jerry
Last Action: 02/02/1995 S Referred to Natural Resources
Caption: Relating to the regulation of petroleum storage tanks.

SB 482 Author: Zaffirini
Coauthor: Moncrief | Nelson | Lucio | Truan | Gallegos | et al.
Sponsor: Berlanga | Naishtat
Last Action: 06/16/1995 E Effective in 90 days -- 8/28/95
Caption: Relating to the creation, powers, and duties of the Texas Volunteer Health Corps.

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 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 1596 Author: Leedom
Coauthor: Patterson, Jerry | Cain
Sponsor: Turner, Bob
Last Action: 05/23/1995 H Placed on General State Calendar
Caption: Relating to arbitration of alleged violations of law relating to convalescent and nursing homes and related institutions.

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 46 Author: Nelson
Coauthor: Wentworth | Patterson, Jerry | Brown
Last Action: 02/20/1995 H Referred to State Affairs
Caption: Calling for participation in and the convening of the Conference of the States to propose, debate, and vote on elements of an action plan to restore checks and balances between states and the national government.

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.

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 24 Author: Armbrister
Coauthor: Galloway | Patterson, Jerry | Haywood
Last Action: 02/22/1995 S No action taken in subcommittee
Caption: Proposing a constitutional amendment to limit the time that a person may serve in legislative office or in a statewide elective executive office.

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.

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