| SB 34 | Author: | Zaffirini |
| Coauthor: | Armbrister | Barrientos | Bivins | Brown | Cain | et al. | |
| Sponsor: | Reyna, Elvira | Goodman | Edwards | Puente | Delisi | |
| Last Action: | 06/11/1997 E Effective on 9/1/97 | |
| Caption: | Relating to the parent-child relationship, suits affecting the parent-child relationship, and the protection of children. |
| SB 35 | Author: | West, Royce | Lucio | Shapiro | Wentworth |
| Coauthor: | Truan | Ellis | Haywood | Carona | Patterson, Jerry | et al. | |
| Sponsor: | Place | Brimer | |
| Last Action: | 06/19/1997 E Effective on 9/1/97 | |
| Caption: | Relating to operating a vehicle while intoxicated or under the influence of alcohol by a minor and other actions of a minor concerning the acquisition, possession, and use of alcohol; providing penalties. |
| SB 78 | Author: | Ellis |
| Coauthor: | Patterson, Jerry | Whitmire | West, Royce | |
| Sponsor: | McClendon | |
| Last Action: | 06/19/1997 E Effective on 9/1/97 | |
| Caption: | Relating to punishment for the offense of arson. |
| SB 79 | Author: | Ellis |
| Coauthor: | Patterson, Jerry | Cain | West, Royce | Madla | Sibley | et al. | |
| Sponsor: | McClendon | |
| Last Action: | 06/19/1997 E Effective on 9/1/97 | |
| Caption: | Relating to certain insurance covering church property; providing a penalty. |
| SB 86 | Author: | Shapiro |
| Coauthor: | Ogden | Patterson, Jerry | Carona | Harris | Haywood | et al. | |
| Sponsor: | Marchant | Hill | Kamel | Smithee | Hupp | |
| Last Action: | 05/27/1997 H Returned to committee | |
| Caption: | Relating to parental notification before an abortion may be performed on certain minors. |
| SB 97 | Author: | Moncrief |
| Coauthor: | Zaffirini | Truan | Madla | Armbrister | Barrientos | et al. | |
| Sponsor: | McCall | Danburg | Greenberg | Naishtat | Goodman | |
| Last Action: | 01/28/1997 E Effective immediately | |
| Caption: | Relating to the prosecution, punishment, and sentencing of a defendant charged with the offense of stalking. |
| SB 226 | Author: | Madla |
| Coauthor: | Luna, Gregory | Patterson, Jerry | Duncan | Ratliff | Zaffirini | et al. | |
| Sponsor: | Jones, Delwin | |
| Last Action: | 05/19/1997 E Effective immediately | |
| Caption: | Relating to defense economic readjustment zones; authorizing the issuance of bonds. |
| SB 227 | Author: | Madla |
| Coauthor: | Luna, Gregory | Patterson, Jerry | Duncan | Ratliff | Zaffirini | et al. | |
| Sponsor: | Jones, Delwin | |
| Last Action: | 06/18/1997 E Effective immediately | |
| Caption: | Relating to a grant for a local area adversely affected by a reduction in defense-related activity. |
| SB 253 | Author: | Barrientos |
| Coauthor: | Zaffirini | Patterson, Jerry | Gallegos | Harris | West, Royce | et al. | |
| Sponsor: | Danburg | Driver | Jones, Jesse | Rhodes | Kubiak | |
| Last Action: | 06/18/1997 E Effective on 9/1/97 | |
| Caption: | Relating to the selection of telecommunications utilities by customers. |
| SB 310 | Author: | Brown |
| Coauthor: | Armbrister | Barrientos | Gallegos | Ellis | Whitmire | et al. | |
| Sponsor: | Goodman | Thompson | Cuellar | |
| Last Action: | 06/20/1997 E Effective on 9/1/97 | |
| Caption: | Relating to certain judicial salaries. |
| SB 328 | Author: | Brown |
| Coauthor: | Shapiro | Truan | Armbrister | Lindsay | Patterson, Jerry | et al. | |
| Sponsor: | Thompson | |
| Last Action: | 03/26/1997 H Considered in Calendars | |
| Caption: | Relating to the creation of the Judicial Compensation Commission. |
| SB 407 | Author: | Harris |
| Coauthor: | Nelson | Galloway, Michael | Nixon, Drew | Patterson, Jerry | Carona | et al. | |
| Sponsor: | Van de Putte | Chisum | Rodriguez | Janek | |
| Last Action: | 05/01/1997 E Effective on 9/1/97 | |
| Caption: | Relating to minimum standards, records, suspension or revocation of a license, and administrative penalties for abortion facilities. |
| SB 463 | Author: | Brown | Lindsay | Sibley | Fraser | Haywood |
| Coauthor: | Armbrister | Ogden | Patterson, Jerry | |
| Sponsor: | Uher | |
| Last Action: | 05/05/1997 E Effective immediately | |
| Caption: | Relating to the designation of State Highway 6 as the Texas Korean War Veterans Memorial Highway. |
| SB 553 | Author: | Brown |
| Coauthor: | Armbrister | Gallegos | Patterson, Jerry | |
| Sponsor: | Bonnen | Uher | |
| Last Action: | 05/07/1997 E Effective immediately | |
| Caption: | Relating to the designation of a portion of State Highway 35 as the Stephen F. Austin Memorial Highway. |
| SB 621 | Author: | Duncan | Armbrister |
| Coauthor: | Patterson, Jerry | |
| 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 624 | Author: | Ratliff |
| Coauthor: | Gallegos | Shapleigh | Patterson, Jerry | Luna, Gregory | Madla | |
| Last Action: | 02/20/1997 S Referred to Health & Human Services | |
| Caption: | Relating to the regulation of therapeutic optometry. |
| SB 691 | Author: | Ratliff |
| Coauthor: | Shapiro | Patterson, Jerry | |
| Sponsor: | Kuempel | |
| Last Action: | 05/26/1997 H Point of order sustained | |
| Caption: | Relating to the regulation of detection devices and alarm systems companies under the Private Investigators and Private Security Agencies Act. |
| SB 944 | Author: | Whitmire |
| Coauthor: | Brown | Ellis | Gallegos | Patterson, Jerry | Lindsay | |
| Last Action: | 04/02/1997 H Referred to Business & Industry | |
| Caption: | Relating to the financing of venues for tourism, sports, arts, and entertainment and to related infrastructure; authorizing the imposition of certain local taxes and the issuance of local bonds; providing civil penalties. |
| SB 1071 | Author: | Sibley | Brown | Wentworth | Nelson | Ratliff |
| Coauthor: | Patterson, Jerry | Armbrister | Cain | Zaffirini | Harris | et al. | |
| Last Action: | 03/12/1997 S Referred to Health & Human Services | |
| Caption: | Relating to the establishment of an accreditation program for child-care facilities and child-placing agencies as an alternative to state licensure; providing a criminal penalty. |
| SB 1122 | Author: | Armbrister |
| Coauthor: | Barrientos | Carona | Patterson, Jerry | |
| Last Action: | 03/13/1997 S Referred to State Affairs | |
| Caption: | Relating to systems and programs administered by the Teacher Retirement System of Texas. |
| SB 1564 | Author: | Wentworth |
| Coauthor: | Armbrister | Bivins | Carona | Madla | Patterson, Jerry | et al. | |
| Last Action: | 05/12/1997 S Referred to subcommittee | |
| Caption: | Relating to the reapportionment of state legislative, congressional, and judicial districts and the creation, function, and duties of the Texas Redistricting Commission. |
| SB 1694 | Author: | Shapiro |
| Coauthor: | Harris | Wentworth | Gallegos | Patterson, Jerry | Lucio | et al. | |
| Last Action: | 03/24/1997 S Referred to Finance | |
| Caption: | Relating to state financing of public school facilities. |
| SB 1698 | Author: | Shapiro |
| Coauthor: | Wentworth | Harris | Gallegos | Patterson, Jerry | Lucio | et al. | |
| Last Action: | 03/24/1997 S Referred to Finance | |
| Caption: | Relating to funding for certain fast-growth school districts. |
| SB 1864 | Author: | Ellis |
| Coauthor: | Patterson, Jerry | |
| Sponsor: | Bailey | |
| Last Action: | 05/21/1997 H Committee report sent to Calendars | |
| Caption: | Relating to the powers of certain property owners' associations. |
| SB 1952 | Author: | Truan |
| Coauthor: | Brown | Patterson, Jerry | |
| Last Action: | 05/20/1997 H Referred to Judicial Affairs | |
| Caption: | Relating to certain courts with probate jurisdiction. |
| SCR 12 | Author: | Madla | Armbrister | Barrientos | Bivins | Brown |
| Coauthor: | Bullock | Cain | Carona | Duncan | Ellis | et al. | |
| Sponsor: | Rodriguez | |
| Last Action: | 04/15/1997 E Signed by the Governor | |
| Caption: | In memory of the Honorable Frank Tejeda. |
| SCR 40 | Author: | Shapiro | Ogden | Nelson | Sibley | Wentworth |
| Coauthor: | Bivins | Brown | Carona | Duncan | Fraser | et al. | |
| Sponsor: | Craddick | |
| Last Action: | 04/25/1997 E Signed by the Governor | |
| Caption: | Commending the members of the Texas Federation of Republican Women. |
| SCR 44 | Author: | Sibley | Brown | Zaffirini | Harris | Duncan |
| Coauthor: | Nelson | Ratliff | Ogden | Nixon, Drew | Fraser | et al. | |
| 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. |
| SJR 25 | Author: | Duncan | Armbrister |
| Coauthor: | Patterson, Jerry | |
| 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 41 | Author: | Wentworth |
| Coauthor: | Armbrister | Bivins | Carona | Madla | Patterson, Jerry | et al. | |
| Last Action: | 05/12/1997 S Referred to subcommittee | |
| Caption: | Proposing a constitutional amendment to create the Texas Redistricting Commission to establish legislative and congressional districts and to revise the constitutional redistricting provisions. |
| SR 8 | Author: | Truan |
| Coauthor: | Armbrister | Barrientos | Bivins | Brown | Cain | et al. | |
| Last Action: | 01/15/1997 S Reported enrolled | |
| Caption: | Honoring Betty King as Secretary of the Senate. |
| SR 326 | Author: | Gallegos | Brown | Ellis | Galloway, Michael | Lindsay |
| Coauthor: | Patterson, Jerry | Whitmire | |
| Last Action: | 03/13/1997 S Reported enrolled | |
| Caption: | Commending Leonard H. O. Spearman, Jr., of Houston. |