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

Number of Bills: 41

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 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 40 Author: Bivins
Coauthor: Sims
Sponsor: Gallego
Last Action: 05/23/1995 H Placed on General State Calendar
Caption: Relating to the treatment of repeat sex offenders.

SB 43 Author: Shapiro
Coauthor: Sims
Sponsor: Combs | Kamel
Last Action: 04/19/1995 H Considered in Calendars
Caption: Relating to the temporary furlough policy of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice.

SB 45 Author: Shapiro
Coauthor: Sims
Sponsor: Wolens | Kamel
Last Action: 05/29/1995 E Effective on 9/1/95
Caption: Relating to punishment, eligibility for parole, and parole release procedures for certain dangerous defendants.

SB 46 Author: Shapiro
Coauthor: Sims
Sponsor: Allen
Last Action: 05/29/1995 E Effective immediately
Caption: Relating to requiring victim notification when an inmate escapes from a facility operated by the institutional division of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice.

SB 47 Author: Shapiro
Coauthor: Sims
Sponsor: Allen
Last Action: 05/29/1995 E Effective on 9/1/95
Caption: Relating to notification of certain persons about procedures in the community supervision process that apply to defendants who victimized those persons.

SB 48 Author: Shapiro
Coauthor: Sims
Sponsor: Allen | Naishtat | Kamel
Last Action: 05/29/1995 E Effective on 9/1/95
Caption: Relating to a crime victim's right to appear in person before members of the Board of Pardons and Paroles.

SB 51 Author: Shapiro
Coauthor: Sims
Last Action: 02/14/1995 S Left pending in committee
Caption: Relating to an affirmative finding of sexual motivation and to a requirement that certain inmates participate in sex offender treatment as a condition to earning good conduct time.

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 78 Author: Shapiro
Coauthor: Sims
Last Action: 02/14/1995 S Left pending in committee
Caption: Relating to an affirmative finding of sexual motivation and to the eligibility for community supervision for defendants convicted of certain sexual and assaultive offenses against or involving children.

SB 79 Author: Shapiro
Coauthor: Sims
Last Action: 02/14/1995 S No action taken in committee
Caption: Relating to the registration of sexual offenders; providing a criminal penalty.

SB 81 Author: Shapiro
Coauthor: Sims | Cain
Sponsor: Brady | Goodman
Last Action: 05/29/1995 E Effective on 9/1/95
Caption: Relating to children's advocacy, including children's advocacy centers and child fatality review and investigation procedures.

SB 82 Author: Shapiro
Coauthor: Sims
Last Action: 02/14/1995 S No action taken in committee
Caption: Relating to an affirmative finding of sexual motivation and to the eligibility for deferred adjudication of defendants charged with certain sexual and assaultive offenses against or involving children.

SB 111 Author: Shapiro
Coauthor: Sims
Sponsor: Combs | Kamel
Last Action: 05/29/1995 E Effective on 9/1/95
Caption: Relating to conditions of community supervision, parole, and release on mandatory supervision for defendants charged with or convicted of certain sexual offenses against or involving children.

SB 112 Author: Shapiro
Coauthor: Sims
Last Action: 02/14/1995 S Left pending in committee
Caption: Relating to an affirmative finding of sexual motivation and to the eligibility for release on parole or mandatory supervision of inmates serving sentences for certain sexual or assaultive offenses against children.

SB 149 Author: Shapiro
Coauthor: Sims
Sponsor: Greenberg | Kamel
Last Action: 05/29/1995 E Effective on 9/1/95
Caption: Relating to the release of information concerning the treatment of a sex offender by a treatment provider, a criminal justice agency, or a local law enforcement authority.

SB 162 Author: Shapiro
Coauthor: Sims
Last Action: 02/14/1995 S No action taken in committee
Caption: Relating to the presentation of certain statements of victims at the punishment phase of a criminal trial.

SB 167 Author: Shapiro
Coauthor: Sims
Last Action: 02/14/1995 S No action taken in committee
Caption: Relating to an affirmative finding of sexual motivation and to the admissibility of evidence of other crimes, wrongs, or acts committed against a child in certain criminal cases.

SB 267 Author: Shapiro
Coauthor: Sims
Sponsor: Craddick | Allen | Greenberg
Last Action: 05/29/1995 E Effective on 9/1/95
Caption: Relating to sex offender registration and public notification of the release of a sex offender into the community; creating offenses and providing criminal penalties.

SB 811 Author: Lucio
Coauthor: Sims
Last Action: 04/04/1995 S Withdrawn from intent calendar
Caption: Relating to liability for false disparagement of perishable food products.

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 1226 Author: West, Royce
Coauthor: Sims | Montford
Sponsor: Swinford
Last Action: 05/22/1995 H Placed on General State Calendar
Caption: Relating to child-care facilities.

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 7 Author: Harris, Chris
Coauthor: Zaffirini | Cain | Ellis | Shapiro | Ratliff | et al.
Sponsor: Goodman
Last Action: 03/24/1995 E Signed by the Governor
Caption: Designating January 25, 1995, as "Children's Advocacy Day" at the Capitol.

SCR 16 Author: Shapiro
Coauthor: Sims
Sponsor: Thompson
Last Action: 05/16/1995 E Signed by the Governor
Caption: Requesting the Supreme Court of Texas to promulgate rules for the State Bar of Texas to institute in its continuing education curriculum a program on sexual abuse issues.

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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