Texas Legislature
Bills Authored / Joint Authored
Sen. Jeff Wentworth
75th Legislature Regular Session
Report Date: 2/14/2026

Number of Bills: 108

Report Sections: Authored Bills | Additional Primary Authored Bills

Author (99):
SB 308 Author: Wentworth
Sponsor: Maxey | Ehrhardt
Last Action: 05/27/1997 H Returned to Calendars Committee
Caption: Relating to the application of the open meetings law to certain meetings at which a governmental body receives information from third persons, including government employees, or deliberates a matter made confidential by law.

SB 309 Author: Wentworth
Last Action: 05/12/1997 S Failed to receive affirmative vote in comm.
Caption: Relating to a prohibition on recovery of damages in certain suits for slander of title to real property.

SB 573 Author: Wentworth
Sponsor: Place
Last Action: 05/25/1997 H Returned to committee
Caption: Relating to creating a commercial real estate broker's lien.

SB 598 Author: Wentworth
Sponsor: Delisi
Last Action: 05/21/1997 H Committee report sent to Calendars
Caption: Relating to certain assaults committed on public school employees, officers, or volunteers; providing a criminal penalty.

SB 607 Author: Wentworth
Sponsor: Goodman
Last Action: 06/20/1997 E Effective in 90 days -- 9/01/97
Caption: Relating to the assignment of certain appellate judges and justices as visiting judges.

SB 757 Author: Wentworth
Sponsor: Lewis, Ron | Keel, Terry
Last Action: 04/25/1997 E Effective immediately
Caption: Relating to water quality protection zones.

SB 874 Author: Wentworth
Sponsor: Coleman
Last Action: 05/31/1997 E Effective immediately
Caption: Relating to certain reimbursements of expenses for members of the Texas State Board of Examiners of Marriage and Family Therapists.

SB 969 Author: Wentworth
Last Action: 04/17/1997 S Removed from local & uncontested calendar
Caption: Relating to the resale of property sold to a taxing unit pursuant to foreclosure of an ad valorem tax lien.

SB 970 Author: Wentworth
Sponsor: Puente
Last Action: 05/31/1997 E Effective on 9/1/97
Caption: Relating to certain district courts in Bexar County.

SB 971 Author: Wentworth
Last Action: 03/10/1997 S Referred to Criminal Justice
Caption: Relating to the murder of a peace officer as a capital offense.

SB 1092 Author: Wentworth
Last Action: 05/01/1997 S No action taken in committee
Caption: Relating to exempting the children of disabled firemen and peace officers from the payment of tuition and fees at state-supported institutions of higher education.

SB 1093 Author: Wentworth
Last Action: 04/15/1997 S No action taken in subcommittee
Caption: Relating to the use of state lottery revenue to fund the Texas tuition assistance grant program.

SB 1094 Author: Wentworth
Last Action: 05/22/1997 H Left pending in committee
Caption: Relating to the procedure for fixing a mechanic's, contractor's, or materialman's lien on homestead property.

SB 1095 Author: Wentworth
Last Action: 05/16/1997 S No action taken in committee
Caption: Relating to the subdivision of land outside a municipality.

SB 1096 Author: Wentworth
Last Action: 03/13/1997 S Referred to State Affairs
Caption: Relating to deductions of the amount of certain child support awards from lottery winnings.

SB 1097 Author: Wentworth
Last Action: 04/17/1997 S Left pending in committee
Caption: Relating to the creation of the Texas Real Estate Inspector Licensing Board and the regulation of real estate inspectors; providing a criminal penalty.

SB 1098 Author: Wentworth
Sponsor: Goodman
Last Action: 06/19/1997 E Effective on 9/1/97
Caption: Relating to exempting certain support payments from seizure.

SB 1099 Author: Wentworth
Sponsor: Gallego
Last Action: 05/26/1997 H Point of order sustained
Caption: Relating to salaries and fees for services of certain prosecutors.

SB 1100 Author: Wentworth
Sponsor: Jones, Delwin
Last Action: 06/19/1997 E Effective on 9/1/97
Caption: Relating to the regulation of real estate brokers, salespersons, and inspectors.

SB 1101 Author: Wentworth
Last Action: 05/07/1997 H Referred to State Affairs
Caption: Relating to access to certain law enforcement and prosecutorial records under the open records law.

SB 1135 Author: Wentworth
Last Action: 03/13/1997 S Referred to State Affairs
Caption: Relating to refunding certain charges made by certain utilities.

SB 1136 Author: Wentworth
Last Action: 05/23/1997 H Referred to Land and Resource Management
Caption: Relating to the authority of a political subdivision to prepare and implement a regional habitat conservation plan or habitat conservation plan or to enter into a conservation agreement.

SB 1137 Author: Wentworth
Sponsor: Hilderbran | Krusee
Last Action: 06/20/1997 E Effective immediately
Caption: Relating to the authority of certain municipal utility districts to select the municipality in whose extraterritorial jurisdiction the district is located and to validating and confirming certain acts of municipal utility districts.

SB 1138 Author: Wentworth
Last Action: 03/13/1997 S Referred to State Affairs
Caption: Relating to recording of evidence of ownership of cemetery plots.

SB 1149 Author: Wentworth
Last Action: 03/13/1997 S Referred to Economic Development
Caption: Relating to a prohibition on telecommunications utilities discriminating in the placement of advertisements in telephone directories.

SB 1255 Author: Wentworth
Last Action: 05/20/1997 S Withdrawn from intent calendar
Caption: Relating to granting limited state law enforcement authority to certain special agents of the United States government.

SB 1434 Author: Wentworth
Last Action: 05/14/1997 S No action taken in committee
Caption: Relating to the creation of a consolidated municipal-county government in Bexar County.

SB 1435 Author: Wentworth
Last Action: 03/19/1997 S Referred to Economic Development
Caption: Relating to the liability of certain persons for injury to others that occurs on agricultural land used for recreation.

SB 1436 Author: Wentworth
Last Action: 05/14/1997 S Withdrawn from intent calendar
Caption: Relating to the authorization of the Texas Natural Resource Conservation Commission to issue general permits by rule for the discharge of waste into or adjacent to water in the state.

SB 1437 Author: Wentworth
Sponsor: Greenberg | Naishtat
Last Action: 06/19/1997 E Effective immediately
Caption: Relating to the exemption from and limitations on ad valorem taxes on the residence homestead of an elderly individual and the individual's surviving spouse and to the termination of that exemption if that homestead ceases to be the homestead of that elderly individual or surviving spouse.

SB 1438 Author: Wentworth
Sponsor: Counts | Hilderbran
Last Action: 06/20/1997 E Effective on 9/1/97
Caption: Relating to a late application by a veteran's organization for an exemption from ad valorem taxation.

SB 1439 Author: Wentworth
Sponsor: Hamric
Last Action: 05/12/1997 H Committee report sent to Calendars
Caption: Relating to the state's motor vehicle emissions inspection and maintenance program.

SB 1440 Author: Wentworth
Sponsor: Holzheauser
Last Action: 06/19/1997 E Effective on 9/1/97
Caption: Relating to tax exemptions on, and the use of certain revenues from taxes on, oil and gas production.

SB 1441 Author: Wentworth
Last Action: 04/24/1997 S Left pending in committee
Caption: Relating to the authority of the Bexar Metropolitan Water District to issue bonds.

SB 1442 Author: Wentworth
Last Action: 05/16/1997 S Withdrawn from intent calendar
Caption: Relating to the qualifications for appointment to the Texas Transportation Commission.

SB 1443 Author: Wentworth
Last Action: 04/21/1997 S No action taken in committee
Caption: Relating to arbitration of certain claims against the Texas Department of Criminal Justice arising from the construction of certain state correctional facilities.

SB 1463 Author: Wentworth
Sponsor: Keel, Terry
Last Action: 05/12/1997 H Committee report sent to Calendars
Caption: Relating to the board of directors, boundaries, and financing of the Southwest Travis County Water District.

SB 1558 Author: Wentworth
Sponsor: Turner, Bob
Last Action: 05/26/1997 H Point of order sustained
Caption: Relating to establishing the boundaries of and adding land to defined areas within certain water control and improvement districts.

SB 1559 Author: Wentworth
Last Action: 04/17/1997 S Removed from local & uncontested calendar
Caption: Relating to the sale of real property placed in the name of the state as a result of a tax foreclosure sale.

SB 1560 Author: Wentworth
Last Action: 05/15/1997 H Referred to Environmental Regulation
Caption: Relating to the appointment of citizens by a political subdivision to assist in the enforcement of the Texas Litter Abatement Act.

SB 1561 Author: Wentworth
Last Action: 05/13/1997 H Referred to Judicial Affairs
Caption: Relating to recording certain depositions.

SB 1562 Author: Wentworth
Last Action: 03/20/1997 S Referred to Intergovernmental Relations
Caption: Relating to providing for public participation in municipal hearings to consider the replat of certain subdivisions.

SB 1563 Author: Wentworth
Sponsor: Hartnett
Last Action: 06/19/1997 E Effective on 9/1/97
Caption: Relating to the objection to certain assigned judges.

SB 1564 Author: Wentworth
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 1582 Author: Wentworth
Sponsor: Kuempel
Last Action: 06/19/1997 E Effective in 90 days -- 9/01/97
Caption: Relating to the creation, administration, powers, duties, operation, and financing of the Guadalupe County Groundwater Conservation District.

SB 1789 Author: Wentworth
Last Action: 04/08/1997 S Referred to s/c by Chairman
Caption: Relating to the appointment of a watermaster for the Dove Creek watershed.

SB 1790 Author: Wentworth
Last Action: 05/19/1997 S Withdrawn from intent calendar
Caption: Relating to the composition of the board of directors of certain metropolitan transit authorities.

SB 1791 Author: Wentworth
Sponsor: Keel, Terry
Last Action: 05/23/1997 H Committee report sent to Calendars
Caption: Relating to the annexation of a portion of certain municipal utility districts.

SB 1792 Author: Wentworth
Last Action: 04/22/1997 S Failed to receive affirmative vote in comm.
Caption: Relating to the regulation of certain persons providing travel and transportation-related services; providing a criminal penalty.

SB 1793 Author: Wentworth
Sponsor: Hilderbran
Last Action: 06/18/1997 E Effective immediately
Caption: Relating to the power and authority of the Upper Guadalupe River Authority to borrow money for any corporate purpose or combination of corporate purposes.

SB 1794 Author: Wentworth
Last Action: 03/24/1997 S Referred to State Affairs
Caption: Relating to the importation of liquor and wine.

SB 1795 Author: Wentworth
Last Action: 04/29/1997 H Referred to Revenue & Public Ed. Funding
Caption: Relating to the taxable value of property of a school district that does not offer each grade level from kindergarten to 12th grade.

SB 1796 Author: Wentworth
Last Action: 04/24/1997 S Removed from local & uncontested calendar
Caption: Relating to county auditors who serve more than one county.

SB 1797 Author: Wentworth
Last Action: 03/24/1997 S Referred to State Affairs
Caption: Relating to public access to information of the Texas Natural Resource Conservation Commission; providing a penalty.

SB 1798 Author: Wentworth
Last Action: 05/20/1997 H Referred to Financial Institutions
Caption: Relating to charging an amount in connection with a loan or other extension of credit.

SB 1799 Author: Wentworth
Last Action: 05/17/1997 S Withdrawn from intent calendar
Caption: Relating to strategic partnership agreements between certain local governments.

SB 1800 Author: Wentworth
Last Action: 03/24/1997 S Referred to Intergovernmental Relations
Caption: Relating to certain expenditures and funds covered by a county budget.

SB 1801 Author: Wentworth
Last Action: 03/24/1997 S Referred to Jurisprudence
Caption: Relating to the jurisdiction of and procedure in justice and small claims courts.

SB 1802 Author: Wentworth
Last Action: 03/24/1997 S Referred to Criminal Justice
Caption: Relating to the disposition of a juvenile who damages property with graffiti, to law enforcement records relating to a child who uses a graffiti tag, and to the criminal responsibility of a parent for a child's criminal mischief involving graffiti; providing a penalty.

SB 1803 Author: Wentworth
Last Action: 04/14/1997 S No action taken in committee
Caption: Relating to subdivision descriptions in contracts to convey real property.

SB 1804 Author: Wentworth
Last Action: 03/24/1997 S Referred to State Affairs
Caption: Relating to the contents of reports of political contributions.

SB 1855 Author: Wentworth
Last Action: 05/01/1997 S No action taken in committee
Caption: Relating to the specification of venue for actions arising from certain major transactions.

SB 1856 Author: Wentworth
Sponsor: Chisum
Last Action: 06/19/1997 E Effective immediately
Caption: Relating to the inspection and maintenance of certain motor vehicles for air pollution control; providing criminal penalties.

SB 1866 Author: Wentworth
Last Action: 05/26/1997 H Received from the Senate
Caption: Relating to changes in the property tax calendar.

SB 1877 Author: Wentworth | West, Royce | Barrientos
Sponsor: Greenberg | Coleman | Giddings | Siebert | Delisi
Last Action: 06/20/1997 E Vetoed by the Governor
Caption: Relating to creating a Texas community investment program to assist certain businesses in distressed areas of the state.

SB 1878 Author: Wentworth
Sponsor: Krusee
Last Action: 05/31/1997 E Effective in 90 days -- 9/01/97
Caption: Relating to authorizing certain municipal utility districts to repair and maintain streets and to issue bonds for that purpose.

SB 1879 Author: Wentworth
Sponsor: Krusee
Last Action: 05/20/1997 E Effective immediately
Caption: Relating to the powers of the Lower Colorado River Authority to provide water services in Williamson County.

SB 1943 Author: Wentworth
Sponsor: Kuempel
Last Action: 06/19/1997 E Effective in 90 days -- 9/01/97
Caption: Relating to validating the creation and certain actions of the Comal County Fresh Water Supply District No. 1.

SB 1951 Author: Wentworth
Last Action: 05/09/1997 S Referred to Intergovernmental Relations
Caption: Relating to the sales and use tax in certain metropolitan transit authorities.

SCR 93 Author: Wentworth
Sponsor: Kuempel
Last Action: 06/18/1997 E Signed by the Governor
Caption: Designating the first week of April, 1997, as Texas Natural Resources Week.

SCR 94 Author: Wentworth
Sponsor: Kuempel
Last Action: 06/18/1997 E Signed by the Governor
Caption: Commending the Natural Resources Foundation of Texas for its work in establishing the Natural Resources Academies.

SCR 96 Author: Wentworth
Last Action: 05/17/1997 S Received by the Secretary of the Senate
Caption: Requesting the governor to return Senate Bill No. 1175 to the Senate for further consideration.

SCR 99 Author: Wentworth
Sponsor: Greenberg
Last Action: 05/27/1997 E Signed by the Governor
Caption: Requesting the governor to return Senate Bill No. 1437 to the house for further consideration.

SJR 10 Author: Wentworth
Last Action: 01/14/1997 S Referred to Finance
Caption: Ratifying a proposed amendment to the Constitution of the United States providing for a federal balanced budget.

SJR 19 Author: Wentworth
Sponsor: Gallego
Last Action: 04/30/1997 E Filed with the Secretary of State
Caption: Proposing a constitutional amendment relating to the place at which the Supreme Court of Texas sits to transact business.

SJR 40 Author: Wentworth
Last Action: 05/14/1997 S No action taken in committee
Caption: Proposing a constitutional amendment to authorize the voters of Bexar County and certain political subdivisions located, in whole or in part, in Bexar County to create a consolidated city-county government by adopting a charter restructuring and consolidating political subdivisions.

SJR 41 Author: Wentworth
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 171 Author: Wentworth
Last Action: 02/17/1997 S Reported enrolled
Caption: In memory of James Alvan Killgore of San Angelo.

SR 172 Author: Wentworth
Last Action: 02/17/1997 S Reported enrolled
Caption: In memory of Dr. Robert Melville Finks of San Angelo.

SR 173 Author: Wentworth
Last Action: 03/06/1997 S Reported enrolled
Caption: Congratulating the Texas Silver-Haired Legislature.

SR 329 Author: Wentworth
Last Action: 03/13/1997 S Reported enrolled
Caption: Congratulating Allyson B. Turner of Fort Worth.

SR 330 Author: Wentworth
Last Action: 03/13/1997 S Reported enrolled
Caption: In memory of Jimmie B. Keen of San Antonio.

SR 331 Author: Wentworth
Last Action: 03/13/1997 S Reported enrolled
Caption: In memory of Pierce Alexander "Dynamite" Hoggett of Junction.

SR 332 Author: Wentworth
Last Action: 03/13/1997 S Reported enrolled
Caption: In memory of Paul Page of Eldorado.

SR 354 Author: Wentworth
Last Action: 03/19/1997 S Reported enrolled
Caption: In memory of Virginia Cox Obriotti of San Antonio.

SR 532 Author: Wentworth
Last Action: 04/18/1997 S Reported enrolled
Caption: Congratulating Linda Kay Jamison and Ted Schaefer Harris.

SR 533 Author: Wentworth
Last Action: 04/18/1997 S Reported enrolled
Caption: In memory of John Christian Mayfield, Jr., of Abilene.

SR 635 Author: Wentworth
Last Action: 05/02/1997 S Reported enrolled
Caption: Congratulating Enoch Sevier Duncan of San Angelo.

SR 636 Author: Wentworth
Last Action: 05/02/1997 S Reported enrolled
Caption: In memory of Addie Maxine Lang Locklin of Sonora.

SR 637 Author: Wentworth
Last Action: 05/02/1997 S Reported enrolled
Caption: In memory of William R. Seltzer of Midland.

SR 745 Author: Wentworth
Last Action: 05/15/1997 S Reported enrolled
Caption: Recognizing the Men in Music on their visit to the State Capitol.

SR 771 Author: Wentworth
Last Action: 05/18/1997 S Reported enrolled
Caption: Congratulating Joshua Clark Davis of San Antonio.

SR 780 Author: Wentworth
Last Action: 05/20/1997 S Reported enrolled
Caption: Congratulating the Reverend Clyde W. Chesnutt, Jr., of Lake Travis.

SR 829 Author: Wentworth
Last Action: 05/23/1997 S Reported enrolled
Caption: Suspending limitations on conference committee jurisdiction, S.B. 99.

SR 957 Author: Wentworth
Last Action: 05/31/1997 S Reported enrolled
Caption: Suspending limitations on conference committee jurisdiction, S.B. No. 1440.

SR 985 Author: Wentworth
Last Action: 05/31/1997 S Reported enrolled
Caption: Suspending limitations on conference committee jurisdiction, S.B. 1563.

SR 1003 Author: Wentworth
Last Action: 06/02/1997 S Reported enrolled
Caption: In memory of Gary Ralph Anderson of Austin.

SR 1004 Author: Wentworth
Last Action: 06/02/1997 S Reported enrolled
Caption: In memory of Colonel Edwin B. Buttery of San Angelo.

SR 1005 Author: Wentworth
Last Action: 06/02/1997 S Reported enrolled
Caption: Congratulating James C. Harden of San Antonio.

Additional Primary Authors (9):
SB 35 Author: West, Royce | Lucio | Shapiro | Wentworth
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 657 Author: Barrientos | Wentworth | Luna, Gregory | Madla | Armbrister
Sponsor: Siebert
Last Action: 05/28/1997 E Effective in 90 days -- 9/01/97
Caption: Relating to the creation of intermunicipal commuter rail districts; authorizing a tax; granting authority to issue bonds and power of eminent domain.

SB 892 Author: Ellis | Wentworth
Last Action: 05/06/1997 H Referred to subcommittee
Caption: Relating to the formation of a commission to study issues relating to the consolidation of local governments.

SB 935 Author: Madla | Wentworth | Zaffirini | Luna, Gregory | Lucio
Last Action: 04/02/1997 H Referred to Business & Industry
Caption: Relating to the financing of community venues and related infrastructure in certain municipalities or counties; authorizing the imposition of certain local taxes and the issuance of local bonds; providing penalties.

SB 1070 Author: Sibley | Wentworth | Nelson | Patterson, Jerry | Armbrister
Last Action: 03/12/1997 S Referred to Health & Human Services
Caption: Relating to faith-based chemical dependency treatment programs and counselors.

SB 1071 Author: Sibley | Brown | Wentworth | Nelson | Ratliff
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.

SCR 40 Author: Shapiro | Ogden | Nelson | Sibley | Wentworth
Sponsor: Craddick
Last Action: 04/25/1997 E Signed by the Governor
Caption: Commending the members of the Texas Federation of Republican Women.

SCR 49 Author: Luna, Gregory | Madla | Wentworth | Zaffirini
Last Action: 03/12/1997 S Filed
Caption: Congratulating the coach and players of San Antonio's Fox Tech.

SCR 56 Author: Luna, Gregory | Madla | Wentworth | Zaffirini
Sponsor: McClendon
Last Action: 04/15/1997 E Signed by the Governor
Caption: Congratulating the San Antonio Fox Tech Buffaloes on winning the 1997 4A state basketball championship.

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