| SB 31 | Author: | Ratliff |
| Coauthor: | Wentworth | West, Royce | |
| Sponsor: | Junell | |
| Last Action: | 05/26/1997 S House passage as amended reported | |
| Caption: | Relating to the powers and duties of agencies in the executive, legislative, and judicial branches of state government, including authorizations for and restrictions on the use of state funds. |
| 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 55 | Author: | Zaffirini |
| Coauthor: | Moncrief | Shapleigh | Nelson | Harris | West, Royce | |
| Sponsor: | Berlanga | Jones, Jesse | Delisi | Dunnam | Averitt | |
| Last Action: | 06/16/1997 E Effective on 9/1/97 | |
| Caption: | Relating to the regulation of the sale, distribution, and use of tobacco products; providing penalties. |
| SB 61 | Author: | Zaffirini |
| Coauthor: | West, Royce | Gallegos | |
| Sponsor: | Hilderbran | Naishtat | |
| Last Action: | 06/20/1997 E Effective on 9/1/97 | |
| Caption: | Relating to the penalty for failure to report abuse of persons who are elderly or disabled. |
| SB 66 | Author: | Moncrief |
| Coauthor: | West, Royce | |
| Sponsor: | Burnam | |
| Last Action: | 05/31/1997 E Effective on 9/1/97 | |
| Caption: | Relating to notice to the public and to public officials concerning activities affecting certain community corrections facilities. |
| SB 67 | Author: | Moncrief |
| Coauthor: | West, Royce | |
| Sponsor: | Gallego | |
| Last Action: | 05/27/1997 E Effective immediately | |
| Caption: | Relating to purchasing procedures used by the institutional division of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice. |
| SB 76 | Author: | Haywood |
| Coauthor: | Ellis | West, Royce | |
| Last Action: | 04/15/1997 S Left pending in subcommittee | |
| Caption: | Relating to the dedication of certain lottery revenue for the use of local governments. |
| 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 84 | Author: | Moncrief |
| Coauthor: | West, Royce | |
| Sponsor: | Junell | Hilderbran | Naishtat | |
| Last Action: | 06/20/1997 E Effective on 9/1/97 | |
| Caption: | Relating to the licensure and regulation of nursing facility administrators; providing penalties. |
| 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 105 | Author: | Nelson |
| Coauthor: | West, Royce | |
| Last Action: | 05/16/1997 H Referred to Revenue & Public Ed. Funding | |
| Caption: | Relating to the dedication of revenue derived from the state lottery for certain educational purposes. |
| SB 113 | Author: | Moncrief |
| Coauthor: | West, Royce | |
| Sponsor: | Burnam | |
| Last Action: | 05/31/1997 E Effective on 9/1/97 | |
| Caption: | Relating to the duty of the pardons and paroles division of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice to notify law enforcement of a prisoner's pending release or transfer to a halfway house. |
| SB 120 | Author: | Madla |
| Coauthor: | Ellis | West, Royce | Luna, Gregory | |
| Sponsor: | McClendon | |
| Last Action: | 05/09/1997 E Effective in 90 days -- 9/01/97 | |
| Caption: | Relating to the designation of a portion of United States Highway 87 in Bexar County as the Bishop Ernest T. Dixon, Jr., Memorial Parkway. |
| SB 121 | Author: | Bivins |
| Coauthor: | West, Royce | |
| Sponsor: | Swinford | |
| Last Action: | 06/19/1997 E Effective in 90 days -- 9/01/97 | |
| Caption: | Relating to the use of closed circuit video teleconferencing to enter a plea or waive a right in a criminal case. |
| SB 172 | Author: | Zaffirini |
| Coauthor: | West, Royce | Gallegos | |
| Sponsor: | Stiles | Berlanga | |
| Last Action: | 06/17/1997 E Effective on 9/1/97 | |
| Caption: | Relating to coverage for childhood immunizations under certain health benefit plans. |
| SB 180 | Author: | Ellis |
| Coauthor: | Barrientos | Lucio | West, Royce | Zaffirini | |
| Last Action: | 04/15/1997 S Left pending in subcommittee | |
| Caption: | Relating to providing tuition and fee scholarships funded from state lottery revenue and other sources to students at institutions of higher education who meet certain academic, citizenship, and other requirements. |
| SB 190 | Author: | Zaffirini | Moncrief |
| Coauthor: | Barrientos | Ellis | West, Royce | Shapiro | Nelson | et al. | |
| Sponsor: | Naishtat | Hilderbran | |
| Last Action: | 06/20/1997 E Effective on 9/1/97 | |
| Caption: | Relating to the regulation of nursing homes and similar facilities; providing penalties. |
| SB 197 | Author: | Zaffirini |
| Coauthor: | West, Royce | |
| Sponsor: | Berlanga | |
| Last Action: | 06/18/1997 E Effective on 9/1/97 | |
| Caption: | Relating to the regulation of alcohol awareness courses by the Texas Commission on Alcohol and Drug Abuse. |
| SB 231 | Author: | Carona |
| Coauthor: | Nelson | West, Royce | |
| Sponsor: | Thompson | Tillery | |
| Last Action: | 05/29/1997 E Effective on 9/1/97 | |
| Caption: | Relating to sources of names for the jury wheel. |
| SB 250 | Author: | Whitmire | Patterson, Jerry |
| Coauthor: | Brown | Nelson | Truan | West, Royce | |
| Last Action: | 05/14/1997 H Left pending in committee | |
| Caption: | Relating to the repeal of release to mandatory supervision and to parole procedures applicable to certain inmates of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice. |
| 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 266 | Author: | Ellis | Lucio | Patterson, Jerry |
| Coauthor: | Sibley | Barrientos | Cain | Carona | Gallegos | et al. | |
| Sponsor: | Oliveira | Coleman | Lewis, Glenn | Greenberg | Dunnam | |
| Last Action: | 06/20/1997 E Effective on 9/1/97 | |
| Caption: | Relating to the establishment of a program in the Texas Department of Commerce to secure certain loans made to small and medium-sized businesses and nonprofit organizations. |
| SB 290 | Author: | Zaffirini | Ellis |
| Coauthor: | West, Royce | |
| Sponsor: | Maxey | |
| Last Action: | 05/20/1997 E Effective on 9/1/97 | |
| Caption: | Relating to electronic assistance provided by the Health and Human Services Commission. |
| SB 394 | Author: | Ellis | Sibley |
| Coauthor: | Gallegos | Carona | Armbrister | Zaffirini | Lindsay | et al. | |
| Sponsor: | Naishtat | |
| Last Action: | 05/28/1997 E Effective in 90 days -- 9/01/97 | |
| Caption: | Relating to the application process for state loan and loan guaranty programs. |
| SB 412 | Author: | Zaffirini |
| Coauthor: | West, Royce | Moncrief | |
| Sponsor: | Maxey | |
| Last Action: | 05/31/1997 E Effective on 9/1/97 | |
| Caption: | Relating to maximizing federal reimbursement for certain foster care program costs. |
| SB 461 | Author: | Moncrief |
| Coauthor: | Truan | West, Royce | |
| Sponsor: | Maxey | |
| Last Action: | 06/18/1997 E Effective in 90 days -- 9/01/97 | |
| Caption: | Relating to the authority of the comptroller of public accounts to contract for certain tax collection services; making an appropriation; providing penalties. |
| SB 472 | Author: | Cain |
| Coauthor: | Carona | Shapiro | West, Royce | |
| Sponsor: | Marchant | |
| Last Action: | 06/19/1997 E Effective immediately | |
| Caption: | Relating to powers of certain regional transportation authorities. |
| SB 519 | Author: | Bivins |
| Coauthor: | Nelson | Luna, Gregory | West, Royce | |
| Sponsor: | Krusee | |
| Last Action: | 05/26/1997 H Point of order sustained | |
| Caption: | Relating to the issuance of charters for open-enrollment charter schools by the State Board of Education. |
| SB 667 | Author: | Barrientos |
| Coauthor: | West, Royce | |
| Sponsor: | Naishtat | |
| Last Action: | 05/20/1997 E Effective immediately | |
| Caption: | Relating to the creation and administration of a program to assist individuals who are deaf or hard of hearing or who have an impairment of speech to purchase specialized telecommunications devices for telephone service access. |
| SB 758 | Author: | Shapleigh |
| Coauthor: | Barrientos | West, Royce | |
| Sponsor: | Serna | West, George "Buddy" | Staples | |
| Last Action: | 06/09/1997 E Effective on 9/1/97 | |
| Caption: | Relating to the creation of a graffiti offense, to the criminal, civil, and family law consequences of engaging in conduct described by the offense, and to the regulation of customer access to aerosol paint. |
| SB 827 | Author: | Ellis | Sibley |
| Coauthor: | Armbrister | Carona | Madla | West, Royce | Zaffirini | et al. | |
| Last Action: | 04/07/1997 S Withdrawn from intent calendar | |
| Caption: | Relating to the review of certain state agency requirements imposed on individuals and businesses. |
| SB 844 | Author: | Truan |
| Coauthor: | Lucio | West, Royce | |
| Sponsor: | Oliveira | |
| Last Action: | 05/29/1997 S House passage as amended reported | |
| Caption: | Relating to the provision of water and sewer service in certain economically distressed areas. |
| SB 875 | Author: | Shapiro |
| Coauthor: | West, Royce | Nelson | |
| Sponsor: | Danburg | Allen | McClendon | Eiland | |
| Last Action: | 06/13/1997 E Effective on 9/1/97 | |
| Caption: | Relating to the applicability of the sex offender registration program to certain defendants, to the procedures used to register and monitor sex offenders, and to the imposition of criminal penalties. |
| SB 913 | Author: | Sibley |
| Coauthor: | West, Royce | |
| Sponsor: | Berlanga | |
| Last Action: | 06/17/1997 E Effective on 9/1/97 | |
| Caption: | Relating to the operation and oversight of the medically underserved community-state matching incentive program. |
| SB 987 | Author: | Moncrief | Luna, Gregory | Whitmire | Shapleigh | Haywood |
| Coauthor: | Sibley | Barrientos | Cain | Zaffirini | Lucio | et al. | |
| Sponsor: | Gallego | |
| Last Action: | 06/19/1997 E Effective immediately | |
| Caption: | Relating to alternative uses for money in the compensation to victims of crime fund. |
| SB 1060 | Author: | Patterson, Jerry |
| Coauthor: | Luna, Gregory | Brown | Zaffirini | Lucio | Fraser | et al. | |
| Sponsor: | Counts | |
| Last Action: | 05/09/1997 E Effective immediately | |
| Caption: | Relating to the management of certain funds by the Veterans' Land Board, to the creation of veterans homes, and to the Veterans' Land Board's entering into bond enhancement agreements for certain bonds. |
| SB 1067 | Author: | Zaffirini |
| Coauthor: | Barrientos | Ellis | Gallegos | Lucio | Moncrief | et al. | |
| Last Action: | 04/09/1997 S Left pending in committee | |
| Caption: | Relating to assistance for certain legal immigrants. |
| SB 1101 | Author: | Wentworth |
| Coauthor: | West, Royce | |
| 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 1185 | Author: | Ellis |
| Coauthor: | West, Royce | |
| Last Action: | 04/16/1997 S Left pending in committee | |
| Caption: | Relating to establishing a center for the study and prevention of juvenile crime and delinquency at Prairie View A&M University. |
| SB 1362 | Author: | Barrientos | Shapleigh | Whitmire | Lucio | Gallegos |
| Coauthor: | Madla | Truan | Ellis | Cain | Moncrief | et al. | |
| Last Action: | 03/18/1997 S Referred to Finance | |
| Caption: | Relating to the implementation of certain policies and procedures to prohibit employment discrimination by certain entities. |
| SB 1534 | Author: | Barrientos |
| Coauthor: | Truan | Wentworth | Armbrister | Lucio | West, Royce | |
| Sponsor: | Berlanga | Bosse | Goodman | Naishtat | |
| Last Action: | 06/17/1997 E Effective on 9/1/97 | |
| Caption: | Relating to additional court filing fees to provide basic civil legal services to the indigent. |
| SB 1574 | Author: | Madla |
| Coauthor: | West, Royce | |
| Sponsor: | Van de Putte | |
| Last Action: | 05/31/1997 E Effective on 9/1/97 | |
| Caption: | Relating to the health care provider network of the state Medicaid program health care delivery system. |
| SB 1871 | Author: | Duncan |
| Coauthor: | West, Royce | |
| Last Action: | 05/06/1997 H Referred to Revenue & Public Ed. Funding | |
| Caption: | Relating to adjustments in the investment capital fund. |
| SB 1880 | Author: | Barrientos |
| Coauthor: | West, Royce | |
| Last Action: | 05/05/1997 S Withdrawn from intent calendar | |
| Caption: | Relating to exempting from ad valorem taxation property used to provide transitional shelter or housing to homeless persons who are military veterans or the dependents or survivors of military veterans. |
| 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. |
| SJR 12 | Author: | Patterson, Jerry |
| Coauthor: | Armbrister | Ellis | West, Royce | |
| Last Action: | 04/07/1997 H Referred to Financial Institutions | |
| Caption: | Proposing a constitutional amendment authorizing a voluntary, consensual encumbrance on homestead property for the purpose of an equity loan. |
| 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. |