Texas Legislature
Bills Coauthored
Sen. Judith Zaffirini
75th Legislature Regular Session
Report Date: 2/14/2026

Number of Bills: 46

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 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 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 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 211 Author: Ellis | West, Royce
Coauthor: Zaffirini | Moncrief | Haywood | Duncan | Ratliff | et al.
Sponsor: Naishtat | Coleman | Maxey | Greenberg | Dukes
Last Action: 06/20/1997 E Vetoed by the Governor
Caption: Relating to the establishment and operation of the Texas child care fund and to the development of a statewide guide on child care.

SB 212 Author: Ellis | West, Royce
Coauthor: Zaffirini | Moncrief | Haywood | Duncan
Last Action: 01/16/1997 S Referred to Finance
Caption: Relating to a state program of loan guarantees to promote child care services.

SB 213 Author: Ellis | West, Royce
Coauthor: Zaffirini | Moncrief | Duncan
Sponsor: Coleman | Naishtat | Cuellar | Alvarado | Dukes
Last Action: 06/17/1997 E Effective on 9/1/97
Caption: Relating to the establishment of child-care training center pilot programs for certain recipients of public assistance.

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 258 Author: Ellis
Coauthor: Madla | Shapiro | Zaffirini | Nelson
Sponsor: McCall
Last Action: 06/20/1997 E Effective on 9/1/97
Caption: Relating to coverage under certain health benefit plans of tests for the detection of prostate cancer.

SB 384 Author: Nelson | Sibley | Harris | Madla | Cain
Coauthor: Moncrief | Brown | Zaffirini
Sponsor: Smithee | Van de Putte | Berlanga | Naishtat | Janek
Last Action: 06/19/1997 E Effective on 9/1/97
Caption: Relating to utilization review under health benefit plans and health insurance policies.

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 425 Author: Barrientos
Coauthor: Gallegos | Lucio | Zaffirini | Luna, Gregory
Last Action: 02/06/1997 S Referred to Education
Caption: Relating to intensive reading instruction for certain public school students.

SB 443 Author: Moncrief
Coauthor: Zaffirini
Sponsor: Naishtat
Last Action: 06/20/1997 E Effective on 9/1/97
Caption: Relating to a right to petition a court for an order to seal or destroy records related to certain admissions to a mental health facility; providing a criminal penalty.

SB 565 Author: Truan
Coauthor: Zaffirini
Last Action: 04/21/1997 S Left pending in subcommittee
Caption: Relating to exempting members of the Texas National Guard from tuition charged by an institution of higher education.

SB 585 Author: Nelson
Coauthor: Madla | Sibley | Moncrief | Brown | Zaffirini
Sponsor: Van de Putte
Last Action: 05/26/1997 H Point of order sustained
Caption: Relating to requirements for certain health insurance benefits.

SB 606 Author: Lucio
Coauthor: Moncrief | Truan | Zaffirini
Sponsor: Hinojosa
Last Action: 06/16/1997 E Effective on 9/1/97
Caption: Relating to the establishment and operation of a regional academic health center by The University of Texas System.

SB 657 Author: Barrientos | Wentworth | Luna, Gregory | Madla | Armbrister
Coauthor: Zaffirini
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 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 872 Author: Madla
Coauthor: Luna, Gregory | Wentworth | Zaffirini
Sponsor: Puente
Last Action: 05/05/1997 E Effective on . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Caption: Relating to the retirement system for firefighters and police officers in certain municipalities.

SB 951 Author: Ellis | Harris
Coauthor: Truan | Madla | Zaffirini | Luna, Gregory | Moncrief | et al.
Sponsor: Hodge
Last Action: 05/27/1997 H Placed on General State Calendar
Caption: Relating to the coordination of tenant services programs.

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 1055 Author: Haywood
Coauthor: Harris | Nelson | Nixon, Drew | Zaffirini | Madla | et al.
Sponsor: Van de Putte | Junell
Last Action: 05/26/1997 H Point of order sustained
Caption: Relating to the operation and oversight of a regional planning commission, council of government, or other similar regional planning agency.

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 1070 Author: Sibley | Wentworth | Nelson | Patterson, Jerry | Armbrister
Coauthor: Harris | Duncan | Ratliff | Cain | Zaffirini | et al.
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
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 1129 Author: Madla
Coauthor: Zaffirini | Lucio | Ellis
Last Action: 04/22/1997 S Left pending in committee
Caption: Relating to review of the termination of contracts with certain insurance agents; providing an administrative penalty.

SB 1246 Author: Madla
Coauthor: Zaffirini
Sponsor: Berlanga | Glaze | Hightower | Place | McReynolds
Last Action: 06/18/1997 E Effective on 9/1/97
Caption: Relating to the establishment of a statewide rural health care system.

SB 1351 Author: Shapleigh | Truan | Lucio
Coauthor: Madla | Zaffirini
Sponsor: Oliveira
Last Action: 05/26/1997 H Point of order sustained
Caption: Relating to the regulation of foreign involvement in commercial motor transportation.

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 1419 Author: West, Royce | Barrientos | Bivins
Coauthor: Zaffirini | Gallegos
Sponsor: Rangel
Last Action: 06/20/1997 E Effective on 9/1/97
Caption: Relating to restrictions on the admission of certain persons promised or granted an athletic scholarship or similar financial assistance at a general academic teaching institution.

SB 1437 Author: Wentworth
Coauthor: Zaffirini | Barrientos
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 1512 Author: Truan
Coauthor: Zaffirini | Lucio | Shapleigh
Sponsor: Rangel
Last Action: 06/19/1997 E Effective on 9/1/97
Caption: Relating to the provision of utility service in economically distressed areas.

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 1595 Author: Ellis | Barrientos | Lucio | Brown
Coauthor: Zaffirini
Last Action: 04/17/1997 S No action taken in committee
Caption: Relating to the creation of the small business environmental compliance funding program.

SB 1810 Author: Barrientos
Coauthor: Zaffirini | Lucio | Brown | Ellis
Sponsor: Dukes
Last Action: 06/20/1997 E Effective on 9/1/97
Caption: Relating to the creation, operation, and funding of the Texas Youthworks Program.

SB 1849 Author: Madla
Coauthor: Zaffirini
Sponsor: Longoria
Last Action: 05/31/1997 E Effective in 90 days -- 9/01/97
Caption: Relating to the designation of a portion of United States Highway 281 in Bexar County as the Congressman Frank M. Tejeda Memorial Highway.

SB 1877 Author: Wentworth | West, Royce | Barrientos
Coauthor: Lucio | Ellis | Zaffirini
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.

SCR 8 Author: Ellis
Coauthor: Brown | Shapiro | Zaffirini
Last Action: 03/25/1997 S Left pending in committee
Caption: Encouraging the State Preservation Board to provide for the permanent placement of a monument on the Capitol grounds honoring Girl Scouts in Texas.

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 63 Author: Madla
Coauthor: Luna, Gregory | Wentworth | Zaffirini
Sponsor: Van de Putte
Last Action: 05/07/1997 E Signed by the Governor
Caption: Honoring George Gervin.

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 2 Author: Moncrief
Coauthor: Zaffirini
Last Action: 01/15/1997 S Reported enrolled
Caption: Granting permission to Partners in Policymaking for the use of the Senate Chamber on January 25 and February 8, 1997, and January 17 and February 7, 1998.

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 428 Author: Moncrief
Coauthor: Barrientos | Zaffirini
Last Action: 04/02/1997 S Reported enrolled
Caption: Recognizing April 2, 1997, as Texas Prevention Day at the State Capitol.

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