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Texas Legislature

Bills Sponsored / Joint Sponsored

Sen. Judith Zaffirini
79th Legislature Regular Session
Report Date: 3/23/2026

Number of Bills: 40

Sponsor (40):
Author:
Delisi
Sponsor:
Zaffirini
Last Action:
06/17/2005 E Effective immediately
Caption:
Relating to an electronic database of major state contracts and related documents.
Author:
Smith, Todd | Pena
Sponsor:
Zaffirini
Last Action:
06/18/2005 E Effective on 9/1/05
Caption:
Relating to the punishment prescribed for and conditions of community supervision imposed on certain persons who commit intoxication offenses.
Author:
McClendon | Guillen
Sponsor:
Zaffirini
Last Action:
05/16/2005 S Reported from s/c favorably with amendments
Caption:
Relating to the automatic admission to public institutions of higher education of certain undergraduate transfer students.
Author:
Dawson | Edwards | Davis, John | Anderson | Coleman
Sponsor:
Zaffirini
Last Action:
06/18/2005 E See remarks for effective date
Caption:
Relating to the creation of a donor education, awareness, and registry program, the establishment of an organ donor and tissue council, and anatomical gift donation.
Author:
Brown, Fred | Anchia | Callegari | McClendon | Gonzalez Toureilles
Sponsor:
Zaffirini
Last Action:
06/18/2005 E Effective on 9/1/05
Caption:
Relating to the use of safety belts and child passenger safety seat systems.
Author:
Farrar | Leibowitz
Sponsor:
Zaffirini
Last Action:
06/18/2005 E Effective on 9/1/05
Caption:
Relating to court-ordered access to a child by the child's sibling.
Author:
Hope | Goolsby | Raymond
Sponsor:
Zaffirini
Last Action:
06/18/2005 E Effective immediately
Caption:
Relating to admission, assignment, and conduct of certain public school students.
Author:
Hegar | Branch | Merritt
Sponsor:
Zaffirini
Last Action:
05/20/2005 S Left pending in committee
Caption:
Relating to use of safety belts and child passenger safety seat systems.
Author:
Hochberg
Sponsor:
Zaffirini
Last Action:
06/17/2005 E Effective immediately
Caption:
Relating to the eligibility for unemployment benefits of certain persons with disabilities.
Author:
Naishtat | McClendon
Sponsor:
Zaffirini
Last Action:
06/17/2005 E Effective on 9/1/05
Caption:
Relating to the right of certain sexual assault victims to a forensic medical examination.
Author:
Puente
Sponsor:
Zaffirini
Last Action:
05/27/2005 E Effective immediately
Caption:
Relating to foster care payments for certain children.
Author:
Goolsby
Sponsor:
Zaffirini
Last Action:
06/18/2005 E Effective on 9/1/05
Caption:
Relating to authorizing an extension of credit secured by a residence homestead in which a minor or ward has an ownership interest.
Author:
Castro
Sponsor:
Zaffirini
Last Action:
06/17/2005 E Effective on 9/1/05
Caption:
Relating to the disposition of seized weapons.
Author:
Delisi
Sponsor:
Zaffirini
Last Action:
06/18/2005 E Effective on 9/1/05
Caption:
Relating to attorney general review of certain contracts for health care purposes.
Author:
Chavez | Woolley | Veasey | Cook, Byron | Castro
Sponsor:
Zaffirini
Last Action:
06/18/2005 E Effective immediately
Caption:
Relating to the requirement that workforce development programs provide training in financial literacy.
Author:
Pickett | Guillen | King, Tracy
Sponsor:
Zaffirini
Last Action:
06/17/2005 E Effective immediately
Caption:
Relating to high school diplomas for certain veterans.
Author:
McCall | Branch
Sponsor:
Zaffirini
Last Action:
06/17/2005 E Effective on 9/1/05
Caption:
Relating to using the Internet to obtain identifying information of another person for a fraudulent purpose; providing a penalty.
Author:
Brown, Fred
Sponsor:
Zaffirini
Last Action:
06/18/2005 E Effective immediately
Caption:
Relating to policies and measures to promote timely graduation of students from public institutions of higher education.
Author:
Guillen | Escobar | Leibowitz | Gonzalez Toureilles
Sponsor:
Zaffirini
Last Action:
06/18/2005 E Effective on 9/1/05
Caption:
Relating to providing services for persons with chronic kidney disease under the medical assistance program.
Author:
Chavez
Sponsor:
Zaffirini
Last Action:
06/17/2005 E Effective immediately
Caption:
Relating to the authority of a junior college district to contract for the provision of certain services and resources under the Interagency Cooperation Act.
Author:
Dukes | Riddle
Sponsor:
Zaffirini
Last Action:
05/24/2005 E Effective on 9/1/05
Caption:
Relating to establishing a sentinel surveillance program for respiratory syncytial virus.
Author:
Flores | McClendon
Sponsor:
Zaffirini
Last Action:
06/18/2005 E Effective immediately
Caption:
Relating to the establishment of a dual usage educational complex by a junior college district and other political subdivisions or institutions of higher education.
Author:
Naishtat
Sponsor:
Zaffirini
Last Action:
06/18/2005 E Effective on 9/1/05
Caption:
Relating to the transfer of money appropriated to provide care for certain persons in nursing facilities to provide community-based services to those persons.
Author:
Raymond
Sponsor:
Zaffirini
Last Action:
05/27/2005 E Effective on 9/1/05
Caption:
Relating to reports and investigations of child abuse and neglect.
Author:
Phillips
Sponsor:
Zaffirini
Last Action:
05/27/2005 E Effective on 9/1/05
Caption:
Relating to the creation of a cultural and fine arts district program by the Texas Commission on the Arts.
Author:
Raymond | Guillen
Sponsor:
Zaffirini
Last Action:
06/18/2005 E Effective immediately
Caption:
Relating to construction on a highway under the jurisdiction of the Texas Department of Transportation by certain transit departments.
Author:
Chavez | Villarreal | Castro | Leibowitz
Sponsor:
Zaffirini
Last Action:
06/18/2005 E Effective immediately
Caption:
Relating to the use of an employer assessment to fund the Texas Enterprise Fund and the skills development program and authorizing the Texas Workforce Commission to develop new job incentive programs.
Author:
Rodriguez | Hupp | Davis, John
Sponsor:
Zaffirini
Last Action:
06/18/2005 E Effective on 9/1/05
Caption:
Relating to procedures to ensure the involvement of parents or guardians of children placed in certain institutions.
Author:
Hegar
Sponsor:
Zaffirini
Last Action:
06/17/2005 E Effective on 9/1/05
Caption:
Relating to a program by the Office of Rural Community Affairs to assist rural areas with the establishment of emergency services districts.
Author:
Delisi | Rodriguez | Isett, Carl
Sponsor:
Zaffirini
Last Action:
06/17/2005 E Effective on 9/1/05
Caption:
Relating to requiring state agency purchasing personnel to disclose certain family relationships with business entities receiving certain state agency contracts.
Author:
Paxton
Sponsor:
Zaffirini
Last Action:
05/28/2005 H Senate appoints conferees-reported
Caption:
Relating to the use of federal child care and development block grant funds by local workforce development boards.
Author:
Guillen | Menendez
Sponsor:
Zaffirini
Last Action:
05/23/2005 S Left pending in committee
Caption:
Relating to requiring voter approval for certain rate increases by water and sewer utilities.
Author:
Chavez
Sponsor:
Zaffirini
Last Action:
06/18/2005 E Effective immediately
Caption:
Relating to the authority of a junior college district or local workforce development board to contract under the Interlocal Cooperation Act.
Author:
Seaman
Sponsor:
Zaffirini
Last Action:
06/18/2005 E Effective immediately
Caption:
Relating to the creation of the San Patricio County Groundwater Conservation District; providing authority to impose a tax.
Author:
Guillen
Sponsor:
Zaffirini
Last Action:
06/17/2005 E Effective on 9/1/05
Caption:
Relating to the creation, administration, powers, duties, operation, and financing of the Zapata County Municipal Utility District No. 2.
Author:
Guillen | Raymond
Sponsor:
Zaffirini
Last Action:
04/11/2005 E Signed by the Governor
Caption:
Commending Renato Ramirez for his beneficence in behalf of Texas A&M International University.
Author:
Guillen
Sponsor:
Zaffirini
Last Action:
06/18/2005 E Signed by the Governor
Caption:
Designating pan de campo the Official State Bread of Texas.
Author:
Truitt
Sponsor:
Zaffirini
Last Action:
05/27/2005 E Signed by the Governor
Caption:
Designating April as Child Safety Month in Texas.
Author:
Guillen
Sponsor:
Zaffirini
Last Action:
04/29/2005 E Signed by the Governor
Caption:
Commemorating the opening of the Fidel and Andrea R. Villarreal Elementary School in Zapata County and honoring the memory of Fidel and Andrea R. Villarreal.
Author:
Escobar | Anchia | Guillen | Pena
Sponsor:
Zaffirini
Last Action:
06/18/2005 E Signed by the Governor
Caption:
Designating Jim Hogg County as the official Vaquero Capital of Texas.
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