Texas Legislature
Bills Coauthored
Sen. Royce West
82nd Legislature Regular Session
Report Date: 3/29/2024

Number of Bills: 38

SB 18 Author: Estes | Duncan
Coauthor: Patrick | Nichols | Deuell | Eltife | Hegar | et al.
Sponsor: Geren | Oliveira | Kleinschmidt
Last Action: 05/19/2011 E Effective on 9/1/11
Caption: Relating to the use of eminent domain authority.

SB 20 Author: Williams
Coauthor: West
Sponsor: Strama | Keffer | Chisum | Howard, Charlie | Anchia
Last Action: 06/17/2011 E Effective on 9/1/11
Caption: Relating to grant programs for certain natural gas motor vehicles and alternative fuel facilities.

SB 37 Author: Zaffirini
Coauthor: Rodriguez | West
Sponsor: Naishtat
Last Action: 04/21/2011 E Effective immediately
Caption: Relating to the duration of the interagency task force on ensuring appropriate care settings for persons with disabilities.

SB 49 Author: Zaffirini
Coauthor: West
Sponsor: Guillen
Last Action: 06/17/2011 E Effective immediately
Caption: Relating to school district requirements regarding parental notification in connection with disciplinary alternative education programs.

SB 73 Author: Nelson
Coauthor: West
Last Action: 05/13/2011 H Reported favorably as substituted
Caption: Relating to debt issuance authority of and funding for the Cancer Prevention and Research Institute of Texas.

SB 89 Author: Lucio
Coauthor: Uresti | Van de Putte | Watson | West
Sponsor: Rodriguez, Eddie
Last Action: 06/17/2011 E Effective on 9/1/11
Caption: Relating to summer nutrition programs provided for by school districts.

SB 101 Author: Van de Putte
Coauthor: Nelson | West
Sponsor: Farias
Last Action: 06/17/2011 E Effective on 9/1/11
Caption: Relating to the regulation of nonjudicial foreclosure on residences owned by certain members of the military, including foreclosure by a property owners' association.

SB 121 Author: Ellis
Coauthor: Carona | Hinojosa | West
Last Action: 05/16/2011 H Left pending in committee
Caption: Relating to photograph and live lineup identification procedures in criminal cases.

SB 201 Author: Uresti
Coauthor: Van de Putte | Hinojosa | West | Carona | Davis | et al.
Sponsor: Callegari
Last Action: 06/17/2011 E Effective on 1/1/12
Caption: Relating to the calculation of ad valorem taxes on the residence homestead of a 100 percent or totally disabled veteran for the tax year in which the veteran qualifies or ceases to qualify for an exemption from taxation of the homestead.

SB 224 Author: Nelson
Coauthor: Van de Putte | West
Sponsor: Eissler
Last Action: 05/19/2011 H Committee report sent to Calendars
Caption: Relating to the award of a distinction designation to a public school campus.

SB 253 Author: Davis
Coauthor: West | Rodriguez
Last Action: 02/22/2011 S Left pending in committee
Caption: Relating to the regulation of activities with respect to certain extensions of consumer credit.

SB 282 Author: Zaffirini
Coauthor: West
Sponsor: Branch
Last Action: 05/24/2011 H Placed on General State Calendar
Caption: Relating to eliminating certain reporting, planning, student developmental, and other requirements imposed on the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board or public institutions of higher education.

SB 326 Author: Duncan
Coauthor: West
Sponsor: Hilderbran
Last Action: 05/20/2011 H Committee report sent to Calendars
Caption: Relating to the exemption from ad valorem taxation of certain tangible personal property stored temporarily at a location in this state.

SB 329 Author: Watson
Coauthor: Hinojosa | Carona | West | Davis
Sponsor: Chisum | Naishtat
Last Action: 06/17/2011 E Effective on 9/1/11
Caption: Relating to the sale, recovery, and recycling of certain television equipment; providing administrative penalties.

SB 331 Author: Shapiro | Estes | Fraser | Harris | Huffman | et al.
Coauthor: Davis | Carona | Van de Putte | West
Sponsor: Madden | Gallego | Bonnen | Coleman | Rodriguez, Eddie
Last Action: 05/28/2011 E Effective on 9/1/11
Caption: Relating to designating certain synthetic cannabinoids as controlled substances under the Texas Controlled Substances Act; providing penalties and establishing certain criminal consequences or procedures.

SB 420 Author: Deuell
Coauthor: West
Sponsor: Taylor, Van
Last Action: 05/28/2011 E Effective immediately
Caption: Relating to determining eligibility for indigent health care.

SB 544 Author: Seliger
Coauthor: Nelson | West
Sponsor: Shelton
Last Action: 06/17/2011 E Effective on 9/1/11
Caption: Relating to unlawful acts against and criminal offenses involving the Medicaid program; providing penalties.

SB 551 Author: Williams
Coauthor: West
Sponsor: Otto
Last Action: 05/27/2011 E Effective on 9/1/11
Caption: Relating to liability for interest on ad valorem taxes on improvements that escaped taxation in a previous year.

SB 594 Author: Van de Putte
Coauthor: West
Sponsor: Zerwas
Last Action: 06/17/2011 E Effective on 9/1/11
Caption: Relating to the regulation of prescriptions for controlled substances, including certain procedures applicable to electronic prescriptions for Schedule II controlled substances.

SB 596 Author: Shapiro
Coauthor: West
Last Action: 05/10/2011 H Left pending in committee
Caption: Relating to transition planning for a public school student receiving special education services.

SB 718 Author: Van de Putte
Coauthor: West
Last Action: 04/28/2011 H Referred to Public Education
Caption: Relating to disciplinary action taken against public school students on the basis of serious misbehavior.

SB 794 Author: Nelson
Coauthor: West
Sponsor: King, Susan | Margo
Last Action: 06/17/2011 E Effective immediately
Caption: Relating to the use of money from the permanent fund for health-related programs to provide grants to nursing education programs.

SB 873 Author: Duncan
Coauthor: West
Sponsor: Hilderbran
Last Action: 05/09/2011 E Effective immediately
Caption: Relating to rate and damage schedules governing certain easements or other interests in land of The University of Texas System.

SB 899 Author: Ogden
Coauthor: West
Sponsor: Schwertner
Last Action: 06/17/2011 E Effective on 9/1/11
Caption: Relating to the legislature's consent or approval of a settlement of a claim or action against this state.

SB 915 Author: Wentworth
Coauthor: West
Sponsor: Hilderbran
Last Action: 05/20/2011 H Committee report sent to Calendars
Caption: Relating to the ad valorem taxation of manufactured homes.

SB 945 Author: Patrick
Coauthor: Birdwell | Hinojosa | Huffman | Zaffirini | West | et al.
Sponsor: Branch
Last Action: 05/22/2011 H Committee report sent to Calendars
Caption: Relating to authorizing a lower-division institution of higher education to award an associate degree to a student enrolled in a four-year public institution of higher education who previously attended the lower-division institution.

SB 949 Author: Ellis
Coauthor: West
Last Action: 04/06/2011 S Not again placed on intent calendar
Caption: Relating to the first day of instruction in certain school districts that provide additional days of instruction financed with local funds.

SB 975 Author: Hinojosa
Coauthor: Lucio | Patrick | Seliger | Shapiro | West | et al.
Sponsor: Munoz, Jr. | Patrick, Diane
Last Action: 06/17/2011 E Effective immediately
Caption: Relating to the operation of dropout recovery programs by certain public junior colleges in partnership with school districts.

SB 1055 Author: Carona
Coauthor: West
Sponsor: Madden | White
Last Action: 06/17/2011 E Effective on 9/1/11
Caption: Relating to reports concerning and the reporting of the use of certain funds by community supervision and corrections departments and to the preparation of commitment reduction plans by those departments.

SB 1145 Author: Shapiro | Harris
Coauthor: West
Last Action: 04/11/2011 H Referred to Transportation
Caption: Relating to certain comprehensive development agreements of the Texas Department of Transportation.

SB 1489 Author: Whitmire
Coauthor: West
Sponsor: Madden
Last Action: 06/17/2011 E Effective on 9/1/11
Caption: Relating to educational, juvenile justice, and criminal justice responses to truancy.

SB 1636 Author: Davis
Coauthor: West | Van de Putte | Zaffirini
Sponsor: McClendon
Last Action: 06/17/2011 E Effective on 9/1/11
Caption: Relating to the collection, analysis, and preservation of sexual assault or DNA evidence.

SB 1717 Author: Duncan
Coauthor: Watson | West
Sponsor: Lewis | Jackson, Jim
Last Action: 05/29/2011 H Senate adopts conf. comm. report-reported
Caption: Relating to the operation and administration of the judicial branch of state government.

SB 1742 Author: Fraser
Coauthor: West
Sponsor: Rodriguez, Eddie | Harper-Brown
Last Action: 05/24/2011 H Placed on General State Calendar
Caption: Relating to the operation of certain motor vehicles, including establishing a motor vehicle mileage fee pilot program.

SB 1866 Author: Davis
Coauthor: West
Last Action: 05/11/2011 H Referred to State Affairs
Caption: Relating to the selection of providers of professional services by governmental entities.

SB 1871 Author: Davis
Coauthor: West
Last Action: 05/12/2011 S Committee report printed and distributed: May 12 2011 4:38PM
Caption: Relating to a contracted services program for certain students with a severe pervasive developmental disorder or a severe intellectual disability.

SB 1872 Author: Van de Putte | Davis | Shapiro
Coauthor: West
Sponsor: Shelton
Last Action: 05/18/2011 H Committee report sent to Calendars
Caption: Relating to revising, revoking, or denying renewal of charters of open-enrollment charter schools under certain circumstances.

SR 392 Author: Harris | Davis
Coauthor: West
Last Action: 03/23/2011 S Printed in full
Caption: In memory of Tom Vandergriff of Arlington.

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