Texas Legislature
Bills Coauthored
Sen. Eliot Shapleigh
77th Legislature Regular Session
Report Date: 2/8/2026

Number of Bills: 82

SB 3 Author: Duncan
Coauthor: Brown, J. E. "Buster" | Ellis, Rodney | West, Royce | Moncrief | Sibley | et al.
Sponsor: Hinojosa | Gallego | Thompson | McCall | Hochberg
Last Action: 04/05/2001 E Effective immediately
Caption: Relating to establishing procedures for the preservation of evidence containing DNA and postconviction DNA testing.

SB 6 Author: Shapiro
Coauthor: Shapleigh | Ellis, Rodney | Haywood | Moncrief | Nelson | et al.
Last Action: 03/19/2001 H Referred to Elections
Caption: Relating to the fair conduct of elections and election campaigns; providing penalties.

SB 7 Author: Ellis, Rodney
Coauthor: Armbrister | Barrientos | Cain | Duncan | Harris | et al.
Sponsor: Hinojosa | Thompson | Goodman | Shields | Keel
Last Action: 06/14/2001 E Effective on 1/1/02
Caption: Relating to the period during which a person arrested is required to be taken before a magistrate or released on bond and to the appointment and compensation of counsel to represent indigent persons accused of crime.

SB 8 Author: Cain
Coauthor: Bernsen | Carona | Barrientos | Moncrief | Nelson | et al.
Sponsor: Farabee
Last Action: 06/15/2001 E Effective on 9/1/01
Caption: Relating to discrimination in health care rates and reimbursement; providing administrative and civil penalties.

SB 11 Author: Nelson
Coauthor: Bernsen | Shapiro | Shapleigh | Lindsay | Wentworth | et al.
Sponsor: Gray | Maxey | Kitchen | Capelo
Last Action: 06/17/2001 E See remarks for effective date
Caption: Relating to protecting the privacy of medical records; providing penalties.

SB 15 Author: Nelson
Coauthor: Moncrief | Shapiro | Zaffirini | Shapleigh | Van de Putte
Sponsor: Danburg
Last Action: 05/16/2001 E Effective immediately
Caption: Relating to excepting certain information maintained by family violence shelter centers and sexual assault programs from disclosure under the public information law.

SB 19 Author: Nelson
Coauthor: Shapleigh | Armbrister | Zaffirini | Harris | Bernsen | et al.
Sponsor: Dunnam
Last Action: 06/14/2001 E Effective immediately
Caption: Relating to health education in public schools and to the improvement of children's health through daily physical activity in public schools and a coordinated approach by public schools to prevent obesity and certain diseases.

SB 26 Author: Shapiro
Coauthor: Shapleigh
Sponsor: Grusendorf
Last Action: 05/20/2001 H Committee report sent to Calendars
Caption: Relating to restaffing certain low-performing schools.

SB 43 Author: Zaffirini
Coauthor: Shapleigh | Truan | Lindsay | Lucio | Barrientos | et al.
Sponsor: Gray | Coleman | Naishtat | Maxey | Keffer
Last Action: 06/11/2001 E Effective on 1/1/02
Caption: Relating to eligibility for and enrollment in certain medical assistance programs, including simplifying the certification process for medical assistance provided to children.

SB 68 Author: Moncrief
Coauthor: Bernsen | Shapleigh | Nelson | Shapiro | Staples | et al.
Sponsor: McCall | Truitt | Turner, Bob | Naishtat
Last Action: 05/11/2001 E Effective on 9/1/01
Caption: Relating to protective orders with regard to dating violence.

SB 78 Author: Haywood
Coauthor: Carona | Fraser | Jackson | Lucio | Shapleigh | et al.
Last Action: 05/09/2001 H Left pending in committee
Caption: Relating to the liability of certain local chambers of commerce.

SB 79 Author: Shapiro
Coauthor: Haywood | Nelson | Shapleigh | Wentworth
Sponsor: Madden
Last Action: 05/26/2001 E Effective on 9/1/01
Caption: Relating to uniform election dates.

SB 87 Author: Ellis, Rodney
Coauthor: Bernsen | Moncrief | Cain | Gallegos | Van de Putte | et al.
Last Action: 05/07/2001 S Laid on the table subject to call
Caption: Relating to the investigation and prosecution of an offense motivated by bias or prejudice and to other civil and criminal remedies for and protections against certain hateful acts.

SB 121 Author: Truan
Coauthor: Shapleigh
Last Action: 01/11/2001 S Referred to Business & Commerce
Caption: Relating to the administration of adult and community education programs.

SB 130 Author: Cain
Coauthor: Carona | Moncrief | Shapleigh | West, Royce | Bernsen | et al.
Last Action: 01/11/2001 S Referred to Education
Caption: Relating to character education in primary and secondary schools.

SB 141 Author: Moncrief
Coauthor: Van de Putte | Nelson | Shapleigh
Sponsor: Brimer
Last Action: 05/26/2001 E Effective on 9/1/01
Caption: Relating to requiring disclaimers on certain advertisements that offer homestead designation services.

SB 179 Author: Fraser
Coauthor: Ellis, Rodney | Shapleigh | Truan | Van de Putte
Sponsor: Hupp
Last Action: 05/03/2001 S House passage as amended reported
Caption: Relating to exempting military personnel and their dependents from the testing requirements of the Texas Academic Skills Program and from other similar testing requirements.

SB 186 Author: Truan
Coauthor: Shapleigh | Van de Putte | Fraser | Bernsen | Haywood
Last Action: 05/08/2001 H Reported favorably as substituted
Caption: Relating to motor vehicle insurance premium discounts for certain individuals on active military duty.

SB 192 Author: Lucio
Coauthor: Shapleigh | Zaffirini
Sponsor: Pickett
Last Action: 06/15/2001 E Effective on 9/1/01
Caption: Relating to inclusion of certain ports of entry in state highway planning and funding.

SB 195 Author: Lucio
Coauthor: Shapleigh
Sponsor: Pickett
Last Action: 06/14/2001 E Effective on 9/1/01
Caption: Relating to the Border Trade Advisory Committee.

SB 196 Author: Lucio
Coauthor: Shapleigh | Zaffirini
Last Action: 01/11/2001 S Referred to Business & Commerce
Caption: Relating to the adjustment of Texas Department of Transportation funding formulas to account for certain international traffic.

SB 241 Author: Lucio
Coauthor: Ogden | Shapleigh | Zaffirini
Last Action: 04/17/2001 H Left pending in committee
Caption: Relating to the financing and construction of highways.

SB 249 Author: Lucio
Coauthor: Shapleigh | Zaffirini
Last Action: 04/17/2001 H Left pending in committee
Caption: Relating to the membership of the Texas Transportation Commission.

SB 298 Author: Madla
Coauthor: Shapleigh
Last Action: 04/24/2001 S Not again placed on intent calendar
Caption: Relating to contracts for the development of transportation projects by the Texas Department of Transportation and the Texas Turnpike Authority division of the Texas Department of Transportation.

SB 326 Author: Lucio
Coauthor: Shapleigh
Sponsor: Solis, Jim
Last Action: 06/16/2001 E Effective immediately
Caption: Relating to the creation of an initiative unit to develop a Texas-Mexico Commerce and International Relations Coordinated Plan.

SB 331 Author: Haywood
Coauthor: Bernsen | Armbrister | Lucio | Lindsay | Moncrief | et al.
Sponsor: Swinford
Last Action: 04/09/2001 E Effective on 9/1/01
Caption: Relating to agricultural policy for the state.

SB 338 Author: Madla
Coauthor: Moncrief | Bernsen | Shapleigh | Zaffirini
Sponsor: Eiland
Last Action: 06/14/2001 E Effective immediately
Caption: Relating to a state plan for and continuing education relating to the prevention and treatment of hepatitis C.

SB 342 Author: Shapiro
Coauthor: Shapleigh
Sponsor: Alexander
Last Action: 06/15/2001 E See remarks for effective date
Caption: Relating to the participation of the Texas Department of Transportation in the acquisition, construction, maintenance, and operation of toll facilities.

SB 349 Author: Truan
Coauthor: Shapleigh
Last Action: 02/14/2001 S No action taken in committee
Caption: Relating to the creation of the Commission on 21st Century Colleges and Universities.

SB 352 Author: Truan
Coauthor: Shapleigh
Sponsor: Gray | Oliveira
Last Action: 06/15/2001 E Effective on 1/1/02
Caption: Relating to the collection of solid waste disposal service fees by a county or by certain public or private entities contracting with a county.

SB 353 Author: Ellis, Rodney
Coauthor: Harris | Van de Putte | Bernsen | Cain | Shapiro | et al.
Sponsor: McCall
Last Action: 05/16/2001 E Effective on 9/1/01
Caption: Relating to certain programs to develop the technology workforce in Texas by supporting and promoting higher education in engineering and computer science.

SB 373 Author: Moncrief
Coauthor: Zaffirini | Shapleigh | Bernsen | Truan | Van de Putte | et al.
Last Action: 03/08/2001 S Left pending in committee
Caption: Relating to simplifying the application and eligibility determination process for medical assistance provided to children.

SB 374 Author: Moncrief
Coauthor: Zaffirini | Shapleigh | Bernsen | Truan | Lindsay | et al.
Last Action: 03/08/2001 S Left pending in committee
Caption: Relating to continuous eligibility of children for medical assistance.

SB 375 Author: Zaffirini
Coauthor: Moncrief | Shapleigh | Bernsen | Truan | Lucio | et al.
Last Action: 03/08/2001 S Left pending in committee
Caption: Relating to application and eligibility for Medicaid.

SB 376 Author: Zaffirini
Coauthor: Moncrief | Shapleigh | Bernsen | Truan | Lindsay | et al.
Last Action: 03/08/2001 S Left pending in committee
Caption: Relating to consideration of assets and resources for purposes of determining eligibility of children for Medicaid.

SB 393 Author: Carona
Coauthor: Shapleigh
Sponsor: Brimer
Last Action: 06/13/2001 E Effective on 1/1/02
Caption: Relating to the Uniform Electronic Transactions Act and electronic records.

SB 407 Author: Cain
Coauthor: Shapiro | Zaffirini | Shapleigh
Sponsor: Pickett
Last Action: 04/09/2001 E Effective immediately
Caption: Relating to the authority of a public entity to borrow funds from the state infrastructure bank.

SB 439 Author: Madla
Coauthor: Shapleigh
Sponsor: Uresti | Capelo
Last Action: 06/11/2001 E Effective on 9/1/01
Caption: Relating to the match requirement for the receipt of state funds by certain organizations providing chemical dependency treatment services.

SB 489 Author: Madla
Coauthor: Haywood | Shapleigh
Last Action: 04/30/2001 S No action taken in committee
Caption: Relating to importation of wine into the state by direct shipment.

SB 493 Author: Bernsen
Coauthor: Lindsay | Barrientos | Truan | Gallegos | Shapleigh | et al.
Sponsor: Wise
Last Action: 05/03/2001 S Left pending in committee
Caption: Relating to the repeal of the exemption for certain sources of air contaminant emissions from preconstruction permit requirements.

SB 517 Author: Lucio
Coauthor: Zaffirini | Truan | Fraser | Jackson | Shapleigh | et al.
Sponsor: Hinojosa
Last Action: 05/02/2001 H Committee report sent to Calendars
Caption: Relating to authorizing certain counties to regulate land development; providing a penalty.

SB 532 Author: Nelson
Coauthor: Bernsen | Moncrief | Shapleigh | Zaffirini | Shapiro
Sponsor: Maxey | Naishtat | Luna, Vilma | Danburg | Villarreal, Mike
Last Action: 05/26/2001 E Effective on 9/1/01
Caption: Relating to medical assistance for certain persons in need of treatment for breast or cervical cancer.

SB 554 Author: Carona
Coauthor: Barrientos | Gallegos | Shapleigh
Sponsor: Solis, Jim | Uresti | Capelo | Chavez
Last Action: 06/13/2001 E Effective on 9/1/01
Caption: Relating to grants by the Texas Workforce Commission to assist economically disadvantaged persons enrolled in qualified postsecondary career education programs.

SB 624 Author: Duncan
Coauthor: Lucio | Madla | Shapleigh | Sibley | Van de Putte
Sponsor: Brimer
Last Action: 05/09/2001 H Committee report sent to Calendars
Caption: Relating to the prohibition of certain waivers by employers and employees under the workers' compensation system.

SB 638 Author: Barrientos
Coauthor: Bernsen | Gallegos | Lucio | Moncrief | Shapleigh
Sponsor: Kitchen | Keel | Allen | Hinojosa
Last Action: 06/17/2001 E Effective on 9/1/01
Caption: Relating to the taking of a specimen from a person arrested for, charged with, or convicted of certain offenses for the purposes of DNA analysis; providing penalties.

SB 658 Author: Barrientos
Coauthor: Shapleigh | Van de Putte
Last Action: 05/02/2001 H Left pending in committee
Caption: Relating to the exemption from ad valorem taxation of property of a disabled veteran or the surviving spouse or children of a deceased disabled veteran or member of the armed forces who dies while on active duty.

SB 693 Author: Lucio
Coauthor: Shapleigh | Truan | Zaffirini
Sponsor: Gutierrez | Raymond | Pickett | Najera | Gallego
Last Action: 05/15/2001 E Effective on 9/1/01
Caption: Relating to short-term motor vehicle liability insurance policies for non-Texas resident motorists visiting this state.

SB 812 Author: Carona
Coauthor: Moncrief | Bernsen | Shapleigh | Zaffirini
Last Action: 04/09/2001 H Referred to Public Health
Caption: Relating to establishing a demonstration project to expand access to women's health care services.

SB 859 Author: Moncrief
Coauthor: Bernsen | Shapleigh
Last Action: 02/26/2001 S Referred to Education
Caption: Relating to indoor air quality in newly constructed or renovated public school buildings.

SB 860 Author: Moncrief
Coauthor: Bernsen | Shapleigh
Last Action: 02/26/2001 S Referred to State Affairs
Caption: Relating to indoor air quality in buildings owned or leased by state or local government.

SB 861 Author: Moncrief
Coauthor: Shapleigh | Bernsen
Last Action: 02/26/2001 S Referred to Education
Caption: Relating to indoor air quality in public school buildings.

SB 866 Author: Nelson
Coauthor: Sibley | Shapleigh | Bernsen | Ellis, Rodney
Last Action: 03/20/2001 H Referred to State Affairs
Caption: Relating to the creation of a Texas Privacy Act and addressing the ways in which the information practices of state and local governmental entities affect personal privacy.

SB 867 Author: Nelson
Coauthor: Sibley | Shapleigh
Last Action: 03/26/2001 H Referred to State Affairs
Caption: Relating to the creation, operation, and duties of a joint interim task force to study various issues affecting personal privacy.

SB 885 Author: Lucio
Coauthor: Moncrief | Zaffirini | Madla | Shapleigh | Truan
Last Action: 02/26/2001 S Referred to Education
Caption: Relating to the prevention of diabetes by improving the health of certain public school students.

SB 894 Author: Moncrief
Coauthor: Bernsen | Shapleigh | Van de Putte | Zaffirini
Last Action: 04/30/2001 H Referred to Public Health
Caption: Relating to bulk purchasing of prescription drugs by certain state agencies.

SB 895 Author: Moncrief
Coauthor: Bernsen | Shapleigh
Last Action: 03/22/2001 S Left pending in committee
Caption: Relating to the creation of a state prescription drug program for certain Medicare beneficiaries.

SB 1067 Author: Harris
Coauthor: Shapleigh | Carona | Van de Putte | Lucio | Truan
Last Action: 03/06/2001 S Referred to Business & Commerce
Caption: Relating to certain agreements for the payment of subcontractors.

SB 1156 Author: Zaffirini
Coauthor: Duncan | Barrientos | Bernsen | Harris | Truan | et al.
Sponsor: Coleman | Gray | Janek | Eiland | Junell
Last Action: 06/17/2001 E Vetoed by the Governor
Caption: Relating to the state Medicaid program.

SB 1164 Author: Truan
Coauthor: Shapleigh | Van de Putte
Sponsor: Luna, Vilma
Last Action: 06/17/2001 E Effective immediately
Caption: Relating to a five-year strategic infrastructure plan for state military installations.

SB 1284 Author: Van de Putte
Coauthor: Nelson | Shapleigh
Last Action: 04/24/2001 S Committee report printed and distributed: Apr 24 2001 10:33PM
Caption: Relating to payment by certain issuers of health benefit plans of certain claims; providing penalties.

SB 1296 Author: Lucio
Coauthor: Truan | Zaffirini | Sibley | Shapleigh
Sponsor: Flores
Last Action: 06/14/2001 E Effective on adoption of const. amendment
Caption: Relating to the issuance of general obligation bonds and notes to provide financial assistance to counties for roadway projects to serve border colonias.

SB 1299 Author: Lucio
Coauthor: Shapleigh
Sponsor: Coleman | Capelo
Last Action: 06/15/2001 E Effective on 9/1/01
Caption: Relating to the creation and duties of a task force on rate-setting methodologies for the Medicaid and state child health plan programs.

SB 1456 Author: Lucio
Coauthor: Moncrief | Shapleigh | Bernsen | Zaffirini | Madla | et al.
Sponsor: Capelo | Coleman | Gray | Uresti | Solis, Jim
Last Action: 05/22/2001 E Effective immediately
Caption: Relating to the establishment of a pediatric diabetes research advisory committee in the Texas Department of Health.

SB 1458 Author: Duncan
Coauthor: Shapleigh
Sponsor: McCall
Last Action: 06/15/2001 E Effective immediately
Caption: Relating to the management of state agency and local government electronic projects, equipment, and contracts, to the purchase and use of certain advanced technological equipment, and to the use of outside personnel by the comptroller of public accounts.

SB 1485 Author: Carona
Coauthor: Shapleigh
Sponsor: George
Last Action: 05/22/2001 H Placed on General State Calendar
Caption: Relating to state financing of the development and production of Texas biotechnological and biomedical products and small businesses; providing for the issuance of bonds.

SB 1546 Author: Duncan
Coauthor: Shapleigh
Last Action: 03/14/2001 S Referred to Education
Caption: Relating to the establishment of a diabetes research center at the Texas Tech University campus in El Paso.

SB 1559 Author: Zaffirini
Coauthor: Lucio | Shapleigh
Last Action: 03/14/2001 S Referred to Business & Commerce
Caption: Relating to motor vehicle inspection facilities near the border of this state and Mexico.

SB 1637 Author: Bernsen
Coauthor: Shapleigh
Sponsor: Homer
Last Action: 06/14/2001 E Effective on 9/1/01
Caption: Relating to discount cards deceptively marketed as insurance.

SB 1763 Author: Moncrief
Coauthor: Shapleigh
Sponsor: Gray
Last Action: 06/15/2001 E Effective on 9/1/01
Caption: Relating to the provision of information about patient assistance programs offered by pharmaceutical companies.

SB 1798 Author: Bivins
Coauthor: Bernsen | Lucio | Shapleigh | West, Royce
Sponsor: Sadler | Farabee
Last Action: 05/23/2001 H Returned to Local & Consent Calendars Comm.
Caption: Relating to the creation, funding, and operation of the Teachers' Home Loan Program.

SB 1815 Author: Truan
Coauthor: Shapleigh
Sponsor: Luna, Vilma
Last Action: 06/15/2001 E Effective on 9/1/01
Caption: Relating to establishing a loan program to assist communities that may be affected by federal military base closures.

SCR 16 Author: Sibley
Coauthor: Armbrister | Barrientos | Bernsen | Bivins | Cain | et al.
Sponsor: Gallego
Last Action: 02/08/2001 E Signed by the Governor
Caption: Requesting the United States Secretary of Commerce to appoint a federal official to coordinate activities along the United States-Mexico and the United States-Canada borders; and to examine current practices and look at new initiatives to ease the flow of trade, to improve the infrastructures necessary to move commerce, and to redress the negative impacts on the health and safety of our citizens.

SCR 25 Author: Lucio
Coauthor: Armbrister | Barrientos | Brown, J. E. "Buster" | Cain | Carona | et al.
Sponsor: Pickett
Last Action: 06/17/2001 E Filed without the Governor's signature
Caption: Memorializing Congress to recognize the impact on Texas of the federal policy of opening the border to Mexican trucks in accordance with provisions of the North American Free Trade Agreement.

SCR 41 Author: Bivins
Coauthor: Cain | Carona | Fraser | Harris | Haywood | et al.
Sponsor: Hunter
Last Action: 06/13/2001 E Signed by the Governor
Caption: Commending and applauding all recipients and supporters of the Texas Medal of Arts Awards.

SCR 50 Author: Zaffirini
Coauthor: Bivins | Gallegos | Lucio | Truan | Van de Putte | et al.
Sponsor: Oliveira
Last Action: 06/16/2001 E Signed by the Governor
Caption: Encouraging school districts to develop and implement dual language bilingual programs.

SJR 10 Author: Lucio
Coauthor: Ogden | Shapleigh | Zaffirini
Last Action: 04/17/2001 H Left pending in committee
Caption: Proposing a constitutional amendment authorizing the legislature to provide for the issuance of bonds for improvements to the state highway system.

SJR 12 Author: Shapiro
Coauthor: Shapleigh
Sponsor: Alexander
Last Action: 05/20/2001 H Considered in Calendars
Caption: Proposing a constitutional amendment in aid of turnpikes, toll roads, and toll bridges.

SJR 22 Author: Barrientos
Coauthor: Shapleigh | Van de Putte
Last Action: 05/02/2001 H Left pending in committee
Caption: Proposing a constitutional amendment relating to the ad valorem tax exemption for the surviving spouse and children of a deceased disabled veteran.

SJR 35 Author: Wentworth
Coauthor: Bivins | Shapiro | Van de Putte | Armbrister | Brown, J. E. "Buster" | et al.
Last Action: 05/16/2001 H Failed to receive affirmative vote in comm.
Caption: Proposing a constitutional amendment relating to the time for legislative and congressional redistricting following release of the federal decennial census.

SJR 37 Author: Lucio
Coauthor: Truan | Zaffirini | Sibley | Shapleigh
Sponsor: Flores
Last Action: 05/25/2001 E Filed with the Secretary of State
Caption: Proposing a constitutional amendment authorizing the issuance of general obligation bonds or notes to provide financial assistance to counties for roadway projects to serve border colonias.

SR 590 Author: Truan
Coauthor: Armbrister | Barrientos | Bernsen | Bivins | Brown, J. E. "Buster" | et al.
Last Action: 04/26/2001 S Reported enrolled
Caption: Renaming the Lieutenant Governor's Committee Room the Betty King Committee Room.

SR 1206 Author: Sibley
Coauthor: Barrientos | Cain | Duncan | Ellis, Rodney | Gallegos | et al.
Last Action: 05/25/2001 S Reported enrolled
Caption: Memorializing Congress to bestow the Congressional Medal of Honor on Doris "Dorie" Miller.

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