Texas Legislature
Bills Authored / Joint Authored
Sen. Carlos F. Truan
77th Legislature Regular Session
Report Date: 2/8/2026

Number of Bills: 120

Report Sections:

Author (120):
SB 121 Author: Truan
Last Action: 01/11/2001 S Referred to Business & Commerce
Caption: Relating to the administration of adult and community education programs.

SB 154 Author: Truan
Sponsor: Capelo | Driver
Last Action: 05/18/2001 E Effective immediately
Caption: Relating to a requirement that information about anatomical gifts be included in the curriculum of certain driver education and driving safety courses.

SB 155 Author: Truan
Last Action: 01/11/2001 S Referred to Intergovernmental Relations
Caption: Relating to the authority of a municipality to use a design-build contract for public improvement projects and facilities.

SB 156 Author: Truan
Last Action: 01/11/2001 S Referred to Health & Human Services
Caption: Relating to consideration of assets and resources for purposes of determining eligibility of children for Medicaid.

SB 157 Author: Truan
Last Action: 03/08/2001 H Referred to Transportation
Caption: Relating to the form of a proposal guaranty for a contract of the Texas Department of Transportation.

SB 158 Author: Truan
Sponsor: Olivo
Last Action: 06/15/2001 E Effective immediately
Caption: Relating to counseling public school students regarding higher education.

SB 186 Author: Truan
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 348 Author: Truan
Last Action: 02/19/2001 S Laid on table subject to call in committee
Caption: Relating to the preservation of rail facilities by the Texas Department of Transportation.

SB 349 Author: Truan
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 350 Author: Truan
Sponsor: Oliveira
Last Action: 06/17/2001 E Vetoed by the Governor
Caption: Relating to wage rates paid by or on behalf of certain school districts on public works projects.

SB 351 Author: Truan
Last Action: 01/24/2001 S Referred to Education
Caption: Relating to computation of the number of educationally disadvantaged students in public school districts without food service.

SB 352 Author: Truan
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 363 Author: Truan
Last Action: 04/30/2001 H Left pending in committee
Caption: Relating to a leave of absence for certain state employees who are donating an organ, bone marrow, or blood.

SB 498 Author: Truan
Last Action: 03/29/2001 S Left pending in committee
Caption: Relating to the training requirements for certain employees of nursing homes.

SB 514 Author: Truan
Sponsor: Capelo
Last Action: 05/20/2001 H Committee report sent to Calendars
Caption: Relating to expanding certain grant programs formerly limited to physicians to include other health care professionals.

SB 649 Author: Truan
Sponsor: Flores
Last Action: 06/13/2001 E Effective on 9/1/01
Caption: Relating to training requirements for applicants for and recipients of financial assistance for water and sewer services under the economically distressed areas program.

SB 783 Author: Truan
Last Action: 03/21/2001 H Referred to Juvenile Justice & Family Issues
Caption: Relating to the emergency possession of and termination of the parent-child relationship of certain abandoned children.

SB 821 Author: Truan
Last Action: 04/10/2001 S Left pending in committee
Caption: Relating to the annexation of additional territory and the composition of the port commission of the Port of Corpus Christi Authority of Nueces County, Texas.

SB 824 Author: Truan
Sponsor: Olivo
Last Action: 05/20/2001 H Committee report sent to Calendars
Caption: Relating to dual literacy programs in public schools.

SB 825 Author: Truan
Last Action: 02/22/2001 S Referred to Intergovernmental Relations
Caption: Relating to the allocation of state hotel occupancy tax revenue to certain municipalities.

SB 826 Author: Truan
Sponsor: Grusendorf | Hochberg
Last Action: 06/13/2001 E Effective immediately
Caption: Relating to the location of public education schools, programs, and classes.

SB 950 Author: Truan
Sponsor: Williams
Last Action: 04/26/2001 H Comm. report sent to Local & Consent Calendar
Caption: Relating to special license plates for passenger cars and light trucks owned by or used for the transportation of veterans with disabilities.

SB 951 Author: Truan
Last Action: 02/28/2001 S Referred to State Affairs
Caption: Relating to certification of historically underutilized businesses by certain nonprofit organizations.

SB 952 Author: Truan
Last Action: 02/28/2001 S Referred to State Affairs
Caption: Relating to subcontracting opportunities for historically underutilized businesses.

SB 1089 Author: Truan
Sponsor: Burnam
Last Action: 05/22/2001 E Effective on 9/1/01
Caption: Relating to eligibility for Vietnam veteran license plates.

SB 1159 Author: Truan
Sponsor: Raymond
Last Action: 05/18/2001 E Effective immediately
Caption: Relating to improving the provision of state veteran services.

SB 1160 Author: Truan
Sponsor: Raymond
Last Action: 06/13/2001 E Effective immediately
Caption: Relating to the location of new veterans homes.

SB 1161 Author: Truan
Last Action: 04/11/2001 H Referred to Transportation
Caption: Relating to the regulation of low-speed electric vehicles.

SB 1162 Author: Truan
Sponsor: Seaman | Gray
Last Action: 05/18/2001 E Effective on 9/1/01
Caption: Relating to prohibiting the operation of a vehicle on dunes; providing a criminal penalty.

SB 1163 Author: Truan
Last Action: 03/28/2001 S Left pending in committee
Caption: Relating to creation of the Texas Veterans Cemetery System.

SB 1164 Author: Truan
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 1165 Author: Truan
Sponsor: Noriega
Last Action: 06/16/2001 E Effective on 9/1/01
Caption: Relating to the rank of and qualifications for appointment as the adjutant general.

SB 1196 Author: Truan
Sponsor: Hochberg
Last Action: 05/21/2001 E Filed without the Governor's signature
Caption: Relating to the use of certain practices in disciplining or techniques in managing the behavior of public school students.

SB 1326 Author: Truan
Last Action: 03/13/2001 S Referred to Natural Resources
Caption: Relating to the desalination of water.

SB 1328 Author: Truan
Last Action: 03/13/2001 S Referred to Education
Caption: Relating to a school district's entitlement to compensatory education allotments under the school finance system.

SB 1425 Author: Truan
Last Action: 03/28/2001 S No action taken in committee
Caption: Relating to transferring the Office of Defense Affairs to the office of the governor.

SB 1426 Author: Truan
Last Action: 03/13/2001 S Referred to Education
Caption: Relating to alternative criteria for promotion to certain grade levels in public school.

SB 1427 Author: Truan
Last Action: 04/11/2001 S No action taken in committee
Caption: Relating to venue in the prosecution of cases involving the possession or delivery of controlled substances.

SB 1428 Author: Truan
Last Action: 03/13/2001 S Referred to Education
Caption: Relating to the requirements for high school graduation.

SB 1441 Author: Truan
Last Action: 03/13/2001 S Referred to Natural Resources
Caption: Relating to diversion by a permit holder of water for wetland enhancement.

SB 1442 Author: Truan
Last Action: 04/09/2001 S Left pending in committee
Caption: Relating to the security provided for revenue bonds issued by the Veterans' Land Board.

SB 1699 Author: Truan
Last Action: 04/02/2001 S Laid on table subject to call in committee
Caption: Relating to the conditions for issuance of revenue bonds by the Veterans' Land Board.

SB 1761 Author: Truan
Last Action: 03/19/2001 S Referred to Administration
Caption: Relating to designating the state Tejano Music Hall of Fame.

SB 1770 Author: Truan
Last Action: 03/21/2001 S Referred to Natural Resources
Caption: Relating to the ratification of the creation of and to the administration, powers, duties, operation, and financing of the Red Sands Groundwater Conservation District.

SB 1802 Author: Truan
Sponsor: Hawley
Last Action: 05/08/2001 H Committee report sent to Calendars
Caption: Relating to the annexation of additional territory and the composition of the port commission of the Port of Corpus Christi Authority of Nueces County, Texas.

SB 1803 Author: Truan
Last Action: 04/11/2001 S Referred to Natural Resources
Caption: Relating to ceding certain state land to counties and municipalities for use for purposes of a seawall, breakwater, levee, floodway, or drainway.

SB 1804 Author: Truan
Last Action: 05/07/2001 S Laid on the table subject to call
Caption: Relating to provision by the Veterans' Land Board of loans to veterans for the purchase of land.

SB 1805 Author: Truan
Last Action: 04/11/2001 S Referred to Veteran Affairs & Military Instal
Caption: Relating to transferring the Texas Strategic Military Planning Commission to the office of the governor.

SB 1815 Author: Truan
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 3 Author: Truan
Sponsor: Goolsby
Last Action: 01/11/2001 E Filed with the Secretary of State
Caption: Granting the legislature permission to adjourn for more than three days for the period beginning Thursday, January 11, 2001, and ending Tuesday, January 16, 2001.

SCR 55 Author: Truan
Sponsor: Rangel
Last Action: 05/23/2001 E Signed by the Governor
Caption: Commending Texas A&M University--Kingsville.

SCR 78 Author: Truan
Sponsor: Uher
Last Action: 06/14/2001 E Signed by the Governor
Caption: Resolving that the 77th Legislature stand adjourned sine die in honor of Betty King.

SJR 38 Author: Truan
Last Action: 04/09/2001 S Left pending in committee
Caption: Proposing a constitutional amendment authorizing the Veterans' Land Board to use excess assets in certain funds to provide for veterans homes and veterans cemeteries and to issue additional general obligation bonds for veterans' housing assistance.

SR 1 Author: Truan
Last Action: 01/09/2001 S Reported enrolled
Caption: Commending Rick Perry for his service to the Texas Legislature and congratulating him in his new position as Governor of Texas.

SR 2 Author: Truan
Last Action: 01/09/2001 S Reported enrolled
Caption: Senate Caucus Report.

SR 78 Author: Truan
Last Action: 01/23/2001 S Reported enrolled
Caption: Commending the members of the cross country team of Premont High School in Premont.

SR 136 Author: Truan
Last Action: 02/01/2001 S Again read
Caption: Declaring February 1, 2001, as Jim Wells County Day.

SR 139 Author: Truan
Last Action: 02/01/2001 S Again read
Caption: Commending Tejano R.O.O.T.S. (Remembering Our Own Tejano Stars), Incorporated.

SR 193 Author: Truan
Last Action: 02/06/2001 S Reported enrolled
Caption: Commending the participants of Leadership Corpus Christi.

SR 209 Author: Truan
Last Action: 02/08/2001 S Reported enrolled
Caption: Commending the Senior Service Corps.

SR 237 Author: Truan
Last Action: 02/14/2001 S Reported enrolled
Caption: Congratulating Mary Helen Salazar.

SR 300 Author: Truan
Last Action: 02/21/2001 S Again read
Caption: Commending the eighth-grade girls volleyball team of Marvin Baker Middle School in Corpus Christi.

SR 318 Author: Truan
Last Action: 02/21/2001 S Reported enrolled
Caption: Commending the Port of Corpus Christi and the Port of Corpus Christi Commissioners.

SR 323 Author: Truan
Last Action: 02/21/2001 S Reported enrolled
Caption: Declaring February 21, 2001, as I-69 Day.

SR 339 Author: Truan
Last Action: 02/26/2001 S Reported enrolled
Caption: Honoring Edward H. Harte of Corpus Christi.

SR 354 Author: Truan
Last Action: 02/27/2001 S Reported enrolled
Caption: Recognizing March 3, 2001, as Brooks County Day.

SR 444 Author: Truan
Last Action: 03/20/2001 S Again read
Caption: Congratulating Alyssa M. Baecker.

SR 451 Author: Truan
Last Action: 03/13/2001 S Reported enrolled
Caption: In memory of Jose Luis Rodriguez of Corpus Christi.

SR 471 Author: Truan
Last Action: 03/14/2001 S Reported enrolled
Caption: Commending El Paraiso in Corpus Christi.

SR 472 Author: Truan
Last Action: 03/19/2001 S Again read
Caption: Congratulating Leo A. Gonzalez of Corpus Christi.

SR 484 Author: Truan
Last Action: 03/15/2001 S Reported enrolled
Caption: In memory of Dr. James E. McClellan, Jr., of Corpus Christi.

SR 503 Author: Truan
Last Action: 03/19/2001 S Reported enrolled
Caption: Commending Kirsten Matson of Round Rock.

SR 584 Author: Truan
Last Action: 03/28/2001 S Reported enrolled
Caption: Congratulating Bobby Labonte on his outstanding achievements in NASCAR competition.

SR 590 Author: Truan
Last Action: 04/26/2001 S Reported enrolled
Caption: Renaming the Lieutenant Governor's Committee Room the Betty King Committee Room.

SR 595 Author: Truan
Last Action: 03/29/2001 S Again read
Caption: Paying tribute to the life of Cesar Chavez.

SR 632 Author: Truan
Last Action: 04/18/2001 S Again read
Caption: In memory of the life of Dr. J. E. "Ted" Stibbards of Corpus Christi.

SR 682 Author: Truan
Last Action: 04/09/2001 S Reported enrolled
Caption: In memory of Theodore Stephen Scibienski.

SR 683 Author: Truan
Last Action: 04/10/2001 S Again read
Caption: Congratulating the League of United Latin American Citizens Council No. 1.

SR 722 Author: Truan
Last Action: 04/09/2001 S Reported enrolled
Caption: Congratulating Whataburger, Incorporated, on the occasion of its 50th anniversary.

SR 723 Author: Truan
Last Action: 04/10/2001 S Again read
Caption: Congratulating Anna M. Tinsley of Austin.

SR 740 Author: Truan
Last Action: 04/25/2001 S Again read
Caption: In memory of the Honorable Renato Cuellar of Weslaco.

SR 741 Author: Truan
Last Action: 05/03/2001 S Again read
Caption: Congratulating Freddy Fender.

SR 742 Author: Truan
Last Action: 04/17/2001 S Reported enrolled
Caption: Commending Texas A&M University--Kingsville.

SR 759 Author: Truan
Last Action: 04/18/2001 S Reported enrolled
Caption: Commending the Kingsville Chamber of Commerce.

SR 826 Author: Truan
Last Action: 04/26/2001 S Reported enrolled
Caption: Honoring Governor Rick Perry and former Governors, Lieutenant Governors, and Senators on Members' Reunion Day.

SR 828 Author: Truan
Last Action: 05/21/2001 S Again read
Caption: In memory of Joseph John Salem, Sr., of Corpus Christi.

SR 842 Author: Truan
Last Action: 05/18/2001 S Again read
Caption: Recognizing May, 2001, as Remembrance, Armed Forces, and Veteran Appreciation Month in the State of Texas.

SR 879 Author: Truan
Last Action: 05/02/2001 S Reported enrolled
Caption: In memory of Roberto M. Leal, Sr., of Corpus Christi.

SR 881 Author: Truan
Last Action: 05/02/2001 S Reported enrolled
Caption: Commending the Flour Bluff High School Chapter of the Spanish National Honor Society.

SR 885 Author: Truan
Last Action: 05/07/2001 S Again read
Caption: Commending the members of the Flour Bluff Junior High School Mathcounts team.

SR 991 Author: Truan
Last Action: 05/09/2001 S Reported enrolled
Caption: Commending Texas A&M University--Kingsville.

SR 998 Author: Truan
Last Action: 05/09/2001 S Reported enrolled
Caption: Congratulating Maria Elisa Perez-Johnson.

SR 999 Author: Truan
Last Action: 05/09/2001 S Reported enrolled
Caption: In memory of Gilbert P. Mendieta of Corpus Christi.

SR 1000 Author: Truan
Last Action: 05/09/2001 S Reported enrolled
Caption: Congratulating Sally Daly of Corpus Christi.

SR 1001 Author: Truan
Last Action: 05/09/2001 S Reported enrolled
Caption: In memory of Rogerio Valdez, Jr., of Corpus Christi.

SR 1073 Author: Truan
Last Action: 05/16/2001 S Reported enrolled
Caption: Congratulating Dr. Bruce Scott and Gary Turberville of Corpus Christi.

SR 1090 Author: Truan
Last Action: 05/21/2001 S Again read
Caption: Congratulating Dr. Jesus H. Chavez of Corpus Christi.

SR 1091 Author: Truan
Last Action: 05/17/2001 S Reported enrolled
Caption: Recognizing the 3rd Annual El Veterano Conjunto Jam and honoring the life of Eligio Roque Escobar.

SR 1120 Author: Truan
Last Action: 05/21/2001 S Reported enrolled
Caption: Congratulating Captain Nancy E. Honey.

SR 1121 Author: Truan
Last Action: 05/25/2001 S Again read
Caption: In memory of Raul L. Longoria of the Rio Grande Valley.

SR 1122 Author: Truan
Last Action: 05/21/2001 S Reported enrolled
Caption: Commending all Texas veterans of the Vietnam War.

SR 1233 Author: Truan
Last Action: 05/26/2001 S Reported enrolled
Caption: In memory of George G. "Harry" Edwards of Corpus Christi.

SR 1234 Author: Truan
Last Action: 05/26/2001 S Reported enrolled
Caption: Congratulating Vann Kennedy of Corpus Christi.

SR 1235 Author: Truan
Last Action: 05/26/2001 S Reported enrolled
Caption: In memory of Blossie Mae Flemmings of Corpus Christi.

SR 1236 Author: Truan
Last Action: 05/26/2001 S Reported enrolled
Caption: In memory of the life of Janet Frey Harte of Corpus Christi.

SR 1237 Author: Truan
Last Action: 05/26/2001 S Reported enrolled
Caption: In memory of Ronchester Manangan Santiago of Kingsville.

SR 1238 Author: Truan
Last Action: 05/26/2001 S Reported enrolled
Caption: In memory of Quirino W. Saldana, Jr., of Corpus Christi.

SR 1239 Author: Truan
Last Action: 05/26/2001 S Reported enrolled
Caption: In memory of Lanette Nolte of Port Aransas.

SR 1240 Author: Truan
Last Action: 05/26/2001 S Reported enrolled
Caption: In memory of Herbert A. Train of Corpus Christi.

SR 1241 Author: Truan
Last Action: 05/26/2001 S Reported enrolled
Caption: In memory of Luis Leonel Garcia, Jr., of Corpus Christi.

SR 1242 Author: Truan
Last Action: 05/26/2001 S Reported enrolled
Caption: In memory of Julian "Juju" Michael Gonzales of Corpus Christi.

SR 1243 Author: Truan
Last Action: 05/26/2001 S Reported enrolled
Caption: In memory of Margarito Tijerina of Kingsville.

SR 1260 Author: Truan
Last Action: 05/27/2001 S Reported enrolled
Caption: Paying tribute to the life of Alfredo Gonzalez.

SR 1261 Author: Truan
Last Action: 05/28/2001 S Reported enrolled
Caption: In observation of Memorial Day, May 28, 2001.

SR 1263 Author: Truan
Last Action: 05/28/2001 S Reported enrolled
Caption: Senate Caucus Report.

SR 1264 Author: Truan
Last Action: 05/28/2001 S Reported enrolled
Caption: Congratulating Santiago "Jimmy" Martinez and his family.

SR 1265 Author: Truan
Last Action: 05/28/2001 S Reported enrolled
Caption: Congratulating Bernarda and Guadalupe "Lupe" Valdez, Jr., of Corpus Christi.

SR 1266 Author: Truan
Last Action: 05/28/2001 S Reported enrolled
Caption: Congratulating Terry L. Dicianna.

SR 1270 Author: Truan
Last Action: 05/28/2001 S Reported enrolled
Caption: Commending the Veterans Band of Corpus Christi.

SR 1271 Author: Truan
Last Action: 05/28/2001 S Reported enrolled
Caption: In memory of Thomas Noel Haywood of Wichita Falls.

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