Texas Legislature
Bills Authored / Joint Authored
Sen. Judith Zaffirini
77th Legislature Regular Session
Report Date: 2/8/2026

Number of Bills: 101

Report Sections:

Author (101):
SB 29 Author: Zaffirini
Last Action: 04/05/2001 S No action taken in committee
Caption: Relating to the computation of benefits payable by the Teacher Retirement System of Texas.

SB 30 Author: Zaffirini
Last Action: 04/11/2001 S No action taken in committee
Caption: Relating to mandatory kindergarten attendance in public schools.

SB 31 Author: Zaffirini
Sponsor: Raymond | Naishtat
Last Action: 05/22/2001 E Effective immediately
Caption: Relating to providing information about bacterial meningitis to students of public schools and students of institutions of higher education.

SB 32 Author: Zaffirini
Last Action: 05/09/2001 H Referred to Transportation
Caption: Relating to the application fee for a disabled parking placard.

SB 33 Author: Zaffirini
Last Action: 03/19/2001 S No action taken in committee
Caption: Relating to the provision of prescribed medications and community and personal care services under the medical assistance program.

SB 34 Author: Zaffirini
Sponsor: Naishtat
Last Action: 05/22/2001 E Effective on 9/1/01
Caption: Relating to providing dental services to certain recipients of medical assistance.

SB 35 Author: Zaffirini
Last Action: 03/19/2001 S No action taken in committee
Caption: Relating to authorizing the Health and Human Services Commission to make grants to community-based organizations to provide support for long-term care services.

SB 36 Author: Zaffirini
Sponsor: Raymond | Naishtat
Last Action: 05/18/2001 E Effective on 9/1/01
Caption: Relating to training for certain caseworkers employed by health and human services agencies or local mental health or mental retardation authorities.

SB 37 Author: Zaffirini
Sponsor: Naishtat
Last Action: 04/20/2001 E Effective on 9/1/01
Caption: Relating to establishing a temporary nursing facility license.

SB 38 Author: Zaffirini
Sponsor: Naishtat
Last Action: 05/26/2001 E Effective on 9/1/01
Caption: Relating to authorizing the conduct of architectural review before the construction or remodeling of certain long-term and other care facilities.

SB 39 Author: Zaffirini
Last Action: 01/10/2001 S Referred to Health & Human Services
Caption: Relating to imposition of administrative penalties against assisted living facilities.

SB 40 Author: Zaffirini
Sponsor: Naishtat
Last Action: 06/17/2001 E Effective immediately
Caption: Relating to tuition assistance for licensed vocational nursing students who agree following their licensure to practice in long-term care facilities.

SB 41 Author: Zaffirini
Last Action: 01/10/2001 S Referred to Business & Commerce
Caption: Relating to a franchise tax credit for expenditures made toward the cost of long-term care insurance policies for certain employees.

SB 42 Author: Zaffirini
Sponsor: Naishtat
Last Action: 05/18/2001 H Considered in Calendars
Caption: Relating to identifying and addressing the needs of certain recipients of financial assistance.

SB 43 Author: Zaffirini
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 44 Author: Zaffirini
Last Action: 01/10/2001 S Referred to Health & Human Services
Caption: Relating to the creation of a work group on office standards to assist the Texas Department of Human Services in improving the delivery of certain services.

SB 45 Author: Zaffirini
Sponsor: Naishtat
Last Action: 06/15/2001 E Effective on 9/1/01
Caption: Relating to hardship exemptions from federal time limits under the temporary assistance for needy families program.

SB 46 Author: Zaffirini
Last Action: 03/19/2001 S No action taken in committee
Caption: Relating to minimum training regarding family violence for certain state employees and other persons administering the financial assistance program and to identification of and services for certain victims of family violence.

SB 47 Author: Zaffirini
Sponsor: Naishtat
Last Action: 04/11/2001 E Effective on 9/1/01
Caption: Relating to residential and nonresidential services for victims of family violence.

SB 48 Author: Zaffirini
Sponsor: Naishtat
Last Action: 04/17/2001 H Considered in Calendars
Caption: Relating to sanctions imposed on recipients of temporary assistance for needy families for failure to provide certain information.

SB 49 Author: Zaffirini
Sponsor: Naishtat
Last Action: 05/22/2001 H Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
Caption: Relating to applying penalties to recipients of financial and nutritional assistance for certain drug- and alcohol-related convictions.

SB 50 Author: Zaffirini
Last Action: 01/10/2001 S Referred to Health & Human Services
Caption: Relating to certain information submitted by the Health and Human Services Commission to the legislative committees that have jurisdiction over health and human services issues.

SB 51 Author: Zaffirini
Sponsor: Maxey | Coleman | Naishtat | West, George "Buddy" | Danburg
Last Action: 06/15/2001 E Effective on 9/1/01
Caption: Relating to the provision of Medicaid to certain persons making the transition from foster care to independent living.

SB 52 Author: Zaffirini
Sponsor: Raymond | Naishtat
Last Action: 05/22/2001 E Effective on 9/1/01
Caption: Relating to a requirement that child-care facilities post certain signs.

SB 53 Author: Zaffirini
Sponsor: Turner, Bob | Naishtat
Last Action: 06/13/2001 E Effective on 9/1/01
Caption: Relating to access to criminal history record information by the Department of Protective and Regulatory Services.

SB 54 Author: Zaffirini
Sponsor: Noriega | Naishtat
Last Action: 05/11/2001 E Effective in 90 days -- 8/27/01
Caption: Relating to reports by health and human services agencies on the efforts to deliver health and human services to young Texans.

SB 55 Author: Zaffirini
Sponsor: Raymond
Last Action: 05/18/2001 E Effective on 9/1/01
Caption: Relating to a statewide education program to prevent infant mortality.

SB 56 Author: Zaffirini
Last Action: 05/10/2001 H No action taken in committee
Caption: Relating to creating a presumption regarding a person's alcohol concentration level for purposes of the administrative suspension of the person's driver's license.

SB 57 Author: Zaffirini
Last Action: 05/10/2001 H No action taken in committee
Caption: Relating to the period of the suspension of a driver's license on refusal to give a specimen of the person's breath or blood.

SB 58 Author: Zaffirini
Last Action: 05/10/2001 H No action taken in committee
Caption: Relating to the information provided by a peace officer to a person arrested for certain alcohol-related offenses.

SB 59 Author: Zaffirini
Last Action: 04/17/2001 S Left pending in committee
Caption: Relating to the definition of intoxicated in connection with the offense of operating a motor vehicle while intoxicated.

SB 159 Author: Zaffirini
Sponsor: Naishtat
Last Action: 06/14/2001 E Effective on 9/1/01
Caption: Relating to establishing a competitive grant program for projects that are designed to improve the quality of life for residents of a convalescent or nursing home and that could serve as a model of best practices for the convalescent and nursing home industry.

SB 160 Author: Zaffirini
Last Action: 04/02/2001 S Left pending in committee
Caption: Relating to incentive programs and employment services to benefit certain recipients of financial assistance.

SB 161 Author: Zaffirini
Sponsor: Naishtat
Last Action: 06/17/2001 E Vetoed by the Governor
Caption: Relating to authorizing transitional support services to former recipients of Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) benefits.

SB 167 Author: Zaffirini
Last Action: 03/20/2001 S Referred to Health & Human Services
Caption: Relating to the establishment of an interagency plan for coordinating case management services for certain recipients of financial assistance.

SB 168 Author: Zaffirini
Sponsor: Turner, Bob | Naishtat
Last Action: 04/24/2001 H Considered in Local & Consent Calendars
Caption: Relating to inspection by the Department of Protective and Regulatory Services of child-care facilities, child-placing agencies, and family homes.

SB 169 Author: Zaffirini
Last Action: 03/28/2001 S Tabled in committee
Caption: Relating to the compensation to victims of sexual assault for relocation and housing rental expenses.

SB 176 Author: Zaffirini
Last Action: 01/11/2001 S Referred to Education
Caption: Relating to a parent's ability to waive translation of the special education plan for the parent's child.

SB 184 Author: Zaffirini
Sponsor: Naishtat
Last Action: 05/11/2001 E Effective on 9/1/01
Caption: Relating to eligibility requirements for certain persons under the food stamp program.

SB 301 Author: Zaffirini
Sponsor: Bosse | Carter
Last Action: 05/11/2001 E Effective on 9/1/01
Caption: Relating to the continuation of the Office for the Prevention of Developmental Disabilities.

SB 302 Author: Zaffirini
Sponsor: McCall
Last Action: 04/30/2001 E Effective on 9/1/01
Caption: Relating to the continuation of the State Pension Review Board and to functions performed by the board.

SB 307 Author: Zaffirini
Last Action: 03/27/2001 S No action taken in committee
Caption: Relating to the continuation and functions of the office of the fire fighters' pension commissioner and the membership of the board of trustees of the Texas statewide emergency services personnel retirement fund.

SB 308 Author: Zaffirini
Last Action: 03/05/2001 S Referred to Natural Resources
Caption: Relating to the continuation and functions of the State Soil and Water Conservation Board and to the election of directors of local soil and water conservation districts.

SB 311 Author: Zaffirini
Sponsor: Gallego
Last Action: 06/17/2001 E See remarks for effective date
Caption: Relating to the abolition of the General Services Commission; to the transfer of its functions to a newly created Texas Building and Procurement Commission; and to the operations of certain other state agencies having functions transferred from or associated with the General Services Commission, including the Department of Information Resources, the telecommunications planning and oversight council, the attorney general, the Legislative Budget Board, and the State Cemetery Committee.

SB 312 Author: Zaffirini
Sponsor: Chisum
Last Action: 06/15/2001 E Effective on 9/1/01
Caption: Relating to the review and functions of the Texas Water Development Board and the improvement of certain water delivery infrastructure.

SB 313 Author: Zaffirini
Last Action: 05/03/2001 S Not again placed on intent calendar
Caption: Relating to the continuation and functions of the Texas Funeral Service Commission.

SB 367 Author: Zaffirini
Sponsor: Naishtat
Last Action: 06/15/2001 E Effective on 9/1/01
Caption: Relating to ensuring an appropriate care setting for a person with a disability.

SB 368 Author: Zaffirini
Sponsor: Maxey | Naishtat
Last Action: 06/11/2001 E Effective on 9/1/01
Caption: Relating to permanency planning procedures for children in state institutions and to family-based alternatives to the institutionalization of children.

SB 375 Author: Zaffirini
Last Action: 03/08/2001 S Left pending in committee
Caption: Relating to application and eligibility for Medicaid.

SB 376 Author: Zaffirini
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 402 Author: Zaffirini
Last Action: 04/25/2001 S Left pending in committee
Caption: Relating to the possession or carrying of weapons on certain premises associated with a school or educational institution; providing penalties.

SB 403 Author: Zaffirini
Sponsor: Uresti
Last Action: 05/17/2001 H Comm. report sent to Local & Consent Calendar
Caption: Relating to trustees of military reservation school districts.

SB 467 Author: Zaffirini
Sponsor: Oliveira
Last Action: 06/14/2001 E Effective immediately
Caption: Relating to dual language immersion programs in certain public schools and to the review of existing rules of the State Board of Education affecting such programs.

SB 548 Author: Zaffirini
Last Action: 04/23/2001 S Left pending in committee
Caption: Relating to the appeal of a final court judgment sustaining or negating certain suspensions of a driver's license.

SB 549 Author: Zaffirini
Last Action: 02/07/2001 S Referred to Intergovernmental Relations
Caption: Relating to the pooling of sick leave by county employees.

SB 676 Author: Zaffirini
Sponsor: Oliveira
Last Action: 04/11/2001 E Effective immediately
Caption: Relating to assessment of academic skills of certain students of limited English proficiency.

SB 1001 Author: Zaffirini
Sponsor: Hawley
Last Action: 06/17/2001 E Effective on 9/1/01
Caption: Relating to the authority of a judge of a district court to hear certain matters at a correctional facility.

SB 1002 Author: Zaffirini
Sponsor: Raymond
Last Action: 06/13/2001 E Effective immediately
Caption: Relating to the transfer of certain state property from the Texas Department of Mental Health and Mental Retardation to the Border Region MHMR Community Center.

SB 1008 Author: Zaffirini
Last Action: 03/19/2001 S No action taken in committee
Caption: Relating to resource requirements under the temporary assistance for needy families program and the food stamp program.

SB 1036 Author: Zaffirini
Sponsor: Hawley
Last Action: 06/16/2001 E Effective immediately
Caption: Relating to the election dates for directors of the Bee Groundwater Conservation District.

SB 1156 Author: Zaffirini
Sponsor: Coleman | Gray | Janek | Eiland | Junell
Last Action: 06/17/2001 E Vetoed by the Governor
Caption: Relating to the state Medicaid program.

SB 1202 Author: Zaffirini
Sponsor: Gallego
Last Action: 05/22/2001 E Effective on 9/1/01
Caption: Relating to the limits on compensation paid by the state to certain victims of crime.

SB 1212 Author: Zaffirini
Sponsor: Jones, Jesse
Last Action: 06/14/2001 E Effective immediately
Caption: Relating to the examination requirement for licensing as a chemical dependency counselor.

SB 1213 Author: Zaffirini
Sponsor: Gutierrez
Last Action: 06/04/2001 E Effective on 9/1/01
Caption: Relating to the appearance of a driver's license issued to a person who is under 21 years of age.

SB 1280 Author: Zaffirini
Last Action: 04/24/2001 S No action taken in committee
Caption: Relating to the tax on cigarettes, cigars, and other tobacco products.

SB 1281 Author: Zaffirini
Last Action: 04/24/2001 S No action taken in committee
Caption: Relating to the notice regarding sales of cigarettes and tobacco products given by a retailer to its customers and employees; providing a penalty.

SB 1549 Author: Zaffirini
Last Action: 03/14/2001 S Referred to Natural Resources
Caption: Relating to certain offers made to purchase mineral or royalty interests.

SB 1559 Author: Zaffirini
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 1560 Author: Zaffirini
Last Action: 05/11/2001 S Tabled in committee
Caption: Relating to the suspension of a person's driver's license following the person's arrest for certain intoxication offenses.

SB 1758 Author: Zaffirini
Sponsor: Hawley
Last Action: 06/16/2001 E Effective immediately
Caption: Relating to the boundaries of the Beeville Water Supply District.

SB 1764 Author: Zaffirini
Sponsor: Salinas
Last Action: 06/16/2001 E Effective on 9/1/01
Caption: Relating to the ratification of the creation of the McMullen Groundwater Conservation District and to the administration, powers, duties, operation, and financing of the district.

SB 1809 Author: Zaffirini
Last Action: 05/10/2001 H Referred to Transportation
Caption: Relating to the issuance of permits for the operation of oversize and overweight vehicles on certain highways by the City of Laredo and by the City of El Paso; providing penalties.

SCR 50 Author: Zaffirini
Sponsor: Oliveira
Last Action: 06/16/2001 E Signed by the Governor
Caption: Encouraging school districts to develop and implement dual language bilingual programs.

SCR 73 Author: Zaffirini
Last Action: 06/14/2001 E Signed by the Governor
Caption: Instructing the enrolling clerk of the senate to make corrections to S.B. No. 43.

SJR 21 Author: Zaffirini
Last Action: 02/05/2001 S Referred to Intergovernmental Relations
Caption: Proposing a constitutional amendment to abolish the office of justice of the peace in McMullen County.

SJR 33 Author: Zaffirini
Last Action: 03/27/2001 S No action taken in committee
Caption: Proposing a constitutional amendment providing for a four-year term of office for the fire fighters' pension commissioner.

SR 24 Author: Zaffirini
Last Action: 01/16/2001 S Reported enrolled
Caption: Commending the Laredo Bosom Buddies program.

SR 97 Author: Zaffirini
Last Action: 05/09/2001 S Again read
Caption: Honoring Don Jose Gallego Alemani of Laredo.

SR 298 Author: Zaffirini
Last Action: 02/21/2001 S Reported enrolled
Caption: Recognizing February 21, 2001, as La Salle County Day at the State Capitol.

SR 338 Author: Zaffirini
Last Action: 02/22/2001 S Reported enrolled
Caption: In memory of Joshua Leigh De Luna of Beeville.

SR 361 Author: Zaffirini
Last Action: 02/27/2001 S Again read
Caption: Commending the visitors from Texas Lutheran University in Seguin.

SR 439 Author: Zaffirini
Last Action: 03/15/2001 S Again read
Caption: In memory of the life of C. H. "Pokey" Matthies, Jr., of Seguin.

SR 452 Author: Zaffirini
Last Action: 03/13/2001 S Reported enrolled
Caption: In memory of Senator Wayne Connally.

SR 535 Author: Zaffirini
Last Action: 03/21/2001 S Reported enrolled
Caption: Congratulating Sister Rosemary Welsh of Laredo.

SR 600 Author: Zaffirini
Last Action: 03/29/2001 S Reported enrolled
Caption: Congratulating Miriam Reizner Norton of Laredo.

SR 748 Author: Zaffirini
Last Action: 04/17/2001 S Reported enrolled
Caption: Congratulating Norma Vargas of Laredo.

SR 751 Author: Zaffirini
Last Action: 04/18/2001 S Again read
Caption: In memory of the life of Leopoldo Muniz, Jr., of Rio Grande City.

SR 799 Author: Zaffirini
Last Action: 04/23/2001 S Reported enrolled
Caption: Proclaiming May 3, 2001, as Nurses' Day.

SR 875 Author: Zaffirini
Last Action: 05/02/2001 S Reported enrolled
Caption: Congratulating Alcide Federico Longoria Derby of Laredo.

SR 876 Author: Zaffirini
Last Action: 05/02/2001 S Reported enrolled
Caption: Congratulating Ricardo E. Longoria Derby of Laredo.

SR 1037 Author: Zaffirini
Last Action: 05/11/2001 S Reported enrolled
Caption: Honoring the mothers of the 31 Members of the Texas Senate on Mother's Day.

SR 1038 Author: Zaffirini
Last Action: 05/11/2001 S Reported enrolled
Caption: Commending the Tap Pilam-Coahuiltecan Nation.

SR 1077 Author: Zaffirini
Last Action: 05/16/2001 S Reported enrolled
Caption: Congratulating Eloy Rodriguez of Laredo.

SR 1117 Author: Zaffirini
Last Action: 05/22/2001 S Reported enrolled
Caption: Commending the members of Team Q and Team I of La Vernia High School in La Vernia.

SR 1126 Author: Zaffirini
Last Action: 05/22/2001 S Reported enrolled
Caption: Congratulating Sister Beatrice Cruz.

SR 1200 Author: Zaffirini
Last Action: 05/25/2001 S Reported enrolled
Caption: Recognizing June 2, 2001, as March for Jesus Day.

SR 1220 Author: Zaffirini
Last Action: 05/26/2001 S Reported enrolled
Caption: Acknowledging the role of Spain and Spanish America in the triumph of colonial forces in the United States War for Independence.

SR 1229 Author: Zaffirini
Last Action: 05/26/2001 S Reported enrolled
Caption: Congratulating the Most Reverend James A. Tamayo, D.D., of Laredo.

SR 1244 Author: Zaffirini
Last Action: 05/26/2001 S Reported enrolled
Caption: Suspending limitations on conference committee jurisdiction on S.B. No. 1156.

SR 1274 Author: Zaffirini
Last Action: 05/28/2001 S Reported enrolled
Caption: Congratulating Frank "Butch" Tudyk.

SR 1275 Author: Zaffirini
Last Action: 05/28/2001 S Reported enrolled
Caption: Commending the Sisters of Mercy.

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