Terms of Service

• Senate, 78th ^{(1) (2) (5)} Legislature
  1/14/2003 - 1/12/2004
  Republican
  
• Senate, 77th & 76th Legislatures
  1/12/1999 - 1/14/2003
  Republican
  Senate President Pro Tempore, Regular Session, elected 1/12/1999.
• Senate, 75th & 74th ⁽³⁾ Legislatures
  1/10/1995 - 1/12/1999
  Republican
  
• Senate, 73rd ^{(4) (6)} Legislature
  1/12/1993 - 1/10/1995
  Republican
  
• Senate, 72nd & 71st Legislatures
  1/10/1989 - 1/12/1993
  Republican
  

(1) Member resigning effective 1/12/2004. "Candidates statewide gearing up for '04." Houston Chronicle .
(2) Kel Seliger, in special election 2/17/2004, sworn 3/2/2004, succeeded Teel M. Bivins, resigned 1/12/2004. Members of the Texas Congress 1836-1845; Members of the Texas Legislature 1846-2004 2005.
(3) 74th Legislature - Drawing for Terms of Office, 1/11/1995, pp. 75-76. Drew 4-year term. Senate Journal .
(4) 73rd Legislature - Drawing for Terms of Office, 3/25/1993, pp. 589-590. Drew 4-year term. Senate Journal .
(5) 78th Legislature - Drawing for Terms of Office, 1/14/2003, SR 7, pp. 15-16. Drew 2-year term. Senate Journal .
(6) Due to redistricting litigation, entire Senate went up for reelection in 1994. See also Clips database, 4/6/1993 - 4/8/1993, Redistricting - Legislature; and Guide to 2001 Redistricting - Appendix A, 1990s Redistricting (Texas Legislative Council). Terrazas v. Slagle, 821 F.Supp. 1162 (April 5, 1993) 1993.

Biographical Notes and Resources

Selected Newspaper articles

Resolutions and Journal entries

• 71st Legislature, 2nd C.S., SR 58. Resolutions - Congratulatory and Honorary .

Texas Monthly's Best and Worst Legislators

• Named one of 'The Best'. Best and Worst Legislators 2003.
• Named one of 'The Best'. Best and Worst Legislators 1997.
• Named 'Honorable Mention'. Best and Worst Legislators 1993.
• Named one of the 'Rookies of the Year'. Best and Worst Legislators 1989.

Photographs

• Photograph. Teel Bivins, State Preservation Board
• Photograph. Teel Bivins, State Preservation Board
• Photograph. Teel Bivins, State Preservation Board
• Photograph. Teel Bivins, State Preservation Board
• Photograph. Teel Bivins, State Preservation Board
• Photograph. Teel Bivins, State Preservation Board
• Photograph. Teel Bivins, State Preservation Board
• Photograph. Teel Bivins, State Preservation Board

Other Resources

• Memorial biographical sketch and photo. A State of Remembrance 2011.
• Photo and biographical sketch included in "Texas Government Insider," September 2008. Strategic Partnerships, Inc. 2008.
• Memorial, January 2010, p. 69. Texas Bar Journal .
• Biographical sketch, "TCJL's 'Eleven Best' Legislators," July 1999, pp. 1, 3. Texas Civil Justice League Advocate .
• Biographical sketch, "Movers and Shakers: Meet the Legislators Who Make the Decisions About Public Education," March 1995, pp. 13-17. Texas Lone Star .
• Legislative profile, 74th Legislature, 1995. "Scenes From the 74th: The Laney-Bush Session," 6/16/1995. Texas Observer .
• Biographical sketch, 77th Legislature. Texas Senate .
• Biographical sketch and photo. Texas Senate, 71st Legislature 1989.
• Biographical sketch and photo. Texas Senate, 72nd Legislature 1991.
• Biographical sketch and photo. Texas Senate, 77th Legislative Session 2001.
• Biographical sketch and photo. Texas Senators, 73rd Legislature 1993.
• Biographical sketch and photo. Texas Senators, 74th Legislature 1995.
• Biographical sketch and photo. Texas Senators, 75th Legislature 1997.
• Biographical sketch and photo. Texas Senators, 76th Legislative Session 1999.
• Biographical sketch and photo. Texas Senators, 78th Legislative Session 2003.
• Honorable Mention, "Legislative Stars Shine Through Difficult Session," Volume 15, Number 2, Summer 1995, pp. 8-9, 29 The Classroom Teacher: The Magazine of the Texas Classroom Teachers Association .

Committee Information

• 78th R.S. - 2003
• Committee of the Whole Senate  
• Finance (Chair) 
• Government Organization  
• International Relations and Trade  
• Jurisprudence  
• Public School Finance, Select  
• 77th R.S. - 2001
• Committee of the Whole Senate  
• Criminal Justice  
• Education (Chair) 
• Electric Utility Restructuring, Legislative Oversight  
• Natural Resources  
• Public School Finance, Select (Co-Chair) 
• Water Resources  
• 76th R.S. - 1999
• 21st Century Colleges and Universities, Special  
• Agriculture Policy  
• Border Affairs, Special  
• Committee of the Whole Senate  
• Education (Chair) 
• Electric Utility Restructuring, Special  
• Natural Resources  
• Natural Resources Subcommittee on Agriculture (Vice Chair) 
• 75th R.S. - 1997
• Civil Justice, Interim  
• Education (Chair) 
• Education, Interim (Chair) 
• Electric Utility Restructuring, Interim  
• Finance  
• Funding Issues in Education, Interim (Co-Chair) 
• Hopwood, and State Contract and Employment Practices, Special  
• International Relations, Trade, and Technology  
• Legislative and Congressional Redistricting, Committee of the Whole Senate  
• Natural Resources  
• Natural Resources Subcommittee on Agriculture  
• Natural Resources, Interim  
• Tax Reform and Public School Finance, Select (Vice Chair) 
• 74th R.S. - 1995
• Education (Chair) 
• Finance  
• Finance Subcommittee I (Chair) 
• Initiative and Referendum, Interim  
• Legislative and Congressional Redistricting, Committee of the Whole Senate, Special  
• Natural Resources  
• Natural Resources Subcommittee on Agriculture  
• Nominations, Special (Chair) 
• 73rd R.S. - 1993
• Committee of the Whole Senate  
• Education  
• Finance  
• Home Equity Lending, Interim  
• International Relations, Trade and Technology  
• Natural Resources  
• Natural Resources Subcommittee on Agriculture (Chair) 
• Public School Facilities, Interim (Chair) 
• Redistricting, Ethics and Elections, Committee of the Whole Senate, Special  
• Review of the Central Education Agency, Select  
• 72nd R.S. - 1991
• Committee of the Whole on Redistricting, Special  
• Committee of the Whole on Redistricting, Special, Subcommittee on Legislative Districts  
• Education  
• Education, Interim  
• Finance  
• Intergovernmental Relations  
• 71st R.S. - 1989
• Committee of the Whole Senate  
• Economic Development  
• Jurisprudence  
• Mentally Retarded Persons Act of 1977, Task Force on  
• Natural Resources  
• Natural Resources Subcommittee on Agriculture  
• Texas State Technical Institute