** REVISION **
SENATE
NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING
COMMITTEE:
State Affairs
TIME & DATE:
3:45 PM or upon adjournment
Thursday, May 17, 2007
PLACE:
Senate Chamber
CHAIR:
Senator Robert Duncan
House Bills to be Considered:
HB 89
 
Branch
SP:
Harris
Relating to an exemption for certain political committees from the imposition of civil penalties for violating requirements for reporting political contributions and expenditures.
 
HB 343
 
Naishtat
SP:
Carona
Relating to notification of voter registrar by probate court clerk of recent deaths.
 
HB 473
 
Solomons
SP:
Van de Putte
Relating to the application of certain fee guidelines to health care provided under the workers' compensation system.
 
HB 497
 
Madden
SP:
Ellis
Relating to resolution of disputes arising under certain construction contracts.
 
HB 626
 
King, Phil / et al.
SP:
Williams
Relating to the procedures for registering to vote.
 
HB 860
 
Paxton
SP:
Williams
Relating to management, investment, and expenditure of institutional funds and adoption of the Uniform Prudent Management of Institutional Funds Act.
 
HB 1146
 
Bonnen
SP:
Janek
Relating to the authority of small cities to conduct elections only by mail.
 
HB 1183
 
Otto
SP:
Nichols
Relating to liability of landowners who allow their land to be used for radio control flying and related activities.
 
HB 1381
 
McCall
SP:
Shapiro
Relating to the date on which certain reports of political contributions and expenditures must be received by the appropriate authority.
 
HB 1495
 
Callegari / et al.
SP:
Nichols
Relating to a bill of rights for property owners whose property may be acquired by governmental or private entities through the use of eminent domain authority.
 
HB 1613
 
Gattis / et al.
SP:
Carona
Relating to the delivery of prescription drugs for certain state health plans by mail order and to the payment of certain pharmacy or pharmacist claims;  providing an administrative penalty.
 
HB 1849
 
Hancock
SP:
Brimer
Relating to certain fees for valuing life insurance policies.
 
HB 1919
 
Smith, Todd
SP:
Van de Putte
Relating to health benefit plan coverage for treatment for certain brain injuries and serious mental illnesses.
 

HB 2117
 
Parker / et al.
SP:
Harris
Relating to the liability of certain persons who administer emergency care.
 
HB 2190
 
Truitt
SP:
Duncan
Relating to eligibility to serve as the executive director of the Teacher Retirement System of Texas.
 
HB 2358
 
Otto
SP:
Duncan
Relating to the deposit of certain employer contributions to the Teacher Retirement System of Texas.
 
HB 2365
 
Truitt / et al.
SP:
Duncan
Relating to financial accounting and reporting for this state and political subdivisions of this state.
 
HB 2451
 
Burnam / et al.
SP:
Hegar
Relating to the rulemaking authority of the Texas Ethics Commission.
 
HB 2564
 
Hancock
SP:
Wentworth
Relating to the authority of a governmental body to require the payment of a charge before complying with certain requests for the production of public information or for copies of public information.
 
HB 2667
 
Latham
SP:
Deuell
Relating to certain insurance-related matters involving rural volunteer firefighters, volunteer police force members, or emergency services districts.
 
HB 2823
 
Bohac / et al.
SP:
Patrick, Dan
Relating to provisional voting by a person who applied for an early voting ballot by mail.
 
HB 2926
 
Van Arsdale
SP:
Ellis
Relating to using county election precincts in every county for any election held on the November uniform election date.
 
HB 3470
 
Delisi
SP:
Williams
Relating to the program of supplemental health coverage for individuals eligible under the TRICARE military health system offered through the Employees Retirement System of Texas.
 
HB 3723
 
Elkins
SP:
Janek
Relating to the voting rights of residents in an area annexed for limited purposes under a strategic partnership agreement.
 
HCR 35
 
Rodriguez / et al.
SP:
Ellis
Urging the United States Congress to enact legislation to eliminate the 24-month Medicare waiting period for participants in Social Security Disability Insurance.
 
HCR 187
 
McClendon / et al.
SP:
Duncan
Expressing the commitment of the 80th Legislature of the State of Texas to providing a supplemental annuity in the form of a 13th check for eligible ERS retirees.
 
HJR 30
 
Jackson, Jim
SP:
Janek
Proposing a constitutional amendment to allow the repurchase of real property acquired by a governmental entity through eminent domain.
 
HJR 39
 
Allen, Alma / et al.
SP:
Ellis
Post-ratifying Amendment XXIV to the Constitution of the United States prohibiting the denial or abridgment of the right to vote for failure to pay any poll tax or other tax.
 
Bills added after last posting:
HB 497
HB 1146
HB 1183
HB 1495
HB 1613
HB 1849
HB 2451
HB 2564
HB 2667
HB 2823
Bills deleted after last posting:
HB 2247
HB 2880
** See Committee Coordinator for previous versions of the schedule **