SENATE FLOOR ACTION |
Monday March 28, 2011 |
The Senate suspended the necessary rules to consider and finally pass: |
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Relating to the inclusion of certain private postsecondary educational institutions and career schools and colleges in the higher education accountability system of the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board. 1 Floor Amendment |
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Relating to the designation of segments of State Highway 359, State Highway 16, and State Highway 285 as the Veterans of the Korean War Memorial Highway. |
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Relating to jurisdiction in certain proceedings brought by the attorney general with respect to charitable trusts. |
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Relating to a groundwater conservation district's recovery of expenses in closing or capping a well. 1 Floor Amendment |
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Relating to the liability of a sport shooting range and the regulation of firearms, ammunition, firearm supplies, and sport shooting ranges. 3 Floor Amendments |
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Relating to the services included in a retail price list provided by a funeral establishment. |
The Senate adopted the following resolutions: |
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Commending Gabriel Thomas McDowell and Drew Christian McDowell on their initiative in learning about the legislative process. |
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Recognizing March 28, 2011, as Leadership Southeast Texas Day at the State Capitol. |
Committee referral on the following: |
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Proposing a constitutional amendment providing for the issuance of additional general obligation bonds by the Texas Water Development Board. Finance |
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Expressing support for the conservation of Castner Range. Veteran Affairs & Military Installations |
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Congratulating the City of Lamesa on the occasion of its first Original Chicken-Fried Steak Festival. Administration |
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Designating western swing as the official State Music of Texas. Administration |
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Urging the members of the Texas congressional delegation to provide to the legislature a cost analysis of the exact funding necessary for full enforcement of all immigration laws in Texas and to immediately report back to the legislature as to the status of that funding and directing the lieutenant governor and the speaker of the house to send a delegation of members from both chambers to meet with members of Congress and members of the executive branch to discuss the border security crisis. Transportation & Homeland Security |
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Designating August 7 as Purple Heart Day for a 10-year period beginning in 2011. Veteran Affairs & Military Installations |
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Requesting the lieutenant governor and speaker to provide for a joint interim legislative study on the availability of medical treatment for patients with Lyme disease in Texas. Administration |
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Relating to the program of all-inclusive care for the elderly. Health & Human Services |
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Relating to the option of providing electronic recordings of proceedings in the municipal court of record for the City of Houston. Jurisprudence |
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Relating to the factors to be considered by the Board of Pardons and Paroles in establishing parole guidelines. Criminal Justice |
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Relating to the marketing, hosting, and sale of specialty and personalized license plates. Transportation & Homeland Security |
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Relating to certain comprehensive development agreements of regional mobility authorities. Transportation & Homeland Security |
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Relating to the Fannin County Juvenile Board. Jurisprudence |
Committee re-referral on the following: |
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Relating to the creation of a cybersecurity, education, and economic development council. Re-referred from Transportation & Homeland Security to Economic Development |
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