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Senate Floor Action for 4/2/2013

SENATE FLOOR ACTION



Tuesday

April 2, 2013




The Senate suspended the necessary rules to consider and finally pass:


SB 152 (CS)Nelson/ et al.

Relating to the protection and care of persons who are elderly or disabled or who are children.


SB 162 (CS)Van de Putte/ et al.

Relating to the occupational licensing of spouses of members of the military and the eligibility requirements for certain occupational licenses issued to applicants with military experience.


SB 200 Patrick/ Nichols

Relating to the continuation and functions of the State Pension Review Board.

1 Floor Amendment


SB 213 (CS)Whitmire/ Nichols

Relating to the continuation and functions of the Texas Board of Criminal Justice, the Texas Department of Criminal Justice, and the Windham School District and to the functions of the Board of Pardons and Paroles and the Correctional Managed Health Care Committee.

3 Floor Amendments


SB 242 (LC)Carona/ et al.

Relating to the eligibility requirements for certain occupational licenses issued to applicants with military experience.


SB 275 Watson/ Davis/ et al.

Relating to the penalty for the offense of leaving the scene of an accident that involves personal injury or death.


SB 504 (CS)Deuell

Relating to the requirement that certain schoolchildren be screened for abnormal spinal curvature.

1 Floor Amendment


SB 832 (CS) (LC)Davis

Relating to training for school district and open-enrollment charter school liaisons who assist students in the conservatorship of the state with school enrollments and transfers.


SB 833 (CS) (LC)Davis

Relating to the collection of data through the Public Education Information Management System (PEIMS) as to the foster care status of public school students.


SB 1110 (CS)Nichols

Relating to the purposes and designation of a transportation reinvestment zone.


SB 1185 (CS)Huffman/ et al.

Relating to the creation of a mental health jail diversion pilot program.


The Senate adopted the following resolutions:


SR 572 Uresti/ Birdwell/ Carona/ Davis/ Hancock/ et al.

Recognizing April 2013 as Child Abuse Prevention Month at the State Capitol.


Committee referral on the following:


SB 1857 Estes

Relating to the training of certain qualified handgun instructors to conduct school safety training.

Agriculture, Rural Affairs & Homeland Security


SB 1858 Huffman

Relating to the creation of the Fort Bend County Municipal Utility District No. 184; providing authority to impose a tax and issue bonds; granting a limited power of eminent domain.

Intergovernmental Relations


SB 1859 Huffman

Relating to the creation of the Harris County Municipal Utility District No. 529; granting a limited power of eminent domain; providing authority to issue bonds; providing authority to impose assessments, fees, and taxes.

Intergovernmental Relations


SB 1860 Deuell

Relating to the provision of and funding for certain primary health care services.

Health & Human Services


SB 1861 Taylor

Relating to the Angleton-Danbury Hospital District of Brazoria County, Texas.

Intergovernmental Relations


SB 1862 Zaffirini

Relating to the creation of the Crosswinds Municipal Utility District; granting a limited power of eminent domain; providing authority to issue bonds; providing authority to impose assessments, fees, or taxes.

Intergovernmental Relations


HB 5 Aycock/ Deshotel/ Davis, John/ Villarreal/ Callegari/ et al.

Relating to public school accountability, including assessment, and curriculum requirements.

Education


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