SENATE FLOOR ACTION

Thursday

April 11, 2013

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

Relating to certain charter schools.

1 Floor Amendment

Relating to the governance of public institutions of higher education in this state.

Relating to drug screening or testing as a condition for the receipt of unemployment compensation benefits by certain individuals.

3 Floor Amendments

Relating to the continuation and functions of the Texas Facilities Commission; authorizing fees.

5 Floor Amendments

Relating to the continuation and functions of the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board.

12 Floor Amendments

Relating to the reporting of criminal disposition completeness percentage data.

1 Floor Amendment

Relating to the Texas System of Care and the development of local mental health systems of care for certain children.

1 Floor Amendment

Relating to providing transparency in the budget adoption process of municipalities and counties.

Relating to procedural requirements for adopting and filing a school district budget.

Relating to unlawful acts against and criminal offenses involving the Medicaid program.

1 Floor Amendment

Relating to the liability of certain special-purpose districts or authorities providing water to a purchaser for the generation of electricity.

Relating to the purposes, designation, and funding of a transportation reinvestment zone for port projects; providing authority to issue bonds; authorizing an assessment.

Relating to the extension of an emergency order for protective services for certain persons who are elderly or have disabilities.

Relating to binding arbitration of an appraisal review board order determining a protest of an unequal appraisal of the owner's property.

Relating to the awarding of contracts by the Texas Department of Transportation to private sector providers.

Relating to testimony or the production of evidence before the legislature or a legislative committee.

Relating to management services for the physical facilities of the Texas School for the Blind and Visually Impaired and the Texas School for the Deaf.

Relating to discovery in a criminal case.

2 Floor Amendments

Relating to the creation of health care funding districts in certain counties located on the Texas-Mexico border; authorizing the imposition of a tax.

1 Floor Amendment

The Senate adopted the following resolutions:

Commending pharmacy students in Texas.

The following bills were passed on the Local and Uncontested Bills Calendar:

Relating to the provision of employment assistance and supported employment to certain Medicaid waiver program participants.

Relating to the vaccination against bacterial meningitis of entering students at public and private or independent institutions of higher education.

Relating to the designation of a juvenile court and a program for certain juveniles who may be the victims of human trafficking.

Relating to the continuation and functions of the state employee charitable campaign.

Relating to water well recordkeeping and reporting requirements, including the production and use of groundwater.

Relating to the creation and operation of a park and recreation district in a county with frontage on the San Marcos River and to the authority of the district to collect fees; providing penalties.

Relating to a home loan program operated by the Texas State Affordable Housing Corporation.

Relating to the powers and duties of the Montgomery County Water Control and Improvement District No. 3.

Relating to the powers and duties of the Montgomery County Water Control and Improvement District No. 2.

Relating to the period for confirmation and the terms of the temporary directors of the Montgomery County Municipal Utility District No. 102.

Relating to the period for confirmation and the terms of the temporary directors of the Montgomery County Municipal Utility District No. 104.

Relating to the period for confirmation and the terms of the temporary directors of the Montgomery County Municipal Utility District No. 117.

Relating to commissioners court oversight of certain emergency services districts.

Relating to preliminary review of complaints filed with a county ethics commission.

Relating to county participation in a program for improvement of collection of court costs, fees, and fines imposed in criminal cases.

Relating to the confidentiality of certain autopsy records.

Relating to installment agreements for the payment of delinquent ad valorem taxes.

Relating to the establishment of a pharmacy school at The University of Texas at Tyler.

Relating to the creation of the Montgomery County Municipal Utility District No. 138; granting a limited power of eminent domain; providing authority to issue bonds; providing authority to impose assessments, fees, and taxes.

Relating to the creation of the Montgomery County Municipal Utility District No. 137; granting a limited power of eminent domain; providing authority to issue bonds; providing authority to impose assessments, fees, and taxes.

Relating to voluntary and involuntary mental health services.

Relating to newborn hearing screening.

Relating to the composition and powers of a governing body in certain municipalities.

Relating to a list of mental health, substance abuse, and suicide prevention programs that may be selected for implementation by public schools.

Relating to unemployment compensation eligibility and chargebacks regarding certain persons who leave work to attend training.

Relating to training, certification, and accreditation provided or regulated by the Texas Veterans Commission.

Relating to the regulation of the practice of pharmacy; authorizing fees.

Relating to the purchase of plastic bulk merchandise containers by certain businesses; providing a civil penalty.

Relating to surplus lines insurance.

Relating to the regulation of barbering and cosmetology; authorizing fees.

Relating to criminal history record information obtained or disseminated by certain private entities; providing a civil penalty; authorizing fees.

Relating to the sales and use tax consequences of economic development agreements in certain municipalities.

Relating to the renewal and extension and modification of a 99-year lease of certain state property to the City of Austin.

Relating to alcoholic beverage license applications and fees.

Relating to authorizing certain counties to impose a hotel occupancy tax.

Relating to information about private health care insurance coverage and the health insurance exchange for individuals applying for certain Department of State Health Services health or mental health benefits, services, and assistance.

Relating to electronic transmission of documentation involved in certain insurance transactions.

Relating to nonsubstantive additions to and corrections in enacted codes, to the nonsubstantive codification or disposition of various laws omitted from enacted codes, and to conforming codifications enacted by the 82nd Legislature to other Acts of that legislature.

1 Committee Amendment

Relating to security interests in oil and gas production and its proceeds.

Relating to the Cybersecurity, Education, and Economic Development Council.

Relating to the appointment of a state cybersecurity coordinator.

Relating to matching private grants given to enhance additional research activities at institutions of higher education.

Relating to the prosecution of certain misdemeanor offenses committed by children and to school district law enforcement.

Relating to first-party indemnity coverage purchased by insurance purchasing groups.

Relating to the duties of the Department of Information Resources regarding cybersecurity.

Relating to the use of real property by the University of Houston--Sugar Land.

Relating to training for public school educators in identifying mental health and suicide risks among students.

Relating to a contract for the acquisition of goods or services to which The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center is a party.

Relating to referral of disputes for alternative dispute resolution, including victim-directed referrals; authorizing a fee.

Relating to the documentary fee charged in connection with the sale of certain recreational vehicles and boats.

Relating to authorized charges and terms for certain consumer loans.

Relating to deadlines for proposals for adoption by certain districts or authorities of desired future conditions of relevant aquifers.

Relating to powers of the West Harris County Regional Water Authority relating to certain wells.

Relating to environmental or health and safety audits under the Texas Environmental, Health, and Safety Audit Privilege Act.

Relating to who is an employee for large and small employers for health benefit plans.

Relating to inclusion of mental health concerns in existing state and local coordinated school health efforts.

Relating to the display of the Honor and Remember flag.

Relating to identity recovery services; imposing a fee.

Relating to homeland security strategy.

Relating to the statewide critical infrastructure protection strategy.

Relating to validating certain acts of the Lower Nueces River Water Supply District transferring real property rights.

Relating to the applicability of certain public works contracting requirements.

Relating to certain required notices under the Texas Unemployment Compensation Act, including employer liability arising from failure to provide the notice.

Relating to the development of state agency information security plans.

Relating to reports and other information required of or held by institutions of higher education.

Relating to the abolition of the Office of State-Federal Relations.

Relating to the deposit of assessments and fees collected for examination expenses.

Relating to residential property insured by the Texas Windstorm Insurance Association.

Relating to the rate of the hotel occupancy tax in certain counties.

Relating to the Calhoun County Groundwater Conservation District; providing authority to impose a voter-approved tax.

Committee referral on the following:

Relating to excellence funding for health-related institutions of higher education.

Finance

Relating to the creation of a county court at law in Jim Wells County.

Jurisprudence

Relating to the authority of a community center that provides mental health or mental retardation services to sell certain real property of the center.

Health & Human Services

Relating to the sex offender status of a person who becomes a resident of certain group home facilities.

Health & Human Services

Relating to the recognition of a portion of U.S. Highway 83 as a memorial to Trooper Eduardo Chavez.

Transportation

Relating to the verification of an inmate's veteran status by the Texas Department of Criminal Justice.

Criminal Justice

Relating to provisions in the dedicatory instruments of property owners' associations regarding display of flags.

Intergovernmental Relations

Relating to funding state highway markers.

Transportation

Relating to the composition of the housing and health services coordination council.

Health & Human Services

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

Veteran Affairs & Military Installations

Relating to the definition of a construction or maintenance work zone on a highway or street.

Transportation

Relating to the confidentiality of certain information held by the Department of Family and Protective Services.

Health & Human Services