Senate Floor Action for 5/30/2015

SENATE FLOOR ACTION



Saturday

May 30, 2015



 

The Senate reconsidered final passage, withdrew amendment and again finally passed:


HB 2187 Smith/ Morrison/ Cook/ Turner, Sylvester/ Phelan/ et al. SP: Taylor, Larry/ et al.

Relating to the regulation of metal recycling entities; imposing an administrative penalty; amending provisions subject to a criminal penalty.

 

The Senate adopted the following resolutions:


SR 1038 Nelson

Suspending limitations on conference committee jurisdiction, S.B. 55.


SR 1039 Kolkhorst

Suspending limitations on conference committee jurisdiction, H.B. 483.


SR 1045 Hinojosa

Suspending limitations on conference committee jurisdiction, H.B. 2645.


SR 1050 Taylor, Larry

Suspending limitations on conference committee jurisdiction, S.B. 866.


SR 1055 Nelson

Suspending limitations on conference committee jurisdiction, H.B. 3123.


SR 1056 Menéndez

Suspending limitations on conference committee jurisdiction, H.B. 2968.


SR 1057 Watson

Suspending limitations on conference committee jurisdiction, S.B. 1465.


SR 1059 Seliger

Suspending limitations on conference committee jurisdiction, S.B. 1191.


SR 1060 Birdwell

Suspending limitations on conference committee jurisdiction, S.B. 11.


SCR 50 West

Instructing the enrolling clerk of the senate to make corrections in S.B. No. 968.


SCR 51 Hinojosa

Instructing the enrolling clerk of the senate to make corrections in S.B. No. 1356.


HCR 134 Darby SP: Seliger

Instructing the enrolling clerk of the house to make corrections in H.B. No. 3078.


HCR 139 Larson SP: Perry

Instructing the enrolling clerk of the house to make corrections in H.B. No. 30.


HCR 142 Kacal SP: Fraser

Recalling H.B. 1926 from the Senate for further consideration.


The Senate concurred in House amendments to the following:


SB 108 (CS) (LC)Whitmire/ et al. SP: Thompson, Senfronia

Relating to certain criminal procedures for misdemeanor offenses committed by children.


SB 142 (CS) (LC)Garcia/ et al. SP: Klick

Relating to the appointment and training of volunteer deputy registrars.


SB 287 (LC)West SP: Smithee

Relating to the elimination of certain court fees and costs and to the bill of costs provided to a defendant.


SB 630 (CS) (LC)Rodríguez/ et al. SP: Dale

Relating to protective orders for certain victims of sexual assault or abuse, stalking, or trafficking.


SB 740 (LC)West SP: Canales

Relating to the assessment of court costs and fees on conviction of multiple offenses or on conviction of multiple counts of the same offense.


SB 825 (CS)Huffman/ et al. SP: Thompson, Senfronia

Relating to the prosecution of the offense of prostitution.


SB 907 (CS) (LC)Perry SP: Frullo

Relating to the powers and duties of the board of regents of the Texas Tech University System and to workers' compensation coverage for employees of the system's components.


SB 995 (CS) (LC)Rodríguez SP: Wray

Relating to decedents' estates.


SB 1004 (CS)Bettencourt SP: Thompson, Senfronia

Relating to courses and programs offered jointly by certain public junior colleges and independent school districts.


SB 1034 (LC)Rodríguez/ et al. SP: Miller, Rick

Relating to voting by mail, including the cancellation of an application for a ballot to be voted by mail.


SB 1073 (LC)Zaffirini SP: Rodriguez, Eddie

Relating to the requirements for a candidate's application or nomination for a place on the ballot and related procedures.


SB 1309 Menéndez SP: Deshotel

Relating to the establishment of a Junior Reserve Officer Training Corps teaching certificate and eligibility of such certified teacher for other educator certification.


SB 1317 (LC)Menéndez SP: Miller, Doug/ et al.

Relating to the prosecution of the offense of invasive visual recording.


SB 1364 (LC)Kolkhorst/ et al. SP: Burkett

Relating to electronic filing of certain reports.


SB 1369 (CS) (LC)Zaffirini/ et al. SP: Smithee

Relating to reports on attorney ad litem, guardian ad litem, guardian, mediator, and competency evaluator appointments made by courts in this state and an interim study on a billing system for attorneys ad litem.


SB 1459 (LC)Bettencourt SP: Bohac

Relating to the powers and duties of the West Harris County Regional Water Authority.


SB 1510 (CS) (LC)Hancock SP: Zedler

Relating to authority of the county auditor to examine and audit the records of certain special districts.


SB 1624 (CS)Rodríguez/ et al. SP: Márquez

Relating to a requirement that certain entering students at a general academic teaching institution receive information regarding mental health and suicide prevention services.


SB 1812 (CS) (LC)Kolkhorst/ et al. SP: Geren

Relating to transparency in the reporting and public availability of information regarding eminent domain authority; providing a civil penalty.


SB 1824 (CS) (LC)Campbell/ et al. SP: King, Susan

Relating to a study and report on the awarding of the Texas Legislative Medal of Honor.


SB 1867 (LC)Zaffirini SP: Aycock

Relating to excluding certain adult students receiving special education services from computation of completion rates for purposes of public school accountability.


SB 1913 (LC)Perry SP: Smithee

Relating to a court administrator in certain counties.


SB 1928 (CS) (LC)Seliger SP: Price

Relating to ensuring local governmental and community input in any federal refugee resettlement program established in this state.


SB 2002 (LC)Creighton SP: Bell

Relating to the powers and duties of the Montgomery County Municipal Utility District No. 111 and to the creation of the F.M. 2920/Becker Road Municipal Utility District of Harris County; granting a limited power of eminent domain; providing authority to issue bonds and impose fees, assessments, and taxes.


The Senate granted the request for the appointment of a Conference Committee on the following:


HB 6 (CS)Otto/ Frank/ et al. SP: Hinojosa

Relating to the creation and re-creation of funds and accounts, the dedication and rededication of revenue, and the exemption of unappropriated money from use for general governmental purposes.


HB 603 (CS) (LC)Davis, Sarah/ Springer/ Leach/ Guillen/ et al. SP: Garcia

Relating to civil and criminal liability for the unlawful disclosure or promotion of certain intimate visual material; creating an offense.


HB 928 (CS) (LC)Guillen SP: Hinojosa

Relating to state and local planning for and responses to drought.


The Senate adopted conference committee reports on the following bills:


SB 11 (CS)Birdwell/ Bettencourt/ Burton/ Campbell/ Creighton/ et al. SP: Fletcher

Relating to the carrying of handguns on the campuses of and certain other locations associated with institutions of higher education; providing a criminal penalty.


SB 20 (CS)Nelson/ et al. SP: Price/ et al.

Relating to state agency contracting; authorizing fees; creating an offense.


SB 55 (LC)Nelson/ et al. SP: King, Susan

Relating to the creation of a grant program to support community mental health programs for veterans and their families.


SB 202 (CS) (LC)Nelson/ Birdwell/ Campbell/ Hinojosa/ Schwertner SP: Price/ et al.

Relating to the transfer of certain occupational regulatory programs and the deregulation of certain activities and occupations.


SB 207 (CS)Hinojosa/ Birdwell/ Campbell/ Nelson/ Schwertner SP: Gonzales, Larry/ et al.

Relating to the authority and duties of the office of inspector general of the Health and Human Services Commission.


SB 459 (CS)Lucio/ et al. SP: Alvarado/ et al.

Relating to the creation of the Advisory Council on Cultural Affairs in the office of the governor.


SB 523 (CS)Birdwell/ Estes/ Fraser/ Kolkhorst/ Perry/ et al. SP: Keffer

Relating to the sunset review of river authorities.


SB 652 Schwertner SP: Farney/ et al.

Relating to excluding a franchisor as an employer of a franchisee or a franchisee's employees.


SB 866 Taylor, Larry SP: Bonnen, Greg/ et al.

Relating to the regulation of amusement redemption machine game rooms in certain counties.


SB 1071 (CS) (LC)Hinojosa SP: Thompson, Senfronia

Relating to requiring notice of the scheduling of an execution date and the issuance of a warrant of execution.


SB 1139 (CS)Huffman/ et al. SP: Smithee/ et al.

Relating to the operation and administration of and practice in courts in the judicial branch of state government, the composition of certain juvenile boards, and the increase of certain filing fees.


SB 1191 (CS)Seliger/ et al. SP: Crownover

Relating to the amount and allocation of the annual constitutional appropriation to certain agencies and institutions of higher education.


SB 1367 (CS)West SP: Anchia/ et al.

Relating to certain obligations of and limitations on landlords.


SB 1465 (LC)Watson SP: Phillips

Relating to creating limited purpose disaster declaration authority for the governor.


SB 1574 (CS) (LC)Uresti/ et al. SP: Martinez, "Mando"

Relating to emergency response employees or volunteers and others exposed or potentially exposed to certain diseases or parasites and to visa waivers for certain physicians.


SB 1593 (LC)Lucio/ et al. SP: Lucio III

Relating to regulation of the sale of fireworks by certain municipalities.


SB 1750 (CS)West/ et al. SP: Murphy

Relating to the requirements for employment positions provided through the Texas college work-study program.


HB 100 (CS)Zerwas/ Ashby/ Otto/ Turner, Sylvester/ Clardy/ et al. SP: Seliger/ et al.

Relating to authorizing the issuance of revenue bonds to fund capital projects at public institutions of higher education.


HB 189 (LC)Thompson, Senfronia/ Moody/ Guillen/ Rose SP: Taylor, Van

Relating to the elimination of the statute of limitations for the offenses of sexual assault and aggravated sexual assault.


HB 311 (CS) (LC)Canales SP: Lucio

Relating to an executory contract for the conveyance of real property; providing a civil penalty.


HB 483 (CS)Capriglione/ Fletcher/ Flynn/ Longoria/ Parker/ et al. SP: Kolkhorst/ et al.

Relating to the establishment and administration of a state bullion depository; authorizing fees.


HB 743 (CS)Huberty/ Isaac/ et al. SP: Seliger/ et al.

Relating to the essential knowledge and skills of the required public school curriculum and to certain assessment instruments for public school students.


HB 1305 (CS)Bonnen, Greg/ Paul SP: Taylor, Larry

Relating to a program to provide a free or reduced-price breakfast to eligible students attending a public school and the method of determining the number of educationally disadvantaged students.


HB 1454 (CS) (LC)Raney/ Fallon/ Guerra SP: Eltife

Relating to property that is or may be presumed abandoned.


HB 1585 (LC)Paul SP: Taylor, Larry

Relating to the use of hotel occupancy tax revenue in certain municipalities.


HB 1690 (CS)King, Phil/ Bonnen, Dennis/ Davis, Sarah/ Sheets/ Smithee/ et al. SP: Huffman/ et al.

Relating to the investigation and prosecution of offenses against public administration, including ethics offenses.


HB 1915 Herrero/ Hunter SP: Hinojosa/ et al.

Relating to the allocation of state hotel occupancy tax revenue to certain barrier island coastal municipalities.


HB 2019 (CS) (LC)Craddick SP: Seliger

Relating to the authority of certain counties to impose a hotel occupancy tax.


HB 2150 (CS) (LC)Alvarado/ Herrero/ Riddle/ Moody/ Wu SP: Whitmire/ et al.

Relating to the organization of a grand jury.


HB 2398 (CS)White, James/ Reynolds SP: Whitmire/ et al.

Relating to court jurisdiction and procedures relating to truancy; establishing judicial donation trust funds; providing criminal penalties; imposing a court cost.


HB 2633 Hernandez/ Rodriguez, Justin/ Clardy/ Murr SP: Perry

Relating to the release of a motor vehicle accident report; amending a provision subject to a criminal penalty.


HB 2641 (CS) (LC)Zerwas/ Guillen/ Shaheen SP: Schwertner

Relating to the exchange of health information in this state; creating a criminal offense.


HB 2645 (CS) (LC)Blanco/ Alvarado/ Fallon/ Herrero SP: Hinojosa

Relating to the prosecution of certain offenses involving family violence and to the violation of certain court orders or conditions of bond in a family violence, sexual assault or abuse, or stalking case.


HB 2804 (CS) (LC)Aycock/ Meyer SP: Taylor, Larry

Relating to evaluation of public school performance.


HB 2968 (CS)Guillen/ Bernal/ Larson SP: Menéndez

Relating to the preservation of the Alamo complex.


HB 3123 (CS) (LC)Price SP: Nelson

Relating to governmental entities subject to the sunset review process.


HB 3405 (CS)Isaac/ Rodriguez, Eddie SP: Campbell/ et al.

Relating to the territory, jurisdiction, board composition, elections, and powers of the Barton Springs-Edwards Aquifer Conservation District, including its authority to regulate certain wells for the production of groundwater; imposing a cap on certain fees.


HB 3535 (CS)Collier/ Alvarado/ Bernal SP: Menéndez

Relating to low income housing tax credits awarded for certain developments.


The Senate confirmed all nominees as reported by the Committee on Nominations.


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