SENATE FLOOR ACTION




                                  Tuesday
                               July 1, 2003


THE SENATE ADOPTED THE FOLLOWING RESOLUTION:


SCR 1             Whitmire                   SP: Geren
Granting the legislature permission to adjourn for more than three days.


THE FOLLOWING BILLS WERE REFERRED TO THE COMMITTEE INDICATED:


SB 9             Brimer
Relating to statistical information concerning certain judicial
proceedings to bypass parental notice of a minor's abortion.
STATE AFFAIRS

SB 10             Lindsay
Relating to procedures in condemnation proceedings in a county
civil court at law in certain counties.
JURISPRUDENCE

SB 11             Ellis, Rodney
Relating to beneficiaries of certain life insurance policies.
STATE AFFAIRS

SB 12             Ellis, Rodney
Relating to the regulation of certain life insurance.
STATE AFFAIRS

SB 13             Ellis, Rodney
Relating to the applicability of the death penalty to a capital
offense committed by a person with mental retardation.
JURISPRUDENCE

SB 14             Ellis, Rodney
Relating to the applicability of the death penalty to a capital
offense committed by a person with mental retardation.
JURISPRUDENCE

SB 15             Ellis, Rodney
Relating to the authority of the governor to grant one or more
reprieves in a capital case.
CRIMINAL JUSTICE

SB 16             Ellis, Rodney
Relating to considerations by the Board of Pardons and Paroles
regarding clemency matters.
JURISPRUDENCE

SB 17             Ellis, Rodney
Relating to the punishment for a capital felony committed by a
person who is younger than 18 years of age at the time of
committing the felony.
JURISPRUDENCE

SB 18             Ellis, Rodney
Relating to the criminal jurisdiction of the supreme court and the
abolishment of the court of criminal appeals.
JURISPRUDENCE

SB 19             Ellis, Rodney
Relating to the reorganization of, efficiency in, and other reform
measures applying to state government.
GOVERNMENT ORGANIZATION

SB 20             Whitmire
Relating to creating offenses for abandoning or endangering an
elderly individual or disabled individual and for failing to
provide certain care for a child, elderly individual, or disabled
individual.
CRIMINAL JUSTICE

SB 21             Ogden
Relating to the financing, construction, improvement, maintenance,
and operation of toll facilities by the Texas Department of
Transportation and the disposition of money generated by the driver
responsibility program, additional court costs imposed on
conviction of certain traffic offenses, and certain fees collected
by the Department of Public Safety.
INFRASTRUCTURE DEVELOPMENT AND SECURITY

SB 22             Ellis, Rodney
Relating to the organization, board membership, and functions of
certain state agencies and to the transfer of certain functions to
other state agencies; providing penalties.
GOVERNMENT ORGANIZATION

SB 23             Bivins
Relating to appropriating the fees relating to the licensing and
regulation of certain electricians collected by the Texas
Department of Licensing and Regulation or the Texas Commission of
Licensing and Regulation under House Bill No. 1487, Acts of the
78th Legislature, Regular Session, 2003.
FINANCE

SB 24             Bivins
Relating to appropriating the fees collected by the Texas Animal
Health Commission under House Bill No. 2328, Acts of the 78th
Legislature, Regular Session, 2003.
FINANCE

SJR 4             Ellis, Rodney
Proposing a constitutional amendment authorizing the governor to
grant one or more reprieves in a capital case.
CRIMINAL JUSTICE

SJR 5             Ellis, Rodney
Proposing a constitutional amendment abolishing the court of
criminal appeals and establishing one supreme court with civil and
criminal jurisdiction.
JURISPRUDENCE

SJR 6             Ellis, Rodney
Proposing a constitutional amendment related to the number of
justices on the supreme court and the number of judges on the court
of criminal appeals.
JURISPRUDENCE


THE FOLLOWING BILLS WERE REFERRED ON THURSDAY, JULY 3, 2003:


SB 25             Harris
Relating to the composition of the districts for the election of
members of the United States House of Representatives from the
State of Texas.
JURISPRUDENCE

SB 26             Nelson
Relating to the dates of certain elections, the procedures for
canvassing the ballots for an election, and the counting of certain
ballots voted by mail.
STATE AFFAIRS

SB 27             Lucio
Relating to making an appropriation to The University of Texas
Health Science Center at San Antonio for the purpose of supporting
the Regional Academic Health Center.
FINANCE

SB 28             Nelson
Relating to the procedure for collecting signatures on a petition
filed in connection with a candidate's application for a place on
the ballot.
STATE AFFAIRS

SB 29             Whitmire
Relating to creating a Legislative Policy Council to perform policy
analysis and related empirical analysis and research.
GOVERNMENT ORGANIZATION