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