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