SENATE FLOOR ACTION
Thursday
April 10, 2003
THE SENATE SUSPENDED ALL NECESSARY RULES TO CONSIDER AND FINALLY PASS:
SB 13 (CS) Zaffirini/et al.
Relating to restricting written information required of public
school classroom teachers.
SB 382 (LC) Armbrister
Relating to reimbursement under certain health benefit plans for
services provided by licensed athletic trainers.
SB 909 Lucio
Relating to the regulation of combative sports; providing
penalties.
SB 1059 (CS) Ellis, Rodney/et al.
Relating to corporate ethics and integrity; providing penalties.
SB 1065 Shapiro
Relating to a pilot project to address continuing needs for more
child protective services caseworkers in certain regions of this
state.
SB 1109 (CS) Shapiro/et al.
Relating to revocation of the certificate and termination of the
employment of public school educators convicted of certain
offenses.
THE SENATE SUSPENDED THE REGULAR ORDER, READ SECOND TIME, AND PASSED
TO ENGROSSMENT:
SB 521 (CS) Staples/et al.
Relating to the acquisition and regulation of manufactured homes.
3 FLOOR AMENDMENTS
THE SENATE ADOPTED THE FOLLOWING RESOLUTIONS:
HCR 72 Thompson/ Solis/ Goodman/ Uresti/ Hartnett
SP: Harris
Honoring Howard G. Baldwin, Jr., of Austin on his retirement as
first assistant attorney general of Texas.
HCR 110 Lewis SP: Brimer
Congratulating Torivia N. Hernandez on being named a 2002-2003
Outstanding Teacher by the Fort Worth Independent School District.
HCR 111 Lewis SP: Brimer
Congratulating Rochelle M. Grisafi on being named a 2002-2003
Outstanding Teacher by the Fort Worth Independent School District.
HCR 112 Lewis SP: Brimer
Congratulating Crystal Clancy on being named a 2002-2003
Outstanding Teacher by the Fort Worth Independent School District.
HCR 113 Lewis SP: Brimer
Congratulating Sandra G. Farmer on being named a 2002-2003
Outstanding Teacher by the Fort Worth Independent School District.
HCR 114 Lewis SP: Brimer
Congratulating Shawne Briggs on being named a 2002-2003 Outstanding
Teacher by the Fort Worth Independent School District.
HCR 115 Lewis SP: Brimer
Congratulating Kristy Muckleroy on being named a 2002-2003
Outstanding Teacher by the Fort Worth Independent School District.
HCR 116 Lewis SP: Brimer
Congratulating Karla Bevel on being named a 2002-2003 Outstanding
Teacher by the Fort Worth Independent School District.
HCR 117 Lewis SP: Brimer
Congratulating Shaneeka Shannon on being named a 2002-2003
Outstanding Teacher by the Fort Worth Independent School District.
HCR 118 Lewis SP: Brimer
Congratulating Keith Hailburton on being named a 2002-2003
Outstanding Teacher by the Fort Worth Independent School District.
HCR 119 Lewis SP: Brimer
Congratulating Tonya Allen on being named a 2002-2003 Outstanding
Teacher by the Fort Worth Independent School District.
HCR 120 Lewis SP: Brimer
Congratulating Paulino Rosales III on being named a 2002-2003
Outstanding Teacher by the Fort Worth Independent School District.
HCR 121 Lewis SP: Brimer
Congratulating Sedonia L. Johnson on being named a 2002-2003
Outstanding Teacher by the Fort Worth Independent School District.
HCR 122 Lewis SP: Brimer
Congratulating Andrea Curley Harper on being named a 2002-2003
Outstanding Teacher by the Fort Worth Independent School District.
THE FOLLOWING BILLS WERE PASSED ON THE LOCAL AND UNCONTESTED BILLS
CALENDAR:
SB 174 Nelson
Relating to the confidentiality of information in an application
for a marriage license.
SB 255 Averitt
Relating to compensatory time off for certain communications
service employees of the Department of Public Safety of the State
of Texas.
SB 282 Jackson
Relating to the continuation and functions of the Texas State Board
of Plumbing Examiners; providing penalties.
SB 284 Lucio
Relating to the continuation and functions of the Texas State
Affordable Housing Corporation.
SB 297 Janek
Relating to a firefighters' relief and retirement fund in certain
municipalities.
SB 345 Ogden
Relating to offenses involving motor vehicle windshield and window
sunscreening devices.
SB 351 Harris
Relating to the regulation of persons who repossess motor vehicles;
providing penalties.
SB 481 Madla
Relating to qualifications of a constable or sheriff.
SB 526 Staples/et al.
Relating to the San Jacinto River Authority board of directors.
SB 529 Madla
Relating to temporarily exempting emergency medical services
personnel who serve a rural area of the state from certain legal
requirements.
SB 530 Madla
Relating to performance measures for regional advisory councils in
trauma service areas.
SB 564 West
Relating to the application of certain marketing and contracting
restrictions to treatment facilities funded by the Texas Commission
on Alcohol and Drug Abuse.
SB 567 West
Relating to access by certain hospitals and hospital districts to
criminal history record information.
SB 599 West
Relating to investigation and testing, technical assistance, and
certain other matters related to indoor air quality in state
buildings.
SB 617 Shapleigh
Relating to the operation of public school transportation systems.
SB 655 Shapleigh
Relating to members and veterans of the armed forces.
SB 674 Estes
Relating to compensatory time off for certain persons who are
employed by the state as peace officers.
SB 681 Averitt
Relating to the standard nonforfeiture law for certain annuities.
SB 685 Hinojosa
Relating to the authority of a peace officer to make a warrantless
arrest for the commission of family violence.
SB 755 Ratliff
Relating to a disclosure of certain employment by an executive
committee member of the Office of Rural Community Affairs.
SB 801 Madla
Relating to the powers and duties of peace officers commissioned by
certain hospital districts.
SB 814 Averitt
Relating to an exemption for certain military personnel and
veterans from the requirements of the Texas Academic Skills
Program.
SB 825 Whitmire
Relating to the prosecution of the offense of sexual assault
committed against residents of certain facilities.
SB 826 Whitmire
Relating to reporting the deaths of certain individuals; providing
a criminal penalty.
SB 840 Whitmire
Relating to authority of certain peace officers to make arrests
outside their jurisdictions.
SB 857 Madla
Relating to certain therapeutic optometrists' participation in a
managed care plan.
SB 895 Bivins
Relating to the conducting of a driver education course by certain
family members of the student.
SB 912 Ratliff
Relating to surplus and salvage computer equipment.
SB 948 Lindsay
Relating to the authority of the board of a hospital district and
the commissioners court of the county in which the district is
located to take certain actions relating to ad valorem taxes
imposed for the benefit of the hospital district.
SB 959 Duncan
Relating to continued health insurance benefits for eligible
surviving spouses of certain officers and employees of political
subdivisions.
SB 965 Averitt
Relating to documentation in certain transactions involving a
pawnbroker.
SB 982 Whitmire
Relating to the transfer of certain state property and the granting
of certain state easements from the Texas Department of Criminal
Justice and the Department of Public Safety of the State of Texas
to the City of Houston.
SB 1018 Duncan
Relating to the appointment of a bailiff for the 106th District
Court.
SB 1035 Lindsay
Relating to the general powers and authority of the West Harris
County Regional Water Authority.
SB 1183 Deuell
Relating to community service programs under the National and
Community Service Act of 1990.
SB 1532 Brimer
Relating to the filing of an application for registration of a
trademark or service mark and other trademark instruments with the
secretary of state.
SB 1533 Brimer
Relating to the filing of a financing statement record under the
Uniform Commercial Code.
SB 1567 Madla/et al.
Relating to the Texas Peace Officers' Memorial in the Capitol
Complex.
SB 1726 Lindsay
Relating to the creation of the Cy-Fair Community Improvement
District; providing authority to impose a tax and issue bonds.
SB 1875 Ratliff
Relating to the application of the open meetings law and the public
information law to deliberations and information regarding the
safety, security, or integrity of public wholesale water and
sewerage supplies and public water and sewerage systems.
SCR 26 Ogden
Designating Round Rock as the official Daffodil Capital of Texas.
THE FOLLOWING BILLS WERE REMOVED FROM THE LOCAL AND
UNCONTESTED BILLS CALENDAR:
SB 470 (LC) Lindsay
Relating to prohibition of signs and designation of scenic route on
Spring-Cypress Road.
SB 818 (LC) Fraser
Relating to the regulation of certain occupations by the Texas Real
Estate Commission.
SB 827 (CS)(LC) 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.
SB 1569 (LC) Madla
Relating to the continuation of legal land use in newly
incorporated areas.
THE FOLLOWING BILLS WERE REFERRED TO THE COMMITTEE INDICATED:
HB 1365 Bonnen/ Ritter/ Chisum/ Luna/ Hochberg/et al.
Relating to the Texas emissions reduction plan.
NATURAL RESOURCES
SB 1908 Ellis, Rodney
Relating to the disclosure of information relating to the investment of
the permanent university fund and other funds under the management and
control of the board of regents of The University of Texas System.
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