SENATE FLOOR ACTION
Wednesday
April 16, 2003
THE SENATE SUSPENDED ALL NECESSARY RULES TO CONSIDER AND FINALLY PASS:
SB 51 (A)(LC) Zaffirini
Relating to a sexual assault program referral provided by a law
enforcement agency to certain victims.
1 COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
SB 59 (CS)(LC) Zaffirini
Relating to the management of behavior of residents of certain
facilities.
1 FLOOR AMENDMENT
SB 100 (A) Van de Putte/et al.
Relating to carbon monoxide detectors in certain child-care
facilities and family homes.
1 COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
SB 249 (CS)(LC) Janek
Relating to the use of the Galveston-Port Bolivar ferry operated by
the Texas Department of Transportation.
SB 594 Van de Putte
Relating to the definition of an ambulatory surgical center.
SB 606 Shapleigh
Relating to a manifest system to record the transportation of
certain liquid wastes.
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 833 (CS) Williams
Relating to the application of the Charitable Immunity and
Liability Act of 1987 to alumni associations and on-campus
organizations.
SB 1005 (CS) West
Relating to a state agency that is not complying with the
requirement to make a good faith effort to increase the agency's
use of historically underutilized businesses in purchasing and
public works contracting.
SB 1288 (A) Gallegos/et al.
Relating to military leave and military leave time accounts for
certain municipal firefighters and police officers.
2 COMMITTEE AMENDMENTS
1 FLOOR AMENDMENT
SB 1577 Carona
Relating to the consideration of compliance with the law and with
enforcement orders in the licensing of, and disciplinary action
against, mortgage brokers and loan officers.
THE SENATE SUSPENDED ALL NECESSARY RULES TO CONSIDER AND FINALLY PASS:
SB 521 (CS) Staples/et al.
Relating to the acquisition and regulation of manufactured homes.
SB 644 (CS) Wentworth
Relating to prohibiting a governmental entity from disclosing
personal information of certain persons who hold a private
pesticide applicator license and of their clients.
SB 1224 (CS) Ellis, Rodney/et al.
Relating to representation of applicants for writs of habeas corpus
in cases involving the death penalty.
THE SENATE SUSPENDED THE REGULAR ORDER, READ SECOND TIME, AND PASSED
TO ENGROSSMENT:
SB 155 (CS) Zaffirini/et al.
Relating to the protection and use of public freshwater areas;
providing a penalty.
THE SENATE REFUSED TO SUSPEND THE REGULAR ORDER TO CONSIDER:
SB 915 (CS) Fraser
Relating to the method and source of funding for the State Aircraft
Pooling Board.
THE SENATE CONFIRMED ALL NOMINEES AS REPORTED BY THE
COMMITTEE ON NOMINATIONS BY A VOTE OF 31 AYES AND 0 NAYS.
THE FOLLOWING BILLS WERE REFERRED TO THE COMMITTEE INDICATED:
SB 20 Armbrister
Relating to the issuance of certain permits for overweight
vehicles.
NATURAL RESOURCES
SB 21 Armbrister
Relating to the designation of the parts of Interstate Highway 10 and
Interstate Highway 35 between Houston and Belton as Heroes Highway.
INFRASTRUCTURE DEVELOPMENT AND SECURITY
SB 22 Armbrister
Relating to the creation, administration, powers, duties, operation, and
financing of Elgin Municipal Utility District No. 1.
NATURAL RESOURCES
SB 23 Armbrister
Relating to the creation of the Waller County Road Improvement District
No. 1; providing authority to impose a tax and issue bonds.
NATURAL RESOURCES
SB 24 Armbrister
Relating to the creation, administration, powers, duties,
operation, and financing of Ranch at Clear Fork Creek Municipal
Utility District No. 1.
NATURAL RESOURCES
SJR 2 Brimer
Proposing a constitutional amendment authorizing a portion of the annual
distribution from the permanent university fund to be appropriated to
support certain institutions in The University of Texas System.
FINANCE
THE FOLLOWING BILLS WERE REREFERRED:
HB 1011 Hochberg/ Keel/ Pena/et al.
Relating to postconviction DNA testing.
REREFERRED FROM CRIMINAL JUSTICE TO ADMINISTRATION
HB 1236 Hopson
Relating to information required to be placed in a pen packet
accompanying a defendant on transfer from county jail to the Texas
Department of Criminal Justice.
REREFERRED FROM CRIMINAL JUSTICE TO ADMINISTRATION
HB 1508 Flores
Relating to the regulation of certain occupations by the Texas Real
Estate Commission.
REREFERRED FROM BUSINESS & COMMERCE TO ADMINISTRATION
SB 689 West
Relating to the awarding of contracts by municipalities.
REREFERRED FROM STATE AFFAIRS TO INTERGOVERNMENTAL RELATIONS
THE FOLLOWING BILLS WERE PASSED ON THE LOCAL AND UNCONTESTED BILLS
CALENDAR:
SB 95 (CS)(LC) West
Relating to the procedures under which a state agency considers
legislative intent during the process of implementing certain
legislative enactments.
SB 139 (CS)(LC) Lucio
Relating to designation of the structure between Port Isabel and
Padre Island as the Queen Isabella Memorial Bridge.
SB 176 (LC) Nelson/et al.
Relating to the offense of interference with an emergency telephone
call.
SB 234 (CS)(LC) Fraser
Relating to the authority of certain counties bordering Lake
Buchanan to impose a hotel occupancy tax.
SB 287 (CS)(LC) Ellis, Rodney
Relating to changing the composition of certain state agency
governing bodies with an even number of members to comply with the
changes made to Section 30a, Article XVI, Texas Constitution.
SB 325 (LC) Armbrister
Relating to the implementation of a change in law imposing or
changing the amount of certain court costs and fees.
SB 401 (LC) Van de Putte/et al.
Relating to testing certain public safety personnel for accidental
exposure to hepatitis B or hepatitis C.
SB 420 (CS)(LC) Nelson/et al.
Relating to county development districts; providing penalties.
SB 600 (CS)(LC) West
Relating to the reimbursement of compensation and expenses of
certain appointed counsel filing an application for a writ of
habeas corpus in a capital case.
SB 613 (LC) Nelson
Relating to the automatic suspension of the driver's license of a
person younger than 21 on conviction of an offense involving an
abusable volatile chemical.
SB 631 (A)(LC) Harris
Relating to the suspension of sentence and the deferral of
adjudication in cases involving certain misdemeanor traffic
offenses.
SB 640 (LC) West
Relating to notice to the State of Texas of a claim against the
School Land Board.
SB 643 (LC) Wentworth
Relating to the dissolution of the Southeast Trinity Groundwater
Conservation District.
SB 648 (CS)(LC) Wentworth
Relating to the regulation of the practice of professional
engineering.
SB 703 (CS)(LC) Jackson
Relating to providing a uniform limit on the population of a county
election precinct.
SB 704 (CS)(LC) Jackson
Relating to the maximum inmate population of a facility operated by
a city or county.
SB 719 (LC) Madla
Relating to authorizing a defense base development authority to use
alternative methods for contracting for public improvement
projects.
SB 720 (LC) Madla
Relating to the sale by defense base development authorities of
property located in an enterprise zone.
SB 726 (LC) Wentworth
Relating to the purchasing and contracting authority of an
appraisal district; providing penalties.
SB 733 (CS)(LC) Ratliff
Relating to the purchase by certain local governments of an item
from a local vendor.
SB 745 (CS)(LC) Williams
Relating to the creation, administration, powers, duties,
operation, and financing of the East Montgomery County Municipal
Utility District No. 4.
SB 775 (CS)(LC) Averitt
Relating to the use of TexasOnline by state agencies.
SB 821 (CS)(LC) Fraser
Relating to certain bonds issued by the Comanche County
Consolidated Hospital District.
SB 842 (CS)(LC) Carona
Relating to issuance of certain licenses by the Texas Board of
Chiropractic Examiners.
SB 855 (CS)(LC) Madla/et al.
Relating to funding of the Texas Wine Marketing Assistance Program.
SB 880 (LC) Whitmire
Relating to the time allowed for disposition of certain charges
regarding a violation of parole or other forms of release from
prison.
SB 917 (LC) Whitmire
Relating to the time during which inmates may be considered for
release on parole.
SB 940 (LC) Janek
Relating to the unauthorized use of toll roads in certain counties.
SB 957 (LC) Van de Putte
Relating to the maintenance at certain institutions of controlled
substances and dangerous drugs in an emergency medication kit.
SB 984 (LC) Wentworth
Relating to excepting a benefits appeals committee for a public
self-funded health plan from deliberating the medical or
psychiatric records of an individual applicant for a benefit in an
open meeting.
SB 985 (LC) Wentworth
Relating to the definition of an energy emergency.
SB 988 (LC) Armbrister
Relating to application of law regulating sweepstakes to certain
associations of airmen.
SB 1013 (CS)(LC) Staples
Relating to the regulation of the practice of appraising real
property; providing administrative, civil, and criminal penalties.
SB 1015 (A)(LC) Wentworth
Relating to the confidentiality of certain information submitted
for purposes of a crime victim impact statement.
SB 1022 (CS)(LC) Madla
Relating to emergency services districts.
SB 1050 (LC) Nelson
Relating to the confidentiality of information associated with
family violence centers.
SB 1051 (LC) Nelson
Relating to the authority of the Texas Department of Human Services
to solicit and accept gifts, grants, and donations.
SB 1070 (LC) Jackson
Relating to the procedures of the Texas Workforce Commission.
SB 1071 (LC) Jackson
Relating to requirements for voluntary payments of unemployment
compensation contributions.
SB 1072 (LC) Jackson
Relating to judicial review of a Texas Workforce Commission
decision in an unemployment compensation proceeding.
SB 1084 (LC) Madla/et al.
Relating to interest-free loans from the Texas Water Development
Board for water districts in economically distressed areas.
SB 1087 (LC) Staples
Relating to the appointment of notaries public.
SB 1091 (CS)(LC) Shapiro
Relating to the composition of the Recycling Market Development
Board and the termination of certain duties of the General Land
Office relating to the board and the recycling awareness campaign.
SB 1145 (CS)(LC) Madla
Relating to programs in certain counties to divert certain persons
with mental health disorders or mental retardation from
incarceration to appropriate services.
SB 1147 (CS)(LC) Shapleigh
Relating to the functions of the State Office of Administrative
Hearings, including hearings functions transferred to the office
from the Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation.
SB 1237 (CS)(LC) Estes
Relating to license fees for certain nursing and convalescent
homes.
SB 1238 (LC) Lucio
Relating to regulating leasing in manufactured home communities.
SB 1281 (LC) Fraser
Relating to the rulemaking authority of the commissioner of
insurance.
SB 1282 (CS)(LC) Fraser
Relating to notice provided to certain entities that self-insure
for workers' compensation purposes.
SB 1331 (LC) Ratliff
Relating to procurement procedures for construction-related
services for public school districts, institutions of higher
education, and the Texas Building and Procurement Commission.
SB 1356 (CS)(LC) Nelson
Relating to the adoption of rules restricting the use of a medical
practitioner's Federal Drug Enforcement Administration number.
SB 1373 (CS)(LC) Shapiro
Relating to considering for school district accountability purposes
the performance of students confined by court order in a
residential program or facility operated by or under contract with
the Texas Youth Commission.
SB 1454 (LC) Carona
Relating to regulation of frozen dessert products and
manufacturing.
SB 1484 (LC) Ogden
Relating to the acceptance of organization reports and permit
applications and approval of certificates of compliance by the
Railroad Commission of Texas.
SB 1526 (CS)(LC) Brimer
Relating to collection and use of information in connection with
licensing regarding a retail installment transaction involving a
motor vehicle.
SB 1578 (CS)(LC) Carona
Relating to a prelicense test requirement for mortgage broker
applicants.
SB 1580 (CS)(LC) Wentworth
Relating to bond requirements for privatized maintenance contracts.
SB 1603 (CS)(LC) Ellis, Rodney
Relating to charitable contributions by state employees to the
General Land Office's Adopt-A-Map/Adopt-A-Document Program.
SB 1624 (LC) Bivins
Relating to security requirements for the deposit of school
district funds.
SB 1666 (LC) Averitt
Relating to the definition of financial institution.
SB 1667 (CS)(LC) Averitt
Relating to authorization of Federal Bureau of Investigation
background checks and access to criminal history record information
for mortgage broker and loan officer license applicants.
SB 1668 (CS)(LC) Averitt
Relating to the sale of insurance by financial institutions
employed by a trustee.
SB 1705 (CS)(LC) Wentworth
Relating to the authority of certain taxing entities to repeal the
local sales and use tax exemption for telecommunications services.
SB 1714 (LC) Wentworth
Relating to the designation of Farm-to-Market Road 1535 between
Fort Sam Houston and Camp Bullis as the Second Indian Head Division
Memorial Highway.
SB 1765 (LC) Deuell
Relating to zoning around Lake Ralph Hall.
SB 1877 (LC) Madla
Relating to the election of directors and validation of acts of the
governing board of the Real-Edwards Conservation and Reclamation
District.
SCR 27 (CS)(LC) Madla
Requesting that the Texas Legislative Council schedule a revision
of the Alcoholic Beverage Code during the next interim.
THE FOLLOWING BILLS WERE REMOVED FROM THE LOCAL AND
UNCONTESTED BILLS CALENDAR:
SB 308 (LC) Gallegos
Relating to the administration of a retirement system for officers
and employees of certain municipalities.
SB 402 (CS)(LC) Van de Putte
Relating to granting certain hospital districts the authority to
issue certificates of obligation.
SB 838 (LC) Armbrister
Relating to the duties of the district attorney and the county
attorney in Wharton County.
SB 983 (LC) Van de Putte
Relating to the approval of expenditures for state militia.
SB 1088 (LC) Staples
Relating to eliminating certain requirements for publishing and
distributing volumes of legislative acts and for distributing
judicial reports and other state publications.
SB 1412 (LC) Deuell
Relating to procurement rules, guidelines, and procedures for
regional transportation authorities.
SB 1583 (CS)(LC) Shapleigh/et al.
Relating to information concerning currency exchange rates in
international transfers of money; providing a civil penalty.