SENATE FLOOR ACTION
Monday
April 28, 2003
THE SENATE SUSPENDED ALL NECESSARY RULES TO CONSIDER AND FINALLY PASS:
SB 616 (CS) Madla
Relating to the composition of the Drug Demand Reduction Advisory
Committee.
SB 691 (A) Madla
Relating to reimbursement for telemedicine medical services under
the Medicaid program and other government-funded programs.
1 COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
SB 782 (CS) Armbrister
Relating to the authority of a county or municipality to contract
for collection services in criminal cases and certain cases
involving the parking or stopping of motor vehicles.
1 FLOOR AMENDMENT
SB 1366 (CS) Bivins
Relating to eligibility under the Early High School Graduation
Scholarship program.
SB 1583 (CS)(LC) Shapleigh/et al.
Relating to information concerning currency exchange rates in
international transfers of money; providing a civil penalty.
1 FLOOR AMENDMENT
THE SENATE SUSPENDED THE REGULAR ORDER, READ THIRD TIME, AND PASSED:
SJR 33 Duncan/et al.
Proposing a constitutional amendment providing for appointment to
fill vacancies in certain judicial offices and for nonpartisan
retention elections for those offices.
SB 794 Duncan/et al.
Relating to the appointment of certain judicial offices and a
nonpartisan election for the retention or rejection of a person
appointed to those offices.
SB 1701 (CS)(LC) Wentworth
Relating to the Department of Information Resources' management of
certain electronic and telecommunications projects.
THE SENATE REFUSED TO SUSPEND THE REGULAR ORDER TO CONSIDER:
SB 1631 Wentworth
Relating to the authority of a county to regulate land development
after a local option election.
THE FOLLOWING BILLS WERE REFERRED TO THE COMMITTEE INDICATED:
HB 21 Corte/ Laubenberg
Relating to admission to and discharge from facilities for
voluntary inpatient mental health services for persons younger than
18 years of age.
HEALTH & HUMAN SERVICES
HB 111 Chavez/ Wohlgemuth
Relating to responsibility for payment for transport by ambulance
of a recipient of medical assistance in certain circumstances.
HEALTH & HUMAN SERVICES
HB 162 Flores/ Isett
Relating to the requirements for a petition to change the name of
an adult.
JURISPRUDENCE
HB 177 McCall/ Castro
Relating to the regulation of certain international matchmaking
organizations; providing a civil penalty.
INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS AND TRADE
HB 219 Hope/et al.
Relating to the display of the United States national motto in
public elementary and secondary schools and institutions of higher
education.
EDUCATION
HB 261 Hupp/ Delisi/ Miller/ Riddle
Relating to the eligibility of armed forces personnel and their
family members to pay tuition and fees at the rate provided to
Texas residents.
ADMINISTRATION
HB 292 Reyna/ Ritter/ Keel
Relating to the taking of a specimen of a person's breath or blood
in connection with certain alcohol-related offenses.
CRIMINAL JUSTICE
HB 318 Grusendorf
Relating to certification to teach school of individuals who hold
bachelor's degrees.
EDUCATION
HB 335 Hamric/et al.
Relating to the public sale of certain real property; providing
penalties.
INTERGOVERNMENTAL RELATIONS
HB 405 Miller/ Hupp/ Delisi/et al.
Relating to resident tuition for military personnel and their
dependents.
VETERAN AFFAIRS & MILITARY INSTALLATIONS
HB 411 Grusendorf
Relating to improvement of science instruction and student
performance in public schools.
EDUCATION
HB 426 Christian/ Miller/ Homer/ Eissler/ Isett/et al.
Relating to the adoption of state agency rules that impose certain
costs on local governments or persons.
GOVERNMENT ORGANIZATION
HB 443 Denny/et al.
Relating to providing notice concerning certain school district
purchases.
EDUCATION
HB 518 Menendez
Relating to the service of citation by publication in a suit
affecting the parent-child relationship.
JURISPRUDENCE
HB 547 Wohlgemuth
Relating to the distance between certain pits that are part of
quarrying operations and adjacent property.
NATURAL RESOURCES
HB 593 Dukes
Relating to the eligibility of certain persons to contract with,
and payment under certain contracts with, a governmental entity.
BUSINESS & COMMERCE
HB 670 Phillips/ Paxton
Relating to the use of pseudonyms for victims of certain criminal
offenses connected to the commission of a sex offense.
CRIMINAL JUSTICE
HB 725 Haggerty/ Ellis
Relating to the participation of community supervision and
corrections department employees, retired employees, and dependents
of employees and retired employees in the group benefits program
for state employees.
STATE AFFAIRS
HB 745 Smith, Todd/ Pena/ Zedler
Relating to the punishment prescribed for and conditions of
community supervision imposed on certain persons who commit
intoxication offenses.
CRIMINAL JUSTICE
HB 913 Goodman/ Dutton
Relating to the conservatorship of, and the possession of and
access to, a child.
JURISPRUDENCE
HB 975 Puente
Relating to the plugging of abandoned or deteriorated water wells.
NATURAL RESOURCES
HB 1037 Ritter/ Casteel/ Deshotel/et al.
Relating to a courthouse security fee collected in certain civil
case filings.
JURISPRUDENCE
HB 1077 Jones, Jesse/ Davis, Yvonne
Relating to removal of remains interred in a cemetery.
HEALTH & HUMAN SERVICES
HB 1125 Flores
Relating to the period for the redemption of a mineral interest
sold for unpaid ad valorem taxes at a tax sale.
FINANCE
HB 1146 Dutton
Relating to a limitation on audits of an open-enrollment charter
school.
EDUCATION
HB 1173 Madden/et al.
Relating to the use of a building on a federal military base or
facility as a polling place in an election.
VETERAN AFFAIRS & MILITARY INSTALLATIONS
HB 1199 Krusee/ McCall/ Driver/ Denny/ Hamilton/et al.
Relating to local option elections for the sale of alcoholic
beverages; providing a criminal penalty.
BUSINESS & COMMERCE
HB 1202 Dutton
Relating to recovery of certain funds received by an
open-enrollment charter school.
EDUCATION
HB 1204 Baxter
Relating to the authority of municipalities and counties to
regulate subdivisions and certain development in a municipality's
extraterritorial jurisdiction.
INTERGOVERNMENTAL RELATIONS
HB 1218 Chisum/ Gallego/ Solomons/ Dunnam/
Martinez Fischer
Relating to the continuation and functions of the Texas State Board
of Public Accountancy and to the confidentiality of certain
information of a taxpayer undergoing examination by the
comptroller; providing penalties.
GOVERNMENT ORGANIZATION
HB 1324 Brown, Betty/ Geren/ Miller
Relating to the sale and slaughter of equine animals.
SUBCOMMITTEE ON AGRICULTURE
HB 1330 McReynolds/ Christian
Relating to medical information on a driver's license.
INFRASTRUCTURE DEVELOPMENT AND SECURITY
HB 1370 Luna
Relating to the study and implementation of seawater desalination.
ADMINISTRATION
HB 1420 Hardcastle/ Christian
Relating to the use of a portion of medical school tuition for
student loan repayment assistance for physicians.
SUBCOMMITTEE ON HIGHER EDUCATION
HB 1458 Eiland/ Menendez
Relating to criminal obstruction of or retaliation against an
honorably retired peace officer.
CRIMINAL JUSTICE
HB 1616 Farabee/ Jones, Elizabeth
Relating to state energy conservation office cooperation with
federal programs related to research on and development and
demonstration of fuel cells.
STATE AFFAIRS
HB 1770 Keel/ Naishtat/ Stick/ Hilderbran/ Dukes
Relating to the creation and taxes of a library district.
INTERGOVERNMENTAL RELATIONS
HB 2723 Gutierrez
Relating to alternative teaching certification of persons holding
certain advanced academic degrees.
EDUCATION
HB 3484 Delisi/ Uresti
Relating to health care coverage and services and other
infrastructures for employed persons with disabilities.
HEALTH & HUMAN SERVICES
SB 1921 Hinojosa
Relating to the abolition of certain water control and improvement
districts.
NATURAL RESOURCES
SB 1922 Armbrister
Relating to the creation, administration, powers, duties,
operation, and financing of the Garfield Municipal Utility District
No. 1.
NATURAL RESOURCES
SB 1923 Ogden
Relating to the application of the professional prosecutors law to
the district attorney for the 258th Judicial District.
JURISPRUDENCE
SB 1924 Ogden
Relating to the powers and duties of a regional mobility authority,
including the power of eminent domain and the power to issue bonds;
providing criminal penalties.
INFRASTRUCTURE DEVELOPMENT AND SECURITY
SB 1925 Estes
Relating to. . .
NATURAL RESOURCES
SB 1926 Jackson
Relating to . . .
INTERGOVERNMENTAL RELATIONS
SB 1927 Ogden
Relating to . . .
INFRASTRUCTURE DEVELOPMENT AND SECURITY
THE FOLLOWING BILLS WERE REFERRED:
HB 338 Cook, Byron
Relating to the abolition of the County Court at Law of Navarro
County.
REREFERRED FROM INTERGOVERNMENTAL RELATIONS TO ADMINISTRATION
HB 808 Seaman
Relating to the use of municipal hotel tax revenue collected by
certain coastal municipalities.
REREFERRED FROM INTERGOVERNMENTAL RELATIONS TO ADMINISTRATION
SB 1370 Duncan
Relating to certain group benefit plans provided to certain
governmental officers, employees, and retirees and their
dependents.
REREFERRED FROM STATE AFFAIRS TO FINANCE