SENATE FLOOR ACTION




                                 Wednesday
                              April 30, 2003

THE SENATE SUSPENDED ALL NECESSARY RULES TO CONSIDER AND FINALLY PASS:


SB 45 (A)(LC)     Zaffirini
Relating to the operation of a motor vehicle while intoxicated with
a child passenger in the vehicle; providing a penalty.
1 COMMITTEE AMENDMENT

SB 76 (CS)        Zaffirini/et al.
Relating to the provision of subsidized child-care services.
3 FLOOR AMENDMENTS

SB 305 (CS)        Barrientos
Relating to specialized license plates and parking placards for
vehicles of persons with disabilities.

SB 315 (LC)        Hinojosa
Relating to the annexation by certain junior college districts of
territory in a district's service area.
1 FLOOR AMENDMENT

SB 525             Shapleigh
Relating to the creation of employee wellness programs by state
agencies.
1 FLOOR AMENDMENT

SB 585             Duncan
Relating to providing money to pay for the remediation, cleanup,
and closure of unpermitted solid waste facilities.
1 FLOOR AMENDMENT

SB 619 (CS)        Armbrister
Relating to oil spill prevention and response.

SB 658             Brimer
Relating to making permanent the exemption from ad valorem taxation
of motor vehicles leased for personal use.

SB 786 (CS)(LC)    Shapleigh/et al.
Relating to establishing task forces in certain border communities
to study impediments to trade in the border region.

SB 800             Madla/et al.
Relating to the establishment of Texas A&M University--San Antonio.
1 FLOOR AMENDMENT

SB 1107 (CS)        Duncan
Relating to the assignment of certain justices or judges as
visiting judges.
2 FLOOR AMENDMENTS

SB 1180 (CS)(LC)    West
Relating to an index of court costs and fees in civil proceedings,
court costs on conviction, and other court-related fees and costs.
1 FLOOR AMENDMENT

SB 1273 (CS)        Armbrister
Relating to alternatives to suspension of alcoholic beverage
licenses and permits.

SB 1377 (CS)        Armbrister
Relating to landowners of groundwater whose land is enrolled or
participating in a government conservation program.
1 FLOOR AMENDMENT

SB 1379             Armbrister
Relating to the authority of a municipality to enforce water
conservation and drought ordinances.

SB 1548 (CS)        Janek
Relating to public school student discipline.

SB 1588 (CS)        Whitmire
Relating to exempting college savings plan accounts from
attachment, execution, and seizure for the satisfaction of debts.

SB 1606 (CS)        Ellis, Rodney/et al.
Relating to residential property insurance provided under the FAIR
Plan Act.

SB 1876             Ratliff
Relating to the conditional grant program administered by the Texas
Department of Transportation.
1 FLOOR AMENDMENT

HB 1065             Cook, Robby                SP: Averitt
Relating to the eligibility requirements to serve as a director of
a groundwater conservation district.
1 FLOOR AMENDMENT

THE SENATE ADOPTED THE FOLLOWING RESOLUTIONS:


SCR 35             Shapiro
Joining in tribute to the millions of people affected by the
Holocaust.

HCR 36             Bonnen                     SP: Janek
Designating September 2003 as Leukemia and Lymphoma Awareness Month
in Texas.

THE SENATE CONCURRED IN HOUSE AMENDMENTS TO THE FOLLOWING:


SJR 25             Staples/et al.             SP: Chisum
Proposing a constitutional amendment authorizing the legislature to
exempt certain travel trailers from ad valorem taxation.

SB 572             Harris                     SP: Hartnett/et al.
Relating to the euthanasia of an animal by an animal shelter;
providing criminal penalties.

SB 583             Shapleigh                  SP: Corte
Relating to information that must be included in the adjutant
general's annual report.

SB 756             Nelson                     SP: Harper-Brown
Relating to a declaration of a local state of disaster by certain
joint airport boards.

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:


HB 730             Ritter/ Edwards/ King/ Woolley/ Seaman/et al.
Relating to residential construction, including certain warranties,
building and performance standards, and dispute resolution;
providing an administrative penalty.
BUSINESS & COMMERCE

HB 1076             McCall/ Raymond
Relating to the ownership of a motor vehicle dealership.
BUSINESS & COMMERCE

HB 2055             Christian
Relating to the requirements for issuance of a state security.
INTERGOVERNMENTAL RELATIONS

HB 2292             Wohlgemuth/ Heflin
Relating to the provision of health and human services in this
state, including the powers and duties of the Health and Human
Services Commission and other state agencies; providing penalties.
FINANCE

SB 1931             Ogden
Relating to the composition, appointment, and reconstitution of the
board of directors of the Brazos River Authority.
NATURAL RESOURCES

SB 1932             Ogden
Relating to the performance of the duties of a district attorney by
the Prison Prosecution Unit in case of a vacancy in certain counties.
CRIMINAL JUSTICE

SB 1933             Staples
Relating to the exclusion of land from Waterwood Municipal Utility
District.
NATURAL RESOURCES

SB 1934             Hinojosa/et al.
Relating to the territory and the governing body of the Port of
Corpus Christi Authority of Nueces County, Texas.
NATURAL RESOURCES

SB 1935             Fraser
Relating to the law governing the Brazos River Authority and the
law governing the Lower Colorado River Authority, including matters
affecting the composition of the governing boards of those
authorities.
NATURAL RESOURCES

SB 1936             Ellis, Rodney
Relating to the creation of the Buffalo Bayou Management District;
providing the authority to impose taxes and issue bonds.
INTERGOVERNMENTAL RELATIONS