SENATE FLOOR ACTION
Tuesday
May 6, 2003
THE SENATE SUSPENDED ALL NECESSARY RULES TO CONSIDER AND FINALLY PASS:
SJR 1 (CS) Shapiro/et al.
Proposing a constitutional amendment to provide financial support
for public education by creating the Texas education fund,
authorizing a state property tax, increasing the state general
sales and use tax rate, expanding the general sales and use tax
base to include certain services, increasing the state motor
vehicle sales and use tax rate, abolishing the school district
property tax for maintenance and operations purposes, dedicating
the proceeds of any state lottery to public education, and
authorizing a school district property tax for the purpose of
educational enrichment.
5 FLOOR AMENDMENTS
SJR 55 (CS) Shapleigh
Proposing a constitutional amendment authorizing a guarantee
program for bonds or other obligations issued for projects that
enhance military value of military facilities in the state.
1 FLOOR AMENDMENT
SB 52 (CS)(LC) Zaffirini
Relating to the collection and analysis of information relating to
certain sexual offenses.
SB 92 (CS) West
Relating to a residential tenant's right to summon police or
emergency assistance; providing a civil penalty.
SB 254 Bivins/et al.
Relating to representation of a person for compensation before an
executive state agency by a member of the legislature.
1 FLOOR AMENDMENT
SB 455 (CS) Armbrister
Relating to compliance histories for and incentives to reward
compliance performance by entities regulated by the Texas
Commission on Environmental Quality.
4 FLOOR AMENDMENTS
SB 671 (CS) Staples
Relating to the determination of school district property values
and the accountability of appraisal district operations.
1 FLOOR AMENDMENT
SB 891 Duncan
Relating to the operation of the joint underwriting association
under the Texas Medical Liability Insurance Underwriting
Association Act.
SB 1002 (A) West
Relating to the low income housing tax credit program.
1 COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
SB 1025 (CS) Lucio
Relating to the funding of port security, transportation, and
facility projects and port studies and to the port authority
advisory committee.
SB 1148 (CS)(LC) Shapleigh
Relating to information provided to parents of newborn children
relating to immunizations.
SB 1646 (CS) Staples
Relating to the ad valorem tax appraisal of qualified timberland.
SB 1700 (CS) Wentworth
Relating to the administration of the weather modification and
control grant program.
SB 1834 (CS) Staples
Relating to costs associated with the civil commitment of sexually
violent predators.
HB 587 Marchant SP: Carona
Relating to the cremation of human remains and the operation of
crematories and certain related entities; providing a penalty.
4 FLOOR AMENDMENTS
HB 5 (CS) Grusendorf/ Marchant/ Wilson/ Hill/ Heflin/et al.
SP: Shapiro
Relating to public school finance, a state ad valorem tax, state
general sales and use taxes, state taxes on the sale or use of a
motor vehicle, and property tax relief for residential tenants.
22 FLOOR AMENDMENTS
THE SENATE SUSPENDED THE REGULAR ORDER, READ SECOND TIME, AND PASSED
TO ENGROSSMENT:
SB 1631 Wentworth
Relating to the authority of a county to regulate land development
after a local option election.
2 FLOOR AMENDMENTS
THE SENATE CONCURRED IN HOUSE AMENDMENTS TO THE FOLLOWING:
SB 347 Barrientos/et al. SP: Rose
Relating to single-member districts for the board of the Barton
Springs-Edwards Aquifer Conservation District.
SB 360 Deuell/et al. SP: Rose/et al.
Relating to the treatment of certain local chambers of commerce as
charitable organizations for certain purposes.
SB 1060 Ellis, Rodney/et al. SP: Marchant
Relating to enforcement of conduct and other matters concerning a
security; providing a penalty.
THE FOLLOWING BILLS WERE PASSED ON THE LOCAL AND UNCONTESTED BILLS
CALENDAR:
HB 44 Chisum/ Wise SP: Armbrister
Relating to the duties of and the renaming of the small business
stationary source assistance program as the small business
compliance assistance program.
HB 242 Seaman/ Keffer, Jim/ Dawson/et al.
SP: Van de Putte
Relating to career and technology education and training.
HB 319 Grusendorf/et al. SP: Shapiro
Relating to the objectives of public education.
HB 802 Geren SP: Harris
Relating to the number and location information requirements
provided by business phones in certain 9-1-1 emergency
communication districts.
HB 850 Talton SP: Brimer
Relating to the regulation of the sale of a tow truck at a new
motor vehicle show or exhibition.
HB 1055 Luna/ Seaman SP: Hinojosa
Relating to an intercollegiate athletics fee at Texas A&M
University--Corpus Christi.
HB 1075 McCall SP: Ellis, Rodney
Relating to criminal history record information for state agency
information technology personnel.
HB 1095 Capelo SP: Nelson
Relating to the authority of advanced practice nurses and physician
assistants to administer, provide, and carry out or sign a
prescription drug order.
HB 1295 Hochberg SP: Shapiro
Relating to the total amount of public school bonds that may be
guaranteed by the permanent school fund.
HB 1625 Deshotel SP: Williams
Relating to temporary wine and beer retailer's permits.
SB 18 Jackson
Relating to the creation and authority of the Baybrook Management
District; providing authority to impose taxes and issue bonds.
SB 19 Ratliff
Relating to audit and other related functions of the State Auditor
and of certain other state entities.
SB 113 Van de Putte/et al.
Relating to premium discounts for certain residential property
insurance policies.
SB 143 Ellis, Rodney/et al.
Relating to the prosecution of the offense of failure to report
child abuse.
SB 147 Barrientos
Relating to the adoption by state agencies of risk management plans
and risk control strategies.
SB 487 Ogden
Relating to the relocation of utilities required for the
improvement of the state highway system.
SB 582 Williams
Relating to the consolidation of certain offenses relating to the
driving of a motor vehicle while a driver's license or privilege to
operate a vehicle is invalid.
SB 593 Van de Putte
Relating to the membership of the Board of Protective and
Regulatory Services.
SB 657 Brimer
Relating to the effect of tax increment financing by certain taxing
units in the calculation of ad valorem tax rates for those taxing
units.
SB 705 Jackson
Relating to the donation by a county of salvage and surplus
property to a civic or charitable organization.
SB 709 Jackson
Relating to the ability of certain counties to use lease-purchase
or licensing agreements.
SB 757 Brimer
Relating to the application for a candidate to be placed on the
general primary election ballot.
SB 871 Shapiro
Relating to requirements imposed by the sex offender registration
statute.
SB 893 Bivins
Relating to certain procedures in a teacher suspension or contract
termination hearing.
SB 905 Madla
Relating to reimbursement for land removed from emergency service
districts and dispute resolution relating to the amount of
reimbursement.
SB 1039 Van de Putte
Relating to fuel cell demonstration and deployment for electric
generation.
SB 1118 Williams
Relating to notice sent by a local government after a mandatory
pre-bid conference.
SB 1120 Williams/et al.
Relating to the requirements of a petition to dissolve the
Montgomery County Hospital District.
SB 1155 Shapleigh
Relating to the purchase of certain wireless communication devices
by state agencies.
SB 1161 Barrientos
Relating to authorizing counties and municipalities to provide
certain services through the Internet.
SB 1212 Van de Putte
Relating to participation by the attorney general's consumer
protection division and the award of civil penalties in an action
under the Deceptive Trade Practices-Consumer Protection Act.
SB 1226 Nelson
Relating to the allocation of kidneys available for transplant in
this state.
SB 1229 Wentworth
Relating to competitive purchasing procedures for certain counties.
SB 1283 Gallegos
Relating to the authority of chiropractors to form certain business
entities with certain other professionals.
SB 1318 Van de Putte
Relating to the authorization of securities lending for
governmental entities.
SB 1326 Carona
Relating to the municipal regulation of single-family and duplex
industrialized housing.
SB 1343 Jackson
Relating to the regulation and operation of certain proprietary
schools.
SB 1364 Staples
Relating to the additional tax imposed on land appraised for ad
valorem taxation as timberland that is claimed as part of a
residence homestead or diverted to certain other uses.
SB 1389 Duncan
Relating to the definition, branding, and identification of
livestock.
SB 1392 Janek
Relating to regulation of distressed devices.
SB 1413 Deuell
Relating to certain powers and duties of the Department of
Agriculture and other entities engaged in agricultural activities.
SB 1415 Deuell
Relating to recognizing Texas Prayer Day.
SB 1442 Barrientos
Relating to participation in, contributions to, and benefits and
administration of retirement systems for police officers in certain
municipalities.
SB 1452 Harris
Relating to an offense for certain communications between an
appraisal review board member and a chief appraiser or appraisal
district employee concerning a matter related to an ad valorem tax
protest.
SB 1527 Brimer
Relating to a purchaser's right to cure default under an executory
contract for conveyance.
SB 1559 Madla
Relating to the confidentiality of and access to certain personal
information contained in instruments recorded with a county clerk.
SB 1597 Hinojosa
Relating to policies by law enforcement agencies regarding
arrest of persons for certain offenses.
SB 1632 Wentworth
Relating to the authority of a joint county and municipal hospital
to borrow money.
SB 1633 Wentworth
Relating to the installation and use of a water softener or reverse
osmosis system by an owner of an on-site sewage disposal system.
SB 1642 Staples/et al.
Relating to the establishment of a geriatric education and care
research center at The University of Texas Health Science Center at
Tyler.
SB 1664 Averitt/et al.
Relating to private activity bonds.
SB 1782 Lindsay
Relating to the precedence of highway access rules and ordinances
of certain counties and municipalities over highway access
management orders of the Texas Transportation Commission.
SB 1800 Van de Putte
Relating to state employee military leave.
SB 1835 Staples
Relating to testing for communicable diseases certain people who
are arrested.
SB 1885 Janek
Relating to the creation of the Sienna Plantation Management
District; providing authority to impose taxes and issue bonds.
SB 1887 Janek
Relating to the appointment of the board of directors of and to the
powers of the Westchase Area Management District.
SB 1895 Ellis, Rodney
Relating to the duration of a lease for municipal civic center
property.
SB 1897 Whitmire
Relating to the creation of the Fall Creek Management District;
providing authority to impose taxes and issue bonds.
SB 1902 Lucio/et al.
Relating to the creation, administration, powers, duties,
operation, and financing of the Rio Grande Regional Water
Authority; authorizing the issuance of bonds.
SB 1934 Hinojosa/et al.
Relating to the territory and the governing body of the Port of
Corpus Christi Authority of Nueces County, Texas.
SCR 1 Estes/et al.
Memorializing Congress to restore the federal income tax
deductibility of state and local sales taxes.
SCR 37 Madla
Encouraging the United States and Mexican federal governments to reopen
the bridge and border crossing at La Linda, Coahuila, Mexico.
THE FOLLOWING BILL WAS REMOVED FROM THE LOCAL AND
UNCONTESTED BILLS CALENDAR:
SB 1708 (A)(LC) Wentworth
Relating to the repurchase of real property acquired by a
governmental entity through eminent domain.
THE FOLLOWING BILLS WERE REFERRED TO THE COMMITTEE INDICATED:
HB 15 Corte/ Wohlgemuth/ Laubenberg/et al.
Relating to regulation of abortion; creating an offense.
STATE AFFAIRS
HB 85 McClendon/ Hegar/ Brown, Fred/ Mercer
Relating to the establishment of an undergraduate medical academy
at Prairie View A&M University.
EDUCATION
HB 104 Chavez/ Quintanilla/ Mowery/ Castro/ Hill/et al.
Relating to the exemption from ad valorem taxation of tangible
personal property held temporarily at a location in this state for
assembling, storing, manufacturing, processing, or fabricating
purposes.
FINANCE
HB 172 Keel
Relating to securing the appearance of certain persons who have
been released on bail; providing a criminal penalty.
CRIMINAL JUSTICE
HB 182 Callegari
Relating to the statute of limitations for the offense of arson.
CRIMINAL JUSTICE
HB 217 Hamric/ Wohlgemuth/ Menendez/ Bohac/et al.
Relating to limiting the amount of school district ad valorem taxes
that may be imposed on the residence homestead of a disabled
person.
FINANCE
HB 235 West, George "Buddy"/ Allen/ Crabb/ Casteel/
Wise /et al.
Relating to the prosecution and punishment of the offense of
obscene display or distribution and to certain consequences of a
conviction for that offense.
CRIMINAL JUSTICE
HB 236 West, George "Buddy"/ Allen/ Crabb/ Casteel/
Wise /et al.
Relating to the punishment for the offense of obscenity and to
certain consequences related to convictions for certain sex
offenses.
CRIMINAL JUSTICE
HB 275 Keel
Relating to the prosecution of theft of service.
CRIMINAL JUSTICE
HB 311 Villarreal
Relating to the regulation of licensed vocational nurses and
nursing peer review.
HEALTH & HUMAN SERVICES
HB 329 Naishtat/ Seaman/ Raymond/ Madden/ Menendez/et al.
Relating to the regulation of mold assessors and remediators, civil
liability for mold remediation, and insurance coverage on mold
claims; providing civil and administrative penalties.
BUSINESS & COMMERCE
HB 424 Christian
Relating to the regulation of certain housing authorities;
providing a penalty.
INTERGOVERNMENTAL RELATIONS
HB 457 Hope
Relating to the operation of a watercraft while intoxicated.
CRIMINAL JUSTICE
HB 471 Pickett/ Hamric/ Krusee/ Raymond/ Gutierrez/et al.
Relating to the borrowing of money and the issuance of notes by the
Texas Transportation Commission; making an appropriation.
INFRASTRUCTURE DEVELOPMENT AND SECURITY
HB 529 Brown, Betty
Relating to the ineligibility of a delinquent child support obligor
to receive state-funded or state-administered student financial
assistance.
JURISPRUDENCE
HB 560 Pickett
Relating to vehicles left unattended on certain parking facilities
and to the removal and storage of those vehicles.
INTERGOVERNMENTAL RELATIONS
HB 565 Haggerty
Relating to the punishments for the offenses of assault and
aggravated assault committed against a security officer.
CRIMINAL JUSTICE
HB 645 Puente
Relating to prohibiting the creation or enforcement of certain
restrictive covenants that undermine water conservation.
NATURAL RESOURCES
HB 716 Delisi/ Homer/ Pena
Relating to the punishment for assaults committed against certain
sports officials.
CRIMINAL JUSTICE
HB 729 Goodman/ Dutton
Relating to the adoption of the Uniform Parentage Act regarding
gestational agreements.
JURISPRUDENCE
HB 755 Chisum/ Seaman
Relating to the offense of failing to certify compliance of an
underground storage tank before accepting delivery of the regulated
substance to be stored in the tank.
NATURAL RESOURCES
HB 778 Naishtat/ Swinford
Relating to the offense of interference with an emergency telephone
call.
ADMINISTRATION
HB 803 Geren
Relating to the assessment of damages in a condemnation proceeding
based on the market value of groundwater rights as property apart
from the land.
JURISPRUDENCE
HB 885 Dutton
Relating to the rights of spouses in relation to separate and
community property.
JURISPRUDENCE
HB 1112 Crownover/et al.
Relating to returning a public school teacher to probationary
contract status.
EDUCATION
HB 1113 Crownover
Relating to returning a public school teacher to probationary
contract status.
EDUCATION
HB 1192 West, George "Buddy"
Relating to the purchase of vehicles using alternative fuels by the
Railroad Commission of Texas.
NATURAL RESOURCES
HB 1207 Kuempel
Relating to the application of certain municipal zoning regulations
affecting the appearance of buildings or open spaces.
INTERGOVERNMENTAL RELATIONS
HB 1225 Eissler
Relating to time limits and notice related to a special education
due process hearing, the transfer of the functions of such a
hearing to the State Office of Administrative Hearings, and an
appeal of a special education hearing officer's decision.
EDUCATION
HB 1247 Ritter/ Menendez/ Mercer/ Capelo/ Chavez
Relating to the creation, funding, and operation of a fire fighter
and police officer home loan program.
INTERGOVERNMENTAL RELATIONS
HB 1267 Seaman/ Christian
Relating to small employer health benefit plans.
STATE AFFAIRS
HB 1268 Seaman
Relating to outpatient drug benefit coverage in certain health
insurance policies and discount drug programs.
STATE AFFAIRS
HB 1297 Allen
Relating to limits on indemnification of state employees and
officials.
STATE AFFAIRS
HB 1300 Riddle/ Pena
Relating to the release on bond of certain criminal defendants.
CRIMINAL JUSTICE
HB 1326 Martinez Fischer/ Driver/ Keel/ Hope/ Castro
Relating to the civil and criminal consequences of racing a motor
vehicle on a public highway or street and of being a spectator at
an illegal motor vehicle racing event; providing penalties.
CRIMINAL JUSTICE
HB 1339 Eissler
Relating to certain information that a school district must provide
to the parent of or person standing in parental relation to a
district student and to evaluation of a student for special
education services.
EDUCATION
HB 1391 Hamric
Relating to the confidentiality of pleadings and protective order
applications in certain proceedings in the Family Code.
JURISPRUDENCE
HB 1406 Brown, Betty/ Hupp/ Grusendorf/et al.
Relating to a recommendation by a school district employee
concerning a use of a psychotropic drug by a student or psychiatric
evaluation or examination of a student and to refusal by a parent
or certain other person to consent to administration of a
psychotropic drug to a student or to psychiatric evaluation or
examination of a student.
EDUCATION
HB 1444 Krusee/ Zedler
Relating to the exemption from ad valorem taxation of motor
vehicles leased for noncommercial use.
FINANCE
HB 1481 Allen
Relating to the creation of the operating permit fees account for
fees collected under Titles IV and V of the Clean Air Act.
NATURAL RESOURCES
HB 1518 Dutton
Relating to accountability for public school dropouts and students
at risk of dropping out of school and to the evaluation of school
campuses.
EDUCATION
HB 1529 Cook, Robby
Relating to the inspection of wildlife resources and devices used
to catch or hunt wildlife resources and to the cold storage of game
animals.
NATURAL RESOURCES
HB 1537 Dukes/ Thompson/ Chavez/ Morrison/ Pena
Relating to a fee for statues of Barbara Jordan and Cesar Chavez
and related scholarships at The University of Texas at Austin.
EDUCATION
HB 1544 Bonnen/ Flores/ Mercer/ Hope
Relating to a pilot project to allow select public junior colleges
to offer certain baccalaureate degrees.
SUBCOMMITTEE ON HIGHER EDUCATION
HB 1609 Riddle
Relating to administration of certain oaths by an employee of a
personal bond office.
CRIMINAL JUSTICE
HB 1614 Truitt/ Capelo/ Zedler/et al.
Relating to the reporting of medical errors and the establishment
of a patient safety program in hospitals, ambulatory surgical
centers, and mental hospitals.
HEALTH & HUMAN SERVICES
HB 1634 Hilderbran/ Denny
Relating to the ability of a court to maintain jurisdiction over a
person placed on community supervision who absconds.
CRIMINAL JUSTICE
HB 1670 Allen
Relating to medically recommended intensive supervision of certain
inmates of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice.
CRIMINAL JUSTICE
HB 1691 Phillips
Relating to use of the compensatory education allotment to fund
certain programs for students who have dyslexia or a related
disorder.
EDUCATION
HB 1695 Denny/ Madden/ Howard
Relating to certain election processes and procedures.
STATE AFFAIRS
HB 1723 Geren/ Zedler
Relating to the performance of asbestos surveys.
HEALTH & HUMAN SERVICES
HB 1736 Turner/ Naishtat
Relating to the review of the reimbursement methodology for and
resource needs of nursing facilities.
HEALTH & HUMAN SERVICES
HB 1744 Delisi/ Menendez/ Harper-Brown
Relating to prescription drug benefits under the group health
benefit programs for certain governmental employees and retired
employees.
STATE AFFAIRS
HB 1749 Hupp
Relating to the security provided for revenue bonds issued by the
Veterans' Land Board.
VETERAN AFFAIRS & MILITARY INSTALLATIONS
HB 1808 Hill
Relating to the regulation of tow trucks and to the authority of a
political subdivision of this state to regulate tow trucks;
providing penalties.
BUSINESS & COMMERCE
HB 1815 Goodman/ Wise
Relating to court-ordered representation in suits affecting the
parent-child relationship.
JURISPRUDENCE
HB 1817 Ritter
Relating to student fees at institutions in the Texas State
University System.
EDUCATION
HB 1839 Solomons/ Lewis/et al.
Relating to property in the custody of a pawnbroker; providing
criminal penalties.
BUSINESS & COMMERCE
HB 1840 Solomons/ Raymond/et al.
Relating to a fee established and set by the State Securities
Board.
BUSINESS & COMMERCE
HB 1872 Riddle
Relating to the prosecution of the offense of criminal trespass.
CRIMINAL JUSTICE
HB 1877 Hardcastle/ Christian/ Hughes/et al.
Relating to creating the rural physician relief program.
INTERGOVERNMENTAL RELATIONS
HB 1878 Dutton/ Hodge/ Chavez
Relating to the establishment of paternity and the establishment
and enforcement of child support and medical support for a child.
ADMINISTRATION
HB 1910 Talton
Relating to the exemption from ad valorem taxation of property
owned by a religious organization.
FINANCE
HB 1931 Capelo/ West, George "Buddy"/ Jones, Elizabeth/
Canales / Chisum
Relating to pipeline safety emergency response plans and the repeal
of the requirements governing notification of pipeline construction
and operation.
NATURAL RESOURCES
HB 1989 Ellis/ Cook, Byron
Relating to hunting and fishing stamps issued by the Parks and
Wildlife Department; providing a penalty.
NATURAL RESOURCES
HB 1997 Gutierrez/ West, George "Buddy"
Relating to the regulation of electric personal assistive mobility
devices.
INTERGOVERNMENTAL RELATIONS
HB 2002 Dutton/ Chavez
Relating to unexpended proceeds from the sale or license of
treatment programs developed by the Texas Youth Commission.
CRIMINAL JUSTICE
HB 2020 Farabee/ West, George "Buddy"/ Keffer, Jim/
Chisum / Canales/et al.
Relating to financial security requirements for certain persons
performing operations within the jurisdiction of the Railroad
Commission of Texas.
NATURAL RESOURCES
HB 2038 Lewis
Relating to entrance examinations for beginning positions in the
fire and police departments of certain municipalities.
INTERGOVERNMENTAL RELATIONS
HB 2053 Smith, Wayne
Relating to group health and related benefits provided by counties.
STATE AFFAIRS
SB 1943 Ellis, Rodney
Relating to the creation of the Montrose Museum Community Improvement
District; providing the authority to impose taxes and issue bonds.
INTERGOVERNMENTAL RELATIONS
SB 1944 Fraser
Relating to the creation, operation, administration, powers, duties, and
financing of the Temple Health and Bioscience Economic Development
District.
BUSINESS & COMMERCE
SCR 49 Lucio
Requesting the lieutenant governor and the speaker to create a joint
interim committee to study issues related to nutrition among Texas public
school children.
ADMINISTRATION
SJR 3 West
Proposing a constitutional amendment authorizing the governor to
grant pardons to persons who have received deferred adjudication.
CRIMINAL JUSTICE
THE FOLLOWING BILLS WERE REREFERRED:
HB 2132 Zedler/et al.
Relating to the subpoena authority of the Texas State Board of
Examiners of Psychologists.
REREFERRED FROM HEALTH & HUMAN SERVICES TO ADMINISTRATION
HB 2396 Corte
Relating to the administration of and insurance requirements for
certain Veterans' Land Board programs.
REREFERRED FROM VETERAN AFFAIRS & MILITARY INSTALLATIONS TO ADMINISTRAT
HB 2676 Hughes
Relating to the reporting duties of the attorney general.
REREFERRED FROM JURISPRUDENCE TO ADMINISTRATION