SENATE FLOOR ACTION
Friday
May 9, 2003
THE SENATE SUSPENDED ALL NECESSARY RULES TO CONSIDER AND FINALLY PASS:
SJR 13 (CS) Ellis, Rodney
Proposing a constitutional amendment relating to the use of income
and appreciation of the permanent school fund.
3 FLOOR AMENDMENTS
SB 56 (CS)(LC) Zaffirini
Relating to the creation of comprehensive access points for health
care.
SB 206 (CS) Ellis, Rodney
Relating to the composition of the permanent school fund and the
available school fund and to transfers from the permanent school
fund to the available school fund.
SB 688 West
Relating to the boards of trustees of certain school districts.
SB 963 Shapleigh/et al.
Relating to an international trade corridor plan.
SB 970 Shapleigh
Relating to the sale or transport of certain desert plants;
providing a penalty.
SB 1007 (A)(LC) West
Relating to student eligibility for a TEXAS grant based on
preliminary high school transcripts.
2 COMMITTEE AMENDMENTS
SB 1297 (CS)(LC) Ogden
Relating to financing authority for certain institutions of higher
education for facilities.
1 FLOOR AMENDMENT
SB 1743 (LC) Zaffirini
Relating to medical assistance in certain alternative
community-based care settings.
SB 1903 Fraser
Relating to the creation and authority of municipal development
districts.
HB 1022 Eissler/et al. SP: Williams
Relating to employment status and contract entitlements of public
school educators who fail to obtain appropriate certification.
1 COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
1 FLOOR AMENDMENT
THE SENATE SUSPENDED THE REGULAR ORDER, READ THIRD TIME, AND PASSED:
SB 1014 (LC) Wentworth
Relating to the regulation of the subdivision of land under the
jurisdiction of counties.
2 FLOOR AMENDMENTS
THE SENATE ADOPTED THE FOLLOWING RESOLUTIONS:
HCR 10 Branch SP: Carona
Honoring the wrestling team of St. Mark's School of Texas in Dallas
on its 500th dual meet win.
THE SENATE CONCURRED IN HOUSE AMENDMENTS TO THE FOLLOWING:
SB 40 Zaffirini SP: Capelo
Relating to an immunization education program established by the
Texas Department of Health.
SB 83 Wentworth/et al. SP: Branch/et al.
Relating to pledges of allegiance to the United States and Texas
flags and to observance of one minute of silence in public schools.
SB 324 Armbrister SP: Marchant
Relating to the exemption of certain persons from regulation as a
credit services organization.
SB 358 Shapiro SP: Goodman
Relating to the jurisdiction of constitutional county courts over
truancy cases and the appointment of magistrates to hear truancy
cases in certain counties.
SB 378 Armbrister SP: Kolkhorst
Relating to the listing of a business location of certain
businesses in a telephone directory or database.
SB 408 Deuell SP: Cook, Robby
Relating to the punishment for the offense of terroristic threat.
SB 558 Madla/et al. SP: Hardcastle/et al.
Relating to immigration visa waivers for physicians.
SB 640 West SP: Nixon
Relating to notice to the State of Texas of a claim against the
School Land Board.
SB 641 West SP: Turner
Relating to presumptions for state land records.
SB 749 Madla SP: Lewis
Relating to continuing education requirements for certain court
clerks.
SB 850 Lindsay SP: Taylor
Relating to allowing local governments and school districts to
prohibit contracts or other transactions with delinquent taxpayers.
SB 984 Wentworth SP: Dukes
Relating to excepting certain governmental bodies from deliberating
in an open meeting certain matters that involve the medical or
psychiatric records of an individual.
SB 1564 Madla SP: Casteel
Relating to records and proceedings held in auxiliary facilities
outside certain county seats.
SB 1666 Averitt SP: Flynn
Relating to the definition of a financial institution for purposes
of law governing savings banks.
SB 1667 Averitt SP: Flynn
Relating to obtaining criminal history record information on an
applicant for or holder of a mortgage broker or loan officer
license.
THE SENATE REFUSED TO CONCUR IN HOUSE AMENDMENTS AND REQUESTED
THE APPOINTMENT OF A CONFERENCE COMMITTEE ON THE FOLLOWING:
SB 521 Staples/et al. SP: Hardcastle/et al.
Relating to the acquisition and regulation of manufactured homes;
providing penalties.
SB 716 Lindsay SP: Eiland
Relating to causeways, bridges, tunnels, turnpikes, and highways in
certain counties bordering the Gulf of Mexico and in adjacent
counties.
SB 718 Madla SP: McReynolds
Relating to the practice and regulatory environment for registered
nurses and licensed vocational nurses.
SB 880 Whitmire SP: Capelo
Relating to the time allowed for disposition of certain charges
regarding a violation of parole or other forms of release from
prison.
THE SENATE GRANTED THE REQUEST FOR THE APPOINTMENT OF A CONFERENCE
COMMITTEE ON THE FOLLOWING:
HB 1365 Bonnen/ Ritter/ Chisum/ Luna/ Hochberg/et al.
SP: Harris
Relating to the Texas emissions reduction plan.
THE FOLLOWING BILLS WERE REFERRED TO THE COMMITTEE INDICATED:
HB 249 Goolsby/ Wohlgemuth
Relating to the returned check fee collected by a county clerk.
INTERGOVERNMENTAL RELATIONS
HB 469 Berman
Relating to the placement in a juvenile justice alternative
education program of certain students with disabilities.
EDUCATION
HB 494 Jones, Jesse/ Casteel
Relating to security fees in certain civil and criminal cases.
JURISPRUDENCE
HB 532 Giddings
Relating to creating the offense of improper sexual relations
between employees of a public or private primary or secondary
school and certain students.
CRIMINAL JUSTICE
HB 573 Hunter
Relating to the Texas Legislative Medal of Honor and other state
military awards.
VETERAN AFFAIRS & MILITARY INSTALLATIONS
HB 577 King
Relating to the service area of the Weatherford College District.
EDUCATION
HB 599 Chisum/ Gallego/ Solomons/ Dunnam/ Wise/et al.
Relating to the continuation and functions of the State Bar of
Texas and to the practice of law in the state.
GOVERNMENT ORGANIZATION
HB 638 Chisum
Relating to emissions reductions incentives and the emissions
reductions incentives account.
NATURAL RESOURCES
HB 722 Guillen/et al.
Relating to the powers of the commissioners court in certain
counties that have no incorporated municipality.
INTERGOVERNMENTAL RELATIONS
HB 749 Smithee
Relating to the issuance of Air Force Association license plates.
INFRASTRUCTURE DEVELOPMENT AND SECURITY
HB 820 Grusendorf
Relating to the eligibility of certain appellate judges to retire
with full benefits.
JURISPRUDENCE
HB 875 Menendez
Relating to peace officers commissioned by the State Board of
Dental Examiners.
CRIMINAL JUSTICE
HB 924 Eiland
Relating to extending the boundaries of the Galveston County
Navigation District No. 1.
NATURAL RESOURCES
HB 942 Chisum/ Rose
Relating to certain bond requirements for persons engaged in
certain activities under the jurisdiction of the Railroad
Commission of Texas other than the ownership or operation of wells.
NATURAL RESOURCES
HB 943 Krusee
Relating to vehicles eligible for conservation license plates
supporting the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department.
INFRASTRUCTURE DEVELOPMENT AND SECURITY
HB 1036 Ritter/et al.
Relating to the confidentiality of certain reports of criminal
activity and to immunity from civil liability for certain persons
making or receiving those reports.
CRIMINAL JUSTICE
HB 1087 Olivo
Relating to longevity pay for county jailers employed by certain
sheriff's departments.
INTERGOVERNMENTAL RELATIONS
HB 1129 Farrar
Relating to enforcement of certain types of restrictions in certain
municipalities.
INTERGOVERNMENTAL RELATIONS
HB 1338 Taylor
Relating to the amount of homeowners insurance or other residential
property insurance required in connection with certain financing
arrangements.
BUSINESS & COMMERCE
HB 1387 Hamric
Relating to the regulation of on-premise signs in certain counties.
INTERGOVERNMENTAL RELATIONS
HB 1422 Jones, Jesse
Relating to a lost, stolen, or destroyed motor vehicle inspection
certificate.
INFRASTRUCTURE DEVELOPMENT AND SECURITY
HB 1460 Eiland/ Talton/ Bonnen/ Taylor/ Dawson
Relating to the appraisal of real property for ad valorem tax
purposes.
INTERGOVERNMENTAL RELATIONS
HB 1538 Chisum/ Gallego/ Solomons/ Dunnam/ McClendon/
et al.
Relating to the continuation and functions of the Texas Funeral
Service Commission, including certain functions transferred to the
commission from the Texas Department of Health, and the powers and
duties of the Texas Finance Commission and the banking commissioner
of Texas regarding cemeteries; providing administrative and civil
penalties.
GOVERNMENT ORGANIZATION
HB 1583 Gallego
Relating to the regulation of political contributions to certain
judicial candidates.
JURISPRUDENCE
HB 1594 West, George "Buddy"
Relating to requirements for emergency response plans relating to
pipeline safety.
NATURAL RESOURCES
HB 1619 Laubenberg/ Paxton
Relating to tuition payments by certain school districts.
EDUCATION
HB 1622 Flores/ Eissler
Relating to special license plates for passenger cars and light
trucks owned by or used for the transportation of veterans with
disabilities.
INFRASTRUCTURE DEVELOPMENT AND SECURITY
HB 1633 Hilderbran
Relating to donation of certain surplus school district property to
preserve the property.
ADMINISTRATION
HB 1653 Chavez/et al.
Relating to approval of the construction of a bridge over the Rio
Grande.
INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS AND TRADE
HB 1702 Taylor
Relating to the sale and subsequent lease of property by certain
counties.
ADMINISTRATION
HB 1730 Hamric
Relating to the leasing and contracting powers of a port authority
or navigation district.
ADMINISTRATION
HB 1733 Hamric
Relating to certain records kept by persons who weigh cargo
transported by commercial motor vehicles.
INFRASTRUCTURE DEVELOPMENT AND SECURITY
HB 1765 Smith, Wayne
Relating to requiring financial assurance as a condition of issuing
a permit or registration to haulers of certain solid wastes.
NATURAL RESOURCES
HB 1773 Smith, Wayne
Relating to municipal requirements for junked vehicles.
INTERGOVERNMENTAL RELATIONS
HB 1797 Farabee
Relating to group and blanket accident and health insurance.
STATE AFFAIRS
HB 1798 Farabee
Relating to health maintenance organizations.
STATE AFFAIRS
HB 1799 Farabee
Relating to group life insurance.
STATE AFFAIRS
HB 1800 Farabee
Relating to health maintenance organizations.
STATE AFFAIRS
HB 1838 Thompson
Relating to the prosecution of the offense of insurance fraud;
providing a penalty.
CRIMINAL JUSTICE
HB 1873 Riddle
Relating to the placement of signs on certain public rights-of-way.
INTERGOVERNMENTAL RELATIONS
HB 1875 Wise
Relating to the water infrastructure fund, rural water assistance
fund, rural community water and wastewater loan fund, and colonia
self-help account, and to certain notes and bonds of water
districts.
ADMINISTRATION
HB 1945 Hartnett
Relating to certain fees collected by clerks of county courts and
statutory county courts.
JURISPRUDENCE
HB 2029 Miller
Relating to the powers and duties of the Hamilton County Hospital
District with respect to the issuance of bonds.
INTERGOVERNMENTAL RELATIONS
HB 2044 McReynolds
Relating to the powers and duties of the General Land Office and
the accounting and disposition of state-owned real property.
NATURAL RESOURCES
HB 2063 Bohac
Relating to the employees affected by certain county grievance
procedures.
INTERGOVERNMENTAL RELATIONS
HB 2076 Casteel
Relating to the hotel occupancy tax imposed by certain counties.
INTERGOVERNMENTAL RELATIONS
HB 2085 Campbell
Relating to the availability of bilingual clerks for an election.
STATE AFFAIRS
HB 2129 Chisum/ Eissler/ Howard/ McReynolds/ Solis
Relating to the issuance of Space Shuttle Columbia license plates
to benefit the Aviation and Space Foundation of Texas.
INFRASTRUCTURE DEVELOPMENT AND SECURITY
HB 2147 Gattis
Relating to the filing of a late application for a residence
homestead exemption from ad valorem taxation.
INTERGOVERNMENTAL RELATIONS
HB 2242 Smith, Wayne
Relating to notice sent by a local government after a mandatory
pre-bid conference.
ADMINISTRATION
HB 2252 Flores
Relating to exemptions for certain individuals from cost recovery
actions and liens placed on homesteads by the Texas Commission on
Environmental Quality.
NATURAL RESOURCES
HB 2299 Edwards
Relating to the issuance of Texas Juneteenth special license
plates.
INFRASTRUCTURE DEVELOPMENT AND SECURITY
HB 2313 Krusee
Relating to the issuance of obligations for public improvements.
INTERGOVERNMENTAL RELATIONS
HB 2377 Hill
Relating to the transfer of property under the jurisdiction of the
Texas Department of Transportation.
INFRASTRUCTURE DEVELOPMENT AND SECURITY
HB 2386 Hill/ Alonzo/ Marchant/ Hodge/ Harper-Brown
Relating to the authority of certain municipalities or counties to
impose a facility use tax to finance venue projects.
INTERGOVERNMENTAL RELATIONS
HB 2414 McCall
Relating to an exemption from the sales tax for nonvehicular fuel
cells.
FINANCE
HB 2453 Kolkhorst
Relating to the definition of a hospital district management
contractor.
INTERGOVERNMENTAL RELATIONS
HB 2472 Callegari
Relating to the issuance of Knights of Columbus license plates.
INFRASTRUCTURE DEVELOPMENT AND SECURITY
HB 2493 Isett
Relating to consideration of a bidder's principal place of business
in awarding certain municipal and school district contracts.
ADMINISTRATION
HB 2500 Harper-Brown
Relating to the enforcement of fares imposed for the use of certain
public transportation systems; providing penalties.
INFRASTRUCTURE DEVELOPMENT AND SECURITY
HB 2582 Jones, Elizabeth/ Wilson/ Oliveira/ Hilderbran/
Hunter
Relating to the development and implementation of a Texas music
compact disc project by the Texas Commission on the Arts.
ADMINISTRATION
HB 2588 Goodman
Relating to certain fees and costs that may be collected and to
certain attorney's fees and costs that may be imposed in relation
to certain child support matters.
JURISPRUDENCE
HB 2609 Coleman/ Naishtat
Relating to the establishment of mental health court programs.
HEALTH & HUMAN SERVICES
HB 2662 Puente
Relating to the authority of a municipality to sell a water or
sewer system without an election.
NATURAL RESOURCES
HB 2678 Hartnett
Relating to authorization for a payroll deduction to be made from a
county employee's wages or salary.
INTERGOVERNMENTAL RELATIONS
HB 2679 Hartnett
Relating to the authority of a guardian of the person of a ward to
transport the ward to an inpatient mental health facility and file
for emergency detention under certain circumstances and to consent
to the administration of certain medication.
ADMINISTRATION
HB 2692 Guillen
Relating to a pilot program to promote and facilitate the operation
of diabetes groups.
HEALTH & HUMAN SERVICES
HB 2701 Keffer, Jim
Relating to the provision of fire prevention and safety education.
BUSINESS & COMMERCE
HB 2764 Garza
Relating to the authority of certain municipal hospital authorities
to borrow money.
INTERGOVERNMENTAL RELATIONS
HB 2765 Dukes
Relating to the purchase of certain wireless communication devices
by state agencies.
ADMINISTRATION
HB 2785 Eiland/ Dawson/ Bonnen/ Seaman/ Luna
Relating to the promotion and marketing of the shrimp industry of
this state, the funding of those activities, and certain health and
safety requirements for shrimp for human consumption.
SUBCOMMITTEE ON AGRICULTURE
HB 2799 Thompson
Relating to the application of the Uniform Municipal Courts of
Record Act.
INTERGOVERNMENTAL RELATIONS
HB 2829 Luna
Relating to supplemental pay for certain Department of Public
Safety officers who are proficient in a second language.
CRIMINAL JUSTICE
HB 2905 Phillips
Relating to the granting of variances to certain requirements
concerning specific information logo signs, major agricultural
interest signs, and major shopping area guide signs.
INFRASTRUCTURE DEVELOPMENT AND SECURITY
HB 2924 Geren
Relating to the addition of territory to a public improvement
district.
INTERGOVERNMENTAL RELATIONS
HB 2937 Phillips
Relating to the creation of the office of criminal district
attorney of Grayson County and to the abolition of the office of
county attorney of Grayson County.
JURISPRUDENCE
HB 2952 Kuempel
Relating to the authority of a joint county and municipal hospital
to borrow money.
ADMINISTRATION
HB 2961 Krusee
Relating to the use of municipal hotel occupancy taxes by certain
municipalities.
INTERGOVERNMENTAL RELATIONS
HB 2971 Harper-Brown
Relating to certain license plates issued by the Texas Department
of Transportation.
INFRASTRUCTURE DEVELOPMENT AND SECURITY
HB 3028 Moreno, Joe E.
Relating to certain purchasing contracts of certain navigation
districts and port authorities.
NATURAL RESOURCES
HB 3030 Van Arsdale/ Baxter
Relating to notice of groundwater contamination that may affect a
drinking water well.
NATURAL RESOURCES
HB 3070 Casteel
Relating to reimbursement for expenses incurred by jurors.
JURISPRUDENCE
HB 3102 Garza
Relating to the fiscal year of the Maverick County Hospital
District.
INTERGOVERNMENTAL RELATIONS
HB 3109 Keffer, Bill
Relating to physician and health care provider panels of
independent review organizations.
STATE AFFAIRS
HB 3174 Pitts
Relating to the requirement to submit a health certificate to
obtain a license to practice cosmetology.
HEALTH & HUMAN SERVICES
HB 3191 Uresti
Relating to the issuance of special license plates benefiting Los
Compadres de San Antonio Missions National Historical Park.
INFRASTRUCTURE DEVELOPMENT AND SECURITY
HB 3193 Uresti
Relating to the delegation of certain acts by dentists.
HEALTH & HUMAN SERVICES
HB 3214 Cook, Robby
Relating to the fees of office payable to directors of certain
general and special law districts.
NATURAL RESOURCES
HB 3237 Smith, Todd
Relating to the payment of retirement benefits to retirees of the
Teacher Retirement System of Texas who are employed as substitute
teachers and in other public school positions in the same month.
STATE AFFAIRS
HB 3304 Guillen
Relating to the appointment and duties of a judicial master in the
229th Judicial District.
JURISPRUDENCE
HB 3322 Keffer, Jim
Relating to the creation of an appellate judicial system for the
Eleventh Court of Appeals District.
JURISPRUDENCE
HB 3371 Garza
Relating to hospital and medical care required to be provided by
the Maverick County Hospital District.
INTERGOVERNMENTAL RELATIONS
HB 3384 Hartnett
Relating to associate judges appointed by certain district courts
in Dallas County.
JURISPRUDENCE
HB 3460 Pitts
Relating to regulation of the practice of cosmetology.
HEALTH & HUMAN SERVICES
HB 3468 Geren
Relating to the irrigation of agricultural land on prison property.
CRIMINAL JUSTICE
HB 3491 Raymond/ Baxter
Relating to use of certain 9-1-1 fees and surcharges in certain
counties.
ADMINISTRATION
HB 3503 Hartnett
Relating to exculpatory clauses in trusts.
JURISPRUDENCE
HB 3520 Lewis
Relating to the composition of a bail bond board.
CRIMINAL JUSTICE
HB 3555 Thompson
Relating to the creation of the Harris County Road Improvement
District No. 2; providing authority to impose a tax and issue
bonds.
ADMINISTRATION
HB 3559 Gattis
Relating to the creation, administration, powers, duties,
operation, and financing of the Williamson County Municipal Utility
District No. 13.
NATURAL RESOURCES
HB 3560 Gattis
Relating to the creation, administration, powers, duties,
operation, and financing of the Williamson County Municipal Utility
District No. 12.
NATURAL RESOURCES
HB 3561 Bonnen
Relating to public works contracts of the Angleton-Danbury Hospital
District.
INTERGOVERNMENTAL RELATIONS
HB 3563 Hegar
Relating to the creation of the Waller County Road Improvement
District No. 1; providing authority to impose a tax and issue
bonds.
NATURAL RESOURCES
HB 3564 Eissler
Relating to the creation of the Montgomery County Road Improvement
District No. 1; providing authority to impose a tax and issue
bonds.
INFRASTRUCTURE DEVELOPMENT AND SECURITY
HB 3592 West, George "Buddy"
Relating to the creation of the Downtown Midland Management
District; providing authority to impose taxes and issue bonds.
INTERGOVERNMENTAL RELATIONS
HB 3603 Smith, Todd
Relating to the appointment or election of judges of municipal
courts of record in the City of Bedford.
JURISPRUDENCE
HCR 103 Eiland/ Solis/ Deshotel/ Seaman/ Bonnen/et al.
Memorializing the United States government to improve the enforcement of
food import restrictions on seafood imports.
HEALTH & HUMAN SERVICES
HCR 156 Noriega/ Alonzo
Memorializing congress to enact the Citizenship For America's Troops Act
to allow citizenship through service in the U.S. Armed Forces.
VETERAN AFFAIRS & MILITARY INSTALLATIONS
HJR 85 Homer/et al.
Proposing a constitutional amendment to allow wineries in this
state to manufacture, sell, and dispense certain wine.
BUSINESS & COMMERCE
SB 1949 Harris
Relating to the cancer registry.
HEALTH & HUMAN SERVICES
THE FOLLOWING BILL WAS REREFERRED:
HB 1887 Morrison/ Chavez/ Mercer
Relating to funds received by institutions of higher education to
cover overhead expenses of conducting research.
REREFERRED FROM SUBCOMMITTEE ON HIGHER EDUCATION TO EDUCATION
THE FOLLOWING BILL WAS RECOMMITTED:
HB 1378 (LC) Geren SP: Duncan
Relating to certain duties and information regarding water
development matters in the state.
RECOMMITTED TO THE COMMITTEE ON NATURAL RESOURCES