SENATE FLOOR ACTION




                                  Friday
                               May 16, 2003

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


SB 503 (LC)        Ogden
Relating to the provision of certain higher education information
to the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board and to the public.

SB 1127 (CS)(LC)    Van de Putte
Relating to the creation of a coaching education program by the San
Antonio Life Sciences Institute.

SB 1176 (CS)(LC)    Harris/et al.
Relating to the regulation of roofing contractors; providing
penalties.
2 FLOOR AMENDMENTS

SB 1192 (CS)        Carona
Relating to the operation of the Texas Property and Casualty
Insurance Guaranty Association.

SB 1275 (CS)        Armbrister
Relating to the revocation of permits for certain landfill
facilities.

SB 1414 (CS)        Deuell/et al.
Relating to certain diseases or illnesses suffered by certain
emergency first responders.
3 FLOOR AMENDMENTS

SB 1708 (A)(LC)     Wentworth
Relating to the repurchase of real property acquired by a
governmental entity through eminent domain.
1 FLOOR AMENDMENT

SB 1778 (CS)        Ogden/et al.
Relating to the authority of a higher education authority or
nonprofit instrumentality exercising the powers of a higher
education authority to acquire, own, and operate facilities, to
issue and execute bonds and other obligations, and to use the
proceeds of those obligations for authorized purposes.

HB 4 (CS)        Nixon/ Allen/ Capelo/ Woolley/ Cook, Robby/et al.
                      SP: Ratliff
Relating to reform of certain procedures and remedies in civil
actions.
8 FLOOR AMENDMENTS

THE SENATE SUSPENDED THE REGULAR ORDER, READ SECOND TIME, AND PASSED
TO ENGROSSMENT:


HJR 3             Nixon/et al.               SP: Nelson
Proposing a constitutional amendment concerning civil lawsuits
against doctors and health care providers, and other actions,
authorizing the legislature to determine limitations on
non-economic damages.

THE FOLLOWING BILLS WERE REFERRED TO THE COMMITTEE INDICATED:


HB 397             Mowery
Relating to the procedure for the issuance by a municipality or
county of certain certificates of obligation.
INTERGOVERNMENTAL RELATIONS

HB 796             Delisi/ West, George "Buddy"/ Castro
Relating to repealing the Texas Academic Skills Program and
establishing the Success Initiative.
EDUCATION

HB 2554             Smith, Wayne/ Eiland/et al.
Relating to the application of new requirements for commercial
nonhazardous industrial solid waste landfill facilities to be
adopted by the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality.
NATURAL RESOURCES

HB 3546             Hamric/ Davis, Yvonne/ Luna/ Gutierrez/ Mowery/
                      et al.
Relating to the exemption from ad valorem taxation of certain
property used to provide low-income or moderate-income housing.
INTERGOVERNMENTAL RELATIONS

SB 1953             Van de Putte/et al.
Relating to the criminal consequences of conduct that involves the
trafficking of persons; providing penalties.
CRIMINAL JUSTICE

SB 1954             Ratliff
Relating to a requirement that the Bureau of Economic Geology of The
University of Texas at Austin conduct a study of the East Texas Oil Field.
NATURAL RESOURCES

SB 1955             Ratliff
Relating to the Red River Redevelopment Authority; providing the power of
eminent domain and the power to issue bonds.
INTERGOVERNMENTAL RELATIONS

THE FOLLOWING BILL WAS REREFERRED:


HB 2004             Marchant/et al.
Relating to allowing the commissioners court of certain counties to
deliberate in a closed meeting regarding business and financial
considerations of a contract being negotiated.
REREFERRED FROM STATE AFFAIRS TO INTERGOVERNMENTAL RELATIONS