SENATE FLOOR ACTION
Wednesday
MAY 21, 2003
THE SENATE SUSPENDED ALL NECESSARY RULES TO CONSIDER AND FINALLY PASS:
SB 728 Staples
Relating to the benefits provided to the survivors of certain
public employees killed in the line of duty.
SB 954 Madla
Relating to the authority of a county to charge a fee for a plat
application.
SB 1219 Nelson
Relating to services provided to children with developmental delay.
SB 1930 Staples
Relating to the board of directors and the powers of the Lone Star
Groundwater Conservation District; validating certain actions and
proceedings of the district.
HB 9 Flores/ Corte/ Isett/ Allen/ Puente/et al.
SP: Shapiro
Relating to homeland security.
6 FLOOR AMENDMENTS
HB 11 Keel/ Gallego/ Jones, Elizabeth/ Berman/ Chavez/
et al. SP: Shapiro
Relating to the offense of terroristic threat and to the punishment
as a capital offense of murder occurring during the commission or
attempted commission of terroristic threat.
1 FLOOR AMENDMENT
HB 157 Krusee/ Mercer/ Gattis SP: Ogden
Relating to the powers and duties of a regional mobility authority.
1 FLOOR AMENDMENT
HB 261 Hupp/ Delisi/ Miller/ Riddle
SP: Fraser
Relating to the eligibility of armed forces personnel and their
family members to pay tuition and fees at the rate provided to
Texas residents.
1 FLOOR AMENDMENT
HB 292 Reyna/ Ritter/ Keel SP: Zaffirini
Relating to the taking of a specimen of a person's breath or blood
in connection with certain alcohol-related offenses.
HB 462 Gallego SP: Ellis, Rodney
Relating to the collection of a fee from certain nonresident
attorneys requesting permission to participate in proceedings in a
Texas court.
HB 845 Howard SP: Carona
Relating to a purchasing preference for Texas vendors.
1 FLOOR AMENDMENT
HB 887 Dutton SP: West
Relating to the award of attorney's fees and expenses in a suit
affecting the parent-child relationship.
HB 1460 Eiland/ Talton/ Bonnen/ Taylor/ Dawson
SP: Jackson
Relating to the appraisal of real property for ad valorem tax
purposes.
HB 1536 Reyna/ Goodman SP: Shapiro
Relating to certain communication with and access to a child
following termination of the parent-child relationship.
1 FLOOR AMENDMENT
HB 1701 Taylor/ Eissler SP: Jackson
Relating to providing a uniform limit on the population of a county
election precinct.
HB 2096 Pickett SP: Lucio
Relating to creation of an offense for transporting a person in
certain trailers and semitrailers.
2 FLOOR AMENDMENTS
HB 2493 Isett SP: Duncan
Relating to consideration of a bidder's principal place of business
in awarding certain municipal and school district contracts.
1 FLOOR AMENDMENT
HB 2940 McReynolds SP: Jackson
Relating to the funding of the administrative costs of the Texas
Environmental Education Partnership Fund Board.
THE SENATE SUSPENDED THE REGULAR ORDER, READ THIRD TIME, AND PASSED:
HB 15 Corte/ Wohlgemuth/ Laubenberg/et al.
SP: Williams
Relating to regulation of abortion; creating an offense.
HB 510 Woolley SP: Ogden
Relating to the issuance of special license plates for federal
administrative law judges.
1 FLOOR AMENDMENT
HB 804 Geren/ Seaman SP: Lindsay
Relating to the minimum wage.
THE SENATE ADOPTED THE FOLLOWING RESOLUTIONS:
SCR 58 Jackson
Extending sincere condolences to the bereaved family of the Honorable
Dean Neugent.
HCR 50 Lewis SP: Brimer
In memory of William Glenn Smiley, Jr., of Fort Worth.
HCR 52 Farabee SP: Estes
In memory of Minnie Rhea Wood of Wichita Falls.
HCR 53 Gallego/et al. SP: Ogden
In memory of James H. Copp.
HCR 71 Lewis SP: Brimer
Honoring Coach Robert Hughes of Dunbar High School for being the
most successful high school basketball coach in history.
HCR 82 Campbell/et al. SP: Barrientos
Memorializing Congress to increase Texas' share of revenue from the
federal fuel tax to 95 percent.
1 COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
HCR 127 Lewis SP: Brimer
In memory of Tarrence Leon White of Fort Worth.
HCR 128 Lewis SP: Brimer
Congratulating the Fort Worth Dunbar High School boys' basketball
team on winning the 2003 UIL Class 4A state championship.
HCR 149 Farabee SP: Estes
Honoring Purple Heart recipient James Virdell of Wichita Falls.
HCR 160 Lewis SP: Brimer
Congratulating the Everman High School boys' basketball team on
winning the 2003 UIL Class 3A state championship.
THE SENATE CONCURRED IN HOUSE AMENDMENTS TO THE FOLLOWING:
SB 146 Estes/et al. SP: Phillips
Relating to procedural and registration requirements for certain
sex offenders who seek to change their names.
SB 165 Carona/et al. SP: Jones, Jesse/et al.
Relating to the authority of certain law enforcement agencies to
remove certain personal property from a roadway or right-of-way.
SB 197 Staples SP: Howard
Relating to the challenge of a voter's registration.
SB 252 Staples SP: Flynn
Relating to the registration of mortgage bankers.
SB 285 Nelson SP: Chisum
Relating to the administration and functions of the Texas
Department of Human Services.
SB 693 Gallegos/et al. SP: Eiland
Relating to the use of flame effects and pyrotechnics before an
assembly; providing a penalty.
SB 1265 Armbrister SP: Capelo
Relating to prosecution of environmental crimes.
SB 1331 Ratliff SP: Callegari
Relating to procurement procedures for construction-related
services for public school districts, institutions of higher
education, and the Texas Building and Procurement Commission.
SB 1726 Lindsay SP: Van Arsdale
Relating to the creation of the Cy-Fair Community Improvement
District; providing authority to impose a tax and issue bonds.
SB 1887 Janek SP: Nixon
Relating to the board of directors and the powers and duties of the
Westchase Area Management District.
SB 1895 Ellis, Rodney SP: Coleman
Relating to the duration of a lease for municipal civic center
property.
THE SENATE REFUSED TO CONCUR IN HOUSE AMENDMENTS AND REQUESTED
THE APPOINTMENT OF A CONFERENCE COMMITTEE ON THE FOLLOWING:
SB 277 Ellis, Rodney SP: Chisum/et al.
Relating to the continuation and functions of the Texas Board of
Professional Engineers and to the regulation of the practice of
engineering.
SB 279 Jackson SP: Solomons/et al.
Relating to the continuation and functions of the Texas Department
of Licensing and Regulation, including certain functions
transferred to the department from the Texas Department of
Insurance and the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality and
including certain functions transferred from the department to the
Department of Public Safety.
SB 340 Staples/et al. SP: Hill
Relating to the rendition of property for ad valorem tax purposes;
providing civil penalties.
SB 827 Whitmire SP: Keel
Relating to creating offenses for abandoning or endangering an
elderly individual or disabled individual and for failing to
provide certain care for a child, elderly individual, or disabled
individual.
SB 1010 West SP: Giddings/et al.
Relating to public and common nuisances; providing a penalty.
THE SENATE CONFIRMED ALL NOMINEES AS REPORTED BY THE
COMMITTEE ON NOMINATIONS BY A VOTE OF 31 AYES AND 0 NAYS.
THE FOLLOWING BILL WAS REFERRED TO THE COMMITTEE INDICATED:
SB 1956 Ellis, Rodney
Relating to the creation of the Fourth Ward Management District; providing
the authority to impose taxes and issue bonds.
INTERGOVERNMENTAL RELATIONS