SENATE FLOOR ACTION
Monday
May 26, 2003
THE SENATE SUSPENDED ALL NECESSARY RULES TO CONSIDER AND FINALLY PASS:
HJR 68 Hupp/ Hunter/ Miller/ Delisi/ Berman
SP: Fraser
Proposing a constitutional amendment authorizing the Veterans' Land
Board to make certain payments on revenue bonds and to use assets
in certain funds to provide for veterans homes.
1 FLOOR AMENDMENT
HB 21 Corte/ Laubenberg SP: Nelson
Relating to admission to and discharge from facilities for
voluntary inpatient mental health services for persons younger than
18 years of age.
HB 54 Wolens/ Denny/ Madden/et al.
SP: Shapiro
Relating to certain early voting by mail procedures and to the
prevention of voting fraud generally; providing criminal penalties.
HB 212 Keel/ Baxter/ Stick/ Naishtat/ Dukes/et al.
SP: Wentworth
Relating to the regulation of political signs by a municipality.
1 FLOOR AMENDMENT
HB 329 Naishtat/ Seaman/ Raymond/ Madden/ Menendez/et al.
SP: Fraser
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.
3 FLOOR AMENDMENTS
HB 335 Hamric/et al. SP: Lindsay
Relating to the public sale of certain real property; providing
penalties.
HB 562 McCall/ Raymond/ Allen/et al.
SP: Duncan
Relating to the collection and maintenance of DNA samples taken
from certain offenders.
HB 567 Berman SP: Deuell
Relating to the expulsion of a public school student who commits
certain criminal acts against another student.
HB 724 Hochberg SP: Jackson
Relating to civil liability of alcoholic beverage providers for
providing alcoholic beverages to certain individuals.
HB 728 Delisi SP: Duncan
Relating to the continuous eligibility of certain children for
medical assistance benefits.
HB 803 Geren SP: Duncan
Relating to the authority of political subdivisions to exercise the
power of eminent domain to acquire rights to water and the
assessment of damages in condemnation proceedings initiated for
that purpose.
HB 1020 Villarreal SP: Zaffirini
Relating to the promotion of dependent care benefits for employees.
1 FLOOR AMENDMENT
HB 1338 Taylor SP: Averitt
Relating to the amount of homeowners insurance or other residential
property insurance required in connection with certain financing
arrangements.
HB 1387 Hamric SP: Lindsay
Relating to the regulation of on-premise signs in certain counties.
1 FLOOR AMENDMENT
HB 1518 Dutton SP: West
Relating to accountability for public school dropouts and students
at risk of dropping out of school and to the evaluation of school
campuses.
1 FLOOR AMENDMENT
HB 1619 Laubenberg/ Paxton SP: Estes
Relating to tuition payments by certain school districts.
HB 1670 Allen SP: Whitmire
Relating to medically recommended intensive supervision of certain
inmates of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice and to the
release pending deportation of certain inmates of the department.
HB 1699 Kuempel SP: Averitt
Relating to the liability of certain highway, road, and street
contractors.
HB 1882 Deshotel/et al. SP: Lucio
Relating to incentives for certain high schools and high school
students to participate in the Early High School Graduation
Scholarship program.
1 FLOOR AMENDMENT
HB 2071 Pitts SP: Averitt
Relating to variances granted by the Commission on Jail Standards.
1 FLOOR AMENDMENT
HB 2185 Geren/ Zedler SP: Brimer
Relating to the issuance of a certificate of death by catastrophe.
HB 2300 Gallego SP: Madla
Relating to the regulation of certain water wells by the Jeff Davis
County Underground Water Conservation District.
HB 2320 Flores SP: Lucio
Relating to administration by the Texas Department of Agriculture
of quarantined articles.
HB 2377 Hill SP: Ogden
Relating to the transfer of property under the jurisdiction of the
Texas Department of Transportation.
1 FLOOR AMENDMENT
HB 2518 Dawson SP: Jackson
Relating to the kinds of contracts of the Brazoria County
Conservation and Reclamation District Number Three that are subject
to competitive bidding.
HB 2529 Madden SP: Estes
Relating to providing a grace period for enforcement actions
against a small water supply, sewer, wastewater treatment, or solid
waste disposal service being integrated into a regional service.
1 FLOOR AMENDMENT
HB 2540 Menendez SP: Van de Putte
Relating to granting a defense base development authority the power
of eminent domain.
1 FLOOR AMENDMENT
HB 2622 Allen SP: Deuell
Relating to certain governmental agency and private entity access
to and use of criminal history record information maintained by the
Department of Public Safety.
1 FLOOR AMENDMENT
HB 2703 Bailey/ Paxton/ Dutton/ Keel/ Flynn
SP: Gallegos
Relating to the testing of certain physical evidence, crime
laboratory accreditation, and the admissibility of evidence
examined or tested by a crime laboratory.
HB 3175 Pitts SP: Bivins
Relating to the authority of the comptroller of public accounts to
manage cash flow by transferring available cash between funds in
the custody or under the management of the comptroller; making an
appropriation.
1 FLOOR AMENDMENT
HB 3304 Guillen SP: Zaffirini
Relating to the appointment and duties of an associate judge in the
229th Judicial District.
1 FLOOR AMENDMENT
HB 3517 Gallego SP: Madla
Relating to certain correctional facilities that house only federal
prisoners.
HB 3561 Bonnen SP: Jackson
Relating to public works contracts of the Angleton-Danbury Hospital
District.
HB 3605 Keffer, Jim SP: Averitt
Relating to the jurisdiction of a county court at law in Hood
County.
THE SENATE ADOPTED THE FOLLOWING RESOLUTIONS:
SR 952 Bivins
Suspending limitations on conference committee jurisdiction on
H.B. No. 1567.
SCR 57 Bivins
Extending sincere condolences to the bereaved family of Stanley Allen
Wiley.
HCR 9 Gallego SP: Madla
In memory of Amaro Cardona of Uvalde.
THE SENATE CONCURRED IN HOUSE AMENDMENTS TO THE FOLLOWING:
SB 407 Deuell SP: Harper-Brown
Relating to the liability of a governmental unit in the absence of
a contract for fire or emergency services.
SB 745 Williams SP: Hope
Relating to the creation, administration, powers, duties,
operation, and financing of the East Montgomery County Municipal
Utility District No. 4.
SB 1429 Averitt SP: Flynn
Relating to certain agreements offered in connection with a loan.
SB 1526 Brimer SP: McCall
Relating to collection and use of information in connection with
licensing regarding a retail installment transaction involving a
motor vehicle.
THE SENATE GRANTED THE REQUEST FOR THE APPOINTMENT OF A CONFERENCE
COMMITTEE ON THE FOLLOWING:
HB 638 Chisum SP: Armbrister
Relating to emissions reductions incentives and the emissions
reductions incentives account.
THE FOLLOWING BILL WAS REFERRED TO THE COMMITTEE INDICATED:
HCR 206 Bonnen/ Capelo
Directing the TCEQ to implement changes adopted by EPA in 2002
relating to the review of sources of air contaminants.
NATURAL RESOURCES