BILLS REFERRED TODAY
JANUARY 30, 2003
SB 151 Jackson
Relating to the recognition of foreign adoptions and the issuance
of a supplementary birth certificate.
JURISPRUDENCE
SB 152 Lindsay
Relating to the application of the open meetings law and the public
information law to meetings and information regarding certain
response plans of a municipal hospital or hospital district.
STATE AFFAIRS
SB 153 Zaffirini
Relating to the name, composition, and continuation of the work
group created for implementation of the voucher payment program for
certain persons with disabilities.
HEALTH & HUMAN SERVICES
SB 154 West
Relating to the funding of convention center hotel facilities in
certain municipalities.
FINANCE
SB 155 Zaffirini/et al.
Relating to the protection of public freshwater areas; providing a
penalty.
NATURAL RESOURCES
SB 156 Nelson
Relating to the regulation of cloning of human beings; providing
penalties.
JURISPRUDENCE
SB 157 Gallegos
Relating to the sale or lease of certain school district real
property in certain school districts.
EDUCATION
SB 158 Nelson
Relating to limiting liability of physicians and health care
providers for charitable care.
STATE AFFAIRS
SB 159 Nelson
Relating to standard physician contract forms for use in managed
care plans.
STATE AFFAIRS
SB 160 Nelson
Relating to human organ donation education and distribution.
HEALTH & HUMAN SERVICES
SB 161 Nelson
Relating to the regulation and enforcement of certain licensing
programs by the Texas Department of Health; providing
administrative, civil, and criminal penalties.
HEALTH & HUMAN SERVICES
SB 162 Nelson
Relating to sanctions imposed against certain facilities by the
Texas Department of Health.
HEALTH & HUMAN SERVICES
SB 163 Ellis, Rodney
Relating to the applicability of the death penalty to a capital
offense committed by a person with mental retardation.
JURISPRUDENCE
SB 164 Lindsay
Relating to the recording of jury deliberations in civil and
criminal proceedings.
JURISPRUDENCE
SB 165 Carona
Relating to the authority of certain law enforcement agencies to
remove certain personal property from a roadway or right-of-way.
INFRASTRUCTURE DEVELOPMENT AND SECURITY
SB 166 Shapiro
Relating to sex offender registration requirements imposed on
certain higher education workers or students and to immunity for
release of public information obtained as a result of those
requirements.
EDUCATION
SB 167 Shapiro
Relating to the creation of an additional county court at law in
Collin County.
JURISPRUDENCE
SB 168 Shapiro
Relating to electronic reporting of political contributions and
expenditures for certain candidates and officeholders.
STATE AFFAIRS
SB 169 Shapiro
Relating to the creation of additional judicial districts composed
of Collin County.
JURISPRUDENCE
SB 170 Barrientos
Relating to a uniform strategy to ensure that public institutions
of higher education employ faculty and staff who reflect the
population of Texas.
EDUCATION
SB 171 Barrientos
Relating to restrictions on the imposition of the operating permit
fee under the Clean Air Act.
NATURAL RESOURCES
SB 172 Shapiro
Relating to the issuance of special license plates for persons who
served in Operation Enduring Freedom.
INFRASTRUCTURE DEVELOPMENT AND SECURITY
SB 173 Nelson
Relating to deferred payment of property taxes for certain persons
serving in the United States armed forces during a war or national
emergency.
VETERAN AFFAIRS & MILITARY INSTALLATIONS
SB 174 Nelson
Relating to the confidentiality of information in an application
for a marriage license.
STATE AFFAIRS
SB 175 Barrientos
Relating to the rendition of property for ad valorem tax purposes
and to the consequences of a failure to render property.
FINANCE
SB 176 Nelson
Relating to the offense of interference with an emergency telephone
call.
CRIMINAL JUSTICE
SB 177 Shapiro
Relating to the criminal consequences for delivery of a controlled
substance causing death.
CRIMINAL JUSTICE
SB 178 West
Relating to the disposition of unclaimed prize money by the Texas
Lottery Commission.
FINANCE
SB 179 Zaffirini
Relating to the imposition of consecutive sentencing for certain
sex offenses.
CRIMINAL JUSTICE
SB 180 Janek
Relating to the limitation on the maximum average annual percentage
increase in the appraised value of a residence homestead for ad
valorem tax purposes.
FINANCE
SB 181 Janek
Relating to liability for emergency care.
STATE AFFAIRS
SB 182 Janek
Relating to joint and several liability in health care liability
claims.
STATE AFFAIRS
SB 183 Janek
Relating to the liability of certain health care practitioners and
veterinarians for prescribing approved drugs or devices.
STATE AFFAIRS
SB 184 Janek
Relating to the funding of alternative dispute resolution systems.
JURISPRUDENCE
SB 185 Janek
Relating to standing water as a nuisance.
HEALTH & HUMAN SERVICES
SB 186 Janek
Relating to the computation of public school dropout and completion
rates.
EDUCATION
SB 187 Shapleigh
Relating to customs brokers.
INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS AND TRADE
SB 188 Lindsay
Relating to the public sale of certain real property; providing
penalties.
INTERGOVERNMENTAL RELATIONS
SB 189 Carona
Relating to the selection of public members to the committee to
review salaries and expenses of elected county or precinct
officers.
INTERGOVERNMENTAL RELATIONS
SB 190 Carona
Relating to security fees in certain civil and criminal cases.
JURISPRUDENCE
SB 191 Carona
Relating to the fee for reinstatement or issuance of a driver's
license following a license suspension or denial for failure to
pass a test for intoxication.
INTERGOVERNMENTAL RELATIONS
SB 192 Barrientos
Relating to the purchase of a badge, insignia, weapon, or uniform
of a peace officer or fire fighter.
INTERGOVERNMENTAL RELATIONS
SB 193 Barrientos
Relating to vehicles passing certain stationary emergency vehicles
on a highway; providing a penalty.
INFRASTRUCTURE DEVELOPMENT AND SECURITY
SB 194 Staples
Relating to immunity for certain governmental employees for an act
or omission committed while supervising an inmate or offender
program or activity.
STATE AFFAIRS
SB 195 Staples
Relating to the creation of a judicial district composed of
Nacogdoches County.
JURISPRUDENCE
SB 196 Staples
Relating to a challenge of a voter's registration.
STATE AFFAIRS
SB 197 Staples
Relating to the challenge of a voter's registration.
STATE AFFAIRS
SB 198 Janek
Relating to the liability of health care providers at free medical
clinics.
STATE AFFAIRS
SB 199 Wentworth
Relating to special license plates benefiting the Daughters of the
Republic of Texas.
INFRASTRUCTURE DEVELOPMENT AND SECURITY
SB 200 Shapiro
Relating to authorizing hospital districts located in counties
having a population of two million or more to pledge hospital
system revenues and tax revenues to the payment of combination tax
and revenue bonds and other obligations if the pledge is approved
at an election, and related matters.
HEALTH & HUMAN SERVICES
THE FOLLOWING BILLS REFLECT A NEW REFERRAL LIST FOR THIS DATE:
SB 1 Bivins/et al.
General Appropriations Bill
FINANCE