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DAILY HOUSE CALENDAR
Friday, May 18, 2001
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******** MAJOR STATE CALENDAR ********
SENATE BILLS
SECOND READING
SB 309 Harris
SP: Bosse
Relating to the application of the sunset review process to certain
governmental entities.
SB 312 Zaffirini
SP: Chisum
Relating to the review and functions of the Texas Water Development
Board.
SB 1689 Ellis, Rodney
SP: Davis, Yvonne
Relating to the franchise tax.
SB 43 Zaffirini / et al.
SP: Gray / Coleman / Naishtat / Maxey / Keffer / et al.
Relating to simplifying the certification process for medical
assistance provided to children.
******** CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENTS CALENDAR **********
SENATE JOINT RESOLUTIONS
SECOND READING
SJR 37 Lucio / et al.
SP: Flores
Proposing a constitutional amendment authorizing the issuance of
general obligation bonds or notes to provide financial assistance
to counties for roadway projects to serve border colonias.
******** GENERAL STATE CALENDAR ********
SENATE BILLS
SECOND READING
SB 1296 Lucio / et al.
SP: Flores
Relating to the issuance of general obligation bonds and notes to
provide financial assistance to counties for roadway projects to
serve border colonias.
SB 63 Moncrief / et al.
SP: McCall
Relating to a franchise tax credit for wages paid to persons with
certain disabilities.
SB 1458 Duncan / et al.
SP: McCall
Relating to the management of state agency and local government
electronic projects, equipment, and contracts, to the purchase and
use of certain advanced technological equipment, and to the use of
outside personnel by the comptroller of public accounts.
SB 1390 Brown, J. E. "Buster"
SP: Kuempel
Relating to the penalties for operating certain facilities without
obtaining a permit under the Texas Clean Air Act.
SB 372 Barrientos / et al.
SP: Longoria
Relating to the reestablishment of service credit in a public
retirement system participating in the proportionate retirement
program.
SB 8 Cain / et al.
SP: Farabee
Relating to discrimination in health care rates and reimbursement;
providing administrative and civil penalties.
SB 1496 Barrientos
SP: Danburg
Relating to the reassignment of the responsibilities of the Child
Care Development Board.
SB 1190 Ellis, Rodney
SP: McCall / George
Relating to technology development and transfer by institutions of
higher education.
SB 292 Armbrister
SP: Telford
Relating to programs and systems administered by the Employees
Retirement System of Texas.
SB 691 Moncrief
SP: Naishtat
Relating to the creation of an assisted living facility trust fund.
SB 1690 Ellis, Rodney
SP: Davis, Yvonne
Relating to the taxation of insurance companies and certain
insurance agents.
SB 390 Wentworth
SP: Hilbert
Relating to an exemption from the requirements of the open meetings
law for certain negotiations involving the Texas Lottery
Commission.
SB 975 Shapleigh / et al.
SP: Hochberg
Relating to electronic courses in public schools.
SB 1411 Moncrief
SP: Maxey / Gallego / Eiland / Keel
Relating to dental services provided under the medical assistance
program.
SB 25 Shapiro
SP: Goodman
Relating to the classification of manslaughter and intoxication
manslaughter as violent offenses punishable by a determinate
sentence.
SB 40 Zaffirini / et al.
SP: Naishtat
Relating to tuition assistance for licensed vocational nursing
students who agree following their licensure to practice in
long-term care facilities.
SB 159 Zaffirini
SP: Naishtat
Relating to establishing a competitive grant program for projects
that are designed to improve the quality of life for residents of a
convalescent or nursing home and that could serve as a model of
best practices for the convalescent and nursing home industry.
SB 217 Fraser
SP: Hilderbran / Keel / Ellis, Dan
Relating to the application and enforcement of traffic regulations
in certain private subdivisions.
SB 220 Shapiro / et al.
SP: Alexander
Relating to the regulation and enforcement of weight limitations
and safety standards for certain motor vehicles and the enforcement
of certain other traffic laws; providing penalties.
SB 1818 Bivins
SP: Telford
Relating to the authority of the board of regents of The Texas A&M
University System regarding real property, permanent improvements,
and eminent domain.
SB 1345 Armbrister
SP: Turner, Bob
Relating to the interception of wire, oral, or electronic
communications, to the use of pen registers and trap and trace
devices, and to the civil and criminal consequences of improperly
engaging in those activities.
SB 749 Shapleigh / et al.
SP: Haggerty
Relating to the authority of the Texas Natural Resource
Conservation Commission to participate in environmental projects in
Mexico.
SB 273 Armbrister / et al.
SP: Tillery
Relating to systems and programs administered by the Teacher
Retirement System of Texas; providing a penalty.
SB 1224 Harris
SP: Turner, Bob
Relating to occupations regulated by the Texas Commission on
Private Security.
SB 431 Carona
SP: Eiland
Relating to a specialty insurance agent license for certain persons
who rent real property for residential use.
SB 1747 Haywood
SP: Dunnam
Relating to the offense of theft of livestock from a commission
merchant.
SB 467 Zaffirini / et al.
SP: Oliveira
Relating to dual language immersion programs in certain public
schools.
SB 638 Barrientos / et al.
SP: Kitchen / Keel / Allen / Hinojosa
Relating to the taking of a specimen from a person arrested for,
charged with, or convicted of certain offenses for the purposes of
DNA analysis; providing penalties.
SB 687 Brown, J. E. "Buster"
SP: Chisum
Relating to criminal penalties for the intentional or knowing
discharge of waste or pollutants.
SB 734 Duncan
SP: Woolley
Relating to a report by the Legislative Budget Board on the
performance of the state's major investment funds.
SB 886 Ogden
SP: Gallego
Relating to motor vehicle size and weight limitations; providing
penalties.
SB 1078 Barrientos
SP: Alexander
Relating to the date of an independent audit of the management and
business operations of the Texas Department of Transportation.
SB 1174 Wentworth
SP: Turner, Bob
Relating to the punishment for the offense of criminal mischief
involving a public water supply.
SB 1181 Shapleigh
SP: Eiland
Relating to requiring health insurers and related entities to
disclose certain information.
SB 1778 Lucio
SP: Hinojosa
Relating to the collection of costs in criminal cases.
SB 416 Ogden / et al.
SP: Alexander
Relating to the authority of the Texas Department of Transportation
in connection with the mitigation of an adverse environmental
impact resulting from a state highway improvement project.
SB 51 Zaffirini
SP: Maxey / Coleman / Naishtat / West, George "Buddy" / Danburg /
et al.
Relating to the provision of Medicaid to certain persons making the
transition from foster care to independent living.
SB 1815 Truan / et al.
SP: Luna, Vilma
Relating to establishing a loan program to assist communities that
may be affected by federal military base closures.
SB 929 Bernsen
SP: Ritter
Relating to a restriction on the financing of multifamily
residential developments by housing authorities and housing finance
corporations.
SB 280 Nelson
SP: Janek
Relating to requiring the Texas Department of Health to prepare a
request for information for storing and distributing vaccines.
******** RESOLUTIONS CALENDAR ********
SENATE CONCURRENT RESOLUTIONS
SCR 28 Brown, J. E. "Buster" / et al.
SP: Cook
Memorializing Congress to repeal the regulation relating to the
three-shell limit and the magazine plug requirement contained in
Title 50 C.F.R. 20.21.