SENATE FLOOR ACTION
Thursday
February 3, 2005
THE SENATE ADOPTED THE FOLLOWING RESOLUTIONS:
SR 84 Carona/ Averitt
In memory of Lyle L. Gordon of Midlothian.
HCR 43 Giddings SP: Estes
Commemorating the 20th anniversary of the creation of the Texas
Silver-Haired Legislature.
THE FOLLOWING BILLS WERE REFERRED TO THE COMMITTEE INDICATED:
SB 96 Shapleigh
Relating to the provision of online services to assist a person
starting a business in this state.
S/C on Emerging Technologies & Economic Dev.
SB 105 Shapleigh
Relating to a report on the use of money from the Texas Enterprise
Fund.
S/C on Emerging Technologies & Economic Dev.
SB 150 Wentworth
Relating to authorizing measures to support efforts to attract
major motor sports racing events to this state.
S/C on Emerging Technologies & Economic Dev.
SB 201 Gallegos
Relating to a prohibition of discrimination by public educational
institutions.
Education
SB 202 Van de Putte
Relating to including lactation education in public elementary and
secondary school curriculum.
Education
SB 203 Van de Putte
Relating to the amount of money available to certain disabled peace
officers from the compensation to victims of crime fund.
Criminal Justice
SB 204 Van de Putte
Relating to additional state funding for certain juvenile justice
alternative education programs.
Education
SB 205 Van de Putte
Relating to inclusion of a public school student's body mass index
in the student's grade report card.
Education
SB 206 Van de Putte
Relating to the punishment for the offense of trafficking of
persons.
Criminal Justice
SB 207 Lucio
Relating to a school district policy concerning the use of school
counselors' work time.
Education
SB 208 Lucio
Relating to health benefit plan coverage for an enrollee with
certain mental disorders, including autism or another pervasive
developmental disorder.
State Affairs
SB 209 Barrientos
Relating to the State Preservation Board's authority to prohibit
lobbying or political activity on the Capitol grounds.
Administration
SB 210 Carona
Relating to security fees in certain civil and criminal cases.
Criminal Justice
SB 211 Lindsay
Relating to the eligibility of certain officers to serve as
election judges or clerks.
State Affairs
SB 212 Shapleigh
Relating to the provision of employment services by the Texas
Workforce Commission to the families of military personnel
stationed in this state.
Veteran Affairs & Military Installations
SB 213 Shapleigh
Relating to requiring more Spanish language content for online
services provided by state agencies.
Government Organization
SB 214 Van de Putte
Relating to providing interpreter services to certain recipients of
medical assistance or their parents or guardians.
Health & Human Services
SB 215 Van de Putte
Relating to health benefit plan coverage for certain mental
disorders in children.
State Affairs
SB 216 Van de Putte
Relating to the authority of a local child fatality review team to
obtain relevant records at no cost to the team.
Health & Human Services
SB 217 Shapiro
Relating to reporting positive alcohol and drug tests of holders of
commercial driver's licenses.
Transportation & Homeland Security
SB 218 Barrientos
Relating to the coverage of certain treatments for multiple myeloma
and Hodgkin's disease under an evidence of coverage issued by a
health maintenance organization.
State Affairs
SB 219 Carona
Relating to notaries public.
Jurisprudence
SB 220 Carona
Relating to the maintenance of records by a notary public.
Jurisprudence
SB 221 Zaffirini
Relating to the possession and self-administration of certain
prescription medications by public school students while on school
property or at a school-related event or activity.
Education
SB 222 Zaffirini
Relating to exempting books purchased by university and college
students from the sales tax for a limited period.
Finance
SB 223 Ellis
Relating to the creation of a commission to investigate and prevent
wrongful convictions.
Criminal Justice
SB 224 Ellis
Relating to the eminent domain power of certain municipal
management districts.
Intergovernmental Relations
SB 225 Ellis
Relating to compensation for wrongful imprisonment.
Criminal Justice
SB 226 Ellis
Relating to the punishment for a capital felony committed by a
person who is younger than 18 years of age at the time of
committing the felony.
Criminal Justice
SB 227 Ellis
Relating to consideration by the Board of Pardons and Paroles of an
application for a pardon based on innocence.
Criminal Justice
SB 228 Ellis
Relating to the authority of the governor to grant one or more
reprieves in a capital case.
Criminal Justice
SB 229 Lucio/ Shapleigh/ Zaffirini
Relating to the Advisory Oversight Community Outreach Committee in
the Department of Public Safety.
International Relations & Trade
SB 230 West, Royce
Relating to regional funding of indigent health care services.
Health & Human Services
SB 231 Ellis
Relating to the applicability of the death penalty to a capital
offense committed by a person with mental retardation.
Criminal Justice
SB 232 Ellis
Relating to the State Bar of Texas fee to provide legal services to
the indigent.
Jurisprudence
SB 233 Ellis
Relating to state antiquities.
Government Organization
SB 234 Harris
Relating to the appointment of grand jury bailiffs in Tarrant
County.
Jurisprudence
SB 235 Harris
Relating to the qualifications of bailiffs and grand jury bailiffs
for certain courts.
Jurisprudence
SB 236 Van de Putte/ Fraser
Relating to liability for certain unfair methods of competition or
deceptive acts or practices in the business of insurance.
State Affairs
SB 237 Carona
Relating to disclosure of the total amount of discount provided in
a package arrangement by a funeral establishment, cemetery, or
crematory.
Business & Commerce
SB 238 Janek
Relating to training for members of the governing boards of public
institutions of higher education.
S/C on Higher Education
SB 239 Janek
Relating to an exemption from the fee for a birth or death record
requested by a law enforcement agency, a child fatality review
team, or the child fatality review team committee.
Health & Human Services
SB 240 Wentworth
Relating to the time allowed for execution of a search warrant
issued to obtain a specimen for DNA analysis.
Criminal Justice
SB 241 Wentworth
Relating to the creation of an appellate judicial system for the
Third Court of Appeals District.
Jurisprudence
SB 242 Wentworth
Relating to the creation of an additional judicial district in Hays
County.
Jurisprudence
SB 243 Wentworth
Relating to requiring disclosure of certain information about the
conveyance of real property, including the purchase price of the
property, for use in appraising property for taxation; providing
penalties.
Intergovernmental Relations
SB 244 Wentworth
Relating to priority of payment relating to property owners'
association assessments.
Intergovernmental Relations
SB 245 Gallegos
Relating to local government authorization of charitable
solicitation by a pedestrian.
Intergovernmental Relations
SB 246 Gallegos
Relating to the creation of an offense involving certain sales of
tickets to events; providing a penalty.
Business & Commerce
SB 247 West, Royce
Relating to permitting samples of produce at certain municipally
owned farmers' markets.
Health & Human Services
SB 248 West, Royce
Relating to authorizing the use of approved nonsurgical methods to
sterilize dogs and cats.
Health & Human Services
SB 249 West, Royce
Relating to rates for professional liability insurance for
physicians and health care providers.
State Affairs
SB 250 West, Royce
Relating to the information contained on a driver's license or
personal identification certificate.
Transportation & Homeland Security
SB 251 West, Royce
Relating to the questioning of prospective jurors during voir dire
examination.
Jurisprudence
SB 252 Estes/ Fraser/ Seliger/ Shapleigh/ Van de Putte/
et al.
Relating to a project of a development corporation in connection
with a military base or facility.
S/C on Base Realignment and Closure
SB 253 West, Royce/ Harris
Relating to the eligibility of juvenile justice alternative
education programs for free textbooks for use in the programs.
Education
SB 254 Shapiro
Relating to the removal of certain restrictions imposed on the
programs, enrollment, and admission policies of The University of
Texas at Dallas.
Education
SB 255 Carona
Relating to the removal of data from data processing equipment
disposed of or transferred by state agencies.
Government Organization
SB 256 Williams
Relating to the release of certain student information by a school
district.
Education
SB 257 Williams
Relating to the forfeiture of contraband used or intended to be
used in the commission of certain criminal offenses.
Criminal Justice
SB 258 Williams
Relating to the disposition of certain obscene material and child
pornography.
Criminal Justice
SB 259 Williams
Relating to the use of excess money in the compensation to victims
of crime fund.
Criminal Justice
SB 260 Williams
Relating to the division of legal fees between attorneys in
different law firms.
Jurisprudence
SB 261 Williams
Relating to the creation of a program to educate the public on the
value of health coverage and to increase public awareness of health
coverage options.
State Affairs
SB 262 Williams
Relating to benefits from the Employees Retirement System of Texas
for law enforcement officers commissioned by the Texas State Board
of Pharmacy.
State Affairs
SB 263 Williams
Relating to use of certain information relating to tax audits;
providing penalties.
Finance
SB 264 Williams
Relating to the authority of the Montgomery County Hospital
District to issue certain bonds or incur or assume other debt.
Intergovernmental Relations
SB 265 Williams
Relating to certain continuing education requirements for insurance
agents.
Business & Commerce
SB 266 Williams
Relating to the release of certain information regarding a workers'
compensation claim.
State Affairs
SB 267 Williams
Relating to the exclusion from emergency services districts of
certain territory subject to ad valorem assessments.
Intergovernmental Relations
SB 268 Madla/ Armbrister/ Duncan/ Fraser/ Shapleigh
Relating to the repeal of the statutory provision governing the
powers and duties of the Rio Grande watermaster and the delivery of
water down the banks and bed of the Rio Grande.
Natural Resources
SB 269 Madla
Relating to certain administrative fees and taxes collected by the
Texas Alcoholic Beverage Commission.
Business & Commerce
SB 270 Madla
Relating to mass gatherings outside the limits of a municipality.
Intergovernmental Relations
SB 271 Zaffirini
Relating to the issuance of a certificate of birth resulting in
stillbirth on request of a parent.
Health & Human Services
SB 272 Williams
Relating to the creation of an oyster license management program.
S/C on Agriculture & Coastal Resources
SB 273 Shapleigh
Relating to referring a child with mental illness to an appropriate
local mental health authority before completion of probation.
Criminal Justice
SB 274 Barrientos
Relating to funding of the Communities In Schools program.
Education
SB 275 Staples/ Deuell/ Eltife
Relating to authorizing The University of Texas at Tyler to offer
doctoral degree programs in nursing and human resource development.
S/C on Higher Education
SB 276 Staples/ Deuell/ Eltife
Relating to authorizing The University of Texas Health Science
Center at Tyler to offer courses and degree programs in allied
health and related fields.
S/C on Higher Education
SB 277 Lucio/ Shapleigh/ Zaffirini
Relating to use of money in the Texas Enterprise Fund.
S/C on Emerging Technologies & Economic Dev.
SB 278 Lucio
Relating to the provision of financial assistance to counties for
roadway projects serving border colonias.
International Relations & Trade
SB 279 Gallegos
Relating to restrictions on the location of certain sex offenders
and to notice reflecting that location.
Criminal Justice
SB 280 Gallegos
Relating to an injunction to prevent violations by automotive
wrecking and salvage yards in certain counties.
Intergovernmental Relations