SENATE FLOOR ACTION
Thursday
April 21, 2005
THE SENATE SUSPENDED ALL NECESSARY RULES TO CONSIDER AND FINALLY PASS:
SB 30 (CS)(LC) Zaffirini
Relating to a pilot project to award incentives to students
contracting to graduate in a timely manner from public institutions
of higher education.
SB 302 (CS)(LC) Ellis/ et al.
Relating to reports regarding participation in higher education.
SB 442 (CS) Hinojosa
Relating to immunity from liability for certain civil actions and
civil actions against sales agents.
1 FLOOR AMENDMENT
SB 579 (LC) Van de Putte
Relating to the eligibility of children of certain military
personnel to receive Texas B-On-time loans.
SB 740 Janek
Relating to the authority of certain political subdivisions to
erect or maintain shore protection structures and the location of
the line of vegetation in relation to those structures.
SB 1032 Ellis
Relating to the elimination of certain alternative fuels programs
of this state.
1 FLOOR AMENDMENT
SB 1069 (CS) Madla
Relating to organizing certain data collected by the Department of
State Health Services.
SB 1309 (CS) Ellis
Relating to member restrictions for commissioners of the Texas
Workforce Commission.
THE SENATE SUSPENDED THE REGULAR ORDER, READ THIRD TIME, AND PASSED:
SB 729 Wentworth
Relating to a weighted caseload study of the district courts.
THE SENATE SUSPENDED THE REGULAR ORDER, READ SECOND TIME, AND PASSED
TO ENGROSSMENT:
SB 1320 (CS)(LC) Staples
Relating to the sovereign immunity and liability to be sued of a
junior college district.
1 FLOOR AMENDMENT
THE SENATE ADOPTED THE FOLLOWING RESOLUTIONS:
SR 654 Nelson/ Brimer
Commending the members of the Leadership Fort Worth Class of 2005.
SR 662 Williams
Honoring the brave soldiers of the 1st Battalion, 9th Cavalry Regiment,
Task Force 1-9, and commending Specialist Jonathan Page.
HCR 146 Craddick/ Merritt/ Thompson/ Dunnam/ Hochberg/
et al. SP: Armbrister
Honoring Pope Benedict XVI on his election to the papacy.
HCR 151 Craddick SP: Seliger
Honoring Jim M. Alsup of Midland for his lifelong commitment to
philanthropy.
THE SENATE CONCURRED IN HOUSE AMENDMENTS TO THE FOLLOWING:
SB 581 Van de Putte SP: Corte
Relating to the powers and duties of the Veterans' Land Board.
THE SENATE CONFIRMED ALL NOMINEES AS REPORTED BY THE COMMITTEE ON
NOMINATIONS.
THE FOLLOWING BILLS WERE PASSED ON THE LOCAL AND UNCONTESTED BILLS
CALENDAR:
SB 14 Jackson, Mike/ et al.
Relating to disapproval by the commissioner of insurance of certain
property and casualty insurance rates; providing penalties.
SB 42 Nelson/ et al.
Relating to health education and physical activity in public
primary and secondary schools.
SB 122 Hinojosa/ et al.
Relating to the prevention and punishment of identity theft and the
rights of certain victims of identity theft; providing penalties.
SB 150 Wentworth
Relating to authorizing measures to support efforts to attract
major motor sports racing events to this state.
SB 297 Wentworth
Relating to the rates charged by a municipally owned utility to
certain recreational vehicle parks for potable water or wastewater
service.
SB 304 Armbrister
Relating to the prosecution of the offense of criminal trespass.
SB 318 Staples
Relating to creating a recognition day in remembrance of the Texian
Navy.
SB 325 Zaffirini
Relating to the management of behavior of residents of certain
facilities; providing an administrative penalty.
SB 352 Madla/ Duncan/ Fraser/ Lucio/ Seliger/ et al.
Relating to the management of state-owned land, including the lease
of the right to produce groundwater from certain state-owned land.
SB 361 Carona
Relating to the provision of information relating to the programs
and services available for persons with mental retardation seeking
residential services.
SB 394 Seliger
Relating to the definition of criminally injurious conduct for
purposes of the Crime Victims' Compensation Act.
SB 425 Hinojosa/ et al.
Relating to subdivision platting requirements and assistance for
certain counties near an international border.
SB 434 Duncan
Relating to the powers and duties of the Lockney General Hospital
District.
SB 489 Estes
Relating to the license requirements of marine dealers,
distributors, and manufacturers.
SB 526 Hinojosa
Relating to a county's authority to impose a records archive fee.
SB 565 Deuell
Relating to the posting of a list of employees in certain
child-care facilities and family homes.
SB 578 Staples
Relating to the authority of certain honorably retired peace
officers to carry certain weapons.
SB 588 Jackson, Mike
Relating to the publication of notice of intent to obtain a permit
from the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality for a facility
located or proposed to be located in certain populous counties.
SB 592 Jackson, Mike
Relating to the creation of a Texas Gulf Coast Legislative Working
Group and a Multistate Gulf Coast Legislative Working Group.
SB 611 Nelson
Relating to the electronic creation, transmission, and use of
certain documents related to the prosecution of a criminal offense.
SB 621 Janek
Relating to the territory of certain 9-1-1 emergency communication
districts.
SB 665 Barrientos
Relating to work-related exposure to a reportable disease.
SB 679 Duncan
Relating to the procedure for determining the incompetency of a
defendant to stand trial.
SB 738 Lucio
Relating to emergency order authority of the Texas Commission on
Environmental Quality.
SB 739 Lucio
Relating to the payment of certain administrative penalties
assessed by the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality under an
installment payment schedule.
SB 756 Ogden/ Whitmire
Relating to providing notice to county law enforcement before a
parole panel considers the release of an inmate to that county.
SB 781 Fraser
Relating to the prosecution of certain acts that constitute the
unauthorized business of insurance.
SB 782 Fraser
Relating to abolition of certain fraud reporting requirements
regarding motor vehicle insurance.
SB 805 Averitt
Relating to certain small and large employer health cooperatives.
SB 840 Wentworth
Relating to park and recreation districts.
SB 854 Lucio/ et al.
Relating to the jurisdiction of certain home-rule municipalities on
a barrier island in the Gulf of Mexico.
SB 894 Carona
Relating to certain procedures for filing documents and service of
process.
SB 895 Carona
Relating to the processing of certain election ballots voted early.
SB 909 Whitmire
Relating to the maintenance and contents of certain computerized
information systems relating to the criminal justice system.
SB 919 Duncan
Relating to the grounds and procedures for removal of a member of
the board of directors of the Lynn County Hospital District.
SB 925 Duncan
Relating to competency to be executed in a capital case.
SB 935 West, Royce
Relating to the evaluation of applications for certain financial
assistance administered by the Texas Department of Housing and
Community Affairs.
SB 959 Shapiro/ et al.
Relating to notice to educators of a public school student's
misconduct and to placement of a student who has assaulted a
teacher.
SB 995 Averitt
Relating to donees of anatomical gifts.
SB 996 Averitt
Relating to the use of personal leave by a public school employee.
SB 1002 Madla
Relating to creating a TexasOnline project concerning grant
assistance provided by state agencies.
SB 1017 Staples
Relating to the creation of the Lower Trinity Groundwater
Conservation District; providing authority to issue bonds.
SB 1052 Van de Putte
Relating to the disclosure of certain information from an early
voting roster; providing a penalty.
SB 1068 Madla
Relating to an electronic requisition system for counties.
SB 1091 Madla
Relating to noxious and invasive plants; providing a criminal
penalty.
SB 1106 Madla
Relating to continuing education courses for a county treasurer.
SB 1112 Eltife
Relating to debt management services; providing a penalty.
SB 1116 Wentworth
Relating to the authority of a water and sewer utility to acquire
property by eminent domain.
SB 1126 Hinojosa
Relating to the confidentiality of records regarding sex offense
victims.
SB 1146 Shapiro/ et al.
Relating to an early college education program to provide at-risk
and other students accelerated high school graduation and college
credit.
SB 1147 Harris
Relating to the appointment of visiting associate judges.
SB 1151 Harris
Relating to the use of a voluntary acknowledgment of paternity
under the Uniform Interstate Family Support Act.
SB 1178 West, Royce
Relating to the availability of genetic testing in the
determination of parentage by the Title IV-D agency.
SB 1202 Lucio/ et al.
Relating to the coordination of colonia initiatives and services to
colonia residents.
SB 1203 Madla
Relating to the payment of certain ad valorem tax refunds.
SB 1215 Eltife
Relating to financial records and to audits or reviews of certain
charitable nonprofit corporations; providing a penalty.
SB 1224 Duncan
Relating to a landowner's liability for injuries incurred during
certain recreational activities.
SB 1252 Janek
Relating to the creation of an additional statutory county court in
Brazoria County.
SB 1257 Lindsay
Relating to the operation of a motor vehicle by a person who holds
a driver's license or a commercial driver's license.
SB 1264 Whitmire
Relating to authorizing a fee for certain inspections conducted by
the Commission on Jail Standards.
SB 1265 Whitmire
Relating to establishing standards for analysis of tests for
controlled substances required of defendants placed on community
supervision.
SB 1283 Armbrister
Relating to the application of certain laws to certain insurance
holding company systems.
SB 1290 Wentworth
Relating to the sale or use of certain refrigerants.
SB 1305 Brimer
Relating to the time a person may be detained in custody for a
preliminary examination.
SB 1307 Staples
Relating to the authority of the Texas Juvenile Probation
Commission to issue subpoenas, administer oaths, receive evidence,
and gather information.
SB 1329 Nelson
Relating to the Interagency Council for Genetic Services and the
provision of genetic counseling services.
SB 1339 Madla
Relating to the limitation on the sales and use tax rate of a
political subdivision in an advanced transportation district.
SB 1353 Williams
Relating to the powers and duties of the Town Center Improvement
District of Montgomery County, Texas, and of governmental entities
and peace officers that interact with the district; providing a
penalty.
SB 1376 Staples
Relating to the authority of a parent to designate a child-care
facility or grandparent's residence for purposes of transportation
provided by a public school transportation system.
SB 1384 Shapiro
Relating to regional tollway authorities.
SB 1413 Shapleigh/ et al.
Relating to county brownfield cleanup and economic redevelopment
programs.
SB 1421 Gallegos
Relating to eligibility for beginning positions in certain police
and fire departments.
SB 1424 Gallegos
Relating to filing fees in a civil matter in a justice court or
small claims court.
SB 1426 Gallegos
Relating to fees charged to persons applying for the expunction of
certain offenses committed by minors.
SB 1434 Madla
Relating to use of money of an advanced transportation district to
finance advanced transportation or mobility enhancement by a
county, municipality, or local government corporation.
SB 1436 Madla
Relating to audits of emergency services districts.
SB 1454 Wentworth
Relating to the definition of professional surveying.
SB 1455 Wentworth
Relating to the establishment of regional habitat conservation
plans by political subdivisions of this state.
SB 1459 Wentworth
Relating to the assignment of certain visiting judges.
SB 1461 Seliger
Relating to the offenses for which the use of wire, oral, or
electronic interception devices may be authorized.
SB 1465 Whitmire
Relating to the use of certain electronically readable information
on a driver's license or identification certificate to comply with
certain alcohol and tobacco related laws; providing a penalty.
SB 1473 Lindsay
Relating to the provision of education and training programs for
law enforcement officers regarding persons with mental impairments.
SB 1518 Deuell
Relating to validation of the creation of and certain acts taken by
the Rockwall County Public Safety and Fire Assistance District.
SB 1551 Estes
Relating to the continuation of certain statutes authorizing the
interception of certain communications for law enforcement
purposes.
SB 1552 Estes
Relating to the continuation of criminal offenses involving the
interception of certain communications for law enforcement
purposes.
SB 1558 Lucio
Relating to the applicability of certain insurance laws to Lloyd's
plans and reciprocal and interinsurance exchanges.
SB 1573 Williams
Relating to the state employee incentive program, including
abolishing the Texas Incentive and Productivity Commission.
SB 1591 Carona
Relating to accountant practice requirements for certain audits of
insurer financial reports.
SB 1592 Carona
Relating to special deposits required of certain insurers.
SB 1604 Staples
Relating to the administration, powers, duties, and operations of
the Neches and Trinity Valleys Groundwater Conservation District.
SB 1635 Duncan
Relating to the Schleicher County Hospital District.
SB 1668 Estes
Relating to the consideration of payments to an affiliate in
computing rates for electric utilities.
SB 1707 Staples
Relating to the regulation of poultry facilities.
SB 1708 Staples
Relating to assessments levied on certain owners of cattle and used
for marketing, education, research, and promotion of Texas beef.
SB 1709 Staples
Relating to the regulation of a poultry operation that does not use
a liquid waste handling system.
SB 1747 Fraser
Relating to the interest rate to be paid on utility deposits.
SB 1754 Duncan
Relating to the Childress County Hospital District.
SCR 9 Armbrister/ et al.
Designating the cast iron Dutch oven as the official State Cooking
Implement.
THE FOLLOWING BILLS WERE REMOVED FROM THE LOCAL AND
UNCONTESTED BILLS CALENDAR:
SB 449 (LC) Wentworth
Relating the conversion of certain mutual life insurance companies
to insurance holding companies and stock life insurance companies.
SB 629 (LC) Lucio
Relating to the rights of a purchaser under an executory contract
for conveyance of real property.
SB 697 (LC) Estes
Relating to the validation of the boundaries of certain school
districts.
SB 728 (CS)(LC) Wentworth
Relating to the liability of certain entities that enter agreements
with a metropolitan rapid transit authority.
SB 1067 (LC) Madla
Relating to the salaries of assistant county auditors.
SB 1130 (CS)(LC) Hinojosa
Relating to a requirement that a common carrier or pipeline owner
or operator report contamination.
SB 1272 (CS)(LC) Jackson, Mike
Relating to providing a uniform limit on the population of a county
election precinct.
SB 1282 (CS)(LC) Armbrister
Relating to insurance and regulatory requirements for certain
amusement rides.
SB 1417 (CS)(LC) Gallegos
Relating to conditions of employment for firefighters employed by
certain municipalities.
SB 1423 (CS)(LC) Gallegos
Relating to the adoption of certain residential building codes in
municipalities.
SB 1500 (LC) Lucio
Relating to the allocation of federal funds directed to be used to
support graduate medical education in connection with the state
Medicaid program.
SB 1559 (LC) Lucio
Relating to prohibiting rebates regarding certain insurance
coverage.
SB 1586 (CS)(LC) Carona
Relating to community-based assisted living services for certain
elderly residents.
THE FOLLOWING BILLS WERE REFERRED TO THE COMMITTEE INDICATED:
HB 56 Denny/ Bohac/ Hughes/ Branch
Relating to the offense of tampering with a direct recording
electronic voting machine; providing criminal penalties.
State Affairs
HB 57 Denny/ Branch
Relating to the dates on which elections may be held and certain
procedures involving the uniform election held in May.
State Affairs
HB 248 Goodman
Relating to the amendment of certain qualified domestic relations
orders.
Jurisprudence
HB 291 Goolsby
Relating to victim notification regarding the release of certain
defendants following acquittal by reason of insanity.
Criminal Justice
HB 311 McReynolds
Relating to the prosecution and punishment of the offense of making
a false report to a peace officer or law enforcement employee.
Criminal Justice
HB 348 Chisum
Relating to limiting the authority of a property owner to erect a
gate on certain third-class and neighborhood roads.
Intergovernmental Relations
HB 383 Dutton/ et al.
Relating to the right of certain persons to discipline a child.
Jurisprudence
HB 571 Hegar/ Howard
Relating to the establishment of auxiliary county facilities in the
unincorporated area of a county.
Intergovernmental Relations
HB 649 Krusee
Relating to the funding of transportation projects by the Texas
Department of Transportation.
Transportation & Homeland Security
HB 678 Goodman/ et al.
Relating to the accrual of interest on overdue child support.
Jurisprudence
HB 758 Denny/ Rodriguez/ Hegar/ Coleman/ Alonzo/ et al.
Relating to a pilot program allowing for countywide voting
locations in certain elections.
State Affairs
HB 856 Callegari
Relating to the general powers, authority, and directors of the
West Harris County Regional Water Authority.
Natural Resources
HB 942 Geren
Relating to the registration of antique boats with the Parks and
Wildlife Department.
Natural Resources
HB 1015 Truitt/ Solomons/ Hamric
Relating to the continuation and functions of the Texas State Board
of Examiners of Psychologists.
Government Organization
HB 1088 Thompson
Relating to an automobile club membership offered in connection
with a loan.
Business & Commerce
HB 1126 Uresti
Relating to emergency medical services vehicles and personnel.
Health & Human Services
HB 1155 Truitt/ Solomons/ Hamric
Relating to the continuation and functions of the Texas State Board
of Examiners of Dietitians.
Government Organization
HB 1185 Smithee/ Branch
Relating to the exemptions from ad valorem taxation of real and
personal property of a religious organization or a school.
Finance
HB 1262 Farabee
Relating to the collection and dissemination by the Department of
Public Safety of information relating to certain threats against
detention officers.
Criminal Justice
HB 1304 Wong
Relating to sanitation requirements for certain barbering and
cosmetology services.
Business & Commerce
HB 1347 Isett
Relating to the power of a local authority to enforce compliance
with a traffic-control signal on a highway under its jurisdiction
by a photographic traffic signal enforcement system.
Intergovernmental Relations
HB 1685 Dukes/ Naishtat/ et al.
Relating to the establishment of an interagency coordinating
council for the prevention of child abuse and neglect.
Health & Human Services
HB 2131 Phillips/ Hardcastle
Relating to the demonstration of financial assurance by a local
government in relation to the operation of a municipal solid waste
landfill facility.
Natural Resources
HB 2191 Wong
Relating to the treatment of social security numbers under the
public information law.
State Affairs
HB 2194 Madden
Relating to the review of the results of competency examinations in
criminal cases by the Texas Correctional Office on Offenders with
Medical or Mental Impairments.
Criminal Justice
HB 2199 Madden/ Branch/ et al.
Relating to the salaries of a county elections administrator and
the administrator's employees.
Intergovernmental Relations
HB 2274 Cook, Byron/ Quintanilla/ Branch
Relating to the continuation and functions of the Texas Guaranteed
Student Loan Corporation.
Government Organization
HB 2382 Hegar
Relating to training requirements for certain chief appraisers of
appraisal districts.
Intergovernmental Relations
HB 2392 Hill
Relating to the property tax situs and rendition requirements for
motor vehicles located at a place of business of a wholesale motor
vehicle auction.
Finance
HB 2650 Krusee
Relating to local government participation in the financing of
turnpike projects.
Transportation & Homeland Security
HB 2653 Krusee
Relating to the use of tax increment financing to pay certain costs
associated with certain transportation or transit projects.
Transportation & Homeland Security
HB 3016 Hill
Relating to the determination of the market value of certain drug
supplies for ad valorem property tax purposes.
Finance
HB 3036 Deshotel
Relating to the number, terms, and removal of directors of certain
development corporations.
S/C on Emerging Technologies & Economic Dev.
HB 3250 Ritter
Relating to the acquisition of unemployment compensation experience
after the transfer of an employing unit; providing penalties.
Business & Commerce
HCR 24 Kolkhorst
Designating Navasota the Blues Capital of Texas.
Intergovernmental Relations
HCR 37 Delisi
Memorializing Congress to increase the presence of federal health
and human services agencies, improve coordination of health and
human services programs, and increase related funding in Texas.
Health & Human Services
HCR 63 Noriega, Melissa/ Herrero/ et al.
Memorializing Congress to repeal the Government Pension Offset
provision and the Windfall Elimination Provision of the Social
Security Act.
State Affairs
HCR 88 Crabb
Urging the Supreme Court of Texas and the Court of Criminal Appeals
of Texas, as necessary, to develop rules relating to the random
assignment to courts of appeals of cases pending or on appeal from
counties with overlapping appellate jurisdictions and relating to
determining the court of appeals precedent applicable in such
randomly assigned cases.
Jurisprudence
HCR 128 Dunnam
Designating Madisonville the Mushroom Capital of Texas.
Intergovernmental Relations
SB 12 Zaffirini/ Barrientos/ Brimer/ Deuell/ Janek/
et al.
Relating to contracting and ethics issues of state agencies; providing a
civil penalty.
Finance
SB 1869 Gallegos
Relating to the Harris County Board of Protective Services for
Children and Adults.
Health & Human Services
SB 1874 Whitmire/ Armbrister/ Averitt/ Barrientos/
Brimer/ et al.
Relating to the Automobile Theft Prevention Authority.
Criminal Justice
SB 1875 Hinojosa
Relating to the creation of an additional county court at law in Hidalgo
County.
Jurisprudence
SB 1876 Brimer
Relating to the powers, duties, administration, governance, and functions
of the Benbrook Water and Sewer Authority.
Natural Resources
SB 1877 Whitmire
Relating to the creation of Harris County Municipal Utility
District No. 406; providing authority to impose taxes and standby
fees and issue bonds; granting the power of eminent domain.
Intergovernmental Relations
SCR 29 Ellis
Encouraging managers of Texas public pension funds to divest their
portfolios of any stock in publicly-traded companies doing business
in Sudan.
Finance
SCR 30 Lucio/ Eltife/ Estes/ Zaffirini
Urging the State of Texas to continue to pursue increased trade
with Mexico and to develop a plan with Mexico to mitigate delays at
border crossings.
International Relations & Trade
THE FOLLOWING BILL WAS REREFERRED TO THE COMMITTEE INDICATED:
SB 426 Shapleigh/ et al.
Relating to the health of school-age children.
Rereferred from Education to Health & Human Services