SENATE FLOOR ACTION
Tuesday
April 26, 2005
THE SENATE SUSPENDED ALL NECESSARY RULES TO CONSIDER AND FINALLY PASS:
SB 39 (CS)(LC) Zaffirini
Relating to continuing education in forensic evidence collection
for certain physicians and nurses.
SB 474 (CS) Barrientos/ West, Royce/ et al.
Relating to safety regulations for certain extracurricular school
activities.
2 FLOOR AMENDMENTS
SB 809 (CS) Averitt
Relating to the Texas Health Insurance Risk Pool.
SB 867 (LC) Staples
Relating to the application of the motor vehicle sales tax
emissions reduction surcharge on certain recreational vehicles.
SB 1022 (CS)(LC) Barrientos
Relating to the creation of the Bee Cave Development District;
providing authority to impose a tax and issue a bond or similar
obligation.
2 FLOOR AMENDMENTS
SB 1130 (CS)(LC) Hinojosa
Relating to a requirement that a common carrier or pipeline owner
or operator report contamination.
1 FLOOR AMENDMENT
SB 1740 (CS) Staples
Relating to construction activities allowed while an application is
pending with the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality.
SB 1771 Deuell
Relating to the voluntary regulation of persons providing certain
ophthalmic goods and services.
1 FLOOR AMENDMENT
THE SENATE SUSPENDED THE REGULAR ORDER, READ SECOND TIME, AND PASSED
TO ENGROSSMENT:
SB 127 (CS) Lindsay/ et al.
Relating to disease control programs to reduce the risk of certain
communicable diseases.
SB 440 (LC) Ellis/ et al.
Relating to compensation for wrongful imprisonment.
1 FLOOR AMENDMENT
SB 629 (LC) Lucio
Relating to the rights of a purchaser under an executory contract
for conveyance of real property.
4 FLOOR AMENDMENTS
THE SENATE ADOPTED THE FOLLOWING RESOLUTIONS:
SR 682 Ogden
Recognizing April 26, 2005, as County and District Clerks Day at the
State Capitol.
HCR 9 Berman SP: Eltife
Honoring Green Acres Baptist Church in Tyler on its 50th
anniversary.
THE SENATE CONCURRED IN HOUSE AMENDMENTS TO THE FOLLOWING:
SB 245 Gallegos SP: Phillips
Relating to local government authorization of charitable
solicitation by a pedestrian.
THE SENATE REFUSED TO CONCUR IN HOUSE AMENDMENTS AND REQUESTED
THE APPOINTMENT OF A CONFERENCE COMMITTEE ON THE FOLLOWING:
SB 6 Nelson/ et al. SP: Hupp/ et al.
Relating to protective services; providing penalties.
THE FOLLOWING BILLS WERE PASSED ON THE LOCAL AND UNCONTESTED BILLS
CALENDAR:
SB 66 Nelson
Relating to the establishment of certain programs and initiatives
designed to prevent the manufacture and use of methamphetamine;
providing a penalty.
SB 99 Ellis/ et al.
Relating to the extension of credit to a victim of identity theft.
SB 247 West, Royce
Relating to permitting samples of produce at certain municipally
owned farmers' markets.
SB 411 Whitmire
Relating to the regulation of barbers and cosmetologists by the
Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation and the abolition of
the State Board of Barber Examiners and the Texas Cosmetology
Commission.
SB 419 Nelson
Relating to the continuation and functions of the Texas State Board
of Medical Examiners, Texas State Board of Physician Assistant
Examiners, and Texas State Board of Acupuncture Examiners and the
regulation of health care professions regulated by those state
agencies; providing administrative penalties.
SB 448 Zaffirini
Relating to the Texas Academy of International Studies at Texas A&M
International University.
SB 465 West, Royce
Relating to the administration of psychoactive medication to
certain patients.
SB 737 Brimer
Relating to the prosecution of offenses involving the operating or
loading of an overweight vehicle in violation of certain laws.
SB 912 Shapiro
Relating to the civil commitment of sexually violent predators.
SB 920 Van de Putte
Relating to creating the Texas Treasure Award to honor businesses
that have existed in Texas for 50 years or more.
SB 928 Ellis
Relating to the effect of annexation of territory on the terms of
members of the governing boards of certain junior college
districts.
SB 929 Ellis
Relating to the service area of the Houston Community College
System District.
SB 998 Madla
Relating to contracts with local workforce development boards.
SB 1005 Carona
Relating to the suspension of sentence and the deferral of final
disposition for a defendant younger than 25 in certain misdemeanor
traffic cases.
SB 1055 Janek
Relating to an alternative method of satisfying certain licensing
requirements for assisted living facilities.
SB 1113 Gallegos
Relating to allowing a hospital to release protected health
information of a patient to emergency medical services providers
for treatment, payment, and health care operations.
SB 1118 Ellis
Relating to the authority to change the name of component
institutions of The Texas A&M University System.
SB 1139 Eltife
Relating to monitoring by the Texas Building and Procurement
Commission and the Legislative Budget Board of the transfer of
surplus or salvage property by state agencies.
SB 1143 Carona
Relating to a loan secured by personal property with limited
recourse against the borrower.
SB 1153 Harris
Relating to suits affecting the parent-child relationship,
including proceedings for the establishment, modification, and
enforcement of child support; providing a civil penalty.
SB 1185 West, Royce
Relating to the qualifications of and training and continuing
education for certain officials and personnel of career schools or
colleges.
SB 1188 Nelson
Relating to the medical assistance program and the provision of
related services.
SB 1205 Madla
Relating to allowing the creation of multi-jurisdictional library
districts; authorizing taxes and bonds.
SB 1226 Shapiro
Relating to a study of the reporting requirements imposed on public
institutions of higher education.
1 COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
SB 1230 Fraser
Relating to the authority of the state to fund the operations of
the unemployment compensation system.
SB 1247 West, Royce
Relating to admission to the Joint Admission Medical Program.
SB 1318 Staples
Relating to projects that may be undertaken by or supported by the
tax proceeds of certain development corporations.
SB 1336 Madla
Relating to a requirement that the Texas Department of
Transportation sell or convey the Presidio International Bridge.
SB 1340 Madla
Relating to the regulation and reimbursement of health care
services provided through telemedicine or telepsychiatry under the
state Medicaid program.
SB 1374 Staples
Relating to notice regarding an exception from elementary school
class size limits.
1 COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
SB 1393 Shapiro
Relating to the accountability of regional education service
centers.
SB 1457 Wentworth
Relating to the authority of certain general-law municipalities to
annex certain areas.
SB 1498 Fraser
Relating to the requirement for water district consent to certain
actions by municipalities that provide law enforcement or fire
protection services.
SB 1533 Barrientos
Relating to parking by state employees in state-owned garages.
SB 1555 Gallegos
Relating to taxes, assessments, and impact fees imposed on
residential property by the Greater East End Management District.
SB 1583 Zaffirini/ et al.
Relating to notification of immunization requirements applicable to
public school students.
SB 1590 Carona
Relating to use of electronically readable information from a
driver's license or personal identification certificate by a
commercial business.
SB 1663 Eltife
Relating to emergency communication district participation in state
travel services contracts.
SB 1670 Staples
Relating to a motor vehicle financial responsibility verification
program; providing a penalty.
SB 1792 Wentworth
Relating to the South Buda Water Control and Improvement District
No. 1.
THE FOLLOWING BILLS WERE WITHDRAWN FROM THE LOCAL AND
UNCONTESTED BILLS CALENDAR:
SB 1009 (CS)(LC) Harris
Relating to reporting of expenditures by persons registered as
lobbyists.
SB 1010 (CS)(LC) Harris
Relating to prohibited conflicts of interest of registered
lobbyists.
SB 1011 (CS)(LC) Harris
Relating to restrictions on and reporting of certain expenditures
by registered lobbyists.
SB 1161 (CS)(LC) Harris
Relating to corrected reports, registrations, and statements filed
with the Texas Ethics Commission.
THE FOLLOWING BILLS WERE REFERRED TO THE COMMITTEE INDICATED:
HB 64 McClendon/ Guillen
Relating to the automatic admission to public institutions of
higher education of certain undergraduate transfer students.
S/C on Higher Education
HB 126 Berman
Relating to the penalty for tampering with a governmental record
establishing residency for enrollment in a public school and to
residency requirements for public school enrollment.
Education
HB 148 Harper-Brown
Relating to the probationary period of persons appointed to
beginning positions in certain fire or police departments.
Intergovernmental Relations
HB 214 Casteel
Relating to the authority of certain counties to impose a hotel
occupancy tax.
Intergovernmental Relations
HB 252 Goodman
Relating to the use of parenting plans and parenting coordinators
in suits affecting the parent-child relationship.
Jurisprudence
HB 360 Talton
Relating to the punishment for the offense of aggravated assault.
Criminal Justice
HB 370 Farabee
Relating to deferred disposition of certain traffic offenses by
certain holders of out-of-state driver's licenses.
Transportation & Homeland Security
HB 410 Goodman
Relating to the property interests of spouses in connection with
certain separate and community property.
Jurisprudence
HB 412 Turner/ et al.
Relating to the use of credit scoring and credit history by certain
telecommunications and electric service providers.
Business & Commerce
HB 468 Hegar
Relating to driver and traffic safety education courses.
Transportation & Homeland Security
HB 495 Miller/ Hupp
Relating to the student enrollment required for the operation of
Texas A&M University--Central Texas as an independent general
academic teaching institution.
S/C on Higher Education
HB 504 Callegari
Relating to an offense involving a motor vehicle with an altered or
obscured license plate.
Transportation & Homeland Security
HB 526 Berman
Relating to limits placed on coverage amounts of certain group life
insurance policies or certificates.
State Affairs
HB 546 Bailey
Relating to certain medical examination requirements in connection
with an allegation of sexual assault of a child.
Criminal Justice
HB 585 Corte
Relating to the requirements for the incorporation of a
municipality in the extraterritorial jurisdiction of certain
existing municipalities.
Intergovernmental Relations
HB 614 Puente
Relating to foster care payments for certain children.
Health & Human Services
HB 632 Smith, Wayne
Relating to the historical advisory board of the San Jacinto
Battleground.
Natural Resources
HB 698 McCall
Relating to the disposal of certain business records that contain
personal identifying information; providing a civil penalty.
Business & Commerce
HB 720 Berman
Relating to the members of a local workforce development board.
Business & Commerce
HB 805 Martinez
Relating to allowing certain emergency and hospital personnel to
take the thumbprint of certain people who receive emergency
prehospital care.
Transportation & Homeland Security
HB 808 Driver
Relating to exempting an accountant from regulation as a private
investigator.
Business & Commerce
HB 858 Kolkhorst/ Cook, Robby
Relating to the issuance of a marriage license to applicants who
are unable to personally appear before the county clerk.
Jurisprudence
HB 881 Seaman
Relating to the dissolution of the Aransas County Conservation and
Reclamation District.
Natural Resources
HB 907 Campbell
Relating to the membership of the Critical Infrastructure
Protection Council.
Transportation & Homeland Security
HB 943 Geren
Relating to evidence establishing ownership of a vessel for a
certificate of title issued by the Parks and Wildlife Department.
Natural Resources
HB 952 Delisi
Relating to a pilot program to provide health services to state
employees in state office complexes.
Government Organization
HB 956 Dunnam
Relating to the composition of the juvenile board of Leon County.
Jurisprudence
HB 1011 Hilderbran
Relating to the removal of the dedication for certain cemeteries.
Administration
HB 1018 Noriega, Melissa
Relating to the amount of liability insurance required to be
maintained on certain school buses owned by a motor carrier.
Business & Commerce
HB 1179 Dutton
Relating to the authority of an associate judge in certain family
law cases.
Jurisprudence
HB 1186 Hartnett
Relating to testamentary and nontestamentary transfers of property
and other benefits and to jurisdiction of courts over certain
probate matters.
Jurisprudence
HB 1188 Hartnett/ Anchia
Relating to the criteria for designation of a reinvestment zone for
purposes of tax increment financing and to the powers of a
municipality that has created a reinvestment zone.
Intergovernmental Relations
HB 1191 Hartnett
Relating to guardianship matters and proceedings.
Jurisprudence
HB 1480 Gattis
Relating to the issuance of special license plates to benefit
certain programs.
Transportation & Homeland Security
HB 1531 Jackson, Jim/ et al.
Relating to telematics services excepted from private security
regulation.
Business & Commerce
HB 1534 Rose
Relating to the appointment of a sheriff, municipal police officer,
and firefighter to the Critical Infrastructure Protection Council.
Transportation & Homeland Security
HB 1558 Davis, John
Relating to an alternative method of satisfying certain licensing
and program participation requirements for assisted living
facilities.
Health & Human Services
HB 1586 West, George "Buddy"
Relating to the transaction of business by the Court of Appeals for
the Eleventh Court of Appeals District.
Jurisprudence
HB 1630 McReynolds
Relating to an excused absence from a public institution of higher
education for a person called to active military service.
S/C on Higher Education
HB 1646 Hughes
Relating to the definition of all-terrain vehicle in the
certificate of title and the motor vehicle registration laws.
Transportation & Homeland Security
HB 1673 Cook, Robby
Relating to the procedure for conversion and creation of a special
utility district.
Natural Resources
HB 1690 Keel/ Hill/ Frost/ Hodge/ Nixon/ et al.
Relating to common nuisance.
State Affairs
HB 1695 Hegar
Relating to the appointment and jurisdiction of cattle rangers.
Criminal Justice
HB 1745 Seaman
Relating to the disqualification of certain temporary employees for
unemployment compensation benefits.
Business & Commerce
HB 1759 Keel
Relating to the eligibility for jury-recommended community
supervision and to the conditions of community supervision for
certain defendants convicted of state jail felonies.
Criminal Justice
HB 1807 Driver
Relating to the offense of attack on an assistance animal.
Criminal Justice
HB 1813 Pickett
Relating to historical reenactments on premises permitted or
licensed under the Alcoholic Beverage Code.
Criminal Justice
HB 1820 Otto
Relating to the requirements for reporting certain information to
the attorney general or the legislature.
Government Organization
HB 1901 Smith, Wayne
Relating to the maximum reservation for certain individual projects
of a portion of the state ceiling for private activity bonds.
Finance
HB 1935 Keffer, Jim
Relating to the acceptance of credit cards by a water district for
the payment of fees and charges imposed by the district.
Natural Resources
HB 1937 Ritter
Relating to the authority of certain counties to create county
assistance districts for certain purposes.
Intergovernmental Relations
HB 1951 Dawson/ Bonnen
Relating to the creation of a judicial district composed of
Brazoria County.
Jurisprudence
HB 1958 Haggerty
Relating to the authority of certain persons to bring suit to
require an appraisal district or an appraisal review board to
comply with the property tax laws.
Intergovernmental Relations
HB 1959 McReynolds
Relating to the hunting of deer with dogs and the taking of
wildlife resources without the consent of the landowner; providing
penalties.
Natural Resources
HB 1981 Blake/ McReynolds
Relating to the amount of the fee that the Pineywoods Groundwater
Conservation District may impose on a well.
Natural Resources
HB 1987 Bonnen
Relating to the regulation of underground and aboveground storage
tanks.
Natural Resources
HB 1996 Hunter
Relating to the election of directors of the Wes-Tex Groundwater
Conservation District.
Natural Resources
HB 2024 Hilderbran/ Guillen
Relating to hunter education.
Natural Resources
HB 2032 Hilderbran
Relating to the expansion of the operation game thief program to
include certain other violations of law.
Natural Resources
HB 2046 Puente
Relating to the applicability of the open meetings law to actions
taken by certain directors of a water district; providing a
criminal penalty.
State Affairs
HB 2096 Bonnen
Relating to the removal and disposal of certain vessels and
structures in certain locations; providing penalties.
Natural Resources
HB 2172 West, George "Buddy"
Relating to eligibility for a license or registration for an
exemption to engage in liquefied petroleum gas-related activities
and to disciplinary action against licensees and registrants.
Natural Resources
HB 2174 Phillips
Relating to the terms of court of the 15th, 59th, and 336th
District Courts.
Jurisprudence
HB 2195 Madden
Relating to the disclosure of certain confidential health
information to the Texas Department of Criminal Justice.
Criminal Justice
HB 2196 Madden
Relating to the transfer of surplus data processing equipment to
the Texas Department of Criminal Justice.
Government Organization
HB 2256 Gallego
Relating to the terms of court of the 112th Judicial District.
Jurisprudence
HB 2267 Smith, Wayne
Relating to the powers of the Coastal Water Authority; providing
the authority to impose a tax; affecting the authority to issue
bonds.
Business & Commerce
HB 2298 Smithee
Relating to elimination of certain rate rollbacks for insurance
premium rates for windstorm insurance.
Business & Commerce
HB 2331 Morrison
Relating to the emergency possession of certain abandoned children;
providing a penalty.
Health & Human Services
HB 2336 Corte
Relating to reimbursement of certain expenses for members of the
Texas Military Facilities Commission.
Veteran Affairs & Military Installations
HB 2384 Madden/ Noriega, Melissa
Relating to the composition of the Advisory Committee to the Texas
Board of Criminal Justice on Offenders with Medical or Mental
Impairments.
Criminal Justice
HB 2428 Puente
Relating to water and energy saving performance standards for
commercial prerinse spray valves.
Natural Resources
HB 2430 Puente/ Rose
Relating to the establishment of a rainwater harvesting evaluation
committee.
Natural Resources
HB 2440 West, George "Buddy"
Relating to the regulation by the Railroad Commission of Texas of
activities associated with multiple accumulations of hydrocarbons
from which production by commingling of hydrocarbons is authorized.
Natural Resources
HB 2555 Kuempel
Relating to the humane dispatch of certain game animals and game
birds.
Natural Resources
HB 2584 Hilderbran
Relating to the Kimble County Hospital District of Kimble County,
Texas.
Intergovernmental Relations
HB 2587 Hilderbran
Relating to the Schleicher County Hospital District.
Intergovernmental Relations
HB 2614 Eiland
Relating to the applicability of certain insurance laws to Lloyd's
plans and reciprocal and interinsurance exchanges.
Business & Commerce
HB 2626 Smith, Wayne
Relating to the penalties and fees imposed by municipalities and
counties in relation to certain false alarms.
Intergovernmental Relations
HB 2760 Taylor
Relating to regulation of rates for personal automobile and fire
and allied lines insurance policies issued by a county mutual
insurance company.
Business & Commerce
HB 2885 Giddings
Relating to an arrest warrant or complaint for the issuance of a
bad check.
Criminal Justice
HB 2892 Luna
Relating to conditions of employment for firefighters employed by
certain municipalities.
Intergovernmental Relations
HB 2926 Hamric
Relating to the procedure for listing property in the appraisal
records following certain ad valorem tax sales.
Intergovernmental Relations
HB 2961 Paxton
Relating to the repeal of certain requirements for the Texas
Workforce Commission's administration of federally established
day-care programs.
Business & Commerce
HB 2962 Paxton
Relating to the abolition of the work and family policies advisory
committee and the work and family policies fund.
Business & Commerce
HB 3199 Hope
Relating to the terms of court of the 410th District Court.
Jurisprudence
HB 3265 Straus/ Pena
Relating to the declaration of a mistrial in the punishment phase
of a criminal proceeding.
Jurisprudence
HB 3340 Hughes
Relating to surveys accepted for filing in the official records of
the General Land Office.
Natural Resources
HB 3353 Driver
Relating to the continuation of certain offenses and certain
statutes involving the interception of certain communications.
Criminal Justice
HB 3481 Hope
Relating to the appointment of magistrates in the district courts
and statutory county courts in Montgomery County.
Jurisprudence
HB 3489 Dawson/ Bonnen
Relating to the creation of an additional statutory county court in
Brazoria County.
Jurisprudence
HCR 13 Chavez/ Oliveira/ Turner/ Luna/ Castro/ et al.
Memorializing Congress to allow Mexican visitors the same six-month
length of stay afforded to Canadian travelers.
International Relations & Trade
HCR 71 Bonnen
Designating Texas purple sage (Leucophyllum frutescens) as the
official State Native Shrub of Texas.
Administration
HCR 93 Cook, Robby/ Bohac/ Crabb
Designating Schulenburg the Official Home of the Painted Churches
of Texas.
Intergovernmental Relations