SENATE FLOOR ACTION
Saturday
May 28, 2005
THE SENATE ADOPTED THE FOLLOWING RESOLUTIONS:
HCR 194 Jones, Jesse SP: Deuell
Designating July 2005 as Lawn Mower Safety Awareness Month.
SR 1047 Ellis
Suspending the limitations to go outside the bounds for HB 1830.
SR 1060 Armbrister
Suspending the limitations to go outside the bounds for HB 1835.
SR 1071 Ogden
Suspending limitations on conference committee jurisdiction S.B. 1.
THE SENATE CONCURRED IN HOUSE AMENDMENTS TO THE FOLLOWING:
SB 9 Staples SP: Corte
Relating to homeland security; providing a penalty.
SB 60 Lucio/ Ellis/ Hinojosa/ et al.
SP: Goolsby/ et al.
Relating to the representation of certain defendants in capital
cases and to the punishment for a capital felony or other felony
punishable by a term of imprisonment exceeding 99 years.
SB 411 Whitmire SP: Hamric
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 526 Hinojosa SP: Martinez
Relating to a county's authority to impose a records archive fee
and to certain fees for records management and preservation.
SB 874 Nelson SP: Hupp
Relating to quality-of-care monitoring visits to long-term care
facilities.
SB 1038 Lucio SP: Oliveira
Relating to authorizing a special events trust fund to support
certain Olympic events, including training and development
activities.
SB 1131 Hinojosa SP: Seaman
Relating to the conveyance of a ferry by the Texas Department of
Transportation to certain counties and local government
corporations and to the operation of ferries by regional mobility
authorities.
SB 1173 Armbrister SP: Solomons
Relating to the regulation of a perpetual care cemetery and the
sale of interment rights in a mausoleum before completion of
construction.
SB 1290 Wentworth SP: Chisum
Relating to the sale or use of certain refrigerants.
SB 1413 Shapleigh/ et al. SP: Smith, Wayne
Relating to county brownfield cleanup and economic redevelopment
programs.
SB 1668 Estes SP: Baxter
Relating to the consideration of payments to an affiliate in
computing rates for electric utilities.
SB 1710 Staples SP: Bonnen
Relating to outdoor burning under the Texas Clean Air Act.
SB 1831 Hinojosa SP: Luna
Relating to the creation of the Corpus Christi Aquifer Storage and
Recovery Conservation District.
SB 1892 Madla SP: Uresti
Relating to the creation of the Espada Development District;
providing authority to impose taxes and issue bonds.
THE SENATE GRANTED THE REQUEST FOR THE APPOINTMENT OF A CONFERENCE
COMMITTEE ON THE FOLLOWING:
HJR 80 Krusee SP: Ogden
Proposing a constitutional amendment clarifying that certain
economic development programs do not constitute a debt.
HB 10 Pitts/ Denny SP: Ogden
Relating to making supplemental appropriations and reductions in
appropriations.
HB 183 Brown, Fred/ Anchia/ Callegari/ McClendon/
Gonzalez Toureilles SP: Zaffirini
Relating to the prosecution of offenses involving the use of safety
belts and child passenger safety seat systems.
HB 260 Goodman SP: Averitt
Relating to suits affecting the parent-child relationship and
protective orders.
HB 698 McCall SP: Averitt
Relating to the creation and disposal of certain materials that
contain personal identifying information; providing a civil
penalty.
HB 880 Delisi SP: Zaffirini
Relating to attorney general review of certain contracts for health
care purposes.
HB 925 Chavez SP: Lucio
Relating to creating an interagency work group on border issues.
HB 955 Solomons SP: Averitt
Relating to the regulation of financial businesses and practices;
providing civil penalties.
HB 1068 Driver SP: Hinojosa
Relating to the collection and analysis of evidence and testimony
based on forensic analysis, crime laboratory accreditation, DNA
testing, and the creation and maintenance of DNA records; providing
a penalty.
HB 1116 Solomons/ Hamric/ Truitt/ Dunnam
SP: Nelson
Relating to the governmental entities subject to the sunset review
process.
HB 1126 Uresti SP: Madla
Relating to exemptions from the law governing emergency medical
services for certain transfer vehicles and staff and to the minimum
qualifications for obtaining an emergency medical services provider
license.
HB 1188 Hartnett/ Anchia SP: West, Royce
Relating to tax increment financing.
HB 1357 Flores SP: Seliger
Relating to the civil consequences of certain alcohol-related
offenses.
HB 1449 Dutton/ Goodman SP: Harris
Relating to suits affecting the parent-child relationship,
including proceedings for the establishment, modification, and
enforcement of child support; providing a civil penalty.
HB 1772 Miller SP: Fraser
Relating to permitting a general-law municipality to annex land in
certain circumstances.
HB 1773 Miller SP: Averitt
Relating to the authority of certain counties to impose a hotel
occupancy tax and to the use of that tax revenue.
HB 1800 Denny/ Jones, Jesse/ Coleman
SP: Harris
Relating to corrected reports, registrations, and statements filed
with the Texas Ethics Commission.
HB 2027 Hilderbran SP: Armbrister
Relating to the use of certain weapons in or on the beds or banks
of certain rivers and streams in particular counties; providing a
penalty.
HB 2145 Hupp/ Seaman/ Grusendorf SP: Deuell
Relating to prohibiting changes in certain prescription drug orders
without the approval of the prescribing health care practitioner.
HB 2161 West, George "Buddy" SP: Seliger
Relating to the power of the Railroad Commission of Texas to adopt
and enforce safety standards and practices applicable to the
transportation by pipeline of certain substances and to certain
pipeline facilities; imposing an administrative penalty.
HB 2201 Hughes/ Hopson/ Cook, Robby/ Kolkhorst/ Homer/
et al. SP: Estes
Relating to implementing a clean coal project in this state.
HB 2221 Luna/ Morrison/ Turner/ Callegari
SP: West, Royce
Relating to the territory of a public junior college district and
to the provision of services by a junior college district to
students residing outside the district.
HB 2233 Keffer, Jim SP: Duncan
Relating to state and certain local fiscal matters; providing a
penalty.
HB 2329 Morrison/ et al. SP: Ogden
Relating to authorizing the issuance of revenue bonds or other
obligations to fund capital projects at public institutions of
higher education.
HB 2335 Corte SP: Shapleigh
Relating to certain duties of state agencies with regard to members
of the United States armed forces and their dependents and the
communities in which they reside.
HB 2572 Truitt/ Isett/ McReynolds/ Miller/ Coleman/ et al.
SP: Janek
Relating to the functions of local mental health and mental
retardation authorities.
HB 2760 Taylor SP: Averitt
Relating to regulation of rates for personal automobile and fire
and allied lines insurance policies issued by a county mutual
insurance company.
HB 2793 Bonnen SP: Jackson, Mike
Relating to the removal and collection of convenience switches from
motor vehicles; providing penalties.
HB 2795 Hartnett SP: Averitt
Relating to certain appointments made by the governor and the chief
justice of the supreme court.
HB 2876 Callegari/ Gattis/ Hope/ Howard/ Smith, Wayne/
et al. SP: Armbrister
Relating to certificates of public convenience and necessity for
water service and sewer service.
HB 2928 Kolkhorst/ Cook, Byron/ Chisum/ McReynolds/ et al.
SP: Seliger
Relating to projects that may be undertaken by certain development
corporations with respect to business enterprises or business
development.
HB 2959 Paxton/ et al. SP: Zaffirini
Relating to the use of federal child care and development block
grant funds by local workforce development boards.
HB 3001 Morrison/ et al. SP: Duncan
Relating to the amount of the annual constitutional appropriation
to certain agencies and institutions of higher education and to the
allocation of those funds to those agencies and institutions.
HB 3333 Chavez SP: Madla
Relating to the sale or transfer of interest of real property to
certain federally recognized Indian tribes.
HB 3482 Hegar/ Callegari/ Olivo/ Howard
SP: Armbrister
Relating to the creation of the North Fort Bend Water Authority;
providing authority to issue bonds; granting the power of eminent
domain; providing an administrative penalty.
HB 3518 Coleman SP: Ellis
Relating to the creation of the Harris County Improvement District
No. 6; providing authority to impose a tax and issue bonds.
HB 3556 Brown, Betty SP: Deuell
Relating to the creation of Las Lomas Municipal Utility District
No. 4 of Kaufman County; providing authority to impose a tax and
issue bonds; granting the power of eminent domain.
HB 3563 King, Phil/ Bailey/ Morrison/ Luna/ Swinford/
et al. SP: Staples
Relating to the use of anabolic steroids by public school students.