SENATE FLOOR ACTION

Thursday

March 19, 2009

The Senate suspended the necessary rules to consider and finally pass:

Relating to the required public notice of the name of each finalist for the position of superintendent of a public school district.

Relating to certain standards for group-administered achievement tests used by school districts.

The Senate suspended the regular order, read third time and finally passed:

Relating to disease control programs to reduce the risk of certain communicable diseases.

Relating to the establishment and operation of a motor-bus-only lane pilot program in certain counties.

1 Floor Amendment

Relating to juror questions and juror note-taking during civil trials.

The following bills were passed on the Local and Uncontested Bills Calendar:

Relating to the detention and transportation of a person with a mental illness.

Relating to the civil liability of an employer or former employer of a mental health services provider who engages in sexual exploitation of a patient or former patient.

Relating to the participation of undergraduate students in funding awarded under the advanced research program.

Relating to leave for junior college district or university system employees who are physically assaulted while on duty.

Relating to the limitation on paid leave for state employees at health and human services agencies pending a criminal history background check.

Relating to training and other human resources functions of health and human services agencies.

Relating to certain providers of subsidized child care.

Relating to the eligibility of certain aliens for a license to practice medicine in this state.

Relating to provisional licensing of physicians to practice in underserved areas.

Relating to the procurement methods authorized for public projects by certain local governments.

Relating to real property subject to restrictive covenants.

Relating to prohibiting a restrictive covenant granting a right of first refusal to a property owners' association in certain circumstances.

Relating to the regulation of solar energy devices by a property owners' association.

Relating to notice requirements in certain enforcement actions initiated by property owners' associations.

Relating to the appointment of a successor guardian for certain wards adjudicated as totally incapacitated.

Relating to a prohibition against certain court orders in a suit affecting the parent-child relationship during a parent's military deployment.

Relating to human body and anatomical specimen donation.

Relating to a health passport for Medicaid recipients.

Relating to the use of electronic prescribing data transmission systems under the state Medicaid program.

Relating to the review of a Medicaid recipient's electronic medication history by a provider of Medicaid acute care services.

Relating to ensuring that health information technology used in the medical assistance and child health plan programs conforms to certain standards.

Relating to hepatitis B vaccination for students enrolled in certain health-related courses of study at an institution of higher education.

Relating to the requirement that licensed physicians provide emergency contact information to the Texas Medical Board.

Relating to the pledge of certain revenue of a regional transportation authority to the payment of bonds.

Relating to the establishment of railroad quiet zones outside the boundaries of certain municipalities.

Relating to the civil and criminal consequences of operating a motor vehicle or a watercraft while intoxicated or under the influence of alcohol.

Relating to the retention by a county or municipality of certain court costs for maintaining and supporting a certified breath alcohol testing program.

Relating to the repeal of the authority of the Texas Department of Transportation to regulate air carriers.

Relating to the creation of an advisory committee to study the retail availability of healthy foods in certain underserved areas of this state.

Relating to the receipt and release of immunization information by the immunization registry in connection with a disaster; providing penalties.

Relating to the Texas Transportation Commission's authority to establish advisory committees.

Relating to the authority of a county or the Department of Public Safety of the State of Texas to enforce compliance with posted speed limits by an automated traffic control system.

Relating to the powers and duties of the Texas Department of Transportation related to county traffic officers.

Relating to creation of the Early Childhood Health and Nutrition Interagency Council.

Relating to methods of payment for reimbursement of jury service expenses.

Relating to compensation for the use of the public transportation system of a regional transportation authority.

Relating to the appointment of magistrates to hear truancy cases in certain counties.

Relating to the performance evaluation criteria for judges employed by a municipality.

Relating to the use of certain court costs in a criminal case for municipal programs enhancing public safety and security.

Relating to eligibility for assignment as a visiting judge.

Relating to safety regulations for certain contract carriers.

Relating to the prohibition on certification of sex offenders as emergency medical services personnel.

Relating to compensation paid to certain judges and justices.

Relating to the use of land on the main campus of Texas A&M University in College Station.

Relating to the application of the child support guidelines in a suit affecting the parent-child relationship.

Relating to the grounds for removal of a member of the board of directors of the Lynn County Hospital District.

Relating to certain qualified alien physicians practicing medicine in this state.

Relating to certain mammography systems that fail certification standards.

Relating to the disposition of cash in possession of a deceased pauper.

Relating to intermunicipal commuter rail districts.

Relating to certain requirements for sunscreening devices that are placed on or attached to a motor vehicle; providing a penalty.

Relating to the hours worked during a week by firefighters in certain municipalities.

Relating to the representation of indigent defendants in criminal cases.

Relating to a rebuttable presumption regarding liability of an in-home service company or residential delivery company for negligent hiring.

Relating to the number of counties or municipalities necessary to establish a regional drug court program.

Relating to the establishment and use of a mausoleum beneath certain religious buildings.

Relating to the recusal or disqualification of a statutory probate court judge and subsequent assignment of another judge.

Relating to injury leave and related benefits for certain state peace officers injured in the course of performance of duty.

Relating to the provision of a certified copy of a birth certificate for certain minors receiving services from the Department of Family and Protective Services.