SENATE FLOOR ACTION

Friday

April 17, 2009

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

Proposing a constitutional amendment authorizing the legislature to permit the Texas Transportation Commission, subject to legislative review and approval, to designate the area adjacent to a state highway project as a transportation finance zone and dedicating the proceeds of the state sales and use taxes imposed in a transportation finance zone to the Texas Mobility Fund for certain purposes.

1 Floor Amendment

Relating to strategies for and improvements in quality of health care and care management provided through health care facilities and through the child health plan and medical assistance programs designed to improve health outcomes.

1 Floor Amendment

Relating to optional fees on the registration of a vehicle imposed by certain counties.

Relating to confidentiality of certain information under the public information law and in local tax appraisal records regarding federal law enforcement officers.

Relating to grants for federally qualified health centers.

1 Floor Amendment

Relating to a pilot revolving loan program for retrofitting public school buildings with photovoltaic solar panels and associated energy efficiency improvements.

Relating to the rights of persons with intellectual or developmental disabilities residing in state schools.

Relating to powers of the Port of Corpus Christi Authority of Nueces County, Texas, pertaining to land in and adjacent to Naval Station Ingleside.

1 Floor Amendment

Relating to the repeal of the driver responsibility program.

1 Floor Amendment

Relating to the diversion of a controlled substance by certain persons who have access to the substance by virtue of the person's profession or employment; providing penalties.

Relating to a state intercept credit enhancement program for certain bonds issued by school districts.

1 Floor Amendment

Relating to requirements for the conduct of Texas Education Agency special education due process hearings.

Relating to the punishment for the offense of breach of computer security.

1 Floor Amendment

Relating to the requirements for a smoke detector in a multifamily residential unit.

1 Floor Amendment

Relating to the abolition of the Texas cultural endowment fund.

Relating to the Texas Rural Investment Fund.

Relating to incentives for the film, television, video, and digital interactive media production industries.

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

Relating to the exchange of information among certain governmental entities concerning at-risk youth.

The Senate failed to adopt:

Granting Betty Bardwell permission to sue the State of Texas, The University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston, and the Office of the Attorney General.

Committee referral on the following:

Relating to the creation of the Harris County Improvement District No. 15; providing authority to impose an assessment, impose a tax, and issue bonds.

Intergovernmental Relations

Relating to the governing body of the Agua Special Utility District.

Intergovernmental Relations

Relating to the creation of the Lake Texoma Municipal Utility District No. 1; providing authority to impose a tax or assessment and issue bonds; granting a limited power of eminent domain.

Intergovernmental Relations

Relating to the creation of an interagency task force on economic growth and endangered species; providing information and direction regarding endangered species issues in certain areas of the state; making an appropriation.

Natural Resources

Relating to the creation of the Guadalupe County Development and Management District.

Intergovernmental Relations