SENATE FLOOR ACTION

Wednesday

May 20, 2009

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

Relating to the establishment of an adult stem cell research program.

4 Floor Amendments

Relating to requiring financial disclosure concerning reports prepared by public institutions of higher education for other entities.

Relating to the authority of a school district to implement a school bus monitoring system that records images, including images of vehicles that pass a stopped school bus; providing for the imposition of penalties.

1 Floor Amendment

Relating to the regulation of tire businesses and authorizing a fee for tire purchases for regulatory compliance in certain counties; creating an offense.

1 Floor Amendment

Relating to the board of directors of the Lakeway Municipal Utility District.

Relating to the regulation of certain boarding houses and assisted living facilities; providing penalties.

2 Floor Amendments

Relating to procurement methods of the Ector County Hospital District for the construction, rehabilitation, alteration, or repair of certain projects.

Relating to the electronic transmission of a federal postcard application used for voting.

Relating to the creation of the lifespan respite services program.

Relating to the use, exhibition, or possession of a firearm by public school students participating in certain school-sponsored programs and activities sponsored or supported by the Parks and Wildlife Department.

Relating to the minimum patient age for administration of an influenza vaccination by a pharmacist.

Relating to authorizing an exemption from tuition and fees charged by a junior college district for employees of the district.

Relating to a county's removal of flood water resulting from a natural disaster in certain communities.

Relating to the creation of a county court at law in Navarro County.

Relating to requiring the Texas Department of Criminal Justice to establish a comprehensive reentry and reintegration plan for offenders released or discharged from a correctional facility.

1 Committee Amendment

1 Floor Amendment

Relating to mobile food units in certain municipalities.

Relating to the transfer of certain state property from the Department of Aging and Disability Services to certain community mental health and mental retardation centers.

Relating to creating a task force to develop uniform standards for subdivisions in the unincorporated areas of counties near the international border and in economically distressed counties.

1 Floor Amendment

Relating to the fuel ethanol and biodiesel incentive program of the Department of Agriculture.

Relating to the lease of certain oil, gas, or mineral land by a municipality.

Relating to the political activities of a person employed by a county elections administrator.

Relating to exempting Lamar State College--Orange and Lamar State College--Port Arthur from certain requirements relating to student admissions.

Relating to agreements with public junior colleges for courses for joint high school and junior college credit.

1 Floor Amendment

Relating to registration for evacuation and disaster preparedness for clients of home and community support services agencies.

Relating to regional participation agreements.

Relating to the technology demonstration sites project.

1 Floor Amendment

Relating to the liability of a county, hospital district, or public hospital for the costs of health care services provided to an indigent patient.

1 Floor Amendment

Relating to the conveyance of certain state forest land in Cherokee County under the control of the board of regents of The Texas A&M University System.

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

Relating to the carrying of concealed handguns on the campuses of institutions of higher education.

1 Floor Amendment

The Senate reconsidered the vote on final passage and postponed to time certain:

Relating to the authority of a gas corporation to use a public right-of-way.

The Senate adopted the following resolutions:

In memory of James Franklin Warren, Jr., of Huntsville.

Congratulating the Plano High School Wildcats boys' soccer team on winning the University Interscholastic League Class 5A state championship title.

In memory of Stuart J. Alexander of Corpus Christi.

Congratulating the members of the Texas National MATHCOUNTS team for winning first place at the MATHCOUNTS national competition.

Authorizing the Texas Legislative Council to pay membership dues to the Council of State Governments for state officers.

Expressing support of the Ecumenical Patriarchate, in Istanbul, urging intervention by the United States, the European Union, and the United Nations to stop institutional discrimination against the Ecumenical Patriarchate, and calling on the government of Turkey to safeguard religious rights within its borders, including those of the Ecumenical Patriarchate.

The Senate refused to concur in House amendments and requested the appointment of a Conference Committee on the following:

Relating to the authority of certain juvenile probation officers to carry firearms.

Committee referral on the following:

Relating to the governance and operation of appraisal districts; providing a penalty.

Finance

Relating to workers' compensation insurance coverage regarding certain contractors.

State Affairs

Relating to the Fox Crossing Water District.

Natural Resources

Relating to the creation of an interim committee on, and a study of, the itemized billing statements of certain health care facilities.

Administration

Relating to the creation of the Sienna Ranch Municipal Utility District No. 1 of Collin County; providing authority to impose a tax and issue bonds; granting a limited power of eminent domain.

Intergovernmental Relations

Committee re-referral on the following:

Relating to the authority of the governing body of a municipality or the commissioners court of a county to enter into an ad valorem tax abatement agreement.

Re-referred from Administration to Economic Development