SENATE FLOOR ACTION

Sunday

May 31, 2009

The Senate adopted the following resolutions:

Suspending limitations on conference committee jurisdiction, H.B. No. 2275.

Suspending limitations on conference committee jurisdiction, H.B. No. 4498.

Suspending limitations on conference committee jurisdiction, H.B. No. 2330 (Guillen/Zaffirini).

Suspending limitations on conference committee jurisdiction, H.B. No. 2571 (Gonzales/Hinojosa).

Suspending limitations on conference committee jurisdiction, S.B. No. 1263 (Watson/Rodriguez).

Suspending limitations on conference committee jurisdiction, H.B. No. 51 (Branch/Zaffirini).

Suspending limitations on conference committee jurisdiction, H.B. No. 1722 (Castro/Uresti).

Suspending limitations on conference committee jurisdiction, S.B. No. 2513.

Suspending limitations on conference committee jurisdiction, S.B. No. 379 (Carona/Guillen).

Suspending limitations on conference committee jurisdiction, S.B. No. 1182 (Wentworth/Ortiz, Jr.).

Suspending limitations on conference committee jurisdiction, H.B. No. 1161 (Geren/Harris).

Suspending limitations on conference committee jurisdiction, H.B. No. 1506.

Suspending limitations on conference committee jurisdiction, S.B. No. 1068.

Suspending limitations on conference committee jurisdiction, H.B. No. 3612.

Suspending limitations on conference committee jurisdiction, S.B. No. 2080.

Suspending limitations on conference committee jurisdiction, H.B. No. 3347 (Truitt/Duncan).

Suspending limitations on conference committee jurisdiction, H.B. No. 2374 (Guillen/Lucio).

Suspending limitations on conference committee jurisdiction, S.B. No. 726 (Eltife/Hughes).

Suspending limitations on conference committee jurisdiction, H.B. No. 4102 (Eiland/Carona).

Suspending limitations on conference committee jurisdiction, H.B No. 469.

Suspending limitations on conference committee jurisdiction, H.B. No. 3.

Suspending limitations on conference committee jurisdiction, H.B. No. 1959.

Suspending limitations on conference committee jurisdiction, H.J.R. No. 14.

The Senate adopted conference committee reports on the following bills:

Relating to the penalties for the illegal use of a parking space or area designated specifically for persons with disabilities.

Relating to tuition and fee exemptions for certain military personnel and their dependents or spouse and permitting those personnel to assign the exemption to a child.

Relating to 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 an annual report by the Texas Fusion Center regarding criminal street gangs and gang-related crime.

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

Relating to the operation of a motor vehicle in the vicinity of a vulnerable road user; providing penalties.

Relating to compensation paid to certain judges and justices.

Relating to the emergency installation and use of a device to intercept wire, oral, or electronic communications.

Relating to the administration of certain housing funds by the Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs.

Relating to the installation, maintenance, or operation of natural gas pipelines on state highways and highway and county road rights-of-way.

Relating to the creation of the Harrison County Groundwater Conservation District; providing authority to impose a tax and issue bonds.

Relating to the establishment of a law school in the city of Dallas by the University of North Texas System.

Relating to interactive water features and fountains.

Relating to the continuation and functions of the Commission on Jail Standards.

Relating to the continuation and functions of the Texas Commission on Fire Protection.

Relating to allowing a governmental body to redact certain personal information under the public information law without the necessity of requesting a decision from the attorney general.

Relating to public information and open government.

Relating to a parenting and paternity awareness component of the health curriculum used in public high schools.

Relating to certain mass transit entities.

Relating to creating an offense for interference with certain radio frequencies.

Relating to the appointment of a receiver to remedy hazardous properties.

Relating to the early identification of criminal defendants who are or may be persons with mental illness or mental retardation.

Relating to a study of the feasibility of establishing separate reimbursement under the Medicaid vendor drug program for certain pharmacy care management services.

Relating to a study by the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality of methods for disposing of unused pharmaceuticals so that they do not enter a wastewater system.

Relating to the extended registration of a commercial fleet of motor vehicles.

Relating to the establishment of a strategy for reducing child abuse and neglect and improving child welfare.

Relating to the authority of a school district to impose ad valorem taxes.

Relating to the postemployment activities of certain local government officers in certain counties; providing a penalty.

Relating to the name and confirmation of, and to certain fees imposed by, the McLennan County Groundwater Conservation District.

Proposing a constitutional amendment to prohibit the taking of property for transfer to a private entity for certain purposes.

Proposing a constitutional amendment to allow an officer or enlisted member of the Texas State Guard or other state militia or military force to hold other civil offices.

Relating to public school accountability, curriculum, and promotion requirements.

Relating to measures to enhance and maintain the quality of state universities, including funding and incentives to support emerging public research universities in developing and maintaining programs of the highest tier, to the abolition of the higher education fund, and to the institutional groupings under the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board's accountability system.

Relating to the waiting period for issuing a decree in certain suits for divorce.

Relating to the operation of certain health benefit plans through student health centers of certain institutions of higher education.

Relating to the prosecution of the offense of barratry and solicitation of professional employment.

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

Relating to course credit for certain students at a public institution of higher education.

Relating to the acquisition by state agencies of low-emissions vehicles and vehicles using alternative fuels.

Relating to health benefit plan coverage for autism spectrum disorder.

Relating to the establishment of incentives by this state for the implementation of certain projects to capture and sequester in geological formations carbon dioxide that would otherwise be emitted into the atmosphere.

Relating to the creation of a commission to investigate and prevent wrongful convictions.

Relating to the transportation of children in motor vehicles; creating an offense.

Relating to the impoundment of certain motor vehicles involved in the commission of the offense of racing on a highway.

Relating to certain costs used to fund drug court programs.

Relating to eligibility for assignment as a visiting judge.

Relating to the ad valorem taxation of a residence homestead that is rendered uninhabitable or unusable by a casualty or by wind or water damage.

Relating to a residential tenant's rights and remedies after certain determinations or unlawful conduct.

Relating to a criminal history evaluation letter determining occupational license eligibility.

Relating to the scheduling of hearings before appraisal review boards on property tax protests.

Relating to school district policies addressing sexual abuse of children.

Relating to local regulation of distance requirements for the sale and consumption of alcoholic beverages near certain establishments.

Relating to a pilot project to exchange secure electronic health information between the Health and Human Services Commission and local or regional health information exchanges.

Relating to blind and disabled pedestrians and failure of the operator of a motor vehicle to yield the right-of-way.

Relating to the regulation of freestanding emergency medical care facilities; providing an administrative penalty; creating an offense.

Relating to the imposition of conditions on certain defendants charged with an offense involving family violence.

Relating to creating an exception to the offense of unlawful installation of a tracking device.

Relating to the proceedings that may be referred to and the powers of a criminal law magistrate in Bexar County.

Relating to newborn screening and the creation of the Newborn Screening Advisory Committee.

Relating to exemptions from the sales tax for a limited period for certain backpacks and school supplies specified by the Streamlined Sales and Use Tax Agreement.

Relating to abolishing the Private Sector Prison Industries Oversight Authority and to the certification and operation of private sector prison industries programs.

Relating to the performance of pharmacy services in certain rural areas.

Relating to the governmental entities subject to the sunset review process.

Relating to health benefit plan coverage for certain amino acid-based elemental formulas.

Relating to the criminal consequences of operating without a valid driver's license a motor vehicle for which financial responsibility is not established.

Relating to the prosecution and punishment of the offense of engaging in organized criminal activity.

Relating to certain registration requirements imposed on sex offenders.

Relating to a study regarding the provision of certain medications through the Medicaid vendor drug program to children younger than 16 years of age.

Relating to the establishment of additional job incentive programs by the Texas Workforce Commission using the skills development fund.

Relating to creating the offense of continuous violence against the family.

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.

Relating to the powers and duties of the Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation, including the power to issue emergency orders and temporary and emergency licenses.

Relating to regulating employment at or by certain facilities serving the elderly or persons with disabilities and to certain acts committed against those individuals.

Relating to laboratory tests measuring kidney function.

Relating to tuition and laboratory fee exemptions at public institutions of higher education for certain peace officers enrolled in criminal justice or law enforcement management-related course work.

Relating to financial assistance by the Texas Water Development Board for the connection of residences in economically distressed areas to public water supply and sanitary sewer systems.

Relating to the length of time certain property acquired by a charitable organization to provide low-income housing may be exempted from ad valorem taxation.

Relating to the licensing and regulation of towing companies and vehicle storage facilities; providing penalties.

Relating to the production and taxation of renewable diesel fuel.

Relating to the regulation of property tax consultants.

Relating to the designation of the Bankhead Highway as a historic highway.

Relating to the quasi-judicial enforcement of certain health and safety ordinances.

Relating to the regulation and practice of engineering and lighting design.

Relating to the continuation and functions of the Department of Public Safety of the State of Texas and the Texas Private Security Board; providing penalties.

Relating to certain building code standards applicable to the unincorporated areas of certain counties; providing a penalty.

Relating to financial assistance administered by the Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs.

Relating to authorizing the Department of State Health Services to obtain criminal history record information for certain applicants for employment.

Relating to the regulation of land use to ensure compatible development with military facilities in certain counties.

Relating to municipal registration of vacant buildings in certain counties; providing a penalty.

Relating to a parenting and paternity awareness program used in the health curriculum for public schools.

Relating to the filing of sworn complaints with the Texas Ethics Commission.

Relating to the applicability of certain laws to open-enrollment charter schools.

Relating to certain required notifications regarding insurance claims and premiums.

Relating to consolidation of certain proceedings on an application for a certificate of convenience and necessity.

Relating to the creation and powers of certain groundwater and surface water districts.

Relating to plan qualification provisions for and certain health insurance deductions under the Teacher Retirement System of Texas.

Relating to the continuation and functions of the Texas Commission on Law Enforcement Officer Standards and Education.

Relating to the establishment of the Texas Armed Services Scholarship.

Relating to the powers and duties of the School Land Board and the commissioner of the General Land Office.

Relating to filing of instruments conveying real property in certain counties.

Relating to the creation of a pilot program that allows taxpayer appeals from certain appraisal review board determinations in certain counties to be heard by the State Office of Administrative Hearings.

Relating to the authority of the state to acquire, sell, or exchange certain land.

Relating to filing fees for civil actions or proceedings in a district, county, justice, or small claims court.

Relating to the use of restraints to control the movement of pregnant women and female children confined in certain correctional facilities in this state.

Relating to the Texas Economic Development Act.

Relating to the functions and continuation of the Texas Youth Commission and the Texas Juvenile Probation Commission and to the functions of the Office of Independent Ombudsman for the Texas Youth Commission.

Relating to criminal history checks for employees of, and applicants for employment at, special care facilities.

Relating to the conditions of bond for a defendant charged with committing certain offenses against a child and to the denial of bail pending trial with respect to certain defendants who violate those conditions.

Relating to title insurance coverage of property transferred into an inter vivos trust.

Relating to the acceptance of certain donated building projects by the Parks and Wildlife Department.

Relating to the qualifications to be a veterans county service officer.

Relating to certain homestead preservation reinvestment zones.

Relating to the establishment of a victim assistance program to provide services to domestic victims of trafficking.

Relating to the disaster contingency fund.

Relating to the application process and scoring for the low income housing tax credit program.

Relating to operations fees and child support service fees assessed by domestic relations offices.

Relating to ballot issues for a local option election to prohibit the sale of alcoholic beverages.

Relating to the creation and re-creation of funds and accounts in the state treasury, the dedication and rededication of revenue, and the exemption of unappropriated money from use for general governmental purposes.

Relating to the creation of district courts and statutory county courts and to the composition of juvenile boards in certain counties.