SENATE FLOOR ACTION

Monday

June 1, 2009

The Senate concurred in House amendments to the following:

Relating to resident tuition rates and fees at public institutions of higher education for certain veterans and servicemembers and their spouses and children.

Relating to the imposition of the franchise tax and local sales and use taxes, including the authority of a county or other local governmental entity to receive local sales tax information.

Relating to examinations by the consumer credit commissioner with regard to the regulation of property tax lenders and certain other lenders and debt management counselors.

Relating to the organization, duties, and functions of the Texas Veterans Commission and to providing funding for assistance for veterans through a lottery game.

Relating to treating and reducing child abuse and neglect and improving child welfare, including providing assistance for adoptive parents and foster care providers.

Relating to the adoption of rules by the Texas Water Development Board regarding supplemental funding resulting from federal economic recovery legislation.

The Senate adopted conference committee reports on the following bills:

Relating to promoting awareness and education about the purchase and availability of health coverage.

Relating to jurisdiction, venue, and appeals in certain matters, including the jurisdiction of and appeals from certain courts and administrative decisions and the appointment of counsel in certain appeals.

Relating to the taxation of motor fuels; providing penalties.

Relating to the regulation of the discharge of firearms and certain other weapons by certain municipalities.

Relating to certain election practices and procedures; providing penalties.

Relating to the Bexar Metropolitan Water District.

Relating to the exemption from ad valorem taxation of property owned by certain charitable organizations.

Relating to consideration of mitigating factors in determining appropriate disciplinary action to be taken against a public school student.

Relating to the authority of the Texas Education Agency to seek, accept, determine eligibility for, and distribute grants available for the benefit of public education and the establishment of professional development institutes and payment of grants to teachers who complete those institutes.

Relating to motor vehicle inspection stations that perform emissions inspections using only the onboard diagnostic system of inspected vehicles.

Relating to the establishment of an online resource for teachers of students with special health needs.

Relating to the development of carbon dioxide capture and sequestration in this state.

Relating to disaster preparedness and emergency management and to certain vehicles used in emergencies; providing a penalty.

Relating to the establishment of certain programs to support adult and postsecondary education and workforce development in high-demand occupations and green jobs.

Relating to the creation of the offense of online harassment.

Relating to persons certified as peace officers.

Relating to a preference in state purchasing for certain media-related services offered by businesses based in Texas.

Relating to a reporting requirement regarding the Texas emerging technology fund.

Relating to the registration and operation of certain motor vehicles.

Relating to the authority of municipalities to alter speed limits.

Relating to self-directed and semi-independent status of state financial regulatory agencies and the licensing and regulation of certain persons involved in residential mortgage lending; making an appropriation; providing a penalty.

Relating to license plates created by the Texas Department of Transportation for professional firefighters.

Relating to the prosecution and punishment of the offense of arson.

Relating to certain charges included in a motor vehicle installment agreement.

Relating to public school finance and programs.

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 certain competitive scholarship recipients at public institutions of higher education.

Relating to emergency preparation and management.