SENATE FLOOR ACTION

Thursday

April 25, 2013

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

Relating to the expiration of the municipal sales and use tax for street maintenance in certain municipalities.

Relating to contested cases conducted under the Administrative Procedure Act.

2 Floor Amendments

Relating to the representation of indigent defendants in criminal cases.

Relating to the application of the limit on appraised value of a residence homestead for ad valorem tax purposes to an improvement that is a replacement structure for a structure that was rendered uninhabitable or unusable by a casualty or by wind or water damage.

Relating to notice of a premium increase for certain health insurance policies.

Relating to the disposition of proceeds and property from criminal asset forfeiture.

Relating to equal opportunity for access by home-schooled students to University Interscholastic League-sponsored activities; authorizing a fee.

Relating to the authority of certain municipalities and counties to regulate subdivisions in the exterritorial jurisdiction of a municipality by agreement.

Relating to contributions to certain fire and police pension funds.

Relating to requirements for the purchase or acquisition of a water or sewer system.

1 Floor Amendment

Relating to the regulation of medical waste.

1 Floor Amendment

Relating to the disposition of certain firearms seized by a law enforcement agency.

Relating to the rights of certain victims of sexual assault.

Relating to the Texas Military Preparedness Commission and strategic planning regarding military bases and defense installations.

1 Floor Amendment

Relating to contracts by certain state governmental entities that involve the exchange or creation of public information.

Relating to the municipal and county regulation of air guns.

Relating to public school teachers.

4 Floor Amendments

Relating to the punishment for violating certain rules or permit terms under a permit to trap, transport, and transplant certain animals.

Relating to the rendition of certain property for ad valorem tax purposes.

Relating to the authority of certain counties to impose a county hotel occupancy tax.

Relating to assistance and education regarding personal finance for certain children in foster care.

Relating to the authority of the chief appraiser of an appraisal district or a representative of the chief appraiser to photograph the premises of a business, trade, or profession for ad valorem tax appraisal purposes.

Relating to the training of employees of certain covered entities.

Relating to the monitoring of prescriptions for certain controlled substances; providing penalties.

2 Floor Amendments

Relating to the regulation of pain management services.

Relating to the events and expenses eligible for and reporting requirements concerning disbursements from the Major Events trust fund and the Events trust fund.

3 Floor Amendments

Relating to the manufacture, sale, distribution, purchase, or possession of a license plate flipper; creating an offense.

Relating to the establishment of a task force to examine hiring and management practices of the Department of Family and Protective Services.

Relating to the intercollegiate athletics fee at Texas Southern University.

Relating to certain project powers and duties of the Fort Bend County Levee Improvement District No. 7; providing authority to impose a tax and issue bonds.

Relating to the creation of Fulshear Parkway Improvement District; providing authority to issue bonds; providing authority to impose assessments, fees, or taxes.

1 Floor Amendment

Relating to information for legislative purposes requested under the Public Information Act.

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

Relating to the prioritization of certain available legal defense services when appointing representation for an indigent defendant in a criminal case.

Relating to higher education for veterans and their families.

The Senate adopted the following resolutions:

Recognizing April 25, 2013, as Texas Meningitis Awareness Day.

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

Relating to the Texas B-On-time student loan program.

Relating to civil liability for compelled prostitution and certain promotion of prostitution.

Relating to the awarding of the Texas Legislative Medal of Honor.

Relating to continuing education for pharmacists regarding drug abuse and opioid drugs and an interim study regarding opioid abuse.

Relating to the issuance of protective orders for certain sexual, stalking, and trafficking offenses.

Relating to procedures for certain audits of pharmacists and pharmacies.

Relating to the authority of a property owners' association to regulate the use of certain lots for residential purposes.

Relating to student loan repayment assistance for speech-language pathologists or audiologists employed by a public school or as faculty members of certain programs at public institutions of higher education.

Relating to a medical power of attorney.

Relating to compliance with certain requirements of programs administered by the Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs.

Relating to a study on the feasibility of requiring certain researchers to make research papers available to the public.

Relating to expenditures for indigent health care.

Relating to certain conditions of, penalties for violating, and collection of information about protective orders issued in certain family violence, sexual assault or abuse, stalking, or trafficking cases.

Relating to developmentally appropriate assessment of special education students.

Relating to the reexamination of an applicant for a professional counselor license.

Relating to partnerships between the Texas State Technical College System and public junior colleges.

Relating to the regulation of medical radiologic technology; providing penalties; imposing fees.

Relating to the authority to regulate certain water and sewage utilities to ensure public safety in and around certain municipalities.

Relating to fever tick eradication; creating a penalty.

Relating to the creation of the Padre Isles Management District; providing authority to issue bonds.

Relating to the use of maximum allowable cost lists under a Medicaid managed care pharmacy benefit plan.

Relating to the creation, administration, powers, duties, functions, operations, and financing of the Crystal Clear Special Utility District; providing authority to issue bonds; granting a limited power of eminent domain.

Relating to the creation of a county assistance district.

Relating to use of a Medicaid-based fee schedule for reimbursement of services under a contract between a health care provider and certain health benefit plans.

Relating to the prevention of truancy and the offense of failure to attend school.

Relating to the partition of mineral interests of a charitable trust.

Relating to recreational vehicles and recreational vehicle parks.

Relating to the regulation and practice of veterinary medicine; authorizing a fee.

Relating to access to records and certain information in those records regarding a child placed for adoption.

Relating to notice of termination by suppliers of certain dealer agreements governed by the Fair Practices of Equipment Manufacturers, Distributors, Wholesalers, and Dealers Act.

Relating to appointment of a bailiff to serve the 105th District Court.

Relating to addition of certain municipalities to the territory of a regional transportation authority.

Relating to the chief executive officer of the Hopkins County Hospital District and to the delegation of certain authority by the district's board of directors to the chief executive officer.

Relating to the powers and jurisdiction of a regional mobility authority.

Relating to college readiness and success.

Relating to the public notice required to be provided by certain taxing units before adopting an ad valorem tax rate.

Relating to the Homes for Texas Heroes home loan program.

Relating to the establishment of the School Safety Task Force and school safety security criteria.

Relating to the annexation by a municipality of territory of an emergency services district.

Relating to county and municipal land development regulation.

Relating to the creation of the Central Laredo Municipal Management District; providing authority to impose a tax, levy an assessment, impose a fee, and issue bonds.

Relating to the notification of individuals following a breach of security of computerized data.

Relating to the authority of certain municipalities to provide water and sewer service to areas within the municipal boundaries without obtaining a certificate of public convenience and necessity.

Relating to certified Communication Access Realtime Translation providers.

Relating to the protection of defendants against vexatious litigants.

Relating to the facilitation and operation of space flight activities in this state.

Relating to the allocation of enterprise project designations during a biennium.

Relating to the effect of certain state aid on school districts required to take action to equalize wealth under the school finance system.

Relating to training for and complaints regarding members of the governing board of a public institution of higher education.

Relating to the expansion of the boundaries of the Cibolo Creek Municipal Authority.

Relating to the creation of Waller County Improvement District No. 1; providing authority to impose an assessment, impose a tax, and issue bonds.

Relating to the creation of Waller County Improvement District No. 2; providing authority to impose an assessment, impose a tax, and issue bonds.

Relating to the creation of Mesquite Medical Center Management District; providing authority to issue bonds; providing authority to impose assessments, fees, or taxes.

Relating to the appointment of directors for the Viridian Municipal Management District.

Relating to the creation of the Cotton Center Municipal Utility District No. 2 of Caldwell County; providing authority to impose a tax and issue bonds; granting a limited power of eminent domain.

Relating to the detention of certain juvenile offenders.

Relating to the creation of the Deep East Texas Groundwater Conservation District; providing authority to issue bonds; providing authority to impose assessments, fees, and taxes.

Relating to the creation of the Harris County Water Control and Improvement District No. 161; granting the power of eminent domain; providing authority to issue bonds; providing authority to impose assessments, fees, or taxes.

Relating to the powers and duties of the Collin County Water Control and Improvement District No. 3; providing authority to issue bonds.

Relating to the Texarkana College District.

Designating November as COPD Awareness Month for a 10-year period beginning in 2013, and directing the Texas Department of State Health Services to include COPD as a chronic health condition in their public awareness and educational efforts.

Relating to creating American Indian Heritage Day.

Relating to the Corn Hill Regional Water Authority; providing authority to impose fees and taxes.

Relating to the shared work unemployment compensation program.

Authorizing the lieutenant governor and speaker to appoint interim joint committees.

The following bills were removed from the Local and Uncontested Bills Calendar:

Relating to clarifying liability and damages for certain liens placed on and certain court records of real property.

Relating to the replatting of a subdivision without vacating the preceding plat in certain municipalities.

Relating to an animal identification program.

Committee referral on the following:

Relating to the period for confirmation of the Williamson County Municipal Utility District No. 21.

Intergovernmental Relations

Relating to the creation of the Fulshear Municipal Utility District No. 3; providing authority to impose taxes and issue bonds; granting a limited power of eminent domain.

Intergovernmental Relations

Relating to the right of a public employee to representation in certain internal investigatory interviews.

State Affairs

Relating to disease management practices of local mental health authorities.

Health & Human Services

Relating to authorizing certain special districts in Montgomery County to enter into strategic partnership agreements.

Intergovernmental Relations

Relating to the exclusion of certain mineral interests from the property interests that may be condemned by a regional tollway authority.

Transportation

Relating to prohibiting using a wireless communication device while operating a motor vehicle on school property.

Transportation

Relating to the preference given by state agencies to goods offered by bidders in this state or manufactured, produced, or grown in this state or in the United States.

Government Organization

Relating to an exemption for land owned by a school from the additional tax imposed on the change of use of land appraised for ad valorem tax purposes as qualified open-space land.

Finance

Relating to transition and employment services for public school students enrolled in special education programs.

Education

Relating to the filling of vacancies on a political party's county executive committee.

State Affairs

Relating to the dismissal of certain actions arising from exposure to asbestos and silica.

State Affairs

Relating to the continuation of the self-directed and semi-independent status of the Texas State Board of Public Accountancy, the Texas Board of Professional Engineers, and the Texas Board of Architectural Examiners.

Business & Commerce

Relating to the continuation and functions of the Texas Board of Architectural Examiners; changing certain fees.

Business & Commerce

Relating to certain correction instruments in the conveyance of real property.

Intergovernmental Relations

Relating to unemployment compensation eligibility and chargebacks regarding certain persons who leave work to attend training.

Economic Development

Relating to the regulation of barbering and cosmetology; authorizing fees.

Business & Commerce

Relating to automobile club memberships offered in connection with certain motor vehicle retail installment contracts.

Business & Commerce

Relating to the fraudulent use of identifying information by certain sex offenders; providing criminal penalties.

Criminal Justice

Relating to employment in certain consumer-directed services and by certain facilities and to the nurse aide registry and the employee misconduct registry.

Health & Human Services