Texas Eagle Forum
State Legislative Alert (April 19, 1999)
by Cathie Adams, president, cathieadams@texaseagle.org
IN THIS ISSUE:

Contact your State Legislator

Capitol switchboard: 512-463-4630

Legislator’s e-mail:

    House member: firstname.lastname@house.state.tx.us
    Senate member: firstname.lastname@senate.state.tx.us

You can obtain the full text of the bills at http://www.capitol.state.tx.us

PARENTAL NOTIFICATION FOR ABORTION, SB 30
YOU are a very effective lobbyist! YOUR calls in support of the bill that would grant parental notification for abortions performed on our minor daughters, SB 30, were extremely effective.

A public hearing on SB 30 is scheduled for next Monday afternoon, April 19th.

Please PRAY that the majority of that committee will vote to send SB 30 to the Calendars Committee after Monday’s hearing.

THEN, e-mail or call members of the State Affairs Committee and ask them to SEND SB 30 to the Calendars Committee.

State Affairs members to contact are:
House State Affairs Committee:
steven.wolens@house.state.tx.us512-463-0746
sylvester.turner@house.state.tx.us512-463-0554
leo.alvarado@house.state.tx.us512-463-0616
kevin.bailey@house.state.tx.us512-463-0924
kenneth.brimer@house.state.tx.us512-463-0632
david.counts@house.state.tx.us512-463-0480
tom.craddick@house.state.tx.us512-463-0500
paul.hilbert@house.state.tx.us512-463-0572
bob.hunter@house.state.tx.us512-463-0718
delwin.jones@house.state.tx.us512-463-0542
john.longoria@house.state.tx.us512-463-0618
ken.marchant@house.state.tx.us512-463-0468
brian.mccall@house.state.tx.us512-463-0594
tommy.merritt@house.state.tx.us512-463-0750


PUBLIC HEARINGS on Monday, April 19th:
House Committee on State Affairs, 2 PM:
HB 5 by Gray - the PHONY parental notification for abortion bill.
HB 181 by Longoria relates to the time at which life begins.
HB 623 by Delisi/SB 30 by Shapiro-the REAL parental notification for abortion bill.
HB 682 by Allen relates to the death to or injury of an unborn child, providing penalties.
HB 3110 by Longoria relates to the oversight and operations of regional planning commissions and councils of governments.

House Select Committee on Constitutional Revision, Noon:
HJR 62, by Mowery, a constitutional amendment to eliminate duplicative, executed, obsolete, archaic and ineffective constitutional provisions.

House Committee on Ways and Means, 9 AM:
HB 1115 by Hartnett (SB 341 by Ogden) relates to taxing the sale, use, or consumption of Internet access service.

House Committee on Public Education 2 PM:
HB 911 by Delisi relates to character education in public schools.
HB 1129 by Longoria relates to the implementation of curriculum based on scientific research.
HB 1470 by Hilbert relates to the costs of and reducing the need for remedial education of high school graduates.
HB 3239 by Denny relates to parental access to school board meetings.

 PUBLIC HEARINGS on Tuesday, April 20th:
House Committee on Appropriations, 8 AM:
HB 3557 by Heflin relates to the limit on the growth of appropriations.
HJR 79 by Isett is a constitutional amendment relating to the restriction on the rate of growth of appropriations.

House Committee on Public Safety, 10:30 AM:
HB 1165 by Hupp relates to the confidentiality of certain records maintained by the Dept. of Public Safety regarding persons licensed to carry a concealed handgun.
HB 2240 by Hupp relates to establishing a procedure for a person to renew the person’s driver’s license and the person’s license to carry a concealed handgun at the same time.

House Com. on Criminal Jurisprudence, 2 PM:
HB 2978 by Hamric relates to requiring an individual convicted of the offense of prostitution to undergo certain medical tests and to the creation of the offense of engaging in prostitution while knowingly infected with certain diseases.
SB 46 by Carona relates to the creation of the offense of fraudulent use or possession of identifying information.

House Committee on Public Education, 2 PM:
HB 2282 by Garcia relates to the funding allotment for bilingual education programs.

House Committee on Higher Education, 4 PM:
HB 3109 by Longoria relates to the creation and operation of a multicultural math and science education cooperative.
HB 3201 by Chavez relates to the tuition charged certain foreign students attending a public junior college in a county bordering Mexico.

 PUBLIC HEARINGS on Wednesday, April 21th:
Senate Com. on Criminal Justice, Wednesday, 1 PM:
SB 962 by Barrientos relates to the prosecution, punishment, and sentencing of a defendant charged with the offense of stalking.

 PUBLIC HEARINGS on Thursday, April 22th:
The House Public Education Committee will hold a hearing on 61 of the education bills TEF is tracking. The hearing is to commence at 2 PM and we expect it to go into the early morning hours Friday! A partial listing includes:

HB 182 by Longoria, relates to counseling for PARENTS of students at risk of dropping out of school; provides penalties.
HB 646 by Howard relates to textbook selection.
HB 686 by Rene Oliveira relates to a requirement for Spanish instruction in public schools.
HB 709 by Krusee is a voucher/"coupon for control of private school" bill.
HB 1044 by Talton would limit the amount of time a student may spend in bilingual education.
HB 1046 by Sadler is the Governor's "social promotion" bill that should be labeled a "social program" bill.
HB 1965 by Howard relates to reading curriculum.
HB 2118 by Grusendorf is another voucher bill.
HB 2133 by Dutton would make kindergarten and prekindergarten full-day programs.
HB 2366 by Wilson is another voucher bill.
HB 2982 by Culberson would create procedures to determine FEDERAL control of education.
HB 2983 by Culberson relates to "performance" assessments.
HB 3439 by Isett relates to health clinics on school campuses.
HB 3519 by Madden relates to parental notification and consent before children are put into experimental programs.
HB 3761 & HB 3770 by Gallego would allow students to change school districts.
SB 42 by Shapiro authorizes school districts to offer drug testing programs.



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