1.   A House panel on community health approved the proposal despite objections from bill sponsor Rep. Randy Ball, R-Titusville.

2.   A photo of House bill sponsor Lamar Smith, R-Texas, by Rick McKay will move.

3.   But bill sponsor Sen. Bill Posey, R-Rockledge, persuaded Jones to let the measure go as is to minimize objections to the plan from the House.

4.   Finally, the speaker has even tinkered with the names of bill sponsors to give shaky incumbents a boost.

5.   Finally, the speaker has even tinkered with the names of bill sponsors to give a shaky incumbent an edge.

6.   Joe Karpinski, a spokesman for bill sponsor Vermont Republican Sen. James Jeffords, said the device issue is just one of several remaining.

7.   Sen. Robert Duncan, R-Lubbock and a bill sponsor, could make a motion to vote on the bill as soon as Monday.

8.   Assembly Speaker Jack Collins, a bill sponsor, said the measure would help working families who have trouble making ends meet.

9.   Because the bill included only groups that had asked bill sponsor Assemblyman Nicholas Asselta, R-Cumberland, for help, Asselta said.

10.   Child advocates and bill sponsors say the measure will send a message to desperate mothers that they can relinquish a child in a safe place.