House Committee on Juvenile Justice and Family Issues
         75th Legislature
         February 19, 1997
         10:30 am or upon adjournment
         Capitol Extension
         
         Pursuant to a notice posted on February 13, 1997, the House 
         Committee on Juvenile Justice and Family Issues met in a public 
         hearing and was called to order by the Chair, Representative 
         Toby Goodman at 11:55 am.
         
         The roll was answered as follows:  
         
         Present:  Representatives Goodman; Staples; Jones, Jesse; 
                   McReynolds; Naishtat; Williams (6).
         
         Absent:   Representatives McClendon; Reyna, Arthur; Smith (3).
         
         A quorum was present.
         
         (Representative Smith now present.)  
         
         (Representative Staples in chair.)  
         
         
         HB 957
         
         The chair laid out HB 957.  
         
         The chair recognized Representative Goodman to explain the 
         measure.  
         
         Testimony was taken.  
         
         (Representatives McClendon and Reyna, Arthur now present.)  
         
         The chair recognized Representative Goodman to close on the 
         measure.  
         
         Representative McClendon moved that HB 957 be reported favorably 
         to the full house with the recommendation that it do pass and be 
         printed.  The motion prevailed by the following vote:  
         
         Ayes:     Representatives Goodman; Staples; Jones, Jesse; 
                   McClendon; McReynolds; Naishtat; Reyna, Arthur; Smith; 
                   Williams (9).
         
         Nays:     None (0).
         
         Present not Voting: None (0).
         
         Absent:   None (0).
         
         HB 400
         
 
         





         The chair laid out HB 400.  
         
         The chair recognized Representative Goodman to explain the 
         measure.  
         
         Testimony was taken.  
         
         Representative McClendon offered an amendment to the measure.  
         
         The amendment was adopted without objection.  
         
         The chair recognized Representative Goodman to close on the 
         measure.  
         
         Representative Williams moved that HB 400, as amended, be 
         reported favorably to the full house with the recommendation 
         that it do pass and be printed.  The motion prevailed by the 
         following vote:  
         
         Ayes:     Representatives Goodman; Staples; Jones, Jesse; 
                   McClendon; McReynolds; Naishtat; Reyna, Arthur; Smith; 
                   Williams (9).
         
         Nays:     None (0).
         
         Present not Voting: None (0).
         
         Absent:   None (0).
         
         (Representative Goodman in chair.)  
         
         HB 448
         
         The chair laid out HB 448.  
         
         The chair recognized Representative Eiland to explain the 
         measure.  
         
         Testimony was taken.  
         
         The chair referred the bill to the Subcommittee on HB 448.
         
         The chair named the following members to the Subcommittee on HB 
         448:  Representative Jones, Jesse, Chair, Representatives Reyna, 
         Arthur and Smith. 
         
         The chair recognized Dr. Tony Fabelo to report to the committee 
         on a review of the implementation of the Community Youth 
         Development Project.
         
         Additional testimony was taken.  
         
         HB 168
         
         The chair laid out HB 168.  
 
         





         
         The bill was left pending without objection. 
         
         HB 227
         
         The chair laid out HB 227.  
         
         The bill was left pending without objection. 
         
         (Representative Staples in chair.)  
         
         
         HB 646
         
         The chair laid out HB 646.  
         
         The chair recognized Representative Goodman to explain the 
         measure.  
         
         Representative Naishtat offered a complete committee substitute.  
         
         The committee substitute was adopted without objection.
         
         The chair recognized Representative Goodman to close on the 
         measure.  
         
         Representative Staples moved that HB 646, as substituted, be 
         reported favorably to the full house with the recommendation 
         that it do pass and be printed.  The motion prevailed by the 
         following vote:  
         
         Ayes:     Representatives Goodman; Staples; Jones, Jesse; 
                   McClendon; McReynolds; Naishtat; Reyna, Arthur; Smith; 
                   Williams (9).
         
         Nays:     None (0).
         
         Present not Voting: None (0).
         
         Absent:   None (0).
         
         HB 848
         
         The chair laid out HB 848.  
         
         The chair recognized Representative Goodman to explain the 
         measure.  
         
         Testimony was taken.  
         
         The bill was left pending without objection. 
         HB 863
         
         The chair laid out HB 863.  
         
 
         





         The chair recognized Representative Goodman to explain the 
         measure.  
         
         The bill was left pending without objection. 
         
         At 1:55 pm, on the motion of the chair and without objection, 
         the meeting was adjourned subject to the call of the chair.  
         
         
         
         
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