House Committee on State Affairs 75th Legislature April 14, 1997 1:00 pm or upon adjournment Capitol Extension, E2.010 Pursuant to a notice posted on April 9, 1997, the House Committee on State Affairs met in a public hearing and was called to order by the Chair, Representative Steven Wolens at 4:32 pm. The roll was answered as follows: Present: Representatives Wolens; Alvarado; Brimer; Carter; Danburg; Hilbert; Hunter; Jones, Delwin; Longoria; McCall; Ramsay; Stiles (12). Absent: Representatives Turner, Sylvester; Counts; Craddick (3). A quorum was present. HB 273 The chair laid out HB 273 as pending business. (Representative Counts now present.) Representative Danburg moved that HB 273 be reported favorably to the full house with the recommendation that it do pass and be printed and be sent to the Committee on Local and Consent Calendars. The motion prevailed by the following vote: Ayes: Representatives Wolens; Alvarado; Brimer; Carter; Counts; Danburg; Hilbert; Hunter; Jones, Delwin; Longoria; McCall; Ramsay; Stiles (13). Nays: None (0). Present not Voting: None (0). Absent: Representatives Turner, Sylvester; Craddick (2). HB 1448 The chair laid out HB 1448 as pending business. Representative Jones, Delwin moved that HB 1448 be reported favorably to the full house with the recommendation that it do pass and be printed and be sent to the Committee on Local and Consent Calendars. The motion prevailed by the following vote: Ayes: Representatives Wolens; Alvarado; Brimer; Carter; Counts; Danburg; Hilbert; Hunter; Jones, Delwin; Longoria; McCall; Ramsay; Stiles (13). Nays: None (0). Present not Voting: None (0). Absent: Representatives Turner, Sylvester; Craddick (2). HB 1449 The chair laid out HB 1449 as pending business. Representative Jones, Delwin moved that HB 1449 be reported favorably to the full house with the recommendation that it do pass and be printed and be sent to the Committee on Local and Consent Calendars. The motion prevailed by the following vote: Ayes: Representatives Wolens; Alvarado; Brimer; Carter; Counts; Danburg; Hilbert; Hunter; Jones, Delwin; McCall; Ramsay; Stiles (12). Nays: None (0). Present not Voting: None (0). Absent: Representatives Turner, Sylvester; Craddick; Longoria (3). SB 626 The chair laid out SB 626 as pending business. Representative Brimer moved that SB 626 be reported favorably to the full house with the recommendation that it do pass and be printed and be sent to the Committee on Local and Consent Calendars. The motion prevailed by the following vote: Ayes: Representatives Wolens; Alvarado; Brimer; Carter; Counts; Danburg; Hilbert; Hunter; Jones, Delwin; McCall; Ramsay; Stiles (12). Nays: None (0). Present not Voting: None (0). Absent: Representatives Turner, Sylvester; Craddick; Longoria (3). HB 119 The chair laid out HB 119 as pending business. (Representative Turner, Sylvester now present.) Representative Wolens offered a complete committee substitute that was adopted without objection. Representative Danburg moved that HB 119, 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 Wolens; Turner, Sylvester; Alvarado; Counts; Danburg; Hilbert; Hunter; Jones, Delwin; McCall; Ramsay; Stiles (11). Nays: Representative Carter (1). Present not Voting: None (0). Absent: Representatives Brimer; Craddick; Longoria (3). Representative Carter moved that correspondence from Michael Eriksen of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and Commissioner Patti Patterson of the Texas Department of Health be included as part of the record. The motion was adopted without objection and the letters are included as an attachment to these minutes. HB 2518 The chair recalled HB 2518 from subcommittee. Representative Ramsay offered an amendment to the measure that was adopted without objection. Representative Counts moved that HB 2518, as amended, be reported favorably to the full house with the recommendation that it do pass and be printed and be sent to the Committee on Local and Consent Calendars. The motion prevailed by the following vote: Ayes: Representatives Wolens; Turner, Sylvester; Alvarado; Brimer; Carter; Counts; Danburg; Hilbert; Hunter; Jones, Delwin; McCall; Ramsay; Stiles (13). Nays: None (0). Present not Voting: None (0). Absent: Representatives Craddick; Longoria (2). HB 912 The chair recalled HB 912 from subcommittee. Representative Alvarado moved that HB 912 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 Wolens; Turner, Sylvester; Alvarado; Hilbert; Jones, Delwin; McCall; Ramsay; Stiles (8). Nays: Representative Hunter (1). Present not Voting: Representative Danburg (1). Absent: Representatives Brimer; Carter; Counts; Craddick; Longoria (5). (Representative Counts asked that it be shown that had he been present, he would have voted "aye" on HB 912.) HB 2600 The chair laid out HB 2600 as pending business. Representative Stiles offered a complete committee substitute that was adopted without objection. Representative Hilbert moved that HB 2600, as substituted, be reported favorably to the full house with the recommendation that it do pass and be printed and be sent to the Committee on Local and Consent Calendars. The motion prevailed by the following vote: Ayes: Representatives Wolens; Turner, Sylvester; Alvarado; Brimer; Carter; Counts; Hilbert; Hunter; Jones, Delwin; McCall; Ramsay; Stiles (12). Nays: None (0). Present not Voting: Representative Danburg (1). Absent: Representatives Craddick; Longoria (2). HB 2049 The chair recalled HB 2049 from subcommittee. Representative Ramsay moved that HB 2049 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 Wolens; Turner, Sylvester; Alvarado; Brimer; Carter; Counts; Danburg; Hilbert; Hunter; Jones, Delwin; McCall; Ramsay; Stiles (13). Nays: None (0). Present not Voting: None (0). Absent: Representatives Craddick; Longoria (2). HB 493 The chair laid out HB 493 as pending business. Representative Wolens offered a complete committee substitute that was adopted without objection. Representative Danburg moved that HB 493, 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 Wolens; Turner, Sylvester; Alvarado; Brimer; Carter; Counts; Danburg; Hilbert; Hunter; Longoria; McCall; Ramsay; Stiles (13). Nays: None (0). Present not Voting: None (0). Absent: Representatives Craddick; Jones, Delwin (2). HB 1216 The chair laid out HB 1216 as pending business. Representative Brimer moved that HB 1216 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 Wolens; Turner, Sylvester; Alvarado; Brimer; Carter; Counts; Danburg; Hilbert; Hunter; Longoria; McCall; Ramsay; Stiles (13). Nays: None (0). Present not Voting: None (0). Absent: Representatives Craddick; Jones, Delwin (2). HB 1319 The chair recalled HB 1319 from subcommittee. Representative McCall offered two amendments to the measure that were adopted without objection. Representative McCall moved that HB 1319, 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 Wolens; Turner, Sylvester; Alvarado; Brimer; Carter; Danburg; Hilbert; Hunter; Longoria; McCall; Ramsay; Stiles (12). Nays: None (0). Present not Voting: None (0). Absent: Representatives Counts; Craddick; Jones, Delwin (3). HB 1051 The chair laid out HB 1051 as pending business. (Representative Turner, Sylvester in chair.) Representative Carter moved that HB 1051 be reported favorably to the full house with the recommendation that it do pass and be printed and be sent to the Committee on Local and Consent Calendars. The motion prevailed by the following vote: Ayes: Representatives Wolens; Turner, Sylvester; Alvarado; Brimer; Carter; Danburg; Hilbert; Hunter; Longoria; McCall; Ramsay; Stiles (12). Nays: None (0). Present not Voting: None (0). Absent: Representatives Counts; Craddick; Jones, Delwin (3). HB 1622 (Representative Wolens in chair.) The chair recalled HB 1622 from subcommittee. The bill was left pending without objection. HB 1309 The chair laid out HB 1309 and recognized Representative Stiles to explain the measure. Testimony was taken. The chair referred the bill to a subcommittee to be named later by the chair. HB 1807 and HB 3454 The chair laid out HB 1807 and HB 3454, and recognized Representative Bosse and Representative Burnam to explain their respective bills. Testimony was taken on HB 1807. (Representative Ramsay in chair.) (Representative Wolens in chair.) The chair referred HB 1807 to a subcommittee to be named later by the chair, and left HB 3454 pending without objection. HB 2148 The chair laid out HB 2148 and recognized Representative Longoria to explain the measure. Testimony was taken. (Representative Turner, Sylvester in chair.) (Representative Wolens in chair.) The chair recognized Representative Longoria to close on the measure. The chair referred the bill to a subcommittee to be named later by the chair. HB 2416 The chair laid out HB 2416. The bill was left pending without objection. HB 3386 The chair laid out HB 3386 and recognized Representative Gallego to explain the measure. Testimony was taken. The chair recognized Representative Gallego to close on the measure. The bill was left pending without objection. HB 2416 The chair laid out HB 2416 as pending business and recognized Representative Danburg to explain the measure. Testimony was taken. The chair recognized Representative Danburg to close on the measure. The chair referred the bill to a subcommittee to be named later by the chair. At 12:47 am, April 15, 1997, on the motion of the chair and without objection, the meeting was recessed until adjournment of the House of Representatives on April 15, 1997. ______________________ Rep. Steven Wolens, Chair ______________________ Ivan Friedman, Clerk