House Committee on State Affairs
75th Legislature
May 19, 1997
1:00 pm or upon adjournment
Capitol Extension, E2.010
Pursuant to an announcement from the house floor on May 19,
1997, and a notice posted on May 14, 1997, the House Committee
on State Affairs met in a public hearing and was called to
order by the Chair, Representative Steven Wolens at 1:12 pm.
The roll was answered as follows:
Present: Representatives Wolens; Alvarado; Brimer; Carter;
Craddick; Hilbert; Hunter; Longoria (8).
Absent: Representatives Turner, Sylvester; Counts; Danburg;
Jones, Delwin; McCall; Ramsay; Stiles (7).
A quorum was present.
SB 253
The chair laid out SB 253.
(Representative McCall now present.)
Representative McCall moved that SB 253 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; Alvarado; Brimer;
Carter; Craddick; Hilbert; Hunter; Longoria;
McCall (9).
Nays: None (0).
Present not Voting: None (0).
Absent: Representatives Turner, Sylvester; Counts;
Danburg; Jones, Delwin; Ramsay; Stiles (6).
SB 631
The chair laid out SB 631 as pending business.
Representative Longoria moved that SB 631 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; Alvarado; Brimer;
Carter; Craddick; Hilbert; Hunter; Longoria;
McCall (9).
Nays: None (0).
Present not Voting: None (0).
Absent: Representatives Turner, Sylvester; Counts;
Danburg; Jones, Delwin; Ramsay; Stiles (6).
SB 1674
The chair laid out SB 1674 and recognized Representative
Hunter to explain the measure.
Representative Hunter offered an amendment to the measure.
The bill and its amendment were left pending without
objection.
SB 882
The chair laid out SB 882 as pending business.
(Representative Ramsay now present.)
The bill was left pending without objection.
SB 379
The chair laid out SB 379 and recognized Representative Junell
to explain the measure.
The bill was left pending without objection.
SB 1674
The chair laid out SB 1674 and its amendment as pending
business and recognized Representative Hunter to explain the
measure.
(Representatives Turner, Sylvester and Danburg now present.)
The amendment was adopted without objection.
Representative Hunter moved that SB 1674, 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; Craddick; Danburg;
Hilbert; Hunter; Longoria; McCall; Ramsay
(12).
Nays: None (0).
Present not Voting: None (0).
Absent: Representatives Counts; Jones, Delwin; Stiles
(3).
SB 882
The chair laid out SB 882 as pending business.
(Representative Stiles now present.)
Representative Carter moved that SB 882 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; Craddick; Danburg;
Hilbert; Hunter; Longoria; McCall; Ramsay;
Stiles (13).
Nays: None (0).
Present not Voting: None (0).
Absent: Representatives Counts; Jones, Delwin (2).
SB 1571
The chair laid out SB 1571 and recognized Representative
Puente to explain the measure.
(Representatives Counts and Jones, Delwin now present.)
Representative Carter offered an amendment to the measure.
Testimony was taken.
(Representative Turner, Sylvester in chair.)
Representative Jones, Delwin offered an amendment to the
measure.
Testimony was taken.
(Representative Wolens in chair.)
The chair recognized Representative Puente to close on the
measure.
The bill and the amendments were left pending without
objection.
SB 1396
The chair laid out SB 1396 and recognized Representative
Turner, Sylvester to explain the measure.
Representative Turner, Sylvester moved that SB 1396 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; Carter; Counts; Danburg; Hilbert;
Hunter; Jones, Delwin; McCall; Ramsay (11).
Nays: None (0).
Present not Voting: None (0).
Absent: Representatives Brimer; Craddick; Longoria;
Stiles (4).
SB
1578
The chair laid out SB 1578 and recognized Representative
Hunter to explain the measure.
The bill was left pending without objection.
SB 1914
The chair laid out SB 1914 as pending business and recognized
Representative Turner, Sylvester to explain the measure.
Representative Turner, Sylvester moved that SB 1914 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; Carter; Counts; Danburg; Hunter;
Jones, Delwin; Longoria; McCall; Ramsay (11).
Nays: None (0).
Present not Voting: None (0).
Absent: Representatives Brimer; Craddick; Hilbert;
Stiles (4).
SB 1059
The chair laid out SB 1059 as pending business and recognized
Representative Danburg to explain the measure.
The bill was left pending without objection.
SB 1571
The chair laid out SB 1571 as pending business.
Testimony was taken.
The amendments were withdrawn without objection.
The chair referred the bill to a subcommittee to be named
later by the chair.
SB 1059
The chair laid out SB 1059 as pending business.
Representative Danburg offered a complete committee substitute
that was adopted without objection.
Representative Danburg moved that SB 1059, 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; Alvarado; Carter;
Counts; Danburg; Hunter; Jones, Delwin;
Longoria; McCall; Ramsay (10).
Nays: None (0).
Present not Voting: None (0).
Absent: Representatives Turner, Sylvester; Brimer;
Craddick; Hilbert; Stiles (5).
SB 64
The chair recalled SB 64 from subcommittee.
Representative Jones, Delwin offered an amendment to the
measure that was adopted without objection.
Representative Longoria offered an amendment to the measure
that was adopted without objection.
Representative Longoria moved that SB 64, 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; Alvarado; Carter;
Counts; Danburg; Hunter; Jones, Delwin;
Longoria; McCall (9).
Nays: None (0).
Present not Voting: None (0).
Absent: Representatives Turner, Sylvester; Brimer;
Craddick; Hilbert; Ramsay; Stiles (6).
HB 1578
The chair laid out HB 1578 as pending business.
Representative Hunter moved that HB 1578 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; Alvarado; Carter;
Counts; Danburg; Hunter; Jones, Delwin;
Longoria; McCall (9).
Nays: None (0).
Present not Voting: None (0).
Absent: Representatives Turner, Sylvester; Brimer;
Craddick; Hilbert; Ramsay; Stiles (6).
Representative Hunter moved to reconsider the vote by which SB
1578 was reported to the full house. The motion was adopted
without objection.
Representative Counts moved that SB 1578 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; Carter;
Counts; Danburg; Hunter; Jones, Delwin;
Longoria; McCall; Ramsay (10).
Nays: None (0).
Present not Voting: None (0).
Absent: Representatives Turner, Sylvester; Brimer;
Craddick; Hilbert; Stiles (5).
At 3:01 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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Rep. Steven Wolens, Chair
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Ivan Friedman, Clerk