House Committee on Insurance
76th Legislature
April 6, 1999
10:30 am or upon adjournment
Capitol Extension, E1.010
Pursuant to a notice posted on April 1, 1999, the House
Committee on Insurance met in a public hearing and was called
to order by the Chair, Representative John Smithee at 12:15
pm.
The roll was answered as follows:
Present: Representatives Smithee; Eiland; Burnam; Olivo;
Seaman; Thompson (6).
Absent: Representatives Lewis, Glenn; Moreno, Joe; Wise (3).
A quorum was present.
HB 2903
The chair laid out HB 2903.
The chair recognized Representative Counts to explain the
measure.
(Representative Lewis, Glenn now present.)
Testimony was taken. (See attached witness list.)
(Representative Wise now present.)
(Representative Moreno, Joe now present.)
The chair recognized Representative Counts to close on the
measure.
Representative Thompson offered an amendment to the measure.
The amendment was adopted without objection.
The bill was left pending without objection.
Rates and Benchmark
The chair laid out the topic of rates and benchmark.
Secretary of State Elton Bomer provided background on the
benchmark process and Texas insurance rates.
Commissioner of Insurance Jose Montemayor provided background
on the benchmark process and Texas insurance rates.
HB 499
The chair laid out HB 499.
The chair recognized Representative Ramsay to explain the
measure.
Testimony was taken. (See attached witness list.)
The chair recognized Representative Ramsay to close on the
measure.
The bill was left pending without objection.
HB 1092
The chair laid out HB 1092.
The chair recognized Representative Burnam to explain the
measure.
Testimony was taken. (See attached witness list.)
The chair recognized Representative Burnam to close on the
measure.
The bill was left pending without objection.
HB 768
The chair laid out HB 768 as pending business.
Representative Eiland offered a complete committee substitute.
The committee substitute was withdrawn without objection.
The bill was left pending without objection.
HB 1089
The chair laid out HB 1089 as pending business.
Representative Lewis, Glenn offered a complete committee
substitute.
The committee substitute was adopted without objection.
Representative Lewis, Glenn moved that HB 1089, 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 Smithee; Eiland; Burnam; Lewis,
Glenn; Moreno, Joe; Olivo; Seaman; Thompson;
Wise (9).
Nays: None (0).
Present not Voting: None (0).
Absent: None (0).
HB 1533
The chair laid out HB 1533 as pending business.
Representative Wise offered a complete committee substitute.
The committee substitute was adopted without objection.
Representative Wise moved that HB 1533, 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 Smithee; Eiland; Burnam; Lewis,
Glenn; Moreno, Joe; Olivo; Seaman; Thompon;
Wise (9).
Nays: None (0).
Present not Voting: None (0).
Absent: None (0).
HB 1354
The chair laid out HB 1354 as pending business.
Representative Wise offered a complete committee substitute.
The committee substitute was adopted without objection.
Representative Wise moved that HB 1354, 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 Smithee; Eiland; Burnam; Lewis,
Glenn; Moreno, Joe; Olivo; Seaman; Thompson;
Wise (9).
Nays: None (0).
Present not Voting: None (0).
Absent: None (0).
HB 1837
The chair laid out HB 1837 as pending business.
Representative Moreno, Joe offered a complete committee
substitute.
The committee substitute was adopted without objection.
Representative Moreno, Joe moved that HB 1837, 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 Smithee; Eiland; Burnam; Lewis,
Glenn; Moreno, Joe; Olivo; Seaman; Thompson;
Wise (9).
Nays: None (0).
Present not Voting: None (0).
Absent: None (0).
HB 2418
The chair laid out HB 2418 as pending business.
Representative Thompson offered a complete committee
substitute.
The committee substitute was adopted without objection.
Representative Thompson moved that HB 2418, 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 Smithee; Eiland; Burnam; Lewis,
Glenn; Moreno, Joe; Olivo; Thompson; Wise (8).
Nays: Representative Seaman (1).
Present not Voting: None (0).
Absent: None (0).
HB 1928
The chair laid out HB 1928 as pending business.
Representative Wise offered a complete committee substitute.
The committee substitute was adopted without objection.
Representative Thompson moved that HB 1928, 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 Smithee; Eiland; Burnam; Lewis,
Glenn; Moreno, Joe; Olivo; Seaman; Thompson;
Wise (9).
Nays: None (0).
Present not Voting: None (0).
Absent: None (0).
HB 2493
The chair laid out HB 2493 as pending business.
Representative Seaman offered a complete committee substitute.
The committee substitute was adopted without objection.
Representative Olivo moved that HB 2493, 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 Smithee; Eiland; Burnam; Lewis,
Glenn; Moreno, Joe; Olivo; Seaman; Thompson;
Wise (9).
Nays: None (0).
Present not Voting: None (0).
Absent: None (0).
HB 205
The chair laid out HB 205 as pending business.
Representative Olivo offered a complete committee substitute.
The chair recognized Representative Burnam to explain the
measure.
The committee substitute was adopted without objection.
Representative Thompson moved that HB 205, 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 Smithee; Eiland; Burnam; Lewis,
Glenn; Moreno, Joe; Olivo; Seaman; Thompson;
Wise (9).
Nays: None (0).
Present not Voting: None (0).
Absent: None (0).
HB 1637
The chair laid out HB 1637.
The chair recognized Representative Dutton to explain the
measure.
Testimony was taken. (See attached witness list.)
(Representative Eiland in chair.)
(Representative Smithee in chair.)
The chair recognized Representative Dutton to close on the
measure.
The bill was left pending without objection.
HB 3359
The chair laid out HB 3359.
Representative Seaman offered a complete committee substitute.
The chair recognized Representative Eiland to explain the
measure.
Testimony was taken. (See attached witness list.)
The committee substitute was withdrawn without objection.
The chair recognized Representative Eiland to close on the
measure.
The bill was left pending without objection.
(Representative Eiland in chair.)
HB 3017
The chair laid out HB 3017.
The chair recognized Representative Smithee to explain the
measure.
Testimony was taken. (See attached witness list.)
(Representative Burnam in chair.)
(Representative Eiland in chair.)
The bill was left pending without objection.
(Representative Smithee in chair.)
HB 2789
The chair laid out HB 2789.
Representative Lewis, Glenn offered a complete committee
substitute.
The chair recognized Representative Eiland to explain the
measure.
The chair recognized Representative Van de Putte to testify on
the measure.
Testimony was taken. (See attached witness list.)
(Representative Lewis, Glenn in chair.)
(Representative Smithee in chair.)
The committee substitute was withdrawn.
The bill was left pending without objection.
HB 2790
The chair laid out HB 2790.
Representative Lewis, Glenn offered a complete committee
substitute.
The chair recognized Representative Eiland to explain the
measure.
The chair recognized Representative Van de Putte to testify on
the measure.
Testimony was taken. (See attached witness list.)
(Representative Lewis, Glenn in chair.)
(Representative Smithee in chair.)
The committee substitute was withdrawn.
The bill was left pending without objection.
HB 2559
The chair laid out HB 2559.
The chair recognized Representative Bob R. Turner to explain
the measure.
The chair recognized Representative Bob R. Turner to close on
the measure.
Representative Lewis, Glenn moved that HB 2559 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 Smithee; Burnam; Lewis, Glenn;
Moreno, Joe; Olivo; Thompson; Wise (7).
Nays: None (0).
Present not Voting: None (0).
Absent: Representatives Eiland; Seaman (2).
HB 805
The chair laid out HB 805.
The chair recognized Representative Jesse Jones to explain the
measure.
The chair recognized Representative Jesse Jones to close on
the measure.
The bill was left pending without objection.
(Representative Seaman now present).
HB 2941
The chair laid out HB 2941.
The chair recognized Representative Glenn Lewis to explain the
measure.
Testimony was taken. (See attached witness list.)
The chair recognized Representative Glenn Lewis to close on
the measure.
Representative Thompson moved that HB 2941 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 Smithee; Burnam; Lewis, Glenn;
Olivo; Seaman; Thompson; Moreno, Joe (7).
Nays: None (0).
Present not Voting: None (0).
Absent: Representatives Eiland; Wise (2).
The chair directed that the March 30, 1999 minutes for the
House Committee on Insurance be corrected. The corrected
minutes were authorized without objection.
HB 3099
The chair laid out HB 3099.
(Representative Wise now present.)
The chair recognized Representative Burnam to explain the
measure.
Testimony was taken. (See attached witness list.)
(Representative Wise in chair.)
(Representative Smithee in chair.)
The chair recognized Representative Burnam to close on the
measure.
The bill was left pending without objection.
HB 3179
The chair laid out HB 3179.
The chair recognized Representative Glenn Lewis to explain the
measure.
Representative Wise offered a complete committee substitute.
Testimony was taken. (See attached witness list.)
The committee substitute was withdrawn.
The chair recognized Representative Glenn Lewis to close on
the measure.
The bill was left pending without objection.
(Representative Lewis, Glenn in chair.)
HB 2751
The chair laid out HB 2751.
The chair recognized Representative Smithee to explain the
measure.
The bill was left pending without objection.
(Representative Smithee in chair.)
HB 1935
The chair laid out HB 1935.
The chair recognized Representative Glenn Lewis to explain the
measure.
(Representative Seaman in chair.)
Testimony was taken. (See attached witness list.)
The chair recognized Representative Glenn Lewis to close on
the measure.
The bill was left pending without objection.
HB 3086
The chair laid out HB 3086.
The chair recognized Representative Wise to explain the
measure.
The chair recognized Representative Wise to close on the
measure.
Representative Smithee moved that HB 3086 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 Smithee; Burnam; Lewis, Glenn;
Moreno, Joe; Olivo; Seaman; Wise (7).
Nays: None (0).
Present not Voting: None (0).
Absent: Representatives Eiland; Thompson (2).
HB 3177
The chair laid out HB 3177.
The chair recognized Representative Glenn Lewis to explain the
measure.
The chair recognized Representative Glenn Lewis to close on
the measure.
Representative Moreno, Joe moved that HB 3177 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 Smithee; Burnam; Lewis, Glenn;
Moreno, Joe; Olivo; Seaman; Wise (7).
Nays: None (0).
Present not Voting: None (0).
Absent: Representatives Eiland; Thompson (2).
HB 3180
The chair laid out HB 3180.
The chair recognized Representative Glenn Lewis to explain the
measure.
Testimony was taken. (See attached witness list.)
The chair recognized Representative Glenn Lewis to close on
the measure.
The bill was left pending without objection.
HB 2478
The chair laid out HB 2478.
The chair recognized Representative Glenn Lewis to explain the
measure.
Testimony was taken. (See attached witness list.)
The chair recognized Representative Glenn Lewis to close on
the measure.
Representative Smithee moved that HB 2478 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 Smithee; Burnam; Lewis, Glenn;
Moreno, Joe; Olivo; Seaman; Wise (7).
Nays: None (0).
Present not Voting: None (0).
Absent: Representatives Eiland; Thompson (2).
HB 2376
The chair laid out HB 2376.
The chair recognized Representative Burnam to explain the
measure.
Testimony was taken. (See attached witness list.)
The chair recognized Representative Burnam to close on the
measure.
The bill was left pending without objection.
HB 1613
The chair laid out HB 1613 as pending business
Representative Moreno, Joe offered a complete committee
substitute.
The chair recognized Representative Burnam to explain the
measure.
The committee substitute was adopted without objection.
The chair recognized Representative Burnam to close on the
measure.
The bill was left pending without objection.
At 1:30 am, 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. John Smithee, Chair
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Robert Hall, Clerk