MINUTES 
                                           
                        SENATE COMMITTEE ON CRIMINAL JUSTICE 
                              Thursday, April 21, 2005 
                                  Upon adjournment 
                      Senator Whitmire's desk, Senate Chamber 
                                           
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         Pursuant to suspension of Senate Rule 11.18, a public hearing of  
         the Senate Committee on Criminal Justice was held on Thursday,  
         April 21, 2005, in the Senate Chamber at Senator Whitmire's desk  
         at Austin, Texas. 
          
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         MEMBERS PRESENT:                        MEMBERS ABSENT: 
         Senator John Whitmire                   Senator John Carona 
         Senator Kel Seliger 
         Senator Rodney Ellis 
         Senator Juan Hinojosa 
         Senator Steve Ogden 
         Senator Tommy Williams 
                                           
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         The chair called the meeting to order at 1:00 p.m.  There being  
         a quorum present, the following business was transacted:   
          
         The Chair brought up SB 881, which was left pending from a  
         previous hearing.  Senator Ellis sent up a committee substitute;  
         the chair recognized Senator Shapleigh to explain the difference  
         between the committee substitute and the bill as filed.  Senator  
         Ellis moved adoption of the committee substitute; without  
         objection, it was so ordered.  Senator Seliger requested  
         unanimous consent to incorporate an amendment adopted from a  
         previous hearing to be rolled into the committee substitute;  
         without objection, it was so ordered.  Senator Ellis then moved  
         that the new committee substitute be adopted; without objection,  
         it was so ordered.  Senator Ellis moved that SB 881 do not pass  
         but that CSSB 881 be reported back to the Senate with the  
         recommendation that it do pass and be printed.  The motion  
         carried with a record vote of 6 ayes, 0 nay, 0 present not  
         voting, and 1 absent.  Senator Hinojosa moved that the bill be  
         recommended for placement on the Local & Uncontested Calendar;  
         without objection, it was so ordered.   
          
         The Chair brought up SB 905, which was left pending from a  
         previous hearing.  Senator Whitmire moved that SB 905 be  
         reported favorably to the Senate with the recommendation that it  
         do pass and be printed.  The motion carried with a record vote  
         of 6 ayes, 0 nay, 0 present not voting, and 1 absent.  Senator  
         Hinojosa moved that the bill be recommended for placement on the  
         Local & Uncontested Calendar; without objection, it was so  
         ordered.   
  
         The Chair brought up SB 956, which was left pending from a  
         previous hearing.  Senator Seliger moved that SB 956 be reported  
         favorably to the Senate with the recommendation that it do pass  
         and be printed.  The motion carried with a record vote of 5  
         ayes, 0 nay, 0 present not voting, and 2 absent.  Senator  
         Hinojosa moved that the bill be recommended for placement on the  
         Local & Uncontested Calendar; without objection, it was so  
         ordered.   
          
         The Chair brought up CSSB 1033, which was left pending from a  
         previous hearing.  Senator Ellis moved that CSSB 1033 be  
         reported favorably to the Senate with the recommendation that it  
         do pass and be printed.  The motion carried with a record vote  
         of 5 ayes, 1 nay, 0 present not voting, and 1 absent.   
          
         The Chair brought up SB 1295, which was left pending from a  
         previous hearing.  Senator Hinojosa sent up a committee  
         substitute; the chair recognized Senator Deuell to explain the  
         difference between the committee substitute and the bill as  
         filed.  Senator Hinojosa moved adoption of the committee  
         substitute; without objection, it was so ordered.  Senator  
         Seliger moved that SB 1295 do not pass but that CSSB 1295 be  
         reported back to the Senate with the recommendation that it do  
         pass and be printed.  The motion carried with a record vote of 6  
         ayes, 0 nay, 0 present not voting, and 1 absent.  Senator  
         Hinojosa moved that the bill be recommended for placement on the  
         Local & Uncontested Calendar; without objection, it was so  
         ordered.   
          
         The Chair brought up SB 1469, which was left pending from a  
         previous hearing.  Senator Hinojosa moved that SB 1469 be  
         reported favorably to the Senate with the recommendation that it  
         do pass and be printed.  The motion carried with a record vote  
         of 6 ayes, 0 nay, 0 present not voting, and 1 absent.  Senator  
         Williams moved that the bill be recommended for placement on the  
         Local & Uncontested Calendar; without objection, it was so  
         ordered.   
          
         The Chair brought SB 1791, which was left pending at a previous  
         hearing.  Senator Hinojosa moved that SB 1791 be reported  
         favorably to the Senate with the recommendation that it do pass  
         and be printed.  The motion carried with a record vote of 6  
         ayes, 0 nay, 0 present not voting, and 1 absent.  Senator  
         Hinojosa moved that the bill be recommended for placement on the  
         Local & Uncontested Calendar; without objection, it was so  
         ordered.   
          
         The Chair brought up SB 1503, which was left pending at a  
         previous hearing.  Senator Ellis sent up a committee substitute;  
         the chair recognized Senator West to explain the difference  
         between the committee substitute and the bill as filed.  Senator  
         Ellis moved adoption of the committee substitute; without  
         objection, it was so ordered.  Senator Ellis moved that SB 1503  
         do not pass but that CSSB 1503 be reported back to the Senate  
         with the recommendation that it do pass and be printed.  The  
         motion carried with a record vote of 4 ayes, 2 nays, 0 present  
  
         not voting, and 1 absent.   
          
         The Chair brought up SB 1507, which was left pending at a  
         previous hearing.  Senator Hinojosa sent up a committee  
         substitute; the chair recognized Senator Hinojosa to explain the  
         difference between the committee substitute and the bill as  
         filed.  Senator Hinojosa moved adoption of the committee  
         substitute; without objection, it was so ordered.  Senator  
         Hinojosa moved that SB 1507 do not pass but that CSSB 1507 be  
         reported back to the Senate with the recommendation that it do  
         pass and be printed.  The motion carried with a record vote of 6  
         ayes, 0 nay, 0 present not voting, and 1 absent.  Senator  
         Hinojosa moved that the bill be recommended for placement on the  
         Local & Uncontested Calendar; without objection, it was so  
         ordered.   
          
         There being no further business, at 1:12 p.m. Senator Whitmire  
         moved that the Committee stand recessed subject to the call of  
         the chair.  Without objection, it was so ordered.   
          
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         Senator John Whitmire, Chair 
          
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         Carley Rose, Clerk