MINUTES 
                                           
                        SENATE COMMITTEE ON CRIMINAL JUSTICE 
                              Thursday, April 28, 2005 
                           Upon adjournment of the Senate 
                      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 28, 2005, in the Senator Whitmire's desk, Senate Chamber 
          
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         MEMBERS PRESENT:                        MEMBERS ABSENT: 
         Senator John Whitmire                   None 
         Senator Kel Seliger 
         Senator John Carona 
         Senator Rodney Ellis 
         Senator Juan Hinojosa 
         Senator Steve Ogden 
         Senator Tommy Williams 
                                           
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         The chair called the meeting to order.  There being a quorum  
         present, the following business was transacted:   
          
         The Chair brought up SB 395, which was left pending at a  
         previous hearing.  Senator Williams moved that SB 395 be  
         reported favorably to the Senate with the recommendation that it  
         do pass and be printed.  The motion carried with a record vote  
         of 7 ayes, 0 nay, 0 present not voting, and 0 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 up SB 769, which was left pending at a  
         previous hearing.  Senator Ellis moved that SB 769 be reported  
         favorably to the Senate with the recommendation that it do pass  
         and be printed.  The motion carried with a record vote of 7  
         ayes, 0 nay, 0 present not voting, and 0 absent.  Senator  
         Seliger moved that the bill be recommended for placement on the  
         Local & Uncontested Calendar; without objection, it was so  
         ordered.   
          
         The Chair brought up SB 992, which was left pending at a  
         previous heaing.  Senator Seliger moved that SB 992 be reported  
         favorably to the Senate with the recommendation that it do pass  
         and be printed.  The motion carried with a record vote of 7  
         ayes, 0 nay, 0 present not voting, and 0 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 1549, which was left pending at a  
         previous hearing.  Senator Hinojosa moved that SB 1549 be  
         reported favorably to the Senate with the recommendation that it  
         do pass and be printed.  The motion carried with a record vote  
         of 7 ayes, 0 nay, 0 present not voting, and 0 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 up CSSB 1675, which was left pending at a  
         previous hearing.  Senator Hinojosa moved that SB 1675 do not  
         pass but that CSSB 1675 be reported back to the Senate with the  
         recommendation that it do pass and be printed.  The motion  
         carried with a record vote of 7 ayes, 0 nay, 0 present not  
         voting, and 0 absent.  Senator Seliger moved that the bill be  
         recommended for placement on the Local & Uncontested Calendar;  
         without objection, it was so ordered.   
          
         The Chair brought up SB 1874, which was left pending at previous  
         hearing.  Senator Hinojosa moved that SB 1874 be reported  
         favorably to the Senate with the recommendation that it do pass  
         and be printed.  The motion carried with a record vote of 7  
         ayes, 0 nay, 0 present not voting, and 0 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 up CB 1266, which was left pending from a  
         previous hearing.  Senator Hinojosa moved adoption of the  
         committee substitute.  Senator Whitmire sent up Committee  
         Amendment 1 and moved adoption; without objection, the amendment  
         was adopted.  Senator Whitmire sent up Committee Amendment 2 and  
         moved adoption; without objection, the amendment was adopted.   
         Senator Whitmire sent up Committee Amendment 3 and moved  
         adoption; without objection, the amendment was adopted.  Senator  
         Whitmire sent up Committee Amendment 4 and moved adoption;  
         without objection, the amendment was adopted.  Senator Whitmire  
         sent up Committee Amendment 5 and moved adoption; without  
         objection, the amendment was adopted.  Senator Whitmire sent up  
         Committee Amendment 6 and moved adoption; without objection, the  
         amendment was adopted.  Senator Whitmire sent up Committee  
         Amendment 7 and moved adoption; without objection, the amendment  
         was adopted.  Senator Whitmire requested unanimous consent to  
         roll the amendments into the committee substitute; without  
         objection, it was so ordered.  Senator Whitmire then moved that  
         the new committee substitute be adopted; without objection, it  
         was so ordered.  Senator Whitmire moved that SB 1266 do not pass  
         but that CSSB 1266 be reported back 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, 1 present not  
         voting, and 0 absent.   
          
         The Chair brought up SJR 20, which was left pending from a  
         previous hearing.  Senator Williams moved that SJR 20 be  
         reported favorably to the Senate with the recommendation that it  
         do pass and be printed.  The motion carried with a record vote  
         of 7 ayes, 0 nay, 0 present not voting, and 0 absent.   
          
         The Chair brought up SB 337, which was left pending from a  
         previous hearing.  Senator Whitmire moved to pull down the old  
         committee substitute to SB 337.  Senator Seliger sent up a new  
         committee substitute; the chair recognized Senator Carona to  
         explain the difference between the new committee substitute and  
         the bill as filed.  Senator Seliger moved adoption of the  
         committee substitute; without objection, it was so ordered.   
         Senator Ellis moved that SB 337 do not pass but that CSSB 337 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, 1 present not voting, and 0 absent.   
          
         The Chair brought up SB 112, which was left pending from a  
         previous hearing.  Senator Seliger moved that SB 112 do not pass  
         but that CSSB 112 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, 1 present not  
         voting, and 0 absent.   
          
         The Chair brought up SB 1582, which was left pending at a  
         previous hearing.  Senator Hinojosa moved adoption of a  
         committee substitute, which was left pending before the  
         committee at a previous hearing.  Senator Seliger moved that SB  
         1582 do not pass but that CSSB 1582 be reported back to the  
         Senate with the recommendation that it do pass and be printed.   
         The motion carried with a record vote of 7 ayes, 0 nay, 0  
         present not voting, and 0 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, Senator Whitmire moved that the  
         Committee be adjourned. Without objection, it was so ordered.   
          
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         Senator John Whitmire, Chair 
          
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         Carley Rose, Clerk