The House Committee on Public Health

81st Legislature

May 7, 2009

3:45 p.m.

3W.15

 

Pursuant to an announcement from the house floor on May 7, 2009, an permission to meet while the House is in session, the House Committee on Public Health met in a formal meeting and was called to order by the chair, Representative Kolkhorst, at 3:58 p.m.

 

The roll was answered as follows:

 

Present:             Representatives Kolkhorst; Naishtat; Coleman; Davis, John; Gonzales; Hopson; King, Susan; Laubenberg; Truitt (9).

 

Absent:              Representatives McReynolds; Zerwas (2).

 

A quorum was present.

 

HB 279

 

The chair laid out HB 279 as pending business.

 

Representative Gonzales moved that HB 279, without amendments, 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 record vote:

 

Ayes:                             Representatives Kolkhorst; Naishtat; Coleman; Davis, John; Gonzales; Hopson; King, Susan; Laubenberg; Truitt (9).

 

Nays:                             None (0).

 

Present, Not Voting:     None  (0).

 

Absent:                          Representatives McReynolds; Zerwas  (2).

 

HB 1126

 

The chair laid out HB 1126 as pending business.

 

Representative Davis, John offered a complete committee substitute.

 

The committee substitute was adopted without objection.

 

The chair moved that HB 1126, 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 record vote:

 

Ayes:                             Representatives Kolkhorst; Naishtat; Coleman; Davis, John; Gonzales; Hopson; King, Susan; Truitt (8).

 

Nays:                             Representative Laubenberg (1).

 

Present, Not Voting:     None  (0).

 

Absent:                          Representatives McReynolds; Zerwas  (2).

 

HB 1504

 

The chair laid out HB 1504 as pending business.

 

Representative Hopson offered a complete committee substitute.

 

The committee substitute was adopted without objection.

 

Representative Coleman moved that HB 1504, 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 record vote:

 

Ayes:                             Representatives Kolkhorst; Naishtat; Coleman; Davis, John; Gonzales; Hopson; King, Susan; Laubenberg; Truitt (9).

 

Nays:                             None (0).

 

Present, Not Voting:     None  (0).

 

Absent:                          Representatives McReynolds; Zerwas  (2).

 

HB 2190

 

The chair laid out HB 2190 as pending business.

 

Representative Naishtat moved that HB 2190, without amendments, 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 record vote:

 

Ayes:                             Representatives Kolkhorst; Naishtat; Coleman; Davis, John; Gonzales; Hopson; King, Susan; Laubenberg; Truitt (9).

 

Nays:                             None (0).

 

Present, Not Voting:     None  (0).

 

Absent:                          Representatives McReynolds; Zerwas  (2).

 

HB 2581

 

The chair laid out HB 2581 as pending business.

 

The chair offered a complete committee substitute.

 

(Representative Zerwas now present.)

 

The committee substitute was adopted without objection.

 

Representative Davis, John moved that HB 2581, 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 record vote:

 

Ayes:                             Representatives Kolkhorst; Naishtat; Coleman; Davis, John; Gonzales; Hopson; King, Susan; Laubenberg; Truitt; Zerwas (10).

 

Nays:                             None (0).

 

Present, Not Voting:     None  (0).

 

Absent:                          Representative McReynolds  (1).

 

HB 2965

 

The chair laid out HB 2965 as pending business.

 

The chair offered a complete committee substitute.

 

The committee substitute was adopted without objection.

 

Representative Naishtat moved that HB 2965, 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 record vote:

 

Ayes:                             Representatives Kolkhorst; Naishtat; Coleman; Davis, John; Gonzales; Hopson; King, Susan; Laubenberg; Truitt; Zerwas (10).

 

Nays:                             None (0).

 

Present, Not Voting:     None  (0).

 

Absent:                          Representative McReynolds  (1).

 

HB 3749

 

The chair laid out HB 3749 as pending business.

 

Representative Naishtat offered a complete committee substitute.

 

The committee substitute was adopted without objection.

 

Representative Zerwas moved that HB 3749, 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 record vote:

 

Ayes:                             Representatives Kolkhorst; Naishtat; Coleman; Davis, John; Gonzales; Hopson; King, Susan; Laubenberg; Truitt; Zerwas (10).

 

Nays:                             None (0).

 

Present, Not Voting:     None  (0).

 

Absent:                          Representative McReynolds  (1).

 

SB 188

 

The chair laid out SB 188 as pending business.

 

Representative Davis, John offered a complete committee substitute.

 

The chair recognized Representative Coleman to explain the committee substitute.

 

The committee substitute was adopted without objection.

 

The chair offered Amendment No. 1 to the committee substitute.

 

The chair explained amendment.

 

The amendment was adopted without objection.

 

Representative Davis, John offered Amendment No. 2 to the committee substitute.

 

The chair recognized Representative Davis, John to explain the amendment.

 

The amendment was adopted without objection.

 

The chair directed the staff to incorporate the amendments into a committee substitute.

 

Representative Naishtat moved that SB 188, 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 record vote:

 

Ayes:                             Representatives Naishtat; Coleman; Davis, John; Gonzales; King, Susan; Truitt; Zerwas (7).

 

Nays:                             Representatives Kolkhorst; Hopson; Laubenberg (3).

 

Present, Not Voting:     None  (0).

 

Absent:                          Representative McReynolds  (1).

 

HB 3804

 

The chair laid out HB 3804 as pending business.

 

Representative Truitt moved that HB 3804, without amendments, 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 record vote:

 

Ayes:                             Representatives Kolkhorst; Naishtat; Coleman; Davis, John; Gonzales; Hopson; King, Susan; Truitt; Zerwas (9).

 

Nays:                             None (0).

 

Present, Not Voting:     None  (0).

 

Absent:                          Representatives Laubenberg; McReynolds  (2).

 

HB 4393

 

The chair laid out HB 4393 as pending business.

 

The chair moved that HB 4393, without amendments, be reported favorably to the full house with the recommendation that it do pass and be printed. The motion prevailed by the following record vote:

 

Ayes:                             Representatives Kolkhorst; Naishtat; Coleman; Davis, John; Gonzales; Hopson; King, Susan; Zerwas (8).

 

Nays:                             None (0).

 

Present, Not Voting:     None  (0).

 

Absent:                          Representatives Laubenberg; McReynolds; Truitt  (3).

 

SB 1477

 

The chair laid out SB 1477, the companion to HB 887.

 

Representative Davis, John moved that SB 1477, without amendments, be reported favorably to the full house with the recommendation that it do pass and be printed. The motion prevailed by the following record vote:

 

Ayes:                             Representatives Kolkhorst; Naishtat; Coleman; Davis, John; Gonzales; Hopson; King, Susan; Zerwas (8).

 

Nays:                             None (0).

 

Present, Not Voting:     None  (0).

 

Absent:                          Representatives Laubenberg; McReynolds; Truitt  (3).

 

At 4:29 p.m., 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. Kolkhorst, Chair

 

 

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Doug Brown, Clerk