The House Committee on Public Safety

81st Legislature

May 1, 2009

On recess

House Chamber, Desk #17

 

Pursuant to an announcement from the house floor on May 1, 2009, and revised on May 1, 2009, the House Committee on Public Safety met in a formal meeting and was called to order by the chair, Representative Merritt, at 1:32 p.m.

 

The roll was answered as follows:

 

Present:              Representatives Merritt; Frost; Burnam; Rodriguez; Vo (5).

 

Absent:              Representatives Driver; King, Phil; Lewis; Mallory Caraway (4).

 

A quorum was present.

 

(Representative Mallory Caraway now present.)

 

(Representative Lewis now present.)

 

HB 823

 

The chair laid out HB 823 as pending business.

 

Representative Rodriguez moved that HB 823, 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 Merritt; Frost; Burnam; Lewis; Mallory Caraway; Rodriguez; Vo (7).

 

Nays:                             None (0).

 

Present, Not Voting:     None  (0).

 

Absent:                          Representatives Driver; King, Phil  (2).

 

HB 1278

 

The chair laid out HB 1278 as pending business.

 

Representative Burnam offered a complete committee substitute.

 

The committee substitute was adopted without objection.

 

Representative Burnam moved that HB 1278, 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 Merritt; Frost; Burnam; Lewis; Mallory Caraway; Rodriguez; Vo (7).

 

Nays:                             None (0).

 

Present, Not Voting:     None  (0).

 

Absent:                          Representatives Driver; King, Phil  (2).

 

Representative Lewis moved to reconsider the vote by which HB 1278, as substituted, was reported from committee.  The motion to reconsider prevailed without objection.

 

Representative Burnam moved that HB 1278, 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 Merritt; Frost; Burnam; Mallory Caraway; Rodriguez; Vo (6).

 

Nays:                             Representative Lewis (1).

 

Present, Not Voting:     None  (0).

 

Absent:                          Representatives Driver; King, Phil  (2).

 

HB 1499

 

The chair laid out HB 1499 as pending business.

 

Representative Merritt offered a complete committee substitute.

 

Representative Burnam offered an amendment to the committee substitute.

 

The committee substitute was adopted without objection.

 

The amendment was adopted without objection.

 

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

 

Representative Burnam moved that HB 1499, 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 Merritt; Frost; Burnam; Lewis; Rodriguez; Vo (6).

 

Nays:                             None (0).

 

Present, Not Voting:     None  (0).

 

Absent:                          Representatives Driver; King, Phil; Mallory Caraway  (3).

 

HB 1863

 

The chair laid out HB 1863 as pending business.

 

(Representative Mallory Caraway now present.)

 

Representative Frost moved that HB 1863, 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 Merritt; Frost; Lewis; Mallory Caraway; Vo (5).

 

Nays:                             None (0).

 

Present, Not Voting:     Representatives Burnam; Rodriguez  (2).

 

Absent:                          Representatives Driver; King, Phil  (2).

 

HB 1988

 

The chair laid out HB 1988 as pending business.

 

Representative Vo moved that HB 1988, 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 Merritt; Frost; Burnam; Lewis; Mallory Caraway; Rodriguez; Vo (7).

 

Nays:                             None (0).

 

Present, Not Voting:     None  (0).

 

Absent:                          Representatives Driver; King, Phil  (2).

 

HB 2286

 

The chair laid out HB 2286 as pending business.

 

Representative Merritt offered a complete committee substitute.

 

The committee substitute was adopted without objection.

 

Representative Frost moved that HB 2286, 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 Merritt; Frost; Lewis; Rodriguez; Vo (5).

 

Nays:                             None (0).

 

Present, Not Voting:     Representatives Burnam; Mallory Caraway  (2).

 

Absent:                          Representatives Driver; King, Phil  (2).

 

HB 2989

 

The chair laid out HB 2989 as pending business.

 

Representative Rodriguez moved that HB 2989, 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 Merritt; Frost; Burnam; Lewis; Mallory Caraway; Rodriguez; Vo (7).

 

Nays:                             None (0).

 

Present, Not Voting:     None  (0).

 

Absent:                          Representatives Driver; King, Phil  (2).

 

HB 3334

 

The chair laid out HB 3334 as pending business.

 

Representative Merritt offered an amendment to the measure.

 

The amendment was adopted without objection.

 

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

 

The committee substitute was adopted without objection.

 

Representative Frost moved that HB 3334, 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 Merritt; Frost; Burnam; Lewis; Mallory Caraway; Rodriguez; Vo (7).

 

Nays:                             None (0).

 

Present, Not Voting:     None  (0).

 

Absent:                          Representatives Driver; King, Phil  (2).

 

HB 3490

 

The chair laid out HB 3490 as pending business.

 

Representative Merritt offered a complete committee substitute.

 

The committee substitute was adopted without objection.

 

Representative Burnam moved that HB 3490, 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 Merritt; Frost; Burnam; Lewis; Mallory Caraway; Rodriguez; Vo (7).

 

Nays:                             None (0).

 

Present, Not Voting:     None  (0).

 

Absent:                          Representatives Driver; King, Phil  (2).

 

HB 4108

 

The chair laid out HB 4108 as pending business.

 

Representative Rodriguez moved that HB 4108, 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 Merritt; Frost; Burnam; Lewis; Mallory Caraway; Rodriguez; Vo (7).

 

Nays:                             None (0).

 

Present, Not Voting:     None  (0).

 

Absent:                          Representatives Driver; King, Phil  (2).

 

HB 4531

 

The chair laid out HB 4531 as pending business.

 

Representative Frost offered a complete committee substitute.

 

The committee substitute was adopted without objection.

 

Representative Mallory Caraway moved that HB 4531, 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 Merritt; Frost; Burnam; Mallory Caraway; Rodriguez; Vo (6).

 

Nays:                             Representative Lewis (1).

 

Present, Not Voting:     None  (0).

 

Absent:                          Representatives Driver; King, Phil  (2).

 

HB 1491

 

The chair laid out HB 1491 as pending business.

 

The bill was left pending without objection.

 

At 2:00 p.m., on the motion of the chair and without objection, the meeting was adjourned subject to the call of the chair.

 

 

________________________

Rep. Merritt, Chair

 

 

________________________

Paul Kamprath, Clerk