The House Committee on Public Safety
81st Legislature
May 19, 2009
upon first adjournment
House Chamber, Desk #17
Pursuant to an announcement from the house floor on May 19, 2009, the House Committee on Public Safety met in a formal meeting and was called to order by the chair, Representative Merritt, at 11:49 a.m.
The roll was answered as follows:
Present: Representatives Merritt; Frost; Burnam; Driver; Rodriguez (5).
Absent: Representatives King, Phil; Lewis; Mallory Caraway; Vo (4).
A quorum was present.
SB 329
The chair laid out SB 329 as pending business.
Representative Rodriguez moved that SB 329, 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; Driver; Rodriguez (5).
Nays: None (0).
Present, Not Voting: None (0).
Absent: Representatives King, Phil; Lewis; Mallory Caraway; Vo (4).
Representative Frost moved to reconsider the vote by which the measure was reported from committee. The motion to reconsider prevailed without objection.
The bill was left pending without objection.
SB 374
The chair laid out SB 374 as pending business.
Representative Frost moved that SB 374, without amendments, be reported favorably to the full house with the recommendation that it do pass and be printed. The motion failed by the following record vote:
Ayes: Representatives Merritt; Frost; Burnam; Rodriguez (4).
Nays: None (0).
Present, Not Voting: Representative Driver (1).
Absent: Representatives King, Phil; Lewis; Mallory Caraway; Vo (4).
SB 388
The chair laid out SB 388 as pending business.
Representative Driver moved that SB 388, 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; Driver; Rodriguez (5).
Nays: None (0).
Present, Not Voting: None (0).
Absent: Representatives King, Phil; Lewis; Mallory Caraway; Vo (4).
SB 501
The chair laid out SB 501 as pending business.
Representative Driver moved that SB 501, 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; Driver; Rodriguez (5).
Nays: None (0).
Present, Not Voting: None (0).
Absent: Representatives King, Phil; Lewis; Mallory Caraway; Vo (4).
SB 549
The chair laid out SB 549.
Representative Driver moved that SB 549, 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; Driver; Rodriguez (5).
Nays: None (0).
Present, Not Voting: None (0).
Absent: Representatives King, Phil; Lewis; Mallory Caraway; Vo (4).
SB 777
The chair laid out SB 777 as pending business.
Representative Frost moved that SB 777, 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; Driver; Rodriguez (5).
Nays: None (0).
Present, Not Voting: None (0).
Absent: Representatives King, Phil; Lewis; Mallory Caraway; Vo (4).
SB 1094
The chair laid out SB 1094 as pending business.
Representative Frost moved that SB 1094, 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; Driver; Rodriguez (5).
Nays: None (0).
Present, Not Voting: None (0).
Absent: Representatives King, Phil; Lewis; Mallory Caraway; Vo (4).
SB 1165
The chair laid out SB 1165 as pending business.
Representative Rodriguez moved that SB 1165, 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; Driver; Rodriguez (5).
Nays: None (0).
Present, Not Voting: None (0).
Absent: Representatives King, Phil; Lewis; Mallory Caraway; Vo (4).
SB 1317
The chair laid out SB 1317, the companion to HB 1779.
Representative Burnam offered a complete committee substitute.
The committee substitute was withdrawn without objection.
The bill was left pending without objection.
(Representative Lewis now present.)
SB 1424
The chair laid out SB 1424 as pending business.
Representative Lewis offered a complete committee substitute.
The committee substitute was adopted without objection.
Representative Driver moved that SB 1424, 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; Driver; Lewis; Rodriguez (6).
Nays: None (0).
Present, Not Voting: None (0).
Absent: Representatives King, Phil; Mallory Caraway; Vo (3).
SB 1783
The chair laid out SB 1783 as pending business.
Representative Lewis moved that SB 1783, 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; Driver; Lewis; Rodriguez (6).
Nays: None (0).
Present, Not Voting: None (0).
Absent: Representatives King, Phil; Mallory Caraway; Vo (3).
SB 1946
The chair laid out SB 1946 as pending business.
Representative Burnam moved that SB 1946, 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; Driver; Lewis; Rodriguez (6).
Nays: None (0).
Present, Not Voting: None (0).
Absent: Representatives King, Phil; Mallory Caraway; Vo (3).
SB 1967
The chair laid out SB 1967 as pending business.
Representative Frost moved that SB 1967, 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 Merritt; Frost; Burnam; Driver; Lewis; Rodriguez (6).
Nays: None (0).
Present, Not Voting: None (0).
Absent: Representatives King, Phil; Mallory Caraway; Vo (3).
SB 2037
The chair laid out SB 2037 as pending business.
The chair recognized Representative Madden to explain the measure.
Representative Frost moved that SB 2037, 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; Driver; Lewis; Rodriguez (6).
Nays: None (0).
Present, Not Voting: None (0).
Absent: Representatives King, Phil; Mallory Caraway; Vo (3).
At 12:15 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. Merritt, Chair
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Paul Kamprath, Clerk