The House Committee on State Affairs

81st Legislature

March 24, 2009

1:00 p.m.

JHR 140

 

Pursuant to a notice posted on March 19, 2009, the House Committee on State Affairs met in a public hearing and was called to order by the chair, Representative Solomons, at 1:13 p.m.

 

The roll was answered as follows:

 

Present:              Representatives Solomons; Menendez; Cook; Farabee; Gallego; Geren; Harless; Lucio III; Maldonado; Swinford (10).

 

Absent:              Representatives Craddick; Hilderbran; Jones; Oliveira; Turner, Sylvester (5).

 

A quorum was present.

 

(Representative Hilderbran now present.)

 

 

HJR 29

 

The chair laid out HJR 29 as pending business.

 

Representative Gallego moved that HJR 29, 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 Solomons; Menendez; Cook; Farabee; Gallego; Geren; Harless; Hilderbran; Lucio III; Maldonado (10).

 

Nays:                             Representative Swinford (1).

 

Present, Not Voting:     None  (0).

 

Absent:                          Representatives Craddick; Jones; Oliveira; Turner, Sylvester  (4).

 

HB 405

 

The chair laid out HB 405 as pending business.

 

Representative Swinford moved that HB 405, 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 Solomons; Menendez; Cook; Farabee; Gallego; Geren; Harless; Hilderbran; Lucio III; Maldonado; Swinford (11).

 

Nays:                             None (0).

 

Present, Not Voting:     None  (0).

 

Absent:                          Representatives Craddick; Jones; Oliveira; Turner, Sylvester  (4).

 

(Representative Turner, Sylvester now present.)

 

HB 783

 

The chair laid out HB 783 as pending business.

 

Representative Solomons offered a complete committee substitute.

 

The committee substitute was adopted without objection.

 

Representative Swinford moved that HB 783, 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 Solomons; Menendez; Cook; Farabee; Gallego; Geren; Harless; Hilderbran; Lucio III; Maldonado; Swinford; Turner, Sylvester (12).

 

Nays:                             None (0).

 

Present, Not Voting:     None  (0).

 

Absent:                          Representatives Craddick; Jones; Oliveira  (3).

 

HB 874

 

The chair laid out HB 874 as pending business.

 

Representative Hilderbran moved that HB 874, 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 Solomons; Menendez; Cook; Farabee; Gallego; Geren; Harless; Hilderbran; Lucio III; Maldonado; Swinford; Turner, Sylvester (12).

 

Nays:                             None (0).

 

Present, Not Voting:     None  (0).

 

Absent:                          Representatives Craddick; Jones; Oliveira  (3).

 

HB 1182

 

The chair laid out HB 1182 as pending business.

 

Representative Solomons offered a complete committee substitute.

 

The chair recognized Representative Turner, Sylvester to explain the measure.

 

The committee substitute was adopted without objection.

 

Representative Cook moved that HB 1182, 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 Solomons; Menendez; Cook; Farabee; Gallego; Geren; Harless; Hilderbran; Lucio III; Maldonado; Swinford; Turner, Sylvester (12).

 

Nays:                             None (0).

 

Present, Not Voting:     None  (0).

 

Absent:                          Representatives Craddick; Jones; Oliveira  (3).

 

HB 1378

 

The chair moved to reconsider the vote by which HB 1378, as substituted, was reported favorably on March 17, 2009.  The motion to reconsider prevailed without objection.

 

Representative Geren moved that HB 1378, 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 Solomons; Menendez; Cook; Farabee; Gallego; Geren; Harless; Hilderbran; Lucio III; Maldonado; Swinford (11).

 

Nays:                             None (0).

 

Present, Not Voting:     Representative Turner, Sylvester  (1).

 

Absent:                          Representatives Craddick; Jones; Oliveira  (3).

HB 232

 

The chair laid out HB 232.

 

The chair recognized Representative Rodriguez to explain the measure.

 

Testimony taken/registration recorded.  (See attached witness list.)

 

(Representative Jones now present.)

 

(Representative Oliveira now present.)

 

(Representative Craddick now present.)

 

The chair recognized Representative Rodriguez to close on the measure.

 

The bill was left pending without objection.

 

Representative Craddick was not present for the voting of the bills, but he stated that if he were, he would have voted for HB 405, HB 783, HB 874, HB 1182 and HB 1378, and he would have voted no on  HJR 29.

 

HB 870

 

The chair laid out HB 870.

 

The chair recognized Representative Hughes to explain the measure.

 

Representative Solomons offered a complete committee substitute.

 

Testimony taken/registration recorded.  (See attached witness list.)

 

The chair recognized Representative Hughes to close on the measure.

 

The committee substitute was withdrawn without objection.

 

The bill was left pending without objection.

 

HB 995

 

The chair laid out HB 995.

 

The chair recognized Representative Turner, Chris to explain the measure.

 

Representative Solomons offered a complete committee substitute.

 

Testimony taken/registration recorded.  (See attached witness list.)

 

(Representative Menendez in chair.)

 

The chair recognized Representative Turner, Chris to close on the measure.

 

The committee substitute was withdrawn without objection.

 

The bill was left pending without objection.

 

(Representative Solomons in chair.)

 

 

HB 1655, HB 1243, HB 1643 & HB 1866

 

The chair laid out HB 1655.

 

The chair recognized Representative Anchia to explain the measure.

 

The chair laid out HB 1643.

 

The chair recognized Representative Farabee to explain the measure.

 

Representative Farabee offered a complete committee substitute.

 

The chair laid out HB 1243.

 

The chair recognized Representative Gallego to explain the measure.

 

Representative Gallego offered a complete committee substitute.

 

(Representative Menendez in chair.)

 

The chair laid out HB 1866.

 

The chair recognized Representative Solomons to explain the measure.

 

Testimony taken/registration recorded on HB 1655, HB 1243, HB 1643 and HB 1866.

(See attached witness list.)

 

(Representative Hilderbran in chair.)

 

The chair closed on HB 1866 on behalf of Representative Solomons.

 

HB 1866 was left pending without objection.

 

The chair closed on HB 1655 on behalf of Representative Anchia.

 

HB 1655 was left pending without objection.

 

The chair recognized Representative Farabee to close on HB 1643.

 

The committee substitute for HB 1643 was withdrawn without objection.

 

The chair closed on HB 1243 on behalf of Representative Gallego.

 

The committee substitute for HB 1243 was withdrawn without objection.

 

HB 1643 was left pending without objection.

 

HB 1243 was left pending without objection.

 

(Representative Solomons in chair.)

 

HB 1797, HB 1798 & HB 1799

 

The chair laid out HB1797, HB1798, HB1799.

 

The chair recognized Representative Bohac to explain the bills.

 

Representative Solomons offered a complete committee substitute for HB 1797.

 

Testimony taken/registration recorded on HB 1797, HB 1798 and HB 1797.

(See attached witness list.)

 

The chair closed on HB 1797, HB 1798 and HB 1799 on behalf of Representative Bohac.

 

The committee substitute for HB 1797 was withdrawn without objection.

 

HB 1797, HB 1798 and HB 1799 were left pending without objection.

 

HB 977

 

The chair laid out HB 977.

 

The chair recognized Representative Burnam to explain the measure.

 

Testimony taken/registration recorded.  (See attached witness list.)

 

The chair recognized Representative Burnam to close on the measure.

 

The bill was left pending without objection.

 

HB 366

 

The chair laid out HB 366.

 

The chair recognized Representative Anderson to explain the measure.

 

Testimony taken/registration recorded.  (See attached witness list.)

 

The chair recognized Representative Anderson to close on the measure.

 

The bill was left pending without objection.

 

HB 217

 

The chair laid out HB 217.

 

The chair recognized Representative Menendez to explain the measure.

 

Representative Swinford offered a complete committee substitute.

 

Testimony taken/registration recorded.  (See attached witness list.)

 

The chair recognized Representative Menendez to close on the measure.

 

The committee substitute was withdrawn without objection.

 

The bill was left pending without objection.

 

HB 2052

 

The chair laid out HB 2052.

 

The chair recognized Representative Hilderbran to explain the measure.

 

Testimony taken/registration recorded.  (See attached witness list.)

 

The chair recognized Representative Hilderbran to close on the measure.

 

The bill was left pending without objection.

 

HB 2305

 

The chair laid out HB 2305.

 

The chair recognized Representative Turner, Sylvester to explain the measure.

 

Representative Geren offered a complete committee substitute.

 

Testimony taken/registration recorded.  (See attached witness list.)

 

The chair recognized Representative Turner, Sylvester to close on the measure.

 

The committee substitute was withdrawn without objection.

 

The bill was left pending without objection.

 

(Representative Swinford in chair.)

 

HB 2421

 

The chair laid out HB 2421.

 

The chair recognized Representative Solomons to explain the measure.

 

Representative Solomons offered a complete committee substitute.

 

Testimony taken/registration recorded.  (See attached witness list.)

 

The chair recognized Representative Solomons to close on the measure.

 

The committee substitute was withdrawn without objection.

 

The bill was left pending without objection.

 

(Representative Solomons in chair.)

 

At 8:21 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. Solomons, Chair

 

 

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Lesley French, Clerk