The House Committee on State Affairs

81st Legislature

April 2, 2009

12:30 p.m.

3W.9

 

Pursuant to an announcement from the house floor on April 2, 2009 and given permission to meet while the House was in session, the House Committee on State Affairs met in a formal meeting and was called to order by the chair, Representative Solomons, at 12:32 p.m.

 

The roll was answered as follows:

 

Present:              Representatives Solomons; Menendez; Cook; Geren; Harless; Jones; Lucio III; Swinford (8).

 

Absent:              Representatives Craddick; Farabee; Gallego; Hilderbran; Maldonado; Oliveira; Turner, Sylvester (7).

 

A quorum was present.

 

(Representative Farabee now present.)

 

(Representative Maldonado now present.)

 

SB 769

 

The chair laid out SB 769, the companion to HB 1378.

 

Representative Swinford moved that SB 769, 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; Geren; Harless; Jones; Lucio III; Maldonado; Swinford (10).

 

Nays:                             None (0).

 

Present, Not Voting:     None  (0).

 

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

 

 

 

 

 

 

At 12:36 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