The House Committee on State Affairs
81st Legislature
April 7, 2009
2:00 p.m. or upon final adjourn./recess
JHR 140
Pursuant to a notice posted on April 2, 2009, the House Committee on State Affairs met in a public hearing and was called to order by the chair, Representative Solomons, at 2:06 p.m.
The roll was answered as follows:
Present: Representatives Solomons; Menendez; Cook; Craddick; Farabee; Geren; Hilderbran; Jones; Lucio III; Swinford (10).
Absent: Representatives Gallego; Harless; Maldonado; Oliveira; Turner, Sylvester (5).
A quorum was present.
(Representative Gallego now present.)
(Representative Maldonado now present.)
HB 90
The chair laid out HB 90 as pending business.
Representative Lucio III offered a complete committee substitute.
(Representative Turner, Sylvester now present.)
(Representative Oliveira now present.)
(Representative Harless now present.)
The committee substitute was adopted without objection.
Representative Maldonado moved that HB 90, 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; Jones; Lucio III; Maldonado; Oliveira; Swinford; Turner, Sylvester (13).
Nays: Representative Craddick (1).
Present, Not Voting: Representative Hilderbran (1).
Absent: None (0).
HB 431
The chair laid out HB 431 as pending business.
Representative Solomons offered a complete committee substitute.
The committee substitute was adopted without objection.
The committee members discussed the bill.
The bill was left pending without objection.
HB 432
The chair laid out HB 432 as pending business.
Representative Swinford moved that HB 432, 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; Craddick; Farabee; Gallego; Geren; Harless; Hilderbran; Jones; Lucio III; Maldonado; Oliveira; Swinford; Turner, Sylvester (14).
Nays: None (0).
Present, Not Voting: None (0).
Absent: Representative Cook (1).
HB 631
The chair laid out HB 631 as pending business.
Representative Lucio III moved that HB 631, 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; Craddick; Farabee; Gallego; Geren; Harless; Hilderbran; Jones; Lucio III; Maldonado; Oliveira; Swinford; Turner, Sylvester (14).
Nays: None (0).
Present, Not Voting: None (0).
Absent: Representative Cook (1).
(Representative Cook now present.)
HB 977
The chair laid out HB 977 as pending business.
Representative Menendez offered a complete committee substitute.
The committee substitute was adopted without objection.
Representative Menendez moved that HB 977, 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; Harless; Hilderbran; Jones; Lucio III; Maldonado; Oliveira; Swinford; Turner, Sylvester (13).
Nays: Representatives Craddick; Geren (2).
Present, Not Voting: None (0).
Absent: None (0).
HB 995
The chair laid out HB 995 as pending business.
Representative Solomons offered a complete committee substitute.
The committee substitute was adopted without objection.
Representative Turner, Sylvester moved that HB 995, 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; Craddick; Farabee; Gallego; Geren; Harless; Hilderbran; Jones; Lucio III; Maldonado; Oliveira; Swinford; Turner, Sylvester (15).
Nays: None (0).
Present, Not Voting: None (0).
Absent: None (0).
HB 1485
The chair laid out HB 1485 as pending business.
Representative Hilderbran moved that HB 1485, 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; Craddick; Farabee; Gallego; Geren; Harless; Hilderbran; Jones; Lucio III; Maldonado; Oliveira; Swinford; Turner, Sylvester (15).
Nays: None (0).
Present, Not Voting: None (0).
Absent: None (0).
HB 1705
The chair laid out HB 1705.
Representative Harless moved that HB 1705, 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; Craddick; Farabee; Gallego; Geren; Harless; Hilderbran; Jones; Lucio III; Maldonado; Oliveira; Swinford; Turner, Sylvester (15).
Nays: None (0).
Present, Not Voting: None (0).
Absent: None (0).
HB 1707
The chair laid out HB 1707 as pending business.
Representative Geren offered a complete committee substitute.
The committee substitute was adopted without objection.
Representative Jones moved that HB 1707, 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; Craddick; Farabee; Gallego; Geren; Harless; Hilderbran; Jones; Lucio III; Maldonado; Oliveira; Swinford; Turner, Sylvester (15).
Nays: None (0).
Present, Not Voting: None (0).
Absent: None (0).
HB 1799
The chair laid out HB 1799 as pending business.
Representative Swinford offered a complete committee substitute.
The committee substitute was adopted without objection.
Representative Jones moved that HB 1799, 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; Craddick; Farabee; Gallego; Geren; Hilderbran; Jones; Lucio III; Maldonado; Swinford; Turner, Sylvester (12).
Nays: Representatives Cook; Harless; Oliveira (3).
Present, Not Voting: None (0).
Absent: None (0).
HB 2004
The chair laid out HB 2004.
Representative Gallego offered a complete committee substitute.
The committee substitute was adopted without objection.
Representative Gallego moved that HB 2004, 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; Craddick; Farabee; Gallego; Geren; Harless; Hilderbran; Jones; Lucio III; Maldonado; Oliveira; Swinford; Turner, Sylvester (15).
Nays: None (0).
Present, Not Voting: None (0).
Absent: None (0).
HB 2097
The chair laid out HB 2097 as pending business.
Representative Solomons offered a complete committee substitute.
The committee substitute was adopted without objection.
Representative Hilderbran moved that HB 2097, 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; Craddick; Farabee; Gallego; Geren; Harless; Hilderbran; Jones; Lucio III; Maldonado; Oliveira; Swinford; Turner, Sylvester (15).
Nays: None (0).
Present, Not Voting: None (0).
Absent: None (0).
HB 2515
The chair laid out HB 2515 as pending business.
Representative Menendez offered a complete committee substitute.
The committee substitute was adopted without objection.
Representative Menendez moved that HB 2515, 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; Craddick; Farabee; Gallego; Geren; Harless; Hilderbran; Jones; Lucio III; Maldonado; Oliveira; Swinford; Turner, Sylvester (15).
Nays: None (0).
Present, Not Voting: None (0).
Absent: None (0).
HB 3309
The chair laid out HB 3309 as pending business.
Representative Farabee moved that HB 3309, 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; Craddick; Farabee; Gallego; Geren; Harless; Hilderbran; Lucio III; Oliveira; Swinford; Turner, Sylvester (12).
Nays: None (0).
Present, Not Voting: Representatives Cook; Jones; Maldonado (3).
Absent: None (0).
HB 2820
The chair laid out HB 2820 as pending business.
Representative Lucio III offered an amendment to the measure.
The amendment was adopted without objection.
Representative Lucio III moved that HB 2820, as amended, be reported favorably to the full house with the recommendation that it do pass and be printed. The chair directed the staff to incorporate the amendments into a committee substitute. The motion prevailed by the following record vote:
Ayes: Representatives Solomons; Menendez; Cook; Craddick; Farabee; Gallego; Geren; Harless; Hilderbran; Jones; Lucio III; Maldonado; Oliveira; Swinford; Turner, Sylvester (15).
Nays: None (0).
Present, Not Voting: None (0).
Absent: None (0).
(Representative Menendez in chair.)
HB 1950
The chair laid out HB 1950 as pending business.
Representative Geren moved that HB 1950, 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; Craddick; Farabee; Gallego; Geren; Harless; Hilderbran; Jones; Lucio III; Maldonado; Oliveira; Swinford; Turner, Sylvester (15).
Nays: None (0).
Present, Not Voting: None (0).
Absent: None (0).
HB 1866
The chair laid out HB 1866 as pending business.
Representative Geren moved that HB 1866, 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; Craddick; Farabee; Gallego; Geren; Harless; Hilderbran; Jones; Lucio III; Maldonado; Swinford; Turner, Sylvester (14).
Nays: None (0).
Present, Not Voting: Representative Oliveira (1).
Absent: None (0).
(Representative Solomons in chair.)
HB 2502, HB 2619, HB 2987 & HB 3545
The chair laid out HB 2502, HB 2619, HB 2987 & HB 3545.
The chair recognized Representative Hartnett to explain the measure.
The chair recognized Representative Phillips to explain the measure.
The chair recognized Representative Leibowitz to explain the measure.
The chair recognized Representative Lucio III to explain the measure on behalf of Representative Frost.
Representative Cook offered an amendment to HB 2619.
The chair recognized Representative Lucio III to explain the amendment.
Representative Solomons offered an amendment to HB 3545.
Testimony taken/registration recorded. (See attached witness list.)
The chair recognized Representative Hartnett to close on the measure.
The chair recognized Representative Phillips to close on the measure.
The chair recognized Representative Leibowitz to close on the measure.
The chair recognized Representative Lucio III to close on the measure on behalf of Representative Frost.
The amendment to HB 2619 was withdrawn without objection.
The amendment to HB 3545 was withdrawn without objection.
HB 2502, HB 2619, HB 2987, HB 3545 were left pending without objection.
HB 2426, HB 2942 & HB 4307
The chair laid out HB 2426, HB 2942 & HB 4307.
The chair recognized Representative Dunnam to explain the measure.
The chair recognized Representative Gattis to explain the measure.
The chair recognized Representative Crownover to explain the measure.
Testimony taken/registration recorded. (See attached witness list.)
The chair closed on the measure on behalf of Representative Dunnam, Representative Gattis and Representative Crownover.
HB 2426, HB 2942 & HB 4307 were left pending without objection.
HB 2909
The chair laid out HB 2909.
The chair recognized Representative Marquez to explain the measure.
Testimony taken/registration recorded. (See attached witness list.)
The chair recognized Representative Marquez to close on the measure.
The bill was left pending without objection.
HB 623
The chair laid out HB 623.
The chair recognized Representative Harless to explain the measure.
Representative Solomons offered a complete committee substitute.
Testimony taken/registration recorded. (See attached witness list.)
The chair recognized Representative Harless to close on the measure.
The committee substitute was withdrawn without objection.
The bill was left pending without objection.
HB 535
The chair laid out HB 535.
The chair recognized Representative Anchia to explain the measure.
Testimony taken/registration recorded. (See attached witness list.)
The chair recognized Representative Anchia to close on the measure.
The bill was left pending without objection.
HB 1109
The chair laid out HB 1109.
The chair recognized Representative Anchia to explain the measure.
Testimony taken/registration recorded. (See attached witness list.)
The chair recognized Representative Anchia to close on the measure.
The bill was left pending without objection.
HB 3115
The chair laid out HB 3115.
The chair recognized Representative Otto to explain the measure.
Testimony taken/registration recorded. (See attached witness list.)
The chair recognized Representative Otto to close on the measure.
The bill was left pending without objection.
HB 1959
The chair laid out HB 1959.
The chair recognized Representative Isett to explain the measure.
Representative Solomons offered a complete committee substitute.
Representative Solomons offered an amendment to the measure.
Testimony taken/registration recorded. (See attached witness list.)
The chair recognized Representative Isett to close on the measure.
The amendment was withdrawn without objection.
The committee substitute was withdrawn without objection.
The bill was left pending without objection.
HB 457
The chair laid out HB 457.
The chair recognized Representative Alvarado to explain the measure.
Testimony taken/registration recorded. (See attached witness list.)
The chair recognized Representative Alvarado to close on the measure.
The bill was left pending without objection.
(Representative Swinford in chair.)
HB 4233
The chair laid out HB 4233.
The chair recognized Representative Ritter to explain the measure.
Testimony taken/registration recorded. (See attached witness list.)
The chair recognized Representative Ritter to close on the measure.
The bill was left pending without objection.
HB 2781, HB 2782 & HB 3245
The chair laid out HB 2781, HB 2782 & HB 3245.
The chair recognized Representative Keffer to explain the measure.
The chair recognized Representative Solomons to explain the measure.
Representative Swinford offered a complete committee substitute to HB 3245.
Testimony taken/registration recorded. (See attached witness list.)
(Representative Farabee in chair.)
(Representative Swinford in chair.)
The chair recognized Representative Keffer to close on the measure.
HB 2781 & HB 2782 were left pending without objection.
The chair recognized Representative Solomons to close on the measure.
The committee substitute to HB 3245 was withdrawn without objection.
HB 3245 was left pending without objection.
(Representative Solomons in chair.)
HB 1390 & HB 3820
The chair laid out HB 1390 & HB 3820.
The chair recognized Representative Rose to explain the measure.
The chair recognized Representative Swinford to explain the measure.
Representative Swinford offered a complete committee substitute.
Testimony taken/registration recorded. (See attached witness list.)
(Representative Hilderbran in chair.)
The chair recognized Representative Rose to close on the measure.
The chair recognized Representative Swinford to close on the measure.
The committee substitute was withdrawn without objection.
The bill was left pending without objection.
(Representative Solomons in chair.)
HB 3478
The chair laid out HB 3478.
The chair recognized Representative Gallego to explain the measure.
Representative Solomons offered a complete committee substitute.
Testimony taken/registration recorded. (See attached witness list.)
The chair recognized Representative Gallego to close on the measure.
The committee substitute was withdrawn without objection.
The bill was left pending without objection.
HB 3838
The chair laid out HB 3838.
The chair recognized Representative Hilderbran to explain the measure.
Representative Solomons offered a complete committee substitute.
Testimony taken/registration recorded. (See attached witness list.)
The chair recognized Representative Hilderbran to close on the measure.
The committee substitute was withdrawn without objection.
The bill was left pending without objection.
HB 2851
The chair laid out HB 2851.
The chair recognized Representative Farabee to explain the measure.
Testimony taken/registration recorded. (See attached witness list.)
The chair recognized Representative Farabee to close on the measure.
The bill was left pending without objection.
HB 3249
The chair laid out HB 3249.
The chair recognized Representative Bohac to explain the measure.
Representative Solomons offered a complete committee substitute.
Testimony taken/registration recorded. (See attached witness list.)
The chair recognized Representative Bohac to close on the measure.
The committee substitute was withdrawn without objection.
The bill was left pending without objection.
HB 2852
The chair laid out HB 2852.
The chair recognized Representative Farabee to explain the measure.
Testimony taken/registration recorded. (See attached witness list.)
The chair recognized Representative Farabee to close on the measure.
The bill was left pending without objection.
HB 3125
The chair laid out HB 3125.
The chair recognized Representative Turner, S. to explain the measure.
Representative Solomons offered a complete committee substitute.
Testimony taken/registration recorded. (See attached witness list.)
The chair recognized Representative Turner, S. to close on the measure.
The committee substitute was withdrawn without objection.
The bill was left pending without objection.
HB 2520
The chair laid out HB 2520.
The chair recognized Representative Swinford to explain the measure.
Representative Solomons offered a complete committee substitute.
Testimony taken/registration recorded. (See attached witness list.)
The chair recognized Representative Swinford to close on the measure.
The committee substitute was withdrawn without objection.
The bill was left pending without objection.
(Representative Swinford in chair.)
HB 2521
The chair laid out HB 2521.
The chair recognized Representative Solomons to explain the measure on behalf of Representative Pickett.
Testimony taken/registration recorded. (See attached witness list.)
The chair recognized Representative Solomons to close the measure on behalf of Representative Pickett.
The bill was left pending without objection.
At 12:07 a.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