The House Committee on State Affairs

81st Legislature

April 23, 2009

Upon lunch recess

3W.9

 

Pursuant to an announcement from the house floor on April 23, 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 11:57 a.m.

 

The roll was answered as follows:

 

Present:              Representatives Solomons; Menendez; Cook; Craddick; Farabee; Harless; Lucio III; Maldonado; Swinford; Turner, Sylvester (10).

 

Absent:              Representatives Gallego; Geren; Hilderbran; Jones; Oliveira (5).

 

A quorum was present.

 

(Representative Swinford in chair.)

 

HB 3245

 

The chair laid out HB 3245 as pending business.

 

Representative Swinford offered a complete committee substitute.

 

(Representative Jones now present.)

 

(Representative Geren now present.)

 

(Representative Gallego now present.)

 

The committee substitute was adopted without objection.

 

Representative Swinford offered an amendment to the committee substitute.

 

The amendment was adopted without objection.

 

The chair directed the clerk to incorporate the amendment into a new committee substitute.

 

Representative Swinford moved that HB 3245, 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; Jones; Lucio III; Maldonado; Swinford; Turner, Sylvester (11).

 

Nays:                             Representatives Craddick; Harless (2).

 

Present, Not Voting:     None  (0).

 

Absent:                          Representatives Hilderbran; Oliveira  (2).

 

(Representative Solomons in chair.)

 

 

HB 1243

 

The chair recalled HB 1243 from subcommittee.

 

Representative Solomons offered a complete committee substitute.

 

The committee substitute was adopted without objection.

 

Representative Turner, Sylvester moved that HB 1243, 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; Jones; Lucio III; Maldonado; Swinford; Turner, Sylvester (11).

 

Nays:                             Representatives Craddick; Harless (2).

 

Present, Not Voting:     None  (0).

 

Absent:                          Representatives Hilderbran; Oliveira  (2).

 

HB 366

 

The chair laid out HB 366 as pending business.

 

Representative Solomons offered a complete committee substitute.

 

The committee substitute was adopted without objection.

 

Representative Gallego moved that HB 366, 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; Farabee; Gallego; Geren; Jones; Lucio III; Maldonado; Turner, Sylvester (9).

 

Nays:                             Representatives Cook; Craddick; Harless; Swinford (4).

 

Present, Not Voting:     None  (0).

 

Absent:                          Representatives Hilderbran; Oliveira  (2).

 

HB 535

 

The chair laid out HB 535 as pending business.

 

Representative Menendez moved that HB 535, 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; Farabee; Gallego; Lucio III; Maldonado; Swinford; Turner, Sylvester (8).

 

Nays:                             Representatives Cook; Craddick; Geren; Harless; Jones (5).

 

Present, Not Voting:     None  (0).

 

Absent:                          Representatives Hilderbran; Oliveira  (2).

 

HB 1959

 

The chair laid out HB 1959 as pending business.

 

Representative Solomons offered a complete committee substitute.

 

The committee substitute was adopted without objection.

 

Representative Jones moved that HB 1959, 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; Jones; Lucio III; Maldonado; Swinford; Turner, Sylvester (13).

 

Nays:                             None (0).

 

Present, Not Voting:     None  (0).

 

Absent:                          Representatives Hilderbran; Oliveira  (2).

 

HCR 50

 

The chair laid out HCR 50 as pending business.

 

Representative Swinford moved that HCR 50, 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; Cook; Craddick; Farabee; Geren; Harless; Jones; Lucio III; Maldonado; Swinford (10).

 

Nays:                             Representatives Gallego; Turner, Sylvester (2).

 

Present, Not Voting:     Representative Menendez  (1).

 

Absent:                          Representatives Hilderbran; Oliveira  (2).

 

At 12:30 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