The House
Committee on Ways & Means
82nd Legislature
March 14, 2011
2:00 p.m. or upon final adjourn./recess
E2.014
Pursuant to a notice posted on March 9, 2011, the
House Committee on Ways & Means met in a public hearing and was called to
order by the chair, Representative Hilderbran, at 2:19 p.m.
The initial quorum call was answered as follows:
Representatives Hilderbran; Gonzalez, Naomi; Lyne; Murphy; Ritter; and Woolley.
A quorum was present.
HB 930
The chair laid out HB 930.
The chair recognized Representative Darby to explain
HB 930.
Testimony taken/registration recorded. (See attached witness list.)
The chair recognized Representative Darby to close
on HB 930.
HB 930 was left pending without objection.
HB 1088
The chair laid out HB 1088.
The chair recognized Representative Howard, Charlie
to explain HB 1088.
Testimony taken/registration recorded. (See attached witness list.)
(Representative Martinez Fischer now present.)
(Representative Elkins now present.)
The chair recognized Representative Howard, Charlie
to close on HB 1088.
(Representative Ritter in chair.)
HB 1088 was left pending without objection.
HB 896
The chair laid out HB 896.
Representative Elkins offered a complete committee
substitute.
The chair recognized Representative Howard, Charlie
to explain HB 896.
Testimony taken/registration recorded. (See attached witness list.)
The chair recognized Representative Howard, Charlie
to close on HB 896.
The committee substitute was withdrawn without
objection.
HB 896 was left pending without objection.
HB 1263
The chair laid out HB 1263.
The chair recognized Representative Lucio III to
explain HB 1263.
Testimony taken/registration recorded. (See attached witness list.)
The chair recognized Representative Lucio III to
close on HB 1263.
HB 1263 was left pending without objection.
HB 975
The chair laid out HB 975.
The chair recognized Representative Dutton to
explain HB 975.
Testimony taken/registration recorded. (See attached witness list.)
The chair recognized Representative Dutton to close
on HB 975.
HB 975 was left pending without objection.
HB 2045
The chair laid out HB 2045.
(Representative Christian now present.)
The chair recognized Representative Burnam to
explain HB 2045.
Testimony taken/registration recorded. (See attached witness list.)
(Representative Hilderbran in chair.)
The chair recognized Representative Burnam to close
on HB 2045.
HB 2045 was left pending without objection.
HB 11
The chair laid out HB 11.
The chair recognized Representative Cook to explain
HB 11.
Testimony taken/registration recorded. (See attached witness list.)
(Representative Otto now present.)
(Representative Villarreal now present.)
The chair recognized Representative Hilderbran to
close on HB 11.
HB 11 was left pending without objection.
HB 533
The chair laid out HB 533.
Representative Hilderbran offered a complete
committee substitute.
The chair recognized Representative Villarreal to
explain HB 533.
Testimony taken/registration recorded. (See attached witness list.)
The chair recognized Representative Villarreal to
close on HB 533.
The committee substitute was withdrawn without
objection.
HB 533 was left pending without objection.
HB 234
The chair laid out HB 234 as pending business.
Representative Elkins moved that HB 234,
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
Hilderbran; Otto; Christian; Elkins; Gonzalez, Naomi; Lyne; Martinez Fischer;
Ritter; Villarreal; Woolley (10).
Nays: None (0).
Present,
Not Voting: None (0).
Absent: Representative Murphy
(1).
(Representative Murphy now present.)
(Representative Otto in chair.)
HB 252
The chair laid out HB 252 as pending business.
Representative Ritter offered a complete committee
substitute.
The committee substitute was adopted without
objection.
Representative Ritter moved that HB 252, 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
Hilderbran; Otto; Christian; Elkins; Gonzalez, Naomi; Lyne; Martinez Fischer;
Murphy; Ritter; Villarreal; Woolley (11).
Nays: None (0).
Present,
Not Voting: None (0).
Absent: None (0).
(Representative Hilderbran in chair.)
HB 316
The chair laid out HB 316 as pending business.
Representative Woolley moved that HB 316,
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
Hilderbran; Otto; Christian; Elkins; Gonzalez, Naomi; Lyne; Martinez Fischer;
Murphy; Ritter; Villarreal; Woolley (11).
Nays: None (0).
Present,
Not Voting: None (0).
Absent: None (0).
HB 361
The chair laid out HB 361 as pending business.
Representative Christian moved that HB 361,
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
Hilderbran; Otto; Christian; Elkins; Gonzalez, Naomi; Lyne; Martinez Fischer;
Murphy; Ritter; Villarreal; Woolley (11).
Nays: None (0).
Present,
Not Voting: None (0).
Absent: None (0).
HB 499
The chair laid out HB 499 as pending business.
Representative Gonzalez, Naomi moved that
HB 499, 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
Hilderbran; Otto; Christian; Elkins; Gonzalez, Naomi; Lyne; Martinez Fischer;
Murphy; Ritter; Villarreal; Woolley (11).
Nays: None (0).
Present,
Not Voting: None (0).
Absent: None (0).
HB 645
The chair laid out HB 645 as pending business.
Representative Murphy moved that HB 645,
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
Hilderbran; Otto; Christian; Elkins; Gonzalez, Naomi; Lyne; Martinez Fischer;
Murphy; Ritter; Villarreal; Woolley (11).
Nays: None (0).
Present,
Not Voting: None (0).
Absent: None (0).
HB 843
The chair laid out HB 843 as pending business.
Representative Lyne moved that HB 843, 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
Hilderbran; Otto; Christian; Elkins; Gonzalez, Naomi; Lyne; Martinez Fischer;
Murphy; Ritter; Villarreal; Woolley (11).
Nays: None (0).
Present,
Not Voting: None (0).
Absent: None (0).
HB 1040
The chair laid out HB 1040 as pending business.
Representative Martinez Fischer moved that
HB 1040, 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
Hilderbran; Otto; Christian; Elkins; Gonzalez, Naomi; Lyne; Martinez Fischer;
Murphy; Ritter; Villarreal; Woolley (11).
Nays: None (0).
Present,
Not Voting: None (0).
Absent: None (0).
HB 258
The chair laid out HB 258 as pending business.
Representative Villarreal moved that HB 258,
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
Hilderbran; Otto; Christian; Gonzalez, Naomi; Martinez Fischer; Murphy; Ritter;
Villarreal (8).
Nays: Representatives
Elkins; Lyne; Woolley (3).
Present,
Not Voting: None (0).
Absent: None (0).
At 4:29 p.m., on the motion of Representative
Hilderbran and without objection, the meeting was adjourned subject to the call
of the chair.
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Rep. Hilderbran, Chair
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Carolyn Merchan Saegert, Clerk