The House
Committee on Ways & Means
82nd Legislature
April 21, 2011
Upon final adjourn./recess
House Chamber, Desk # 9
Pursuant to an announcement from the house floor on
April 21, 2011, the House Committee on Ways & Means met in a formal meeting
and was called to order by the chair, Representative Hilderbran, at 12:56 p.m.
The initial quorum call was answered as follows:
Representatives Hilderbran; Otto; Christian; Elkins; Gonzalez, Naomi; Lyne;
Murphy; Villarreal; and Woolley.
A quorum was present.
HB 2197
The chair laid out HB 2197.
Representative Otto moved that HB 2197, 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; Murphy; Villarreal;
Woolley (9).
Nays: None (0).
Present,
Not Voting: None (0).
Absent: Representatives Martinez
Fischer; Ritter (2).
HB 3036
The chair laid out HB 3036.
Representative Hilderbran offered a complete
committee substitute.
The committee substitute was adopted without objection.
Representative Gonzalez, Naomi moved that
HB 3036, 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; Murphy; Villarreal;
Woolley (9).
Nays: None (0).
Present,
Not Voting: None (0).
Absent: Representatives Martinez
Fischer; Ritter (2).
HB 3341
The chair laid out HB 3341.
Representative Hilderbran offered a complete
committee substitute.
The committee substitute was adopted without
objection.
Representative Murphy moved that HB 3341, as
substituted, be reported favorably to the full house with the recommendation
that it do pass and be printed. The
motion failed by the following record vote:
Ayes: Representatives
Hilderbran; Otto; Murphy; Villarreal; Woolley (5).
Nays: Representatives
Christian; Elkins; Lyne (3).
Present,
Not Voting: None (0).
Absent: Representatives
Gonzalez, Naomi; Martinez Fischer; Ritter (3).
(Representative Gonzalez, Naomi now present.)
HB 262
The chair laid out HB 262.
Representative Murphy offered an amendment to the
measure.
The amendment was adopted without objection.
Representative Otto offered an amendment to the
measure.
The amendment was adopted without objection.
The chair directed the staff to incorporate the
amendments into a committee substitute.
The committee substitute was adopted without
objection.
Representative Murphy moved that HB 262, 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; Murphy; Woolley
(8).
Nays: None (0).
Present,
Not Voting: None (0).
Absent: Representatives Martinez
Fischer; Ritter; Villarreal (3).
(Representative Martinez Fischer now present.)
HB 2746
The chair laid out HB 2746.
Representative Hilderbran offered a complete
committee substitute.
The committee substitute was adopted without
objection.
Representative Gonzalez, Naomi moved that
HB 2746, 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; Woolley (9).
Nays: None (0).
Present,
Not Voting: None (0).
Absent: Representatives Ritter;
Villarreal (2).
HB 3307
The
chair laid out HB 3307.
Representative Otto moved that HB 3307, 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; Woolley (9).
Nays: None (0).
Present,
Not Voting: None (0).
Absent: Representatives Ritter;
Villarreal (2).
HB 2338
The chair laid out HB 2338.
Representative Hilderbran offered a complete
committee substitute.
The committee substitute was adopted without
objection.
Representative Murphy moved that HB 2338, as
substituted, 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; Woolley (9).
Nays: None (0).
Present,
Not Voting: None (0).
Absent: Representatives Ritter;
Villarreal (2).
HB 3341
Representative Lyne moved to reconsider the vote by
which HB 3341 failed to be reported from committee. The motion to reconsider prevailed without
objection.
Representative Martinez Fischer moved that HB 3341,
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; Lyne; Martinez Fischer; Murphy; Woolley (6).
Nays: Representatives
Christian; Elkins (2).
Present,
Not Voting: None (0).
Absent: Representatives
Gonzalez, Naomi; Ritter; Villarreal (3).
At 1:07 p.m., on the motion of Representative 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