The House Committee on International Trade & Intergovernmental Affairs

83rd Legislature

April 8, 2013

2:00 p.m. or upon final adjourn./recess

E1.014

 

Pursuant to a notice posted on April 3, 2013, and permission granted on April 8, 2013, to meet while the House was in session, the House Committee on International Trade & Intergovernmental Affairs met in a public hearing and was called to order by the chair, Representative Anchia, at 3:27 p.m.

 

The initial quorum call was answered as follows: Representatives Anchia; Lozano; Nevárez; Perez; and Strama.

 

A quorum was present.

 

 

HB 1970

 

The chair laid out HB 1970 as pending business.

 

Representative Strama offered a complete committee substitute.

 

The committee substitute was adopted without objection.

 

Representative Strama moved that HB 1970, 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 Anchia; Lozano; Nevárez; Perez; Strama (5).

 

Nays:                           None (0).

 

Present, Not Voting:   None (0).

 

Absent:                        Representatives Capriglione; Creighton (2).

 

 

HB 1687

 

The chair laid out HB 1687 as pending business.

 

Representative Perez moved that HB 1687, 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 Anchia; Lozano; Nevárez; Perez; Strama (5).

 

Nays:                           None (0).

 

Present, Not Voting:   None (0).

 

Absent:                        Representatives Capriglione; Creighton (2).

 

 

HB 1777

 

The chair laid out HB 1777 as pending business.

 

Representative Nevárez moved that HB 1777, 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 Anchia; Lozano; Nevárez; Perez; Strama (5).

 

Nays:                           None (0).

 

Present, Not Voting:   None (0).

 

Absent:                        Representatives Capriglione; Creighton (2).

 

 

HB 1768

 

The chair laid out HB 1768 as pending business.

 

Representative Lozano offered a complete committee substitute.

 

The committee substitute was adopted without objection.

 

Representative Lozano moved that HB 1768, 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 Anchia; Lozano; Nevárez; Perez; Strama (5).

 

Nays:                           None (0).

 

Present, Not Voting:   None (0).

 

Absent:                        Representatives Capriglione; Creighton (2).

 

 

(Representative Capriglione now present.)

 

 

HB 703

 

The chair laid out HB 703.

 

The chair recognized Representative Canales to explain HB 703.

 

Testimony taken/registration recorded.  (See attached witness list.)

 

The chair recognized Representative Canales to close on HB 703.

 

HB 703 was left pending without objection.

 

 

 

The Chair opened discussion on the posted agenda of Invited Testimony on International Trade in Agriculture.

 

Testimony taken/registration recorded.  (See attached witness list.)

 

 

At 5:26 p.m., on the motion of Representative Perez and without objection, the meeting was adjourned subject to the call of the chair.

 

 

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Rep. Anchia, Chair

 

 

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Jeff Madden, Clerk