MINUTES

 

SENATE COMMITTEE ON FINANCE

Tuesday, May 30, 2023

1:15 PM or upon adjournment/recess

Betty King Committee Room

 

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Pursuant to suspension of Senate Rule 11.10 and 11.18, a public hearing of the Senate Committee on Finance was held on Tuesday, May 30, 2023, in the Betty King Committee Room at Austin, Texas.

 

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MEMBERS PRESENT:

 

MEMBERS ABSENT:

Senator Joan Huffman, Chair

 

Senator Donna Campbell

Senator Juan Hinojosa, Vice Chair

 

Senator Brandon Creighton

Senator Paul Bettencourt

 

Senator Lois Kolkhorst

Senator Pete Flores

 

 

Senator Bob Hall

 

 

Senator Kelly Hancock

 

 

Senator Bryan Hughes

 

 

Senator Robert Nichols

 

 

Senator Angela Paxton

 

 

Senator Charles Perry

 

 

Senator Charles Schwertner

 

 

Senator Royce West

 

 

Senator John Whitmire

 

 

Senator Judith Zaffirini

 

 

 

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The chair called the meeting to order at 1:30 PM. There being a quorum present, the following business was transacted:

 

The chair laid out SB 1 and recognized the author, Senator Bettencourt, to explain the bill.

 

No witnesses testified or registered on the bill.

 

The chair moved that the public testimony be closed; without objection, it was so ordered.

 

Senator Bettencourt moved that SB 1 be reported favorably to the Senate with the recommendation that it do pass and be printed. The motion carried with a record vote of 14 ayes, 0 nays, 0 present not voting, and 3 absent.

 

The chair laid out SJR 1 and recognized the author, Senator Bettencourt, to explain the bill.

 

No witnesses testified or registered on the bill.

 

The chair moved that the public testimony be closed; without objection, it was so ordered.

 

Senator Bettencourt moved that SJR 1 be reported favorably to the Senate with the recommendation that it do pass and be printed. The motion carried with a record vote of 14 ayes, 0 nays, 0 present not voting, and 3 absent.

 

There being no further business, at 1:34 PM Senator Huffman moved that the Committee stand recessed subject to the call of the chair. Without objection, it was so ordered.

 

 

 

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Senator Joan Huffman, Chair

 

 

 

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Stephanie Hoover, Clerk