House Committee on Business & Industry
76th Legislature
April 6, 1999
2:00 pm
Capitol Extension, E2.026
Pursuant to a notice posted on March 30, 1999, the House
Committee on Business & Industry met in a public hearing and
was called to order by the Chair, Representative Kim Brimer at
2:30 pm.
The roll was answered as follows:
Present: Representatives Brimer; Dukes; Corte; George;
Giddings; Ritter; Siebert; Solomons; Woolley (9).
Absent: None (0).
A quorum was present.
HB 1137
The chair laid out HB 1137 as pending business.
Representative Dukes moved that HB 1137 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 vote:
Ayes: Representatives Brimer; Dukes; Corte; George;
Giddings; Ritter; Siebert; Solomons; Woolley
(9).
Nays: None (0).
Present not Voting: None (0).
Absent: None (0).
HB 1664
The chair laid out HB 1664 as pending business.
Representative Ritter moved that HB 1664 be reported favorably
to the full house with the recommendation that it do pass and
be printed. The motion prevailed by the following vote:
Ayes: Representatives Brimer; Dukes; Corte; George;
Giddings; Ritter; Siebert; Solomons; Woolley
(9).
Nays: None (0).
Present not Voting: None (0).
Absent: None (0).
HB 2224
The chair laid out HB 2224 as pending business.
The chair recognized Representative Solomons to explain the
measure.
Representative Solomons offered a complete committee
substitute.
The committee substitute was adopted without objection.
Representative Siebert moved that HB 2224, 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 vote:
Ayes: Representatives Brimer; Dukes; Corte; George;
Giddings; Ritter; Siebert; Solomons; Woolley
(9).
Nays: None (0).
Present not Voting: None (0).
Absent: None (0).
HB 2408
The chair laid out HB 2408 as pending business.
Representative Corte offered a complete committee substitute.
The committee substitute was adopted without objection.
Representative Corte moved that HB 2408, 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 vote:
Ayes: Representatives Brimer; Dukes; Corte; George;
Giddings; Ritter; Siebert; Solomons; Woolley
(9).
Nays: None (0).
Present not Voting: None (0).
Absent: None (0).
HB 2706
The chair laid out HB 2706 as pending business.
Representative Dukes offered a complete committee substitute.
The committee substitute was adopted without objection.
Representative Dukes moved that HB 2706, 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 vote:
Ayes: Representatives Brimer; Dukes; George;
Giddings; Ritter; Siebert; Solomons; Woolley
(8).
Nays: Corte (1).
Present not Voting: None (0).
Absent: None (0).
HB 2717
The chair laid out HB 2717 as pending business.
Representative Brimer offered a complete committee substitute.
The committee substitute was adopted without objection.
Representative Brimer moved that HB 2717, 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 vote:
Ayes: Representatives Brimer; Dukes; Corte; George;
Giddings; Ritter; Siebert; Solomons; Woolley
(9).
Nays: None (0).
Present not Voting: None (0).
Absent: None (0).
HB 2769
The chair laid out HB 2769 as pending business.
Representative Giddings moved that HB 2769 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
vote:
Ayes: Representatives Brimer; Dukes; Corte; George;
Giddings; Ritter; Siebert; Solomons; Woolley
(9).
Nays: None (0).
Present not Voting: None (0).
Absent: None (0).
HB 2842
The chair laid out HB 2842 as pending business.
Representative Brimer offered a complete committee substitute.
The committee substitute was adopted without objection.
Representative Brimer moved that HB 2842, 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 vote:
Ayes: Representatives Brimer; Dukes; Corte; George;
Giddings; Ritter; Siebert; Solomons; Woolley
(9).
Nays: None (0).
Present not Voting: None (0).
Absent: None (0).
HB 3694
The chair laid out HB 3694 as pending business.
The chair recognized Representative George to explain the
measure.
Representative George offered a complete committee substitute.
The committee substitute was adopted without objection.
Representative George moved that HB 3694, 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 vote:
Ayes: Representatives Brimer; Dukes; Corte; George;
Giddings; Ritter; Siebert; Solomons; Woolley
(9).
Nays: None (0).
Present not Voting: None (0).
Absent: None (0).
HB 1560
The chair laid out HB 1560 as pending business.
Chair laid out SB 571 in lieu of its House Companion HB 1560.
SB 571
The chair recognized Representative Woolley to explain the
measure.
Representative Woolley moved that SB 571 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 vote:
Ayes: Representatives Brimer; Dukes; Corte; George;
Giddings; Ritter; Siebert; Solomons; Woolley
(9).
Nays: None (0).
Present not Voting: None (0).
Absent: None (0).
HB 2168
The chair laid out HB 2168 as pending business.
Representative Dukes moved that HB 2168 be reported favorably
to the full house with the recommendation that it do pass and
be printed. The motion prevailed by the following vote:
Ayes: Representatives Brimer; Dukes; Corte; George;
Giddings; Ritter; Siebert; Solomons; Woolley
(9).
Nays: None (0).
Present not Voting: None (0).
Absent: None (0).
HB 2347
The chair laid out HB 2347 as pending business.
Representative Brimer moved that HB 2347 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 vote:
Ayes: Representatives Brimer; Dukes; Corte; George;
Giddings; Ritter; Siebert; Solomons; Woolley
(9).
Nays: None (0).
Present not Voting: None (0).
Absent: None (0).
HB 3214
The chair laid out HB 3214 as pending business.
Representative Corte offered a complete committee substitute.
The committee substitute was adopted without objection.
Representative Corte moved that HB 3214, 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 vote:
Ayes: Representatives Brimer; Dukes; Corte; George;
Giddings; Ritter; Siebert; Solomons; Woolley
(9).
Nays: None (0).
Present not Voting: None (0).
Absent: None (0).
HB 3497
The chair laid out HB 3497 as pending business.
Representative Giddings moved that HB 3497 be reported
favorably to the full house with the recommendation that it do
pass and be printed. The motion prevailed by the following
vote:
Ayes: Representatives Brimer; Dukes; Corte; George;
Giddings; Ritter; Siebert; Solomons; Woolley
(9).
Nays: None (0).
Present not Voting: None (0).
Absent: None (0).
HB 3493
The chair laid out HB 3493 as pending business.
Representative Ritter offered a complete committee substitute.
The committee substitute was adopted without objection.
Representative Ritter moved that HB 3493, 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 vote:
Ayes: Representatives Brimer; Dukes; Corte; George;
Giddings; Ritter; Siebert; Solomons; Woolley
(9).
Nays: None (0).
Present not Voting: None (0).
Absent: None (0).
HB 1826
The chair recalled HB 1826 from subcommittee.
Representative Siebert offered a complete committee
substitute.
Testimony was taken. (See attached witness list.)
The committee substitute was adopted without objection.
Representative Ritter moved that HB 1826, 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 vote:
Ayes: Representatives Brimer; Dukes; George;
Giddings; Ritter; Siebert; Solomons; Woolley
(8).
Nays: None (0).
Present not Voting: None (0).
Absent: Corte (1).
SB 166 & 167
The chair laid out SB 166 and SB 167 concurrently.
Representative Solomons moved that SB 166 be reported
favorably to the full house with the recommendation that it do
pass and be printed. The motion prevailed by the following
vote:
Ayes: Representatives Brimer; Dukes; Corte; George;
Giddings; Ritter; Siebert; Solomons; Woolley
(9).
Nays: None (0).
Present not Voting: None (0).
Absent: None (0).
Representative Siebert moved that SB 167 be reported favorably
to the full house with the recommendation that it do pass and
be printed. The motion prevailed by the following vote:
Ayes: Representatives Brimer; Dukes; Corte; Giddings;
Ritter; Siebert; Solomons; Woolley (8).
Nays: None (0).
Present not Voting: None (0).
Absent: Representative George (1).
HB 3758
The chair laid out HB 3758 as pending business.
Representative Giddings offered a complete committee
substitute.
The committee substitute was adopted without objection.
Representative Giddings moved that HB 3758, 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 vote:
Ayes: Representatives Brimer; Dukes; Corte; Giddings;
Ritter; Siebert; Solomons; Woolley (8).
Nays: None (0).
Present not Voting: None (0).
Absent: Representative George (1).
HB 1052
The chair recalled HB 1052 from subcommittee.
Representative Brimer offered a complete committee substitute.
Representative Dukes offered an amendment to the committee
substitute.
The amendment was adopted without objection.
The committee substitute, as amended, was adopted without
objection.
Representative Brimer moved that HB 1052, 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 vote:
Ayes: Representatives Brimer; Dukes; Corte; Giddings;
Ritter; Siebert; Solomons; Woolley (8).
Nays: None (0).
Present not Voting: None (0).
Absent: Representative George (1).
HB 2420
The chair moved to reconsider the vote by which the measure
was reported from committee. The motion to reconsider
prevailed without objection.
Representative Corte offered a complete committee substitute.
The committee substitute was adopted without objection.
Representative Woolley moved that HB 2420, 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 vote:
Ayes: Representatives Brimer; George; Siebert;
Solomons; Woolley (5).
Nays: None (0).
Present not Voting: None (0).
Absent: Representatives Dukes; Corte; Giddings; Ritter
(4).
HB 3182
The chair laid out HB 3182.
The chair recognized Representative Grusendorf to explain the
measure.
Representative Brimer offered a complete committee substitute.
Testimony was taken. (See attached witness list.)
The chair recognized Representative Grusendorf to close on the
measure.
The committee substitute was withdrawn without objection.
The bill was left pending without objection.
HB 1769
The chair laid out HB 1769.
The chair recognized Representative Charles Jones to explain
the measure.
Testimony was taken. (See attached witness list.)
The chair recognized Representative Charles Jones to close on
the measure.
The bill was left pending without objection.
HB 2890
The chair laid out HB2890 and explained the measure.
Representative Brimer offered a complete committee substitute.
Testimony was taken. (See attached witness list.)
The chair recognized Representative Brimer to close on the
measure.
The committee substitute was withdrawn without objection.
The bill was left pending without objection.
HB 2585
The chair laid out HB 2585.
The chair recognized Representative Woolley to explain the
measure.
Testimony was taken. (See attached witness list.)
The chair recognized Representative Woolley to close on the
measure.
The bill was left pending without objection.
HB 3220
The chair laid out HB 3220.
The chair recognized Representative Gallego to explain the
measure.
The chair recognized Representative Gallego to close on the
measure.
The bill was left pending without objection.
HB 170
The chair laid out HB 170.
The chair recognized Representative Garcia to explain the
measure.
Representative Giddings offered a complete committee
substitute.
Testimony was taken. (See attached witness list.)
The chair recognized Representative Garcia to close on the
measure.
The committee substitute was withdrawn without objection.
The bill was left pending without objection.
HB 2605 & HJR 73
The chair laid out HB 2605 and HJR 73 concurrently.
The chair recognized Representative Solomons to explain the
measures.
Testimony was taken. (See attached witness list.)
(Representative Siebert in chair.)
The chair recognized Representative Solomons to close on the
measure.
The bills were left pending without objection.
HB 3091
(Representative George in chair.)
The chair laid out HB 3091.
The chair recognized Representative Siebert to explain the
measure.
Testimony was taken. (See attached witness list.)
The chair recognized Representative Siebert to close on the
measure.
The bill was left pending without objection.
HB 2606
(Representative Brimer in chair.)
The chair laid out HB 2606.
The chair recognized Representative Solomons to explain the
measure.
Testimony was taken. (See attached witness list.)
The chair recognized Representative Solomons to close on the
measure.
The bill was left pending without objection.
At 5:10 pm, on the motion of the chair and without objection,
the meeting was adjourned subject to the call of the chair.
______________________
Rep. Kim Brimer, Chair
______________________
Brandon Aghamalian, Clerk