House Committee on Insurance
76th Legislature
April 22, 1999
Upon adjournment
House Chamber
Pursuant to an announcement from the House floor on April 22,
1999, the House Committee on Insurance met in a formal meeting
and was called to order by the Chair, Representative John
Smithee at 4:25 pm.
The roll was answered as follows:
Present: Representatives Smithee; Lewis, Glenn; Moreno, Joe;
Olivo; Seaman; Thompson; Wise (7).
Absent: Representatives Eiland; Burnam (2).
A quorum was present.
HB 969
The chair laid out HB 969 as pending business.
Representative Seaman offered a complete committee substitute.
The committee substitute was adopted without objection.
Representative Seaman moved that HB 969, 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 Smithee; Lewis, Glenn; Moreno,
Joe; Olivo; Seaman; Thompson; Wise (7).
Nays: None (0).
Present not Voting: None (0).
Absent: Representatives Eiland; Burnam (2).
HB 1628
The chair laid out HB 1628 as pending business.
Representative Lewis, Glenn offered a complete committee
substitute.
The committee substitute was adopted without objection.
Representative Olivo moved that HB 1628, 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 Smithee; Lewis, Glenn; Moreno,
Joe; Olivo; Seaman; Thompson; Wise (7).
Nays: None (0).
Present not Voting: None (0).
Absent: Representatives Eiland; Burnam (2).
HB 1650
The chair laid out HB 1650 as pending business.
Representative Thompson offered a complete committee
substitute.
The committee substitute was adopted without objection.
Representative Thompson moved that HB 1650, 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 Smithee; Lewis, Glenn; Moreno,
Joe; Olivo; Thompson; Wise (6).
Nays: Representative Seaman (1).
Present not Voting: None (0).
Absent: Representatives Eiland; Burnam (2).
HB 1751
The chair laid out amended HB 1751 as pending business. The
previous amendment had been adopted on 4/20/99 and had been
offered by Representative Seaman. The amendment was
designated amendment #1.
Representative Seaman offered an amendment to the amended HB
1751. This amendment was designated amendment #2.
Amendment #2 was adopted without objection.
Representative Thompson moved that HB 1751, as amended, 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 Smithee; Lewis, Glenn; Moreno,
Joe; Olivo; Seaman; Thompson; Wise (7).
Nays: None (0).
Present not Voting: None (0).
Absent: Representatives Burnam; Eiland (2).
HB 1919
The chair laid out HB 1919 as pending business.
HB 1919 was recalled from the subcommittee on mandates review.
Representative Seaman offered a complete committee substitute.
The committee substitute was adopted without objection.
Representative Seaman moved that HB 1919, 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 vote:
Ayes: Representatives Smithee; Lewis, Glenn; Olivo;
Seaman (4).
Nays: Representatives Moreno, Joe; Thompson; Wise
(3).
Present not Voting: None (0).
Absent: Representatives Eiland; Burnam (2).
The bill was left pending without objection.
HB 2096
The chair laid out HB 2096 as pending business.
HB 2096 was recalled from the subcommittee on fraud.
Representative Seaman offered a complete committee substitute.
Representative Seaman offered an amendment to the committee
substitute.
The amendment was adopted without objection.
The committee substitute, as amended, was adopted without
objection.
The bill was left pending without objection.
(Representative Burnam now present.)
HB 2495
The chair laid out HB 2495 as pending business.
Representative Lewis, Glenn offered a complete committee
substitute.
The committee substitute was adopted without objection.
Representative Lewis, Glenn moved that HB 2495, 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 Burnam; Lewis, Glenn; Moreno,
Joe; Olivo; Wise (5).
Nays: Representatives Seaman; Thompson (2).
Present not Voting: Representative Smithee (1).
Absent: Representative Eiland (1).
HB 2793
The chair laid out HB 2793 as pending business.
Representative Moreno, Joe offered an amendment to the
measure.
The amendment was adopted without objection.
Representative Olivo moved that HB 2793, as amended, 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 Smithee; Moreno, Joe; Olivo;
Seaman; Thompson; Wise (6).
Nays: Representative Burnam (1).
Present not Voting: Representative Lewis, Glenn (1).
Absent: Representative Eiland (1).
HB 3096
The chair laid out HB 3096 as pending business.
Representative Olivo offered a complete committee substitute.
The committee substitute was adopted without objection.
Representative Burnam moved that HB 3096, 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 vote:
Ayes: Representatives Burnam; Moreno, Joe; Olivo;
Thompson (4).
Nays: Representative Seaman (1).
Present not Voting: Representatives Smithee; Lewis,
Glenn; Wise (3).
Absent: Representative Eiland (1).
The bill was left pending without objection.
HB 3603
The chair laid out HB 3603 as pending business.
HB 3603 was recalled from the subcommittee on fraud.
Representative Seaman offered a complete committee substitute.
The committee substitute was adopted without objection.
Representative Seaman moved that HB 3603, 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 Smithee; Burnam; Lewis, Glenn;
Moreno, Joe; Olivo; Seaman; Thompson; Wise (8).
Nays: None (0).
Present not Voting: None (0).
Absent: Representative Eiland (1).
HB 107
The chair laid out HB 107 as pending business.
Representative Lewis, Glenn moved that HB 107 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 Burnam; Lewis, Glenn; Moreno,
Joe; Olivo; Thompson; Wise (6).
Nays: Representatives Smithee; Seaman (2).
Present not Voting: None (0).
Absent: Representative Eiland (1).
HB 3017
The chair laid out HB 3017 as pending business.
Representative Seaman offered a complete committee substitute.
Representative Seaman offered an amendment to the measure.
The amendment was adopted without objection.
The committee substitute, as amended, was adopted without
objection.
Representative Seaman moved that HB 3017, 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 vote:
Ayes: Representatives Smithee; Lewis, Glenn; Seaman
(3).
Nays: Representatives Burnam; Moreno, Joe; Olivo;
Thompson; Wise (5).
Present not Voting: None (0).
Absent: Representative Eiland (1).
The bill was left pending without objection.
HB 2868
The chair laid out HB 2868 as pending business.
Representative Olivo offered a complete committee substitute.
The committee substitute was adopted without objection.
Representative Olivo moved that HB 2868, 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 Smithee; Burnam; Lewis, Glenn;
Moreno, Joe; Olivo; Seaman; Thompson; Wise (8).
Nays: None (0).
Present not Voting: None (0).
Absent: Representative Eiland (1).
HB 1919
The chair laid out HB 1919, as substituted, as pending
business.
Representative Wise moved that HB 1919, 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 Smithee; Burnam; Lewis, Glenn;
Moreno, Joe; Olivo; Seaman; Thompson; Wise (8).
Nays: None (0).
Present not Voting: None (0).
Absent: Representative Eiland (1).
HB 3096
The chair laid out HB 3096, as substituted, as pending
business.
Representative Thompson moved that HB 3096, 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 Burnam; Moreno, Joe; Olivo;
Thompson; Wise (5).
Nays: Representative Seaman (1).
Present not Voting: Representatives Smithee; Lewis, Glenn
(2).
Absent: Representative Eiland (1).
HB 2495
The chair laid out HB 2495.
The chair moved to reconsider the vote by which the measure
was reported from committee. The motion to reconsider
prevailed without objection.
Representative Lewis, Glenn moved that HB 2495, 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 vote:
Ayes: Representatives Burnam; Lewis, Glenn; Moreno,
Joe; Olivo (4).
Nays: Representative Seaman (1).
Present not Voting: Representatives Smithee; Thompson;
Wise (3).
Absent: Representative Eiland (1).
The bill was left pending without objection.
At 4:55 pm, on the motion of the chair and without objection,
the meeting was adjourned subject to the call of the chair.
At the request of the Vice-Chair, the following memorandum has
been attached to the minutes:
To: Chairman John Smithee
From: Representative Craig Eiland
Date: 04/22/99
Subject: Absence from Insurance Committee formal meeting
I have a group of constituents in town today from the Texas
City - La Marque Chamber of Commerce as part of the Leadership
Mainland program. I will need to meet with them upon
adjournment of the House. Please excuse me from the Insurance
Committee formal meeting that you told me would take place
today. Thank you.
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Rep. Craig Eiland, Vice-Chair
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Robert Hall, Clerk