House Committee on Judicial Affairs
76th Legislature
March 11, 1999
10:30 am, or upon adjournment
Capitol Extension, E2.028
CORRECTED MINUTES
On April 22, 1999, the House Committee on Judicial Affairs
authorized the correction of the minutes for the meeting of
the House Committee on Judicial Affairs held on March 11,
1999. The following are the corrected minutes for that
meeting:
Pursuant to a notice posted on March 2, 1999 and to permission
granted to allow committees to meet while the House is in
session, the House Committee on Judicial Affairs met in a
public hearing and was called to order by the Chair,
Representative Senfronia Thompson at 12:24 pm.
The roll was answered as follows:
Present: Representatives Thompson; Hartnett; Capelo;
Deshotel; Hinojosa; Shields; Solis of Cameron;
Uresti (8).
Absent: Representative Garcia (1).
A quorum was present.
HB 938 by Thompson/et al (The James Byrd, Jr. Act)
(Representative Hartnett now chair.)
The chair laid out HB 938.
Rep. Uresti offered a complete committee substitute. The chair
laid out CSHB 938 and recognized Rep. Thompson to explain.
Rep. Thompson gave a dramatic slide show presentation.
Testimony was taken on both HB 938 & CSHB 938. (See attached
witness list.)
(Representative Hinojosa now chair.)
Throughout the meeting the following members were recognized
for their presence and some for questions: Senator Rodney
Ellis, Rep. Norma Chavez, Rep. Debra Danburg, Rep. Scott
Hochberg, Rep. Art Reyna, Rep. Dawnna Dukes.
There were several witnesses who registered for HB 938 (The
James Byrd, Jr. Act), but did not testify. (See attached
witness list for names.)
There were two witnesses who registered against HB 938 (The
James Byrd, Jr. Act), but did not testify. (See attached
witness list for names.)
After several hours of testimony and the reading of those
witnesses who registered for, or against HB 938 (The James
Byrd, Jr. Act), Rep. Deshotel moved that the committee adopt
CSHB 938. There being no objection, CSHB 938 was adopted.
Rep. Deshotel moved that HB 938, as substituted, be reported
favorably back to the full House with the recommendation that
it do pass, be printed and be sent to t he Committee on
Calendars.
The motion prevailed by the following record vote:
Ayes: Representatives Thompson; Capelo; Deshsotel;
Hinojosa; Solis of Cameron; Uresti (6).
Nays: Representatives Hartnett; Shields (2).
PNV: None (0).
Absent: Representative Garcia (1).
(Representative Thompson in chair.)
HB 1508 by Rep. Palmer & HJR 52 by Rep. Palmer
The chair laid out HB 1508 & HJR52 and left both bill and
resolution pending.
There were two witnesses who registered for, or on HB 1508 &
HJR 52, but did not testify. (See attached witness list for
names.)
There being no further business, the chair moved that the
committee stand adjourned. There being no objection, the
Committee on Judicial Affairs adjourned at 4:07 p.m.
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Senfronia Thompson, Chair
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Milda Mora, Chief Clerk