The House Committee on Judicial Affairs
77th Legislature
April 23, 2001
2:00 p.m. or upon final adjourn./recess
Capitol Extension, E2.028
Pursuant to a notice posted on April 18, 2001, and a revision on
April 19, 2001 to delete two bills, the House Committee on
Judicial Affairs met in a public hearing and was called to order
by the chair, Representative Thompson, at 6:20 p.m.
The roll was answered as follows:
Present: Representatives Thompson; Hartnett; Deshotel;
Hinojosa; Uresti (5).
Absent: Representatives Capelo; Garcia; Solis, Jim; Talton
(4).
A quorum was present.
HB 2731
The chair laid out HB 2731.
The chair recognized Representative Gray to explain the measure.
Testimony was taken. (See attached witness list.)
The chair recognized Representative Gray to close on the
measure.
The bill was left temporarily pending without objection.
HB 3678
The chair laid out HB 3678.
The chair recognized Representative Gray to explain the measure.
The bill was left temporarily pending without objection.
HB 2731
The chair laid out HB 2731 as pending business.
Representative Hartnett moved that HB 2731, 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 Thompson; Hartnett;
Deshotel; Hinojosa; Uresti (5).
Nays: None (0).
Present, Not Voting: None (0).
Absent: Representatives Capelo; Garcia; Solis, Jim;
Talton (4).
(Representative Solis, Jim now present.)
HB 3678
The chair laid out HB 3678 as pending business.
Representative Thompson offered an amendment to the measure.
The amendment was adopted without objection.
Representative Uresti moved that HB 3678, as amended, 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 Thompson; Hartnett;
Deshotel; Hinojosa; Solis, Jim; Uresti (6).
Nays: None (0).
Present, Not Voting: None (0).
Absent: Representatives Capelo; Garcia; Talton (3).
HB 3649
The chair laid out HB 3649 and explained.
(Representative Talton now present.)
Representative Solis, Jim moved that HB 3649, 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 failed by
the following record vote:
Ayes: Representatives Thompson; Hartnett; Solis,
Jim; Uresti (4).
Nays: Representative Talton (1).
Present, Not Voting: None (0).
Absent: Representatives Capelo; Deshotel; Garcia;
Hinojosa (4).
The bill was left pending without objection.
(Representative Garcia now present.)
HB 2917
The chair laid out HB 2917.
The chair recognized Representative Garcia to explain the
measure.
Testimony was taken. (See attached witness list.)
(Representative Capelo now present.)
The bill was left pending without objection.
HB 3000
The chair laid out HB 3000.
The chair recognized Representative Uresti to explain the
measure.
Testimony was taken. (See attached witness list.)
Representative Hartnett moved that HB3000, 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 Thompson; Hartnett; Capelo;
Garcia; Talton; Uresti (6).
Nays: None (0).
Present, Not Voting: None (0).
Absent: Representatives Deshotel; Hinojosa; Solis, Jim
(3).
HB 3632
The chair laid out HB 3632 and explained.
The chair offered a complete committee substitute.
The committee substitute was adopted without objection.
Representative Uresti moved that HB 3632, 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 Thompson; Hartnett; Capelo;
Garcia; Talton; Uresti (6).
Nays: None (0).
Present, Not Voting: None (0).
Absent: Representatives Deshotel; Hinojosa; Solis, Jim
(3).
HB 3671
The chair laid out HB 3671.
Testimony was taken. (See attached witness list.)
Representative Capelo moved that HB 3671, without amendments, be
reported favorably to the full house with the recommendation
that it do pass and be printed. The motion prevailed by the
following record vote:
Ayes: Representatives Thompson; Hartnett; Capelo;
Deshotel; Talton; Uresti (6).
Nays: Representative Garcia (1).
Present, Not Voting: None (0).
Absent: Representatives Hinojosa; Solis, Jim (2).
HB 3171
The chair laid out HB 3171 and explained.
The chair offered a complete committee substitute.
The committee substitute was adopted without objection.
Representative Uresti moved that HB 3171, 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 record vote:
Ayes: Representatives Thompson; Hartnett; Capelo;
Deshotel; Garcia; Talton; Uresti (7).
Nays: None (0).
Present, Not Voting: None (0).
Absent: Representatives Hinojosa; Solis, Jim (2).
HB 3467
The chair laid out HB 3467.
The chair recognized Representative Hartnett to explain the
measure.
The chair offered a complete committee substitute and recognized
Representative Hartnett to explain the substitute.
The committee substitute was adopted without objection.
Representative Uresti moved that HB 3467, 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 Thompson; Hartnett; Capelo;
Deshotel; Garcia; Talton; Uresti (7).
Nays: None (0).
Present, Not Voting: None (0).
Absent: Representatives Hinojosa; Solis, Jim (2).
HB 3506
The chair laid out HB 3506 as pending business and explained.
Representative Garcia offered a complete committee substitute.
The committee substitute was adopted without objection.
Representative Deshotel moved that HB 3506, 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 record vote:
Ayes: Representatives Thompson; Hartnett; Capelo;
Deshotel; Garcia; Talton; Uresti (7).
Nays: None (0).
Present, Not Voting: None (0).
Absent: Representatives Hinojosa; Solis, Jim (2).
HB 1256
The chair laid out HB 1256 as pending business and explained.
Representative Deshotel moved that HB 1256, without amendments,
be reported favorably to the full house with the recommendation
that it do pass and be printed. The motion prevailed by the
following record vote:
Ayes: Representatives Thompson; Hartnett; Capelo;
Deshotel; Garcia; Talton; Uresti (7).
Nays: None (0).
Present, Not Voting: None (0).
Absent: Representatives Hinojosa; Solis, Jim (2).
(Representative Hartnett in chair.)
SB 1407
The chair (Representative Hartnett) laid out SB 1407, the
companion to HB 3406, and explained.
The chair (Representative Hartnett) offered a complete committee
substitute and explained.
The committee substitute was adopted without objection.
Representative Uresti moved that SB 1407, 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 Thompson; Hartnett; Capelo;
Deshotel; Garcia; Talton; Uresti (7).
Nays: None (0).
Present, Not Voting: None (0).
Absent: Representatives Hinojosa; Solis, Jim (2).
HB 2733
The chair laid out HB 2733.
The chair recognized Representative Thompson to explain the
measure.
The bill was left pending without objection.
(Representative Thompson in chair.)
SB 960
The chair laid out SB 960 and explained.
The bill was left pending without objection.
(Representative Hartnett in chair.)
At 7:11 p.m., on the motion of the chair (Representative
Hartnett) and without objection, the meeting was adjourned
subject to the call of the chair.
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Rep. Thompson, Chair
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Milda Mora, Clerk