The House Committee on Judicial Affairs 
         77th Legislature 
         April 30, 2001 
         2:00 p.m. or upon final adjourn./recess 
         Capitol Extension, E2.028 
          
         Pursuant to a notice posted on April 25, 2001, the House  
         Committee on Judicial Affairs met in a public hearing and was  
         called to order by the chair, Representative Thompson, at 7:23  
         p.m. 
          
         The roll was answered as follows: 
          
         Present:  Representatives Thompson; Capelo; Deshotel; Garcia;  
                   Solis, Jim (5). 
          
         Absent:   Representatives Hartnett; Hinojosa; Talton; Uresti  
                   (4). 
          
         A quorum was present. 
          
         SB 960 
          
         The chair laid out SB 960 as pending business and explained.  
          
         Representative Deshotel moved that SB 960, 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; Capelo; Deshotel;  
                             Garcia; Solis, Jim (5).  
           
         Nays:               None (0).  
           
         Present, Not Voting:     None  (0).  
           
         Absent:        Representatives Hartnett; Hinojosa; Talton;  
                        Uresti  (4).  
           
         HB 485 
          
         The chair laid out HB 485 as pending business and explained. 
           
         (Representative Uresti now present.) 
          
         The chair moved that HB 485, 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; Capelo; Deshotel;  
                             Garcia; Solis, Jim; Uresti (6).  
           
         Nays:               None (0).  
           
         Present, Not Voting:     None  (0).  
           
         Absent:        Representatives Hartnett; Hinojosa; Talton  (3).  
           
         HB 3696 
          
         The chair laid out HB 3696 and explained. 
          
         Representative Deshotel moved that HB 3696, 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; Capelo; Deshotel;  
                             Garcia; Solis, Jim; Uresti (6).  
           
         Nays:               None (0).  
           
         Present, Not Voting:     None  (0).  
           
         Absent:        Representatives Hartnett; Hinojosa; Talton  (3).  
           
         HB 2733 
          
         The chair laid out HB 2733 as pending business.  
          
         The chair offered a complete committee substitute.  
          
         The committee substitute was adopted without objection. 
          
         (Representative Hinojosa now present.) 
          
         Representative Deshotel moved that HB 2733, 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; Capelo; Deshotel;  
                             Garcia; Hinojosa; Solis, Jim; Uresti (7).  
           
         Nays:               None (0).  
           
         Present, Not Voting:     None  (0).  
           
         Absent:        Representatives Hartnett; Talton  (2).  
           
         (Representative Hartnett now present.) 
          
         HB 3203 
          
         The chair laid out HB 3203. 
          
         The chair recognized Representative Jones, Jesse to explain the  
         measure.  
          
         Testimony was taken.  (See attached witness list.) 
          
         Representative Solis, Jim moved that HB 3203, 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;  
                             Deshotel; Garcia; Hinojosa; Solis, Jim;  
                             Uresti (8).  
           
         Nays:               None (0).  
           
         Present, Not Voting:     None  (0).  
           
         Absent:        Representative Talton  (1).  
           
         SB 1433 
          
         The chair laid out SB 1433. 
          
         The chair recognized Representative Brown, Fred to explain the  
         measure.  
          
         Representative Solis, Jim moved that SB 1433, 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;  
                             Deshotel; Garcia; Hinojosa; Solis, Jim;  
                             Uresti (8).  
           
         Nays:               None (0).  
           
         Present, Not Voting:     None  (0).  
           
         Absent:        Representative Talton  (1).  
           
         SB 1199 
          
         The chair laid out SB 1199. 
          
         The chair recognized Representative Kitchen to explain the  
         measure.  
          
         The bill was left pending without objection.  
          
         HB 3296 
          
         The chair laid out HB 3296. 
          
         The chair recognized Representative Goodman to explain the  
         measure.  
          
         Representative Deshotel offered a complete committee substitute.  
          
         The chair recognized Representative Goodman to explain the  
         substitute. 
          
         The committee substitute was adopted without objection. 
          
         Representative Solis, Jim moved that HB 3296, 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; Hinojosa; Solis, Jim;  
                             Uresti (8).  
           
         Nays:               None (0).  
           
         Present, Not Voting:     None  (0).  
           
         Absent:        Representative Talton  (1).  
           
         SB 1210 
          
         The chair laid out SB 1210. 
          
         The chair recognized Representative Dunnam to explain the  
         measure.  
          
         The chair recognized Representative Goodman to explain the  
         measure.  
          
         Representative Solis, Jim offered a complete committee  
         substitute and explained. 
          
         The committee substitute was adopted without objection. 
          
         Representative Deshotel moved that SB 1210, 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; Capelo; Deshotel;  
                             Garcia; Hinojosa; Solis, Jim; Uresti (7).  
           
         Nays:               Representative Hartnett (1).  
           
         Present, Not Voting:     None  (0).  
           
         Absent:        Representative Talton  (1).  
           
         SB 1094 
          
         The chair laid out SB 1094 and explained. 
          
         Representative Deshotel moved that SB 1094, 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;  
                             Deshotel; Garcia; Hinojosa; Solis, Jim;  
                             Uresti (8).  
           
         Nays:               None (0).  
           
         Present, Not Voting:     None  (0).  
           
         Absent:        Representative Talton  (1).  
           
         SB 941 
          
         The chair laid out SB 941 and explained. 
          
         The chair offered a complete committee substitute. 
          
         The committee substitute was adopted without objection. 
          
         Representative Deshotel moved that SB 941, 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; Hinojosa; Solis, Jim; Uresti (7).  
           
         Nays:               None (0).  
           
         Present, Not Voting:     None  (0).  
           
         Absent:        Representatives Garcia; Talton  (2).  
           
         SB 1640 
          
         The chair laid out SB 1640 and explained. 
          
         Representative Hartnett moved that SB 1640, 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;  
                             Deshotel; Hinojosa; Solis, Jim; Uresti (7).  
           
         Nays:               None (0).  
           
         Present, Not Voting:     None  (0).  
           
         Absent:        Representatives Garcia; Talton  (2).  
           
         HB 2106 
          
         The chair laid out HB 2106 as pending business and explained. 
          
         Representative Deshotel moved that HB 2106, 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; Capelo; Deshotel;  
                             Hinojosa; Solis, Jim; Uresti (6).  
           
         Nays:               None (0).  
           
         Present, Not Voting:     Representative Hartnett  (1).  
           
         Absent:        Representatives Garcia; Talton  (2).  
           
         SB 303 
          
         The chair laid out SB 303 as pending business.  
          
         Representative Capelo offered a complete committee substitute  
         and explained. 
          
         Representative Hartnett offered an amendment to the committee  
         substitute and explained. 
          
         The amendment was adopted without objection. 
          
         The chair directed the staff to incorporate the amendment into a  
         new committee substitute. 
          
         Representative Capelo offered the new complete committee  
         substitute to SB 303.  
          
         Testimony was taken.  (See attached witness list.) 
          
         The new committee substitute to SB 303 was adopted without  
         objection. 
          
         Representative Uresti moved that SB 303, 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; Hinojosa; Solis, Jim; Uresti (7).  
           
         Nays:               None (0).  
           
         Present, Not Voting:     None  (0).  
           
         Absent:        Representatives Garcia; Talton  (2).  
           
         At 8:29 p.m., on the motion of the chair 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