The House Committee on Judicial Affairs
77th Legislature
May 14, 2001
2:00 p.m. or upon final adjourn./recess
Capitol Extension, E2.028
Pursuant to a notice posted on May 9, 2001 and an announcement
made on the House floor on May 14, 2001 to remind members of the
meeting, the House Committee on Judicial Affairs met in a public
hearing and was called to order by the chair, Representative
Thompson, at 6:58 p.m.
The roll was answered as follows:
Present: Representatives Thompson; Hartnett; Capelo; Deshotel;
Solis, Jim; Talton (6).
Absent: Representatives Garcia; Hinojosa; Uresti (3).
A quorum was present.
SB 847
The chair laid out SB 847 and explained.
Representative Solis, Jim moved that SB 847, 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; Solis, Jim; Talton (6).
Nays: None (0).
Present, Not Voting: None (0).
Absent: Representatives Garcia; Hinojosa; Uresti (3).
SB 909
The chair laid out SB 909.
The chair recognized Representative George to explain the
measure.
The bill was left pending without objection.
SB 194
The chair laid out SB 194.
The chair recognized Representative McCall to explain the
measure.
Representative Capelo moved that SB 194, 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; Solis, Jim; Talton (6).
Nays: None (0).
Present, Not Voting: None (0).
Absent: Representatives Garcia; Hinojosa; Uresti (3).
SB 1001
The chair laid out SB 1001.
The chair recognized Representative Hawley to explain the
measure.
Representative Talton moved that SB 1001, 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; Solis, Jim; Talton (6).
Nays: None (0).
Present, Not Voting: None (0).
Absent: Representatives Garcia; Hinojosa; Uresti (3).
SB 1810
The chair laid out SB 1810.
The chair recognized Representative Keffer to explain the
measure.
Representative Solis, Jim moved that SB 1810, 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; Solis, Jim; Talton (6).
Nays: None (0).
Present, Not Voting: None (0).
Absent: Representatives Garcia; Hinojosa; Uresti (3).
SB 1377
The chair laid out SB 1377 and explained.
Representative Solis, Jim moved that SB 1377, 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; Solis, Jim; Talton (6).
Nays: None (0).
Present, Not Voting: None (0).
Absent: Representatives Garcia; Hinojosa; Uresti (3).
SB 1378
The chair laid out SB 1378 and explained.
The chair offered a complete committee substitute and explained.
The committee substitute was adopted without objection.
Representative Solis, Jim moved that SB 1378, 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; Solis, Jim (5).
Nays: None (0).
Present, Not Voting: Representative Talton (1).
Absent: Representatives Garcia; Hinojosa; Uresti (3).
SB 625
The chair laid out SB 625 and explained.
Representative Deshotel moved that SB 625, 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; Solis, Jim; Talton (6).
Nays: None (0).
Present, Not Voting: None (0).
Absent: Representatives Garcia; Hinojosa; Uresti (3).
SB 869
The chair laid out SB 869 and explained.
Representative Talton moved that SB 869, 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; Solis, Jim; Talton (6).
Nays: None (0).
Present, Not Voting: None (0).
Absent: Representatives Garcia; Hinojosa; Uresti (3).
SB 124
The chair laid out SB 124.
The chair recognized Representative Madden to explain the
measure.
Representative Talton moved that SB 124, 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; Solis, Jim; Talton (6).
Nays: None (0).
Present, Not Voting: None (0).
Absent: Representatives Garcia; Hinojosa; Uresti (3).
(Representative Garcia now present.)
SB 129 & SJR 3
The chair laid out SB 129 & SJR 3.
The chair recognized Representative Junell to explain the
measures.
The chair offered complete committee substitutes to SB 129 & SJR
3.
The chair recognized Representative Junell to explain the
substitutes.
Testimony was taken. (See attached witness list.)
The committee substitutes to SB 129 & SJR 3 were adopted without
objection.
The chair recognized Representative Junell to close on the
measures.
Representative Thompson moved that SB 129, 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; Solis, Jim (5).
Nays: Representative Talton (1).
Present, Not Voting: None (0).
Absent: Representatives Hartnett; Hinojosa; Uresti (3).
Representative Thompson moved that SJR 3, 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; Solis, Jim (5).
Nays: Representative Talton (1).
Present, Not Voting: None (0).
Absent: Representatives Hartnett; Hinojosa; Uresti (3).
SB 720, SB 822, SB 1379, SB 1434 & SJR 49
No action was taken on SB 720, SB 822, SB 1379, SB 1434 and SJR
49.
At 7:40 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
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