The House Committee on Insurance 
         78th Legislature 
         May 1, 2003 
         8:30 a.m. 
         Reagan Bldg, Room 120 
          
         Pursuant to a suspension of the 5-day posting rule and an  
         announcement from the House floor on April 30, 2003, the House  
         Committee on Insurance met in a public hearing and was called to  
         order by the chair, Representative Smithee, at 8:42 a.m. 
          
         The roll was answered as follows: 
          
         Present:  Representatives Smithee; Seaman; Eiland; Taylor; Van  
                   Arsdale (5). 
          
         Absent:   Representatives Bonnen; Gallego; Keffer, Bill;  
                   Thompson (4). 
          
         A quorum was present. 
          
         SB 14 
          
         The chair laid out SB 14 as pending business.  
          
         (Representative Keffer, Bill now present.) 
          
         The chair offered a complete committee substitute.  
          
         Testimony was taken.  (See attached witness list.) 
          
         (Representative Thompson now present.) 
          
         The chair offered an amendment to the measure.  
          
         The amendment was withdrawn without objection. 
          
         Representative Eiland offered an amendment to the measure.  
          
         The amendment was withdrawn without objection. 
          
         Representative Eiland offered an amendment to the measure.  
          
         The amendment was withdrawn without objection. 
          
         The committee substitute was withdrawn without objection. 
          
         The bill was left pending without objection.  
          
         HB 3029 
         The chair laid out HB 3029 as pending business.  
          
         Representative Van Arsdale offered a complete committee  
         substitute.  
          
         The committee substitute was adopted without objection. 
          
         Representative Eiland moved that HB 3029, 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 Smithee; Seaman; Eiland;  
                             Keffer, Bill; Taylor; Thompson; Van Arsdale  
                             (7).  
           
         Nays:               None (0).  
           
         Present, Not Voting:     None  (0).  
           
         Absent:        Representatives Bonnen; Gallego  (2).  
           
         At 9:43 a.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. Smithee, Chair 
          
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         Andrea Stingley, Clerk