MINUTES
STANDING SENATE SUBCOMMITTEE ON HIGHER EDUCATION
Monday, May 2, 2005
1:30 p.m. or upon adjournment
Betty King Committee Hearing Room, 2E.20
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Pursuant to a notice posted in accordance with Senate Rule
11.18, a public hearing of the Standing Senate Subcommittee on
Higher Education was held on Monday, May 2, 2005, in the Betty
King Committee Hearing Room, 2E.20, at Austin, Texas.
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MEMBERS PRESENT: MEMBERS ABSENT:
Senator Royce West Senator Kip Averitt
Senator Todd Staples Senator Kyle Janek
Senator Tommy Williams
Senator Judith Zaffirini
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The posting rule, Senate Rule 11.18, was suspended to hear the
following bill(s): SB 1883.
The chair called the meeting to order at 6:52 p.m. The
following business was transacted:
The chair laid out SB 1452 and recognized the author, Senator
Lucio, Jr., to explain the bill. Senator West sent up a
committee substitute; the chair recognized Senator Lucio, Jr. to
explain the difference between the committee substitute and the
bill as filed. Witnesses testifying and registering on the bill
are shown on the attached list. The chair moved that the public
testimony be closed; without objection, it was so ordered.
Senator West moved that SB 1452 and the committee substitute be
left pending; without objection, it was so ordered.
At 6:56 p.m. Senator Staples assumed the chair.
The chair laid out SB 817 and recognized the author, Senator
West, to explain the bill. Senator West moved to pull down the
committee substitute and Committee Amendment 1 sent up on April
11, 2005; without objection, it was so ordered. Senator West
sent up a new committee substitute; the chair recognized Senator
West to explain the difference between the committee substitute
and the bill as filed. Senator West sent up Committee Amendment
1. The chair opened public testimony; there being no witness
cards, public testimony was closed. Senator Staples moved that
SB 817, the committee substitute, and Committee Amendment 1 be
left pending; without objection, it was so ordered.
At 7:00 p.m. Senator West resumed the chair.
The chair laid out SB 1809 and recognized the author, Senator
Wentworth, to explain the bill. Senator Staples sent up a
committee substitute; the chair recognized Senator Wentworth to
explain the difference between the committee substitute and the
bill as filed. Witnesses testifying and registering on the bill
are shown on the attached list. The chair moved that the public
testimony be closed; without objection, it was so ordered.
Senator West moved that SB 1809 and the committee substitute be
left pending; without objection, it was so ordered.
The chair laid out SB 1883 and recognized Senator Staples, in
the absence of the author, to explain the bill. The chair
opened public testimony; there being no witness cards, public
testimony was closed. Senator West moved that SB 1883 be left
pending; without objection, it was so ordered.
The chair laid out HB 479 and recognized the Senate sponsor,
Senator Barrientos, to explain the bill. Witnesses testifying
and registering on the bill are shown on the attached list. The
chair moved that the public testimony be closed; without
objection, it was so ordered. Senator West moved that HB 479 be
left pending; without objection, it was so ordered.
There being no further business, at 7:22 p.m. Senator West moved
that the Committee stand recessed subject to the call of the
chair. Without objection, it was so ordered.
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Senator Royce West, Chair
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Michelle Farley, Clerk