The House Committee on Insurance

80th Legislature

April 4, 2007

upon lunch recess

House Chamber, Desk #24

 

 

 

 

 

Pursuant to an announcement from the house floor on April 4, 2007, the House Committee on Insurance met in a formal meeting and was called to order by the chair, Representative Smithee, at 12:09 p.m.

 

The roll was answered as follows:

 

Present:              Representatives Smithee; Taylor; Eiland; Hancock; Martinez, "Mando"; Vo; Woolley (7).

 

Absent:              Representatives Smith, Todd; Thompson (2).

 

A quorum was present.

 

 

 

 

HB1226

 

The chair laid out HB1226 as pending business.

 

Representative Smithee offered a complete committee substitute.

 

The committee substitute was adopted without objection.

 

Representative Hancock moved that HB1226, 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 Smithee; Taylor; Eiland; Hancock; Martinez, "Mando"; Vo; Woolley (7).

 

Nays:                             None (0).

 

Present, Not Voting:     None  (0).

 

Absent:                          Representatives Smith, Todd; Thompson  (2).

 

 

 

HB1600

 

The chair laid out HB1600 as pending business.

 

Representative Hancock moved that HB1600, 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 Smithee; Taylor; Eiland; Hancock; Martinez, "Mando"; Vo; Woolley (7).

 

Nays:                             None (0).

 

Present, Not Voting:     None  (0).

 

Absent:                          Representatives Smith, Todd; Thompson  (2).

 

 

 

 

HB1848

 

The chair laid out HB1848 as pending business.

 

The chair recognized Representative Hancock to explain the measure.

 

Representative Hancock offered a complete committee substitute.

 

The committee substitute was adopted without objection.

 

Representative Martinez, "Mando" moved that HB1848, 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; Taylor; Eiland; Hancock; Martinez, "Mando"; Vo; Woolley (7).

 

Nays:                             None (0).

 

Present, Not Voting:     None  (0).

 

Absent:                          Representatives Smith, Todd; Thompson  (2).

 

 

 

SB849

 

The chair laid out SB849, the companion to HB2200.

 

Representative Hancock moved that SB849, 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 Smithee; Taylor; Eiland; Hancock; Martinez, "Mando"; Vo; Woolley (7).

 

Nays:                             None (0).

 

Present, Not Voting:     None  (0).

 

Absent:                          Representatives Smith, Todd; Thompson  (2).

 

 

 

 

HB2251

 

The chair laid out HB2251 as pending business.

 

Representative Taylor offered a complete committee substitute.

 

The committee substitute was adopted without objection.

 

Representative Taylor offered an amendment to the committee substitute.

 

The amendment was adopted without objection.

 

The chair directed the staff to incorporate the amendments into a committee substitute.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Representative Hancock moved that HB2251, 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; Taylor; Eiland; Hancock; Martinez, "Mando"; Vo; Woolley (7).

 

Nays:                             None (0).

 

Present, Not Voting:     None  (0).

 

Absent:                          Representatives Smith, Todd; Thompson  (2).

 

 

 

 

HB2636

 

The chair laid out HB2636 as pending business.

 

(Representative Smith, Todd now present.)

 

Representative Smithee offered an amendment to the measure.

 

The amendment was adopted without objection.

 

Representative Hancock moved that HB2636, as amended, 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 Smithee; Smith, Todd; Taylor; Eiland; Hancock; Martinez, "Mando"; Vo; Woolley (8).

 

Nays:                             None (0).

 

Present, Not Voting:     None  (0).

 

Absent:                          Representative Thompson  (1).

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

At 12:20 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. Smithee, Chair

 

 

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LyAnna Johnson, Clerk