The House Committee on Agriculture & Livestock

81st Legislature

April 14, 2009

during reading and referral of bills

3W.9

 

Pursuant to an announcement from the house floor on April 14, 2009, and upon being granted permission to meet during the reading and referral of bills, the House Committee on Agriculture & Livestock met in a formal meeting and was called to order by the chair, Representative Gonzalez Toureilles, at 11:45 a.m.

 

The roll was answered as follows:

 

Present:              Representatives Gonzalez Toureilles; Brown, Betty; Crabb; Hardcastle; Swinford (5).

 

Absent:              Representatives Anderson; Heflin; Kleinschmidt; Rios Ybarra (4).

 

A quorum was present.

 

(Representative Kleinschmidt now present.)

 

HB 3143

 

The chair laid out HB 3143 as pending business.

 

Representative Swinford offered a complete committee substitute.

 

The committee substitute was adopted without objection.

 

Representative Swinford moved that HB 3143, 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 Gonzalez Toureilles; Brown, Betty; Crabb; Hardcastle; Kleinschmidt; Swinford (6).

 

Nays:                             None (0).

 

Present, Not Voting:     None  (0).

 

Absent:                          Representatives Anderson; Heflin; Rios Ybarra  (3).

 

HB 4284

 

The chair laid out HB 4284 as pending business.

 

Representative Swinford moved that HB 4284, 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 Gonzalez Toureilles; Brown, Betty; Crabb; Hardcastle; Kleinschmidt; Swinford (6).

 

Nays:                             None (0).

 

Present, Not Voting:     None  (0).

 

Absent:                          Representatives Anderson; Heflin; Rios Ybarra  (3).

 

(Representative Rios Ybarra now present.)

 

(Representative Anderson now present.)

 

HB 2042

 

The chair laid out HB 2042 as pending business.

 

Representative Gonzalez Toureilles moved that HB 2042, 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 Gonzalez Toureilles; Anderson; Brown, Betty; Crabb; Hardcastle; Kleinschmidt; Rios Ybarra; Swinford (8).

 

Nays:                             None (0).

 

Present, Not Voting:     None  (0).

 

Absent:                          Representative Heflin  (1).

 

HB 3496

 

The chair laid out HB 3496 as pending business.

 

Representative Hardcastle offered a complete committee substitute.

 

The committee substitute was adopted without objection.

 

Representative Swinford moved that HB 3496, 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 Gonzalez Toureilles; Anderson; Brown, Betty; Crabb; Hardcastle; Kleinschmidt; Rios Ybarra; Swinford (8).

 

Nays:                             None (0).

 

Present, Not Voting:     None  (0).

 

Absent:                          Representative Heflin  (1).

 

HB 4577

 

The chair laid out HB 4577 as pending business.

 

Representative Swinford moved that HB 4577, 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 Gonzalez Toureilles; Anderson; Brown, Betty; Crabb; Hardcastle; Kleinschmidt; Rios Ybarra; Swinford (8).

 

Nays:                             None (0).

 

Present, Not Voting:     None  (0).

 

Absent:                          Representative Heflin  (1).

 

HB 4593

 

The chair laid out HB 4593 as pending business.

 

Representative Swinford offered a complete committee substitute.

 

The committee substitute was adopted without objection.

 

Representative Gonzalez Toureilles moved that HB 4593, 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 Gonzalez Toureilles; Anderson; Brown, Betty; Crabb; Hardcastle; Kleinschmidt; Rios Ybarra; Swinford (8).

 

Nays:                             None (0).

 

Present, Not Voting:     None  (0).

 

Absent:                          Representative Heflin  (1).

 

SB 395

 

The chair laid out SB 395 as pending business.

 

Representative Swinford moved that SB 395, 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 Gonzalez Toureilles; Anderson; Brown, Betty; Crabb; Hardcastle; Kleinschmidt; Rios Ybarra; Swinford (8).

 

Nays:                             None (0).

 

Present, Not Voting:     None  (0).

 

Absent:                          Representative Heflin  (1).

 

HCR 120

 

The chair laid out HCR 120 as pending business.

 

Representative Swinford moved that HCR 120, 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 Gonzalez Toureilles; Anderson; Brown, Betty; Crabb; Hardcastle; Kleinschmidt; Rios Ybarra; Swinford (8).

 

Nays:                             None (0).

 

Present, Not Voting:     None  (0).

 

Absent:                          Representative Heflin  (1).

 

 

HB 885

 

The chair laid out HB 885 as pending business.

 

Representative Gonzalez Toureilles moved that HB 885, without amendments, be reported favorably to the full house with the recommendation that it do pass and be printed. The motion failed by the following record vote:

 

Ayes:                             Representatives Gonzalez Toureilles; Crabb; Kleinschmidt; Rios Ybarra (4).

 

Nays:                             Representatives Anderson; Swinford (2).

 

Present, Not Voting:     None  (0).

 

Absent:                          Representatives Brown, Betty; Hardcastle; Heflin  (3).

 

At 11:59 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. Gonzalez Toureilles, Chair

 

 

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Jim Terrell, Clerk