The House Committee on Business & Industry

Subcommittee on Consumer and Employee Issues

81st Legislature

March 18, 2009

1:00 p.m. or upon final adjourn./recess

E2.036

 

Pursuant to a notice posted on March 13, 2009, the House Committee on Business & Industry, Subcommittee on Consumer and Employee Issues, met in a public hearing and was called to order by the chair, Representative Giddings, at 1:09 p.m.

 

Present:           Representatives Giddings; Orr; Quintanilla (3).

 

Absent:            Representatives Deshotel; Turner, Sylvester (2).

 

A quorum was present.

 

HB 654

 

The chair laid out HB 654.

 

Representative Orr offered a complete committee substitute.

 

The chair recognized Representative Brown, Fred to explain the measure.

 

Testimony taken/registration recorded.  (See attached witness list.)

 

The chair recognized Representative Brown, Fred to close on the measure.

 

The committee substitute was withdrawn without objection.

 

The bill was left pending without objection.

 

(Representative Deshotel now present.)

 

HB 972

 

The chair laid out HB 972.

 

The chair recognized Representative Quintanilla to explain the measure.

 

Testimony taken/registration recorded.  (See attached witness list.)

 

The chair recognized Representative Quintanilla to close on the measure.

 

The bill was left pending without objection.

 

HB 1007

 

The chair laid out HB 1007.

 

The chair recognized Representative Allen to explain the measure.

 

Testimony taken/registration recorded.  (See attached witness list.)

 

The chair recognized Representative Allen to close on the measure.

 

The bill was left pending without objection.

 

(Representative Turner, Sylvester now present.)

 

HB 1388

 

The chair laid out HB 1388.

 

The chair recognized Representative Davis, Yvonne to explain the measure.

 

Testimony taken/registration recorded.  (See attached witness list.)

 

The chair recognized Representative Davis, Yvonne to close on the measure.

 

The bill was left pending without objection.

 

HB 972

 

The chair laid out HB 972 as pending business.

 

Testimony taken/registration recorded.  (See attached witness list.)

 

The bill was left pending without objection.

 

(Representative Turner, Sylvester in chair.)

 

HB 523

 

The chair laid out HB 523.

 

Representative Orr offered an amendment to the measure.

 

The chair recognized Representative Giddings to explain the measure.

 

Testimony taken/registration recorded.  (See attached witness list.)

 

The chair recognized Representative Giddings to close on the measure.

 

The amendment was withdrawn without objection.

 

The bill was left pending without objection.

 

HB 2127

 

The chair laid out HB 2127.

 

The chair recognized Representative Giddings to explain the measure.

 

Testimony taken/registration recorded.  (See attached witness list.)

 

The chair recognized Representative Giddings to close on the measure.

 

The bill was left pending without objection.

 

HB 2128

 

The chair laid out HB 2128.

 

The chair recognized Representative Giddings to explain the measure.

 

Testimony taken/registration recorded.  (See attached witness list.)

 

The chair recognized Representative Giddings to close on the measure.

 

The bill was left pending without objection.

 

HB 2235

 

The chair laid out HB 2235.

 

The chair recognized Representative Giddings to explain the measure.

 

Testimony taken/registration recorded.  (See attached witness list.)

 

The chair recognized Representative Giddings to close on the measure.

 

The bill was left pending without objection.

 

HB 1771

 

The chair laid out HB 1771.

 

The chair recognized Representative Chavez to explain on the measure.

 

(Representative Giddings in chair.)

 

Testimony taken/registration recorded.  (See attached witness list.)

 

The chair recognized Representative Chavez to close on the measure.

 

The bill was left pending without objection.

 

At 3:32 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. Giddings, Chair

 

 

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Ben Fitzgibbons, Clerk