The House Committee on Elections
81st Legislature
April 23, 2009
upon final adjourn./recess
House Chamber, Desk #69
Pursuant to an announcement from the house floor on April 23, 2009, the House Committee on Elections met in a formal meeting and was called to order by the chair, Representative Smith, Todd, at 3:58 p.m.
The roll was answered as follows:
Present: Representatives Smith, Todd; Allen; Anchia; Bohac; Bonnen; Brown, Betty; Heflin (7).
Absent: Representatives Pena; Harper-Brown (2).
A quorum was present.
HB 208
The chair laid out HB 208.
The chair explained the measure.
Representative Bonnen moved that HB 208, 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 Smith, Todd; Allen; Anchia; Bohac; Bonnen; Brown, Betty; Heflin (7).
Nays: None (0).
Present, Not Voting: None (0).
Absent: Representatives Pena; Harper-Brown (2).
HB 258
The chair laid out HB 258.
The chair explained the measure.
Representative Bohac moved that HB 258, 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 Smith, Todd; Allen; Anchia; Bohac; Bonnen; Brown, Betty; Heflin (7).
Nays: None (0).
Present, Not Voting: None (0).
Absent: Representatives Pena; Harper-Brown (2).
HB 1117
The chair laid out HB 1117.
The chair explained the measure.
Representative Bohac offered a complete committee substitute.
The committee substitute was adopted without objection.
Representative Bonnen moved that HB 1117, 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 Smith, Todd; Allen; Anchia; Bohac; Bonnen; Brown, Betty; Heflin (7).
Nays: None (0).
Present, Not Voting: None (0).
Absent: Representatives Pena; Harper-Brown (2).
HB 1448
The chair laid out HB 1448.
The chair explained the measure.
Representative Bonnen offered a complete committee substitute.
The committee substitute was adopted without objection.
Representative Bonnen moved that HB 1448, 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 Smith, Todd; Allen; Anchia; Bohac; Bonnen; Brown, Betty; Heflin (7).
Nays: None (0).
Present, Not Voting: None (0).
Absent: Representatives Pena; Harper-Brown (2).
HB 1720
The chair laid out HB 1720.
The chair explained the measure.
Representative Bonnen moved that HB 1720, 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 Smith, Todd; Allen; Anchia; Bohac; Bonnen; Brown, Betty; Heflin (7).
Nays: None (0).
Present, Not Voting: None (0).
Absent: Representatives Pena; Harper-Brown (2).
HB 2181
The chair laid out HB 2181.
The chair explained the measure.
Representative Heflin moved that HB 2181, 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 Smith, Todd; Allen; Anchia; Bohac; Bonnen; Brown, Betty; Heflin (7).
Nays: None (0).
Present, Not Voting: None (0).
Absent: Representatives Pena; Harper-Brown (2).
HB 2524
The chair laid out HB 2524.
The chair recognized Representative Anchia to explain the measure.
Representative Allen moved that HB 2524, 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 Smith, Todd; Allen; Anchia; Bohac; Bonnen; Heflin (6).
Nays: None (0).
Present, Not Voting: Representative Brown, Betty (1).
Absent: Representatives Pena; Harper-Brown (2).
The chair moved to reconsider the vote by which the measure was reported from committee. The motion to reconsider prevailed without objection.
Representative Allen moved that HB 2524, 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 Smith, Todd; Allen; Anchia; Bohac; Bonnen; Heflin; Brown, Betty (7).
Nays: None (0).
Present, Not Voting: None (0).
Absent: Representatives Pena; Harper-Brown (2).
HB 3069
The chair laid out HB 3069.
The chair explained the measure.
Representative Bonnen offered a complete committee substitute.
The committee substitute was adopted without objection.
Representative Anchia moved that HB 3069, 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 Smith, Todd; Allen; Anchia; Bohac; Bonnen; Brown, Betty; Heflin (7).
Nays: None (0).
Present, Not Voting: None (0).
Absent: Representatives Pena; Harper-Brown (2).
HB 3444
The chair laid out HB 3444.
The chair explained the measure.
Representative Allen moved that HB 3444, 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 Smith, Todd; Allen; Anchia; Bohac; Bonnen; Brown, Betty; Heflin (7).
Nays: None (0).
Present, Not Voting: None (0).
Absent: Representatives Pena; Harper-Brown (2).
HB 3715
The chair laid out HB 3715.
The chair explained the measure.
Representative Brown, Betty offered a complete committee substitute.
The committee substitute was withdrawn without objection.
The bill was left pending without objection.
HB 4044
The chair laid out HB 4044.
The chair explained the measure.
Representative Anchia moved that HB 4044, 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 Smith, Todd; Allen; Anchia; Bohac; Bonnen; Heflin (6).
Nays: None (0).
Present, Not Voting: None (0).
Absent: Representatives Pena; Brown, Betty; Harper-Brown (3).
The chair directed that the April 9, 2009, minutes for the House Committee on Elections be corrected. The corrected minutes were authorized without objection.
At 4:07 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. Smith, Todd, Chair
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Steven Schar, Clerk