The House Committee on Public Safety

81st Legislature

May 21, 2009

3:15 p.m.

3W.15

 

Pursuant to an announcement from the house floor and permission granted to meet while the house is in session on May 21, 2009, the House Committee on Public Safety met in a formal meeting and was called to order by the chair, Representative Merritt, at 3:26 p.m.

 

The roll was answered as follows:

 

Present:              Representatives Merritt; Frost; Driver; King, Phil; Lewis (5).

 

Absent:              Representatives Burnam; Mallory Caraway; Rodriguez; Vo (4).

 

A quorum was present.

 

(Representative Frost in chair.)

 

SB 1785

 

The chair laid out SB 1785 as pending business.

 

Representative Merritt offered a complete committee substitute.

 

The committee substitute was adopted without objection.

 

Representative Driver moved that SB 1785, 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 Merritt; Frost; Driver; King, Phil; Lewis (5).

 

Nays:                             None (0).

 

Present, Not Voting:     None  (0).

 

Absent:                          Representatives Burnam; Mallory Caraway; Rodriguez; Vo  (4).

 

(Representative Merritt in chair.)

 

SB 1317

 

The chair laid out SB 1317 as pending business.

 

Representative Merritt offered a complete committee substitute.

 

The committee substitute was adopted without objection.

 

Representative Frost moved that SB 1317, 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 Merritt; Frost; Driver; King, Phil; Lewis (5).

 

Nays:                             None (0).

 

Present, Not Voting:     None  (0).

 

Absent:                          Representatives Burnam; Mallory Caraway; Rodriguez; Vo  (4).

 

SB 652

 

The chair laid out SB 652 as pending business.

 

Representative Frost moved that SB 652, 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 Merritt; Frost; Driver; King, Phil; Lewis (5).

 

Nays:                             None (0).

 

Present, Not Voting:     None  (0).

 

Absent:                          Representatives Burnam; Mallory Caraway; Rodriguez; Vo  (4).

 

SB 506

 

The chair laid out SB 506 as pending business.

 

(Representative Burnam now present.)

 

The bill was left pending without objection.

 

(Representative Vo now present.)

 

 

SB 374

 

The chair laid out SB 374 as pending business.

 

Representative Frost moved that SB 374, 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 Merritt; Frost; Burnam; King, Phil; Lewis; Vo (6).

 

Nays:                             None (0).

 

Present, Not Voting:     Representative Driver  (1).

 

Absent:                          Representatives Mallory Caraway; Rodriguez  (2).

 

SB 329

 

The chair laid out SB 329 as pending business.

 

The bill was left pending without objection.

 

(Representative Rodriguez now present.)

 

SB 1742

 

The chair laid out SB 1742 as pending business.

 

Representative Merritt offered a complete committee substitute.

 

The committee substitute was adopted without objection.

 

Representative Burnam moved that SB 1742, 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 Merritt; Frost; Burnam; Lewis; Rodriguez; Vo (6).

 

Nays:                             None (0).

 

Present, Not Voting:     Representatives Driver; King, Phil  (2).

 

Absent:                          Representative Mallory Caraway  (1).

 

 

At 3:41 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. Merritt, Chair

 

 

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Paul Kamprath, Clerk