The House Committee on State Affairs

81st Legislature

May 6, 2009

Upon lunch recess

3W.9

 

Pursuant to an announcement from the house floor on May 6, 2009 and suspension of the 5 day posting rule, the House Committee on State Affairs met in a formal meeting and was called to order by the chair, Representative Solomons, at 12:42 p.m.

 

The roll was answered as follows:

 

Present:              Representatives Solomons; Menendez; Cook; Craddick; Farabee; Geren; Harless; Hilderbran; Jones; Lucio III; Maldonado; Swinford; Turner, Sylvester (13).

 

Absent:              Representatives Gallego; Oliveira (2).

 

A quorum was present.

 

HB 4133

 

The chair moved to reconsider the vote by which HB 4133, as substituted, was favorably reported on April 30, 2009.  The motion to reconsider prevailed without objection.

 

The chair laid out HB 4133.

 

Representative Solomons offered a complete committee substitute.

 

(Representative Gallego now present.)

 

The committee substitute was adopted without objection.

 

Representative Lucio III moved that HB 4133, 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 Solomons; Menendez; Cook; Craddick; Farabee; Gallego; Geren; Harless; Hilderbran; Jones; Lucio III; Maldonado; Swinford; Turner, Sylvester (14).

 

Nays:                             None (0).

 

Present, Not Voting:     None  (0).

 

Absent:                          Representative Oliveira  (1).

 

HB 395

 

The chair laid out HB 395 as pending business.

 

Representative Solomons moved that HB 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 Solomons; Menendez; Cook; Farabee; Gallego; Lucio III; Maldonado; Swinford; Turner, Sylvester (9).

 

Nays:                             Representatives Craddick; Geren; Harless; Hilderbran; Jones (5).

 

Present, Not Voting:     None  (0).

 

Absent:                          Representative Oliveira  (1).

 

HB 1815

 

The chair laid out HB 1815 as pending business.

 

Representative Jones offered a complete committee substitute.

 

The committee substitute was withdrawn without objection.

 

The bill was left pending without objection.

 

HB 2044

 

The chair laid out HB 2044 as pending business.

 

Representative Gallego offered a complete committee substitute.

 

The committee substitute was adopted without objection.

 

Representative Jones moved that HB 2044, 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 Solomons; Menendez; Cook; Farabee; Gallego; Hilderbran; Jones; Lucio III; Maldonado; Swinford; Turner, Sylvester (11).

 

Nays:                             Representatives Craddick; Geren; Harless (3).

 

Present, Not Voting:     None  (0).

 

Absent:                          Representative Oliveira  (1).

 

HB 2426

 

The chair laid out HB 2426 as pending business.

 

Representative Solomons offered a complete committee substitute.

 

The committee substitute was adopted without objection.

 

Representative Jones moved that HB 2426, 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 Solomons; Menendez; Cook; Gallego; Geren; Harless; Hilderbran; Jones; Lucio III; Maldonado; Swinford; Turner, Sylvester (12).

 

Nays:                             Representatives Craddick; Farabee (2).

 

Present, Not Voting:     None  (0).

 

Absent:                          Representative Oliveira  (1).

 

HB 2942

 

The chair laid out HB 2942 as pending business.

 

Representative Solomons offered a complete committee substitute.

 

The committee substitute was adopted without objection.

 

Representative Maldonado moved that HB 2942, 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 Solomons; Menendez; Cook; Craddick; Farabee; Gallego; Geren; Harless; Hilderbran; Jones; Lucio III; Maldonado; Swinford; Turner, Sylvester (14).

 

Nays:                             None (0).

 

Present, Not Voting:     None  (0).

 

Absent:                          Representative Oliveira  (1).

 

HB 3510

 

The chair laid out HB 3510 as pending business.

 

Representative Geren moved that HB 3510, 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 Solomons; Menendez; Cook; Craddick; Farabee; Gallego; Geren; Harless; Hilderbran; Lucio III; Maldonado; Swinford; Turner, Sylvester (13).

 

Nays:                             None (0).

 

Present, Not Voting:     Representative Jones  (1).

 

Absent:                          Representative Oliveira  (1).

 

HB 3512

 

The chair laid out HB 3512 as pending business.

 

Representative Solomons moved that HB 3512, 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 Solomons; Menendez; Cook; Craddick; Farabee; Gallego; Geren; Harless; Hilderbran; Jones; Lucio III; Maldonado; Swinford; Turner, Sylvester (14).

 

Nays:                             None (0).

 

Present, Not Voting:     None  (0).

 

Absent:                          Representative Oliveira  (1).

 

HB 3782

 

The chair laid out HB 3782 as pending business.

 

Representative Solomons offered a complete committee substitute.

 

The committee substitute was adopted without objection.

 

Representative Lucio III moved that HB 3782, 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 Solomons; Menendez; Cook; Craddick; Farabee; Gallego; Geren; Harless; Hilderbran; Jones; Lucio III; Maldonado; Swinford; Turner, Sylvester (14).

 

Nays:                             None (0).

 

Present, Not Voting:     None  (0).

 

Absent:                          Representative Oliveira  (1).

 

HB 3943

 

The chair laid out HB 3943 as pending business.

 

Representative Solomons offered a complete committee substitute.

 

The committee substitute was adopted without objection.

 

Representative Solomons moved that HB 3943, 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 Solomons; Menendez; Cook; Craddick; Farabee; Gallego; Geren; Harless; Hilderbran; Jones; Lucio III; Maldonado; Swinford; Turner, Sylvester (14).

 

Nays:                             None (0).

 

Present, Not Voting:     None  (0).

 

Absent:                          Representative Oliveira  (1).

 

HB 4140

 

The chair laid out HB 4140 as pending business.

 

Representative Solomons offered a complete committee substitute.

 

The committee substitute was adopted without objection.

 

Representative Jones moved that HB 4140, 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 Solomons; Cook; Craddick; Farabee; Gallego; Geren; Harless; Hilderbran; Jones; Lucio III; Maldonado; Swinford (12).

 

Nays:                             None (0).

 

Present, Not Voting:     Representatives Menendez; Turner, Sylvester  (2).

 

Absent:                          Representative Oliveira  (1).

 

HB 4419

 

The chair laid out HB 4419 as pending business.

 

Representative Jones moved that HB 4419, 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 Solomons; Menendez; Cook; Craddick; Farabee; Gallego; Geren; Harless; Hilderbran; Jones; Lucio III; Maldonado; Swinford; Turner, Sylvester (14).

 

Nays:                             None (0).

 

Present, Not Voting:     None  (0).

 

Absent:                          Representative Oliveira  (1).

 

HB 4489

 

The chair laid out HB 4489 as pending business.

 

Representative Solomons offered a complete committee substitute.

 

The committee substitute was withdrawn without objection.

 

The bill was left pending without objection.

 

HJR 119

 

The chair laid out HJR 119 as pending business.

 

Representative Solomons offered a complete committee substitute.

 

The committee substitute was adopted without objection.

 

Representative Harless moved that HJR 119, as substituted, 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 Solomons; Menendez; Cook; Geren; Harless; Maldonado (6).

 

Nays:                             Representatives Craddick; Gallego; Lucio III; Swinford; Turner, Sylvester (5).

 

Present, Not Voting:     Representatives Farabee; Hilderbran; Jones  (3).

 

Absent:                          Representative Oliveira  (1).

 

HB 4263

 

The chair laid out HB 4263 as pending business.

 

Representative Solomons moved that HB 4263, 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 Solomons; Menendez; Cook; Craddick; Farabee; Gallego; Geren; Harless; Hilderbran; Jones; Lucio III; Maldonado; Swinford; Turner, Sylvester (14).

 

Nays:                             None (0).

 

Present, Not Voting:     None  (0).

 

Absent:                          Representative Oliveira  (1).

 

SB 1182

 

The chair laid out SB 1182 as pending business.

 

Representative Solomons moved that SB 1182, 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 Solomons; Menendez; Cook; Craddick; Gallego; Geren; Harless; Hilderbran; Jones; Lucio III; Maldonado; Swinford (12).

 

Nays:                             None (0).

 

Present, Not Voting:     None  (0).

 

Absent:                          Representatives Farabee; Oliveira; Turner, Sylvester  (3).

 

SB 1540

 

The chair laid out SB 1540 as pending business.

 

Representative Swinford moved that SB 1540, 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 Solomons; Menendez; Cook; Craddick; Gallego; Geren; Harless; Hilderbran; Jones; Lucio III; Maldonado; Swinford (12).

 

Nays:                             None (0).

 

Present, Not Voting:     None  (0).

 

Absent:                          Representatives Farabee; Oliveira; Turner, Sylvester  (3).

 

SB 1969

 

The chair laid out SB 1969 as pending business.

 

Representative Solomons moved that SB 1969, 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 Solomons; Menendez; Cook; Craddick; Gallego; Geren; Harless; Hilderbran; Jones; Lucio III; Maldonado; Swinford (12).

 

Nays:                             None (0).

 

Present, Not Voting:     None  (0).

 

Absent:                          Representatives Farabee; Oliveira; Turner, Sylvester  (3).

 

HB 3796

 

The chair laid out HB 3796 as pending business.

 

Representative Swinford offered a complete committee substitute.

 

The committee substitute was adopted without objection.

 

Representative Solomons 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 Swinford moved that HB 3796, 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 Solomons; Cook; Craddick; Geren; Harless; Hilderbran; Jones; Lucio III; Swinford (9).

 

Nays:                             Representatives Menendez; Gallego; Maldonado (3).

 

Present, Not Voting:     None  (0).

 

Absent:                          Representatives Farabee; Oliveira; Turner, Sylvester  (3).

 

At 1:14 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. Solomons, Chair

 

 

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Lesley French, Clerk