The House Committee on State Affairs

81st Legislature

May 21, 2009

4:15 p.m.

3W.15

 

Pursuant to an announcement from the house floor on May 21, 2009 and given permission to meet while the House was in session, the House Committee on State Affairs met in a formal meeting and was called to order by the chair, Representative Solomons, at 4:22 p.m.

 

The roll was answered as follows:

 

Present:              Representatives Solomons; Cook; Craddick; Gallego; Geren; Harless; Maldonado; Oliveira (8).

 

Absent:              Representatives Menendez; Farabee; Hilderbran; Jones; Lucio III; Swinford; Turner, Sylvester (7).

 

A quorum was present.

 

SB 390

 

The chair laid out SB 390.

 

Representative Gallego moved that SB 390, 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 Solomons; Cook; Craddick; Gallego; Geren; Harless; Maldonado; Oliveira (8).

 

Nays:                             None (0).

 

Present, Not Voting:     None  (0).

 

Absent:                          Representatives Menendez; Farabee; Hilderbran; Jones; Lucio III; Swinford; Turner, Sylvester  (7).

 

SB 671

 

The chair laid out SB 671.

 

Representative Geren moved that SB 671, 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 Solomons; Cook; Craddick; Gallego; Geren; Harless; Maldonado; Oliveira (8).

 

Nays:                             None (0).

 

Present, Not Voting:     None  (0).

 

Absent:                          Representatives Menendez; Farabee; Hilderbran; Jones; Lucio III; Swinford; Turner, Sylvester  (7).

 

SB 1492

 

The chair laid out SB 1492.

 

Representative Solomons moved that SB 1492, 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 Solomons; Cook; Craddick; Gallego; Geren; Harless; Maldonado; Oliveira (8).

 

Nays:                             None (0).

 

Present, Not Voting:     None  (0).

 

Absent:                          Representatives Menendez; Farabee; Hilderbran; Jones; Lucio III; Swinford; Turner, Sylvester  (7).

 

SB 1629

 

The chair laid out SB 1629.

 

Representative Solomons moved that SB 1629, 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 Solomons; Cook; Craddick; Gallego; Geren; Harless; Maldonado; Oliveira (8).

 

Nays:                             None (0).

 

Present, Not Voting:     None  (0).

 

Absent:                          Representatives Menendez; Farabee; Hilderbran; Jones; Lucio III; Swinford; Turner, Sylvester  (7).

 

SB 1630

 

The chair laid out SB 1630.

 

The bill was left pending without objection.

 

SB 1810

 

The chair laid out SB 1810.

 

Representative Geren moved that SB 1810, 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 Solomons; Cook; Craddick; Gallego; Geren; Harless; Maldonado; Oliveira (8).

 

Nays:                             None (0).

 

Present, Not Voting:     None  (0).

 

Absent:                          Representatives Menendez; Farabee; Hilderbran; Jones; Lucio III; Swinford; Turner, Sylvester  (7).

 

 

SB 1630

 

The chair laid out SB 1630.

 

Representative Gallego offered an amendment to the measure.

 

The amendment was adopted without objection.

 

Representative Gallego moved that SB 1630, as amended, 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 failed by the following record vote:

 

Ayes:                             Representatives Solomons; Cook; Craddick; Gallego; Geren; Maldonado; Oliveira (7).

 

Nays:                             Representative Harless (1).

 

Present, Not Voting:     None  (0).

 

Absent:                          Representatives Menendez; Farabee; Hilderbran; Jones; Lucio III; Swinford; Turner, Sylvester  (7).

 

 

SB 2145

 

The chair laid out SB 2145.

 

Representative Solomons moved that SB 2145, 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; Cook; Craddick; Gallego; Geren; Harless; Maldonado; Oliveira (8).

 

Nays:                             None (0).

 

Present, Not Voting:     None  (0).

 

Absent:                          Representatives Menendez; Farabee; Hilderbran; Jones; Lucio III; Swinford; Turner, Sylvester  (7).

 

SB 2381

 

The chair laid out SB 2381.

 

Representative Oliveira moved that SB 2381, 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 Solomons; Cook; Craddick; Gallego; Geren; Harless; Maldonado; Oliveira (8).

 

Nays:                             None (0).

 

Present, Not Voting:     None  (0).

 

Absent:                          Representatives Menendez; Farabee; Hilderbran; Jones; Lucio III; Swinford; Turner, Sylvester  (7).

 

SJR 36

 

The chair laid out SJR 36.

 

The bill was left pending without objection.

 

SB 2074

 

The chair laid out SB 2074.

 

Representative Solomons moved that SB 2074, 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 Solomons; Cook; Craddick; Gallego; Geren; Harless; Maldonado; Oliveira (8).

 

Nays:                             None (0).

 

Present, Not Voting:     None  (0).

 

Absent:                          Representatives Menendez; Farabee; Hilderbran; Jones; Lucio III; Swinford; Turner, Sylvester  (7).

 

SB 1912

 

The chair laid out SB 1912.

 

Representative Cook moved that SB 1912, 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 Solomons; Cook; Craddick; Gallego; Geren; Harless; Maldonado; Oliveira (8).

 

Nays:                             None (0).

 

Present, Not Voting:     None  (0).

 

Absent:                          Representatives Menendez; Farabee; Hilderbran; Jones; Lucio III; Swinford; Turner, Sylvester  (7).

 

At 4:43 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