The House
Committee on Calendars
82nd Legislature
April 11, 2011
During reading and referral of bills
Agricultural Museum, 1W.14
Pursuant to an announcement from the house floor on
April 11, 2011, and having been granted permission to meet while the house is
in session during bill referral on April 11, 2011, the House Committee on
Calendars met in a formal meeting and was called to order by the chair,
Representative Hunter, at 2:30 p.m.
The initial quorum call was answered as follows:
Representatives Hunter; Cook; Geren; Keffer; King, Tracy O.; Kolkhorst; Lucio
III; Ritter; Rodriguez, Eddie; Solomons; and Truitt.
A quorum was present.
Representative Hunter moved to place the following
measures:
on the Major State Calendar for Thursday, April 14,
2011: HB 1000, HB 600.
on the General State Calendar for Thursday, April
14, 2011: HB 33, SB 309,
HB 115, HB 253, HB 521, HB 588, HB 743, HB 975,
HB 1050, HB 1075, HB 2257.
The motion prevailed by the following record vote:
Ayes: Representatives
Hunter; Cook; Geren; Keffer; King, Tracy O.; Kolkhorst; Lucio III; Ritter;
Rodriguez, Eddie; Solomons; Truitt (11).
Nays: None (0).
Present,
Not Voting: None (0).
Absent: Representatives Bonnen;
Branch; Coleman; Zerwas (4).
Pursuant to House Rule 3, Section 5(2), and House
Rule 6, Section 16(f), The House Committee on Calendars proposes the following
rule governing floor consideration of CSHB 600:
SECTION 1.
During second reading and third reading consideration of the bill:
(a) No proposed amendment, amendment to the
amendment, or substitute amendment changing any district is eligible for
consideration unless five copies of an amendment packet prepared by the Texas
Legislative Council (TLC) has been submitted to the chief clerk. The amendment packet is not required to
contain a textual description of the amendment but must include:
(1) maps as prepared by TLC indicating the
changes made by the amendment; and
(2) standard reports for the amendment prepared
by TLC that indicate population, voter data, and incumbent locations for the
districts affected by the amendment.
(b) No proposed amendment, amendment to the
amendment, or substitute amendment is eligible for consideration if:
(1) any district in the amendment contains parts
that are not contiguous; or
(2) adoption of the amendment would result in any
unassigned or overlapping geography in the overall redistricting plan under consideration.
SECTION 2. An
amendment packet for each original amendment that will be offered during second
reading consideration of the bill must be filed with the chief clerk by 10am
Wednesday, April 13, 2011.
Representative Hunter moved to adopt the proposed
rule for floor consideration on HB 600. The motion prevailed by the
following record vote:
Ayes: Representatives
Hunter; Cook; Geren; Keffer; King, Tracy O.; Kolkhorst; Lucio III; Ritter;
Rodriguez, Eddie; Solomons; Truitt (11).
Nays: None (0).
Present,
Not Voting: None (0).
Absent: Representatives Bonnen;
Branch; Coleman; Zerwas (4).
(Representative Coleman now present.)
Representative Hunter moved to place the following
measures:
on the Major State Calendar for Friday, April 15,
2011: HB 1774, HB 2251.
on the General State Calendar for Friday, April 15,
2011: HB 1148, HB 1206,
HB 1325, HB 1353, HB 1614, HB 1633, HB 1806,
HB 1917, HB 2582, HB 2866.
The motion prevailed by the following record vote:
Ayes: Representatives Hunter;
Coleman; Cook; Geren; Keffer; King, Tracy O.; Kolkhorst; Lucio III; Ritter;
Rodriguez, Eddie; Solomons; Truitt (12).
Nays: None (0).
Present,
Not Voting: None (0).
Absent: Representatives Bonnen;
Branch; Zerwas (3).
Representative Hunter moved that the following
measures not be placed on the calendar at this time: HB 9, HB 12, HB 51, HB 135, HB 174, HB 183,
HB 185, HB 197, HB 238, HB 258, HB 322, HB 345, HB 372, HB 397, HB 452, HB 499,
HB 598, HB 658, HB 670, HB 671, HB 681, HB 804, HB 888, HB 1064, HB 1306, HJR
65.
The motion prevailed without objection.
At 2:36 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. Hunter, Chair
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Jennifer Welch, Clerk