The House Committee on Higher Education

82nd Legislature

April 29, 2011

2:00 p.m.

3W.9

Pursuant to an announcement from the house floor on April 29, 2011, and permission granted to meet while the House is in session on April 29, 2011, the House Committee on Higher Education met in a formal meeting and was called to order by the chair, Representative Branch, at 2:07 p.m.

The initial quorum call was answered as follows: Representatives Branch; Alonzo; Brown; Howard, Donna; Johnson; Lewis; and Patrick, Diane.

A quorum was present.

SB 176

The chair laid out SB 176 as pending business.

The chair offered a complete committee substitute.

The committee substitute was adopted without objection.

Representative Branch moved that SB 176, 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 Branch; Alonzo; Brown; Howard, Donna; Johnson; Lewis; Patrick, Diane (7).

Nays: None (0).

Present, Not Voting: None (0).

Absent: Representatives Castro; Bonnen (2).

SB 324

The chair laid out SB 324.

Representative Branch moved that SB 324, 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 Branch; Alonzo; Brown; Howard, Donna; Johnson; Lewis; Patrick, Diane (7).

Nays: None (0).

Present, Not Voting: None (0).

Absent: Representatives Castro; Bonnen (2).

SB 633

The chair laid out SB 633.

Representative Branch moved that SB 633, 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 Branch; Alonzo; Brown; Howard, Donna; Johnson; Lewis; Patrick, Diane (7).

Nays: None (0).

Present, Not Voting: None (0).

Absent: Representatives Castro; Bonnen (2).

SB 639

The chair laid out SB 639.

The chair offered a complete committee substitute.

The committee substitute was adopted without objection.

Representative Branch moved that SB 639, 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 Branch; Alonzo; Brown; Howard, Donna; Johnson; Lewis; Patrick, Diane (7).

Nays: None (0).

Present, Not Voting: None (0).

Absent: Representatives Castro; Bonnen (2).

SB 1020

The chair laid out SB 1020.

Representative Branch moved that SB 1020, 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 Branch; Alonzo; Brown; Howard, Donna; Johnson; Lewis; Patrick, Diane (7).

Nays: None (0).

Present, Not Voting: None (0).

Absent: Representatives Castro; Bonnen (2).

SB 1121

The chair laid out SB 1121.

Representative Branch moved that SB 1121, 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 Branch; Alonzo; Brown; Howard, Donna; Johnson; Lewis; Patrick, Diane (7).

Nays: None (0).

Present, Not Voting: None (0).

Absent: Representatives Castro; Bonnen (2).

HB 1339

The chair laid out HB 1339 as pending business.

Representative Branch moved that HB 1339, 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 Branch; Alonzo; Brown; Howard, Donna; Johnson; Lewis; Patrick, Diane (7).

Nays: None (0).

Present, Not Voting: None (0).

Absent: Representatives Castro; Bonnen (2).

SB 1272

The chair laid out SB 1272.

Representative Branch moved that SB 1272, 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 Branch; Alonzo; Brown; Howard, Donna; Johnson; Lewis; Patrick, Diane (7).

Nays: None (0).

Present, Not Voting: None (0).

Absent: Representatives Castro; Bonnen (2).

SB 1327

The chair laid out SB 1327.

Representative Branch moved that SB 1327, 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 Branch; Alonzo; Brown; Howard, Donna; Johnson; Lewis; Patrick, Diane (7).

Nays: None (0).

Present, Not Voting: None (0).

Absent: Representatives Castro; Bonnen (2).

HCR 129

The chair laid out HCR 129 as pending business.

Representative Branch moved that HCR 129, 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 Branch; Alonzo; Brown; Howard, Donna; Johnson; Lewis; Patrick, Diane (7).

Nays: None (0).

Present, Not Voting: None (0).

Absent: Representatives Castro; Bonnen (2).

HB 3461

The chair laid out HB 3461 as pending business.

The chair offered a complete committee substitute.

The committee substitute was adopted without objection.

Representative Branch moved that HB 3461, 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 Branch; Alonzo; Brown; Howard, Donna; Johnson; Lewis (6).

Nays: Representative Patrick, Diane (1).

Present, Not Voting: None (0).

Absent: Representatives Castro; Bonnen (2).

HB 2701

The chair laid out HB 2701 as pending business.

The chair offered a complete committee substitute.

The committee substitute was adopted without objection.

Representative Branch moved that HB 2701, 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 Branch; Alonzo; Brown; Howard, Donna; Johnson; Lewis; Patrick, Diane (7).

Nays: None (0).

Present, Not Voting: None (0).

Absent: Representatives Castro; Bonnen (2).

HB 1839

The chair laid out HB 1839 as pending business.

(Representative Castro now present.)

Representative Castro offered a complete committee substitute.

The committee substitute was adopted without objection.

Representative Branch moved that HB 1839, 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 Branch; Castro; Alonzo; Brown; Howard, Donna; Johnson; Lewis; Patrick, Diane (8).

Nays: None (0).

Present, Not Voting: None (0).

Absent: Representative Bonnen (1).

HB 537

The chair laid out HB 537 as pending business.

Representative Brown offered a complete committee substitute.

The committee substitute was adopted without objection.

Representative Brown 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.

The committee substitute, as amended, was adopted without objection.

Representative Branch moved that HB 537, 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 Branch; Alonzo; Brown; Howard, Donna; Johnson; Patrick, Diane (6).

Nays: Representative Lewis (1).

Present, Not Voting: Representative Castro (1).

Absent: Representative Bonnen (1).

At 2:26 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. Branch, Chair

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Dustin Meador, Clerk