The House Committee on Public Health

82nd Legislature

April 26, 2011

During reading and referral of bills

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CORRECTED MINUTES

On May 9, 2011, the House Committee on Public Health authorized the correction of the minutes for the meeting of the House Committee on Public Health held on April 26, 2011. The following are the corrected minutes for that meeting:

Pursuant to an announcement from the house floor on April 26, 2011 and pursuant to permission granted for the committee to meet while the house is in session during the reading and referral of bills, the House Committee on Public Health met in a formal meeting and was called to order by the chair, Representative Kolkhorst, at 7:14 p.m.

The initial quorum call was answered as follows: Representatives Kolkhorst; Naishtat; Alvarado; Gonzales, Veronica; King, Susan; Schwertner; and Zerwas.

A quorum was present.

HB 577

The chair laid out HB 577 as pending business.

Representative Gonzales, Veronica offered a complete committee substitute.

The committee substitute was adopted without objection.

Representative Gonzales, Veronica moved that HB 577, 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 Kolkhorst; Naishtat; Alvarado; Gonzales, Veronica; King, Susan; Schwertner; Zerwas (7).

Nays: None (0).

Present, Not Voting: None (0).

Absent: Representatives Coleman; Davis, Sarah; Laubenberg; Truitt (4).

HB 1476

The chair laid out HB 1476 as pending business.

Representative King, Susan moved that HB 1476, 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 Kolkhorst; Naishtat; Alvarado; Gonzales, Veronica; King, Susan; Schwertner; Zerwas (7).

Nays: None (0).

Present, Not Voting: None (0).

Absent: Representatives Coleman; Davis, Sarah; Laubenberg; Truitt (4).

HB 2084

The chair laid out HB 2084 as pending business.

Representative Schwertner offered a complete committee substitute.

The committee substitute was adopted without objection.

Representative King, Susan moved that HB 2084, 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:

(Representative Davis, Sarah now present.)

Ayes: Representatives Kolkhorst; Naishtat; Alvarado; Gonzales, Veronica; King, Susan; Schwertner; Zerwas (7).

Nays: Representative Davis, Sarah (1).

Present, Not Voting: None (0).

Absent: Representatives Coleman; Laubenberg; Truitt (3).

HB 2369

The chair laid out HB 2369 as pending business.

The chair offered a complete committee substitute.

The committee substitute was adopted without objection.

Representative King, Susan moved that HB 2369, 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 Kolkhorst; Naishtat; Alvarado; Davis, Sarah; Gonzales, Veronica; King, Susan; Schwertner; Zerwas (8).

Nays: None (0).

Present, Not Voting: None (0).

Absent: Representatives Coleman; Laubenberg; Truitt (3).

HB 2546

The chair laid out HB 2546 as pending business.

The chair offered a complete committee substitute.

The committee substitute was adopted without objection.

Representative Gonzales, Veronica moved that HB 2546, 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 Kolkhorst; Naishtat; Alvarado; Davis, Sarah; Gonzales, Veronica; King, Susan; Schwertner; Zerwas (8).

Nays: None (0).

Present, Not Voting: None (0).

Absent: Representatives Coleman; Laubenberg; Truitt (3).

HB 2591

The chair laid out HB 2591 as pending business.

Representative Kolkhorst moved that HB 2591, 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 Kolkhorst; Naishtat; Alvarado; Davis, Sarah; Gonzales, Veronica; King, Susan; Schwertner; Zerwas (8).

Nays: None (0).

Present, Not Voting: None (0).

Absent: Representatives Coleman; Laubenberg; Truitt (3).

HB 3337

The chair laid out HB 3337 as pending business.

The chair offered a complete committee substitute.

The committee substitute was adopted without objection.

Representative Zerwas moved that HB 3337, 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 Kolkhorst; Naishtat; Alvarado; Davis, Sarah; Gonzales, Veronica; King, Susan; Schwertner; Zerwas (8).

Nays: None (0).

Present, Not Voting: None (0).

Absent: Representatives Coleman; Laubenberg; Truitt (3).

HB 3744

The chair laid out HB 3744 as pending business.

The chair offered a complete committee substitute.

The committee substitute was adopted without objection.

Representative Zerwas offered Amendment No. 1 to the committee substitute.

The chair recognized Representative Gonzales, Veronica to explain the amendment.

The amendment was adopted without objection.

Representative Zerwas offered Amendment No. 2 to the committee substitute.

The chair recognized Representative Gonzales, Veronica to explain the amendment.

The amendment was adopted without objection.

The chair directed the staff to incorporate the amendments into a committee substitute.

The committee substitute was adopted without objection.

Representative Kolkhorst moved that HB 3744, 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 Kolkhorst; Naishtat; Alvarado; Gonzales, Veronica; King, Susan; Schwertner; Zerwas (7).

Nays: None (0).

Present, Not Voting: Representative Davis, Sarah (1).

Absent: Representatives Coleman; Laubenberg; Truitt (3).

At 7:37 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. Kolkhorst, Chair

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Crystal Ford, Clerk