The House Committee on Appropriations

83rd Legislature

March 21, 2013

8:30 a.m.

E1.030

Pursuant to a notice posted on March 15, 2013, suspension of the 5-day posting rule on March 20, 2013, and permission granted on March 21, 2013 to meet while the House was in session, the House Committee on Appropriations met in a public hearing and was called to order by the chair, Representative Pitts, at 8:37 a.m.

The initial quorum call was answered as follows: Representatives Pitts; Turner, Sylvester; Ashby; Bonnen, Greg; Carter; Crownover; Davis, Sarah; Giddings; Gonzales, Larry; Howard; Hughes; King, Susan; Longoria; Márquez; McClendon; Orr; Otto; Patrick, Diane; Perry; Price; Raney; Ratliff; and Zerwas.

A quorum was present.

The chair directed that the March 14, 2013 minutes for the House Committee on Appropriations be corrected. The corrected minutes were authorized without objection.

HB 1025

The chair laid out HB 1025.

The chair offered a complete committee substitute.

The Committee heard testimony from the Legislative Budget Board. 

(Representative Muñoz, Jr. now present.)

The Committee heard testimony from the Legislative Budget Board. 

(Representative Darby now present.)

(Representative Dukes now present.)

The Committee heard testimony from the Legislative Budget Board. 

Testimony taken/registration recorded.  (See attached witness list.)

The Committee heard testimony from the Legislative Budget Board. 

(Representative Bell now present.)

The committee substitute was withdrawn without objection.

HB 1025 was left pending without objection.

At 9:49 a.m., on the motion of the chair and without objection, the meeting was recessed until 30 minutes after adjournment/recess.

The committee reconvened at 1:11 p.m. and was called to order by the chair, Representative Pitts.

The quorum call was answered as follows: Representatives Pitts; Turner, Sylvester; Ashby; Bell; Bonnen, Greg; Darby; Davis, Sarah; Giddings; Gonzales, Larry; Howard; King, Susan; Longoria; McClendon; Muñoz, Jr.; Orr; Otto; Patrick, Diane; Perry; Price; Raney; Ratliff; and Zerwas.

A quorum was present.

(Representative Dukes now present.)

(Representative Hughes now present.)

SB 1

The chair laid out SB 1.

The chair offered a complete committee substitute.

(Representative Márquez now present.)

(Representative Crownover now present.)

(Representative Carter now present.)

The chair moved to adopt the committee substitute.

The substitute was adopted without objection. 

The chair offered an amendment to the committee substitute.

The Committee heard testimony from the Legislative Budget Board. 

Representative Otto moved that amendment 1 be adopted. 

The amendment was adopted without objection.

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

The chair moved to adopt a new committee substitute.

The committee substitute was adopted without objection.

The chair moved that SB 1, 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 Pitts; Turner, Sylvester; Ashby; Bell; Bonnen, Greg; Carter; Crownover; Darby; Davis, Sarah; Dukes; Giddings; Gonzales, Larry; Howard; Hughes; King, Susan; Longoria; Márquez; McClendon; Muñoz, Jr.; Orr; Otto; Patrick, Diane; Perry; Price; Raney; Ratliff; Zerwas (27).

Nays:                           None (0).

Present, Not Voting:   None (0).

Absent:                        None (0).

On March 20, 2013 the chair directly referred HB 6 and HB 7 to the subcommittee on Budget Transparency and Reform.

At 1:45 p.m., on the motion of the chair and without objection, the meeting was adjourned.

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Rep. Pitts, Chair

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Jonathon Storms, Clerk