The House Committee on Energy Resources

83rd Legislature

April 18, 2013

8:00 a.m.

Agricultural Museum, 1W.14

Pursuant to a notice posted on April 17, 2013, the House Committee on Energy Resources met in a formal meeting and was called to order by the chair, Representative Keffer, at 8:12 a.m.

The initial quorum call was answered as follows: Representatives Keffer; Crownover; Burnam; Canales; Craddick; Dale; King, Phil; Lozano; Paddie; Sheffield, Ralph; and Wu.

A quorum was present.

HB 2166

The chair laid out HB 2166 as pending business.

Representative Crownover offered a complete committee substitute.

Representative Dale offered an amendment to the committee substitute.

The amendment was adopted by the following record vote:

Ayes:                           Representatives Keffer; Crownover; Craddick; Dale; King, Phil; Lozano; Paddie; Sheffield, Ralph (8).

Nays:                           Representatives Burnam; Canales (2).

Present, Not Voting:   Representative Wu (1).

Absent:                        None (0).

Representative Crownover offered an amendment to the committee substitute.

The amendment was adopted by the following record vote:

Ayes:                           Representatives Crownover; Canales; Craddick; Dale; King, Phil; Lozano; Paddie; Sheffield, Ralph (8).

Nays:                           Representatives Keffer; Burnam (2).

Present, Not Voting:   Representative Wu (1).

Absent:                        None (0).

Representative Wu offered an amendment to the committee substitute.

The amendment was adopted without objection.

Representative Keffer offered an amendment to the measure.

The amendment was adopted by the following record vote:

Ayes:                           Representatives Keffer; Crownover; Canales; Craddick; Dale; King, Phil; Lozano; Paddie; Sheffield, Ralph; Wu (10).

Nays:                           Representative Burnam (1).

Present, Not Voting:   None (0).

Absent:                        None (0).

Representative Keffer offered an amendment to the committee substitute.

The amendment was adopted without objection.

Representative Keffer offered an amendment to the committee substitute.

The amendment was adopted without objection.

Representative Keffer offered an amendment to the committee substitute. The amendment failed by the following record vote:

Ayes:                           Representatives Keffer; Crownover; Burnam; Canales; Lozano (5).

Nays:                           Representatives Craddick; Dale; King, Phil; Paddie; Sheffield, Ralph (5).

Present, Not Voting:   Representative Wu (1).

Absent:                        None (0).

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

The committee substitute was adopted without objection.

Representative Crownover moved that HB 2166, 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 Keffer; Crownover; Canales; King, Phil; Lozano; Paddie; Wu (7).

Nays:                           Representatives Burnam; Craddick; Dale (3).

Present, Not Voting:   Representative Sheffield, Ralph (1).

Absent:                        None (0).

At 8:32 a.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. Keffer, Chair

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Bernice Espinosa-Torres, Clerk