The House Committee on State Affairs

83rd Legislature

April 26, 2013

11:45 a.m.

Agricultural Museum, 1W.14

Pursuant to an announcement from the house floor on April 26, 2013, and permission granted on April 26, 2013, to meet while the House was in session, the House Committee on State Affairs met in a formal meeting and was called to order by the chair, Representative Cook, at 11:51 a.m.

The initial quorum call was answered as follows: Representatives Cook; Giddings; Craddick; Farrar; Frullo; Geren; Harless; Menéndez; Oliveira; and Turner, Sylvester.

A quorum was present.

HB 2835

The chair laid out HB 2835 as pending business.

Representative Frullo offered a complete committee substitute.

The committee substitute was adopted without objection.

Representative Frullo moved that HB 2835, 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 Cook; Giddings; Craddick; Farrar; Frullo; Geren; Harless; Menéndez; Oliveira; Turner, Sylvester (10).

Nays:                           None (0).

Present, Not Voting:   None (0).

Absent:                        Representatives Hilderbran; Huberty; Smithee (3).

SB 894

The chair laid out SB 894 as pending business.

The chair offered a complete committee substitute.

The committee substitute was adopted without objection.

Representative Menéndez moved that SB 894, 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 Cook; Giddings; Craddick; Farrar; Frullo; Geren; Harless; Menéndez; Oliveira; Turner, Sylvester (10).

Nays:                           None (0).

Present, Not Voting:   None (0).

Absent:                        Representatives Hilderbran; Huberty; Smithee (3).

SB 1023

Representative Frullo moved to reconsider the vote by which the measure failed to be reported from committee.  The motion to reconsider prevailed without objection.

Representative Harless offered an amendment to the measure.

The amendment was adopted by the following record vote:

Ayes:                           Representatives Cook; Giddings; Craddick; Farrar; Frullo; Geren; Harless; Menéndez; Oliveira; Turner, Sylvester (10).

Nays:                           None (0).

Present, Not Voting:   None (0).

Absent:                        Representatives Hilderbran; Huberty; Smithee (3).

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

The committee substitute was adopted without objection.

Representative Harless moved that SB 1023, 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 Cook; Giddings; Craddick; Farrar; Frullo; Geren; Harless; Menéndez; Oliveira; Turner, Sylvester (10).

Nays:                           None (0).

Present, Not Voting:   None (0).

Absent:                        Representatives Hilderbran; Huberty; Smithee (3).

HB 3206

The chair laid out HB 3206 as pending business.

Representative Menéndez offered a complete committee substitute.

The committee substitute was adopted without objection.

Representative Menéndez moved that HB 3206, 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 Cook; Giddings; Farrar; Geren; Harless; Menéndez; Oliveira; Turner, Sylvester (8).

Nays:                           Representative Craddick (1).

Present, Not Voting:   None (0).

Absent:                        Representatives Frullo; Hilderbran; Huberty; Smithee (4).

At 11:59 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. Cook, Chair

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Toni Barcellona, Clerk