The House Committee on State Affairs

83rd Legislature

May 15, 2013

1:00 p.m.

Agricultural Museum, 1W.14

Pursuant to an announcement from the house floor on May 15, 2013, and permission granted on May 15, 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 1:01 p.m.

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

A quorum was present.

SB 199

The chair laid out SB 199 as pending business.

The chair offered a complete committee substitute.

The committee substitute was adopted without objection.

The chair moved that SB 199, 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; Huberty; Turner, Sylvester (9).

Nays:                           None (0).

Present, Not Voting:   None (0).

Absent:                        Representatives Hilderbran; Menéndez; Oliveira; Smithee (4).

SB 327

The chair laid out SB 327 as pending business.

SB 327 was left pending without objection.

SB 512

The chair laid out SB 512 as pending business.

(Representative Hilderbran now present.)

Representative Frullo moved that SB 512, 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 Cook; Giddings; Craddick; Farrar; Frullo; Geren; Harless; Hilderbran; Huberty; Turner, Sylvester (10).

Nays:                           None (0).

Present, Not Voting:   None (0).

Absent:                        Representatives Menéndez; Oliveira; Smithee (3).

SB 327

The chair laid out SB 327 as pending business.

(Representative Smithee now present.)

Representative Huberty moved that SB 327, 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 Cook; Farrar; Frullo; Geren; Hilderbran; Huberty; Smithee (7).

Nays:                           Representatives Craddick; Harless (2).

Present, Not Voting:   Representatives Giddings; Turner, Sylvester (2).

Absent:                        Representatives Menéndez; Oliveira (2).

SB 770

The chair laid out SB 770 as pending business.

Representative Giddings offered an amendment to the measure.

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 Giddings moved that SB 770, 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; Geren; Harless; Huberty; Smithee; Turner, Sylvester (7).

Nays:                           Representatives Craddick; Farrar; Frullo; Hilderbran (4).

Present, Not Voting:   None (0).

Absent:                        Representatives Menéndez; Oliveira (2).

SB 809

The chair laid out SB 809 as pending business.

Representative Frullo moved that SB 809, 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 Cook; Giddings; Craddick; Farrar; Frullo; Geren; Harless; Hilderbran; Huberty; Smithee; Turner, Sylvester (11).

Nays:                           None (0).

Present, Not Voting:   None (0).

Absent:                        Representatives Menéndez; Oliveira (2).

SB 1195

The chair laid out SB 1195 as pending business.

Representative Farrar moved that SB 1195, 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 Cook; Giddings; Craddick; Farrar; Frullo; Geren; Harless; Hilderbran; Huberty; Smithee; Turner, Sylvester (11).

Nays:                           None (0).

Present, Not Voting:   None (0).

Absent:                        Representatives Menéndez; Oliveira (2).

SB 1363

The chair laid out SB 1363 as pending business.

Representative Huberty moved that SB 1363, without amendments, be reported favorably to the full house with the recommendation that it do pass and be printed.  The motion failed by the following record vote:

Ayes:                           Representatives Giddings; Frullo; Geren; Harless; Huberty (5).

Nays:                           Representatives Cook; Craddick; Farrar; Smithee; Turner, Sylvester (5).

Present, Not Voting:   Representative Hilderbran (1).

Absent:                        Representatives Menéndez; Oliveira (2).

SB 1457

The chair laid out SB 1457 as pending business.

Representative Frullo moved that SB 1457, 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 Cook; Giddings; Craddick; Farrar; Frullo; Geren; Harless; Hilderbran; Huberty; Smithee; Turner, Sylvester (11).

Nays:                           None (0).

Present, Not Voting:   None (0).

Absent:                        Representatives Menéndez; Oliveira (2).

SB 1576

The chair laid out SB 1576 as pending business.

Representative Giddings moved that SB 1576, without amendments, be reported favorably to the full house with the recommendation that it do pass and be printed.  The motion failed by the following record vote:

Ayes:                           Representatives Cook; Giddings; Farrar; Huberty; Turner, Sylvester (5).

Nays:                           Representatives Craddick; Frullo; Geren; Harless; Hilderbran; Smithee (6).

Present, Not Voting:   None (0).

Absent:                        Representatives Menéndez; Oliveira (2).

SB 1597

The chair laid out SB 1597 as pending business.

Representative Huberty moved that SB 1597, 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 Cook; Giddings; Craddick; Farrar; Frullo; Geren; Harless; Hilderbran; Huberty; Smithee; Turner, Sylvester (11).

Nays:                           None (0).

Present, Not Voting:   None (0).

Absent:                        Representatives Menéndez; Oliveira (2).

SB 1577

The chair laid out SB 1577 as pending business.

SB 1577 was left pending without objection.

At 1:28 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. Cook, Chair

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Toni Barcellona, Clerk