The House Committee on County Affairs

84th Legislature

November 18, 2015

11:15 a.m.

E2.016

Pursuant to a notice posted on November 12, 2015, revised on November 16, 2015, the House Committee on County Affairs met in a public hearing and was called to order by the chair, Representative Coleman, at 11:19 a.m.

The initial quorum call was answered as follows: Representatives Coleman; Romero, Jr.; Schubert; and Spitzer.

The Committee will met to discuss how Texas Department of Public Safety codes race during traffic stops, problems with their current method, and ways to correct coding moving forward. 

Additionally, Texas Commission on Jail Standards will presented the new inmate intake screening form to the Committee and discussed recent jail suicides.

At 2:30 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. Coleman, Chair

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Katy Reagan, Clerk