The House Committee on Defense & Veterans' Affairs

85th Legislature

April 27, 2017

6:40 p.m.

Agricultural Museum, 1W.14

Pursuant to an announcement from the house floor on April 27, 2017, and permission granted on April 27, 2017, to meet while the House was in session, the House Committee on Defense & Veterans' Affairs met in a formal meeting and was called to order by the chair, Representative Gutierrez, at 6:40 p.m.

The initial quorum call was answered as follows: Representatives Gutierrez; Blanco; Arévalo; Cain; Flynn; Lambert; and Wilson.

A quorum was present.

HB 1912

The chair laid out HB 1912 as pending business.

The chair offered a complete committee substitute.

The committee substitute was adopted without objection.

Representative Flynn moved that HB 1912, 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 Gutierrez; Blanco; Arévalo; Cain; Lambert; Wilson (6).

Nays:                           Representative Flynn (1).

Present, Not Voting:   None (0).

Absent:                        None (0).

HB 2302

The chair laid out HB 2302 as pending business.

The chair offered a complete committee substitute.

The committee substitute was adopted without objection.

Representative Arévalo moved that HB 2302, 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 Gutierrez; Blanco; Arévalo; Cain; Flynn; Lambert; Wilson (7).

Nays:                           None (0).

Present, Not Voting:   None (0).

Absent:                        None (0).

HB 2486

The chair laid out HB 2486 as pending business.

Representative Arévalo moved that HB 2486, 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 Gutierrez; Blanco; Arévalo; Cain; Flynn; Lambert; Wilson (7).

Nays:                           None (0).

Present, Not Voting:   None (0).

Absent:                        None (0).

HB 4182

The chair laid out HB 4182 as pending business.

The chair offered a complete committee substitute.

The committee substitute was adopted without objection.

Representative Flynn moved that HB 4182, as substituted, 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 Gutierrez; Blanco; Arévalo; Cain; Flynn; Lambert; Wilson (7).

Nays:                           None (0).

Present, Not Voting:   None (0).

Absent:                        None (0).

HB 4204

The chair laid out HB 4204 as pending business.

Representative Arévalo moved that HB 4204, 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 Gutierrez; Blanco; Arévalo; Lambert (4).

Nays:                           Representatives Cain; Flynn; Wilson (3).

Present, Not Voting:   None (0).

Absent:                        None (0).

HB 3066

The chair laid out HB 3066 as pending business.

The chair offered a complete committee substitute.

The committee substitute was adopted without objection.

Representative Cain moved that HB 3066, as substituted, 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 Gutierrez; Blanco; Arévalo; Cain; Flynn; Lambert; Wilson (7).

Nays:                           None (0).

Present, Not Voting:   None (0).

Absent:                        None (0).

HB 2836

The chair laid out HB 2836 as pending business.

Representative Cain moved that HB 2836, 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 Gutierrez; Blanco; Arévalo; Cain; Flynn; Lambert; Wilson (7).

Nays:                           None (0).

Present, Not Voting:   None (0).

Absent:                        None (0).

At 6:52 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. Gutierrez, Chair

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Margaret Wallace, Clerk