The House Committee on International Relations & Economic Development

87th Legislature

April 1, 2021

10:30 a.m. or upon final adjourn./recess

Speaker's Committee Room, 2W.6

Pursuant to a notice posted on March 31, 2021, the House Committee on International Relations & Economic Development met in a formal meeting and was called to order by the chair, Representative Button, at 11:53 a.m.

The initial quorum call was answered as follows: Representatives Button; Morales, Christina; Beckley; Bell, Cecil; Metcalf; and Ordaz Perez.

A quorum was present.

HB 570

The chair laid out HB 570 as pending business.

The chair offered a complete committee substitute.

The committee substitute was adopted without objection.

Representative Beckley moved that HB 570, 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 Button; Morales, Christina; Beckley; Bell, Cecil; Metcalf; Ordaz Perez (6).

Nays:                           None (0).

Present, Not Voting:   None (0).

Absent:                        Representatives Canales; Hunter; Larson (3).

HB 618

The chair laid out HB 618 as pending business.

Representative Morales, Christina moved that HB 618, 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 Button; Morales, Christina; Bell, Cecil; Metcalf; Ordaz Perez (5).

Nays:                           Representative Beckley (1).

Present, Not Voting:   None (0).

Absent:                        Representatives Canales; Hunter; Larson (3).

HB 619

The chair laid out HB 619 as pending business.

The chair offered a complete committee substitute.

The committee substitute was adopted without objection.

Representative Ordaz Perez moved that HB 619, 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 Button; Morales, Christina; Beckley; Bell, Cecil; Metcalf; Ordaz Perez (6).

Nays:                           None (0).

Present, Not Voting:   None (0).

Absent:                        Representatives Canales; Hunter; Larson (3).

HB 1032

The chair laid out HB 1032 as pending business.

The chair offered a complete committee substitute.

The committee substitute was adopted without objection.

Representative Bell, Cecil moved that HB 1032, 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 Button; Morales, Christina; Beckley; Bell, Cecil; Metcalf; Ordaz Perez (6).

Nays:                           None (0).

Present, Not Voting:   None (0).

Absent:                        Representatives Canales; Hunter; Larson (3).

HB 1247

The chair laid out HB 1247 as pending business.

Representative Beckley moved that HB 1247, 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 Button; Morales, Christina; Beckley; Bell, Cecil; Metcalf; Ordaz Perez (6).

Nays:                           None (0).

Present, Not Voting:   None (0).

Absent:                        Representatives Canales; Hunter; Larson (3).

HB 1364

The chair laid out HB 1364 as pending business.

Representative Morales, Christina moved that HB 1364, 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 Button; Morales, Christina; Beckley; Bell, Cecil; Metcalf; Ordaz Perez (6).

Nays:                           None (0).

Present, Not Voting:   None (0).

Absent:                        Representatives Canales; Hunter; Larson (3).

HB 1695

The chair laid out HB 1695 as pending business.

The chair offered a complete committee substitute.

The committee substitute was adopted without objection.

Representative Metcalf moved that HB 1695, 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 Button; Morales, Christina; Beckley; Bell, Cecil; Metcalf; Ordaz Perez (6).

Nays:                           None (0).

Present, Not Voting:   None (0).

Absent:                        Representatives Canales; Hunter; Larson (3).

HB 1792

The chair laid out HB 1792 as pending business.

The chair offered a complete committee substitute.

The committee substitute was adopted without objection.

Representative Ordaz Perez moved that HB 1792, 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 Button; Morales, Christina; Beckley; Bell, Cecil; Metcalf; Ordaz Perez (6).

Nays:                           None (0).

Present, Not Voting:   None (0).

Absent:                        Representatives Canales; Hunter; Larson (3).

HB 2607

The chair laid out HB 2607 as pending business.

Representative Bell, Cecil moved that HB 2607, 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 Button; Morales, Christina; Beckley; Bell, Cecil; Metcalf; Ordaz Perez (6).

Nays:                           None (0).

Present, Not Voting:   None (0).

Absent:                        Representatives Canales; Hunter; Larson (3).

At 12:04 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. Button, Chair

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Victoria Smith, Clerk