MINUTES

SENATE COMMITTEE ON REDISTRICTING, SPECIAL

Thursday, February 4, 2021

9:00 AM

Senate Chamber

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Pursuant to a notice posted in accordance with Senate Rule 11.10 and 11.18, a public hearing of the Senate Committee on Redistricting, Special was held on Thursday, February 4, 2021, in the Senate Chamber.

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MEMBERS PRESENT:	MEMBERS ABSENT:
Senator Joan Huffman, Chair	Senator Bryan Hughes
Senator Juan Hinojosa, Vice Chair
Senator Carol Alvarado Senator Brian Birdwell
Senator Kelly Hancock
Senator Nathan Johnson
Senator Robert Nichols
Senator Angela Paxton
Senator Royce West

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The chair called the meeting to order at 9:04 AM. There being a quorum present, the following business was transacted:

The following members attended/participated via videoconference:

Senator Paul Bettencourt

Senator Dawn Buckingham

Senator Donna Campbell

Senator Eddie Lucio, Jr.

Senator José Menéndez

Senator Charles Perry

Senator John Whitmire

The following non-committee members attended/participated in-person:

Senator Bob Hall

The following non-committee members attended/participated via videoconference:

Senator Beverly Powell

Senator Judith Zaffirini

Dr. Lloyd Potter, Texas Demographer provided invited testimony.

The following witnesses provided public testimony via videoconferencing (see attached witness

list).

At 10:22 AM Senator Hinojosa assumed the chair.

At 11:07 AM Senator Huffman resumed the chair.

The chair moved that the public testimony be closed; without objection, it was so ordered.

There being no further business, at 12:17 PM Senator Huffman moved that the Committee stand recessed subject to the call of the chair. Without objection, it was so ordered.

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Senator Joan Huffman, Chair

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Koy Kunkel, Clerk