MINUTES

SENATE COMMITTEE ON REDISTRICTING, SPECIAL

Friday, February 12, 2021

10:30 AM CST

Senate Chamber

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Pursuant to suspension of Senate Rule 11.10 and 11.18, a public hearing of the Senate Committee on Redistricting, Special was held on Friday, February 12, 2021, in the Senate Chamber.

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MEMBERS PRESENT:	MEMBERS ABSENT:
Senator Joan Huffman, Chair	Senator Brian Birdwell
Senator Carol Alvarado
Senator Kelly Hancock
Senator Bryan Hughes
Senator Nathan Johnson
Senator Robert Nichols

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The chair called the meeting to order at 10:30 AM. A quorum not being present, the following business was transacted:

The following members attended/participated via videoconference:

Senator Juan “Chuy” Hinojosa, Vice Chair

Senator Paul Bettencourt

Senator Dawn Buckingham

Senator Donna Campbell

Senator Eddie Lucio, Jr.

Senator José Menéndez

Senator Angela Paxton

Senator Charles Perry

Senator Royce West

Senator John Whitmire

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

Senator Boris Milies

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

Senator Judith Zaffirini

Dr. Lloyd Potter, Texas Demographer provided invited testimony.

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

list).

At 11:30 AM Senator Hancock assumed the chair.

At 12:20 PM Senator Huffman resumed the chair.

At 1:40 PM Senator Hancock assumed the chair.

At 2:15 PM 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 2:57 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