MINUTES

SENATE COMMITTEE ON REDISTRICTING, SPECIAL

Thursday, March 11, 2021

9:00 AM CST

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, March 11, 2021, in the Senate Chamber.

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MEMBERS PRESENT:	MEMBERS ABSENT:
Senator Joan Huffman, Chair	Senator Kelly Hancock
Senator Juan Hinojosa, Vice Chair	Senator Bryan Hughes
Senator Carol Alvarado	Senator Eddie Lucio, Jr.
Senator Paul Bettencourt	Senator Robert Nichols
Senator Brian Birdwell	Senator Angela Paxton
Senator Dawn Buckingham	Senator John Whitmire
Senator Nathan Johnson
Senator Charles Perry
Senator Royce West

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The chair called the meeting to order at 9:02 AM. There being a quorum present, the following business was transacted:

The following members attended/participated via videoconference:

Senator Donna Campbell

Senator José Menéndez

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 9:15 AM Senator Hinojosa assumed the chair.

At 10:19 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 10:33 AM 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