HOUSE JOURNAL EIGHTIETH LEGISLATURE, REGULAR SESSION PROCEEDINGS FORTY-SECOND DAY THURSDAY, MARCH 22, 2007 The house met at 10:30 a.m. and was called to order by the speaker. The roll of the house was called and a quorum was announced present (Recordi161). Present Mr. Speaker; Allen; Alonzo; Anchia; Anderson; Aycock; Bailey; Berman; Bohac; Bolton; Bonnen; Branch; Brown, B.; Brown, F.; Burnam; Callegari; Castro; Chavez; Chisum; Christian; Cohen; Coleman; Cook, B.; Cook, R.; Corte; Crabb; Creighton; Crownover; Darby; Davis, J.; Davis, Y.; Delisi; Deshotel; Driver; Dukes; Dunnam; Dutton; Eiland; Eissler; Elkins; England; Escobar; Farabee; Farias; Farrar; Flores; Flynn; Frost; Gallego; Garcia; Gattis; Giddings; Gonzales; Gonzalez Toureilles; Goolsby; Guillen; Haggerty; Hamilton; Hancock; Hardcastle; Harless; Harper-Brown; Hartnett; Heflin; Hernandez; Herrero; Hilderbran; Hill; Hochberg; Hodge; Hopson; Howard, C.; Howard, D.; Hughes; Isett; Jackson; Jones; Keffer; King, P.; King, S.; King, T.; Kolkhorst; Krusee; Kuempel; Latham; Laubenberg; Leibowitz; Lucio; Macias; Madden; Mallory Caraway; Martinez; Martinez Fischer; McCall; McClendon; McReynolds; Menendez; Merritt; Miles; Miller; Moreno; Morrison; Mowery; Murphy; Naishtat; Noriega; O Day; Oliveira; Olivo; Orr; Ortiz; Otto; Parker; Patrick; Paxton; Peña; Phillips; Pickett; Pierson; Pitts; Puente; Quintanilla; Raymond; Riddle; Ritter; Rodriguez; Rose; Smith, T.; Smith, W.; Smithee; Solomons; Strama; Straus; Swinford; Talton; Taylor; Thompson; Truitt; Turner; Van Arsdale; Vaught; Veasey; Villarreal; Vo; West; Woolley; Zedler; Zerwas. Absent, Excused Geren; Homer. (W. Smith in the chair) HB 90 - RECOMMITTED Representative Krusee moved to recommit HBi90 to the Committee on Transportation. The motion prevailed. (Solomons in the chair) HB 673 - RECOMMITTED Representative W. Smith moved to recommit HBi673 to the Committee on County Affairs. The motion prevailed. (Speaker in the chair)
1114 80th LEGISLATURE REGULAR SESSION HB 1 - COMMITTEE ON CALENDARS RULE Pursuant to House Rule 3, Section 5(2), and House Rule 6, Section 16(f), Representative Woolley moved to adopt the following rule governing floor consideration for HB 1: Section 1. All original amendments that will be offered during second reading consideration of the bill must be filed with the chief clerk by 8 p.m. on Monday, March 26, 2007. Section 2. (a) During second reading and third reading consideration of the bill, any amendment that adds or increases an item of appropriation in ArticlesiI-X is not in order unless the amendment contains an equal or greater reduction in one or more other items of appropriation in one of those articles from the fund or funds against which the appropriation is to be certified. (b) The provisions of this section do not apply to an amendment that makes an adjustment in an item of appropriation solely to correct a technical clerical error. REMARKS REPRESENTATIVE EILAND: Ms. Woolley, he cleared it up, but I want to make very clear on the mic what this says, because that was not the way I read it. The amendment is not in order unless it contains an equal or greater reduction in one or more other items of appropriation. And so, what the intent is, in one or more of those articles REPRESENTATIVE WOOLLEY: It could be in one of those articles. EILAND: So for example WOOLLEY: That is the intent. EILAND: If I want to cut general government, for example, in that article, and move that money over to TYC in a different article, as long as the money is the same, that s okay? WOOLLEY: That is correct. REMARKS ORDERED PRINTED Representative Eiland moved to print remarks between Representative Woolley and Representative Eiland. The motion prevailed. (Zerwas in the chair) PARLIAMENTARY INQUIRY REPRESENTATIVE MARTINEZ FISCHER: Does the calendar rule apply to a floor substitute of HB 1? CHAIR (Zerwas in the chair): Yes, sir. It d be an amendment. MARTINEZ FISCHER: It would be an amendment? CHAIR: Yes.
Thursday, March 22, 2007 HOUSE JOURNAL 42nd Day 1115 MARTINEZ FISCHER: And so would the chair tell me that if a floor substitute to HB 1 was brought, if we adopt this calendar rule, what is the true effect on the entire bill as it relates to revenue neutrality? CHAIR: Mr. Fischer, the calendar rule will apply to the general appropriations bill and all amendments to the general appropriations bill. MARTINEZ FISCHER: I m sorry, could you clarify? I didn t hear you. CHAIR: The calendar rule will apply to the general appropriations bill and to all amendments that are to the general appropriations bill. MARTINEZ FISCHER: So, Mr. Speaker, to clarify, if there was a floor substitute that spent exactly the same amount of money as HB 1, that substitute would be in order? CHAIR: It would be in order. We would certainly have to review the house substitute to be sure that in fact it was within the same boundaries of the original house bill, but it would apply. MARTINEZ FISCHER: Mr. Speaker, how long would that review take? CHAIR: Not understanding in terms of hypotheticals, we would just have to see what was brought forward. MARTINEZ FISCHER: Thank you, Mr. Speaker. REMARKS ORDERED PRINTED Representative Martinez Fischer moved to print remarks between the chair and Representative Martinez Fischer. The motion prevailed. (Speaker in the chair) REMARKS ORDERED PRINTED Representative Thompson moved to print yesterday s remarks on HB 459. The motion prevailed. HB 1 - COMMITTEE ON CALENDARS RULE ADOPTED A record vote was requested. The motion to adopt the Committee on Calendars rule prevailed by (Record 162): 100 Yeas, 46 Nays, 1 Present, not voting. Yeas Anchia; Anderson; Aycock; Bailey; Berman; Bohac; Bonnen; Branch; Brown, B.; Brown, F.; Callegari; Chavez; Chisum; Christian; Cook, B.; Cook, R.; Corte; Crabb; Creighton; Crownover; Darby; Davis, J.; Delisi; Deshotel; Driver; Dukes; Eissler; Elkins; England; Farabee; Flores; Flynn; Garcia; Gattis; Giddings; Goolsby; Guillen; Hamilton; Hancock; Hardcastle; Harless; Harper-Brown; Hartnett; Hilderbran; Hill; Hopson; Howard, C.; Hughes; Isett; Jackson; Keffer; King, P.; King, S.; Kolkhorst; Krusee; Kuempel; Latham; Laubenberg; Macias; Madden; Martinez; McCall; McClendon; McReynolds; Menendez; Miller; Morrison; Mowery; Murphy; O Day; Orr; Otto; Parker;
1116 80th LEGISLATURE REGULAR SESSION Patrick; Paxton; Peña; Phillips; Pickett; Pitts; Puente; Quintanilla; Riddle; Ritter; Rose; Smith, T.; Smith, W.; Smithee; Solomons; Strama; Straus; Swinford; Taylor; Truitt; Turner; Van Arsdale; Villarreal; West; Woolley; Zedler; Zerwas. Nays Allen; Alonzo; Bolton; Burnam; Castro; Cohen; Coleman; Davis, Y.; Dunnam; Dutton; Eiland; Escobar; Farias; Farrar; Frost; Gallego; Gonzales; Gonzalez Toureilles; Haggerty; Heflin; Hernandez; Herrero; Hochberg; Hodge; Howard, D.; Jones; King, T.; Leibowitz; Lucio; Mallory Caraway; Martinez Fischer; Merritt; Miles; Naishtat; Noriega; Oliveira; Olivo; Ortiz; Pierson; Raymond; Rodriguez; Talton; Thompson; Vaught; Veasey; Vo. Present, not voting Mr. Speaker(C). Absent, Excused Geren; Homer. Absent Moreno. HB 15 - COMMITTEE ON CALENDARS RULE ADOPTED Pursuant to House Rule 3, Section 5(2), and House Rule 6, Section 16(f), Representative Woolley moved to adopt the following rule governing floor consideration for HB 15: Section 1. All original amendments that will be offered during second reading consideration of the bill must be filed with the chief clerk by 8 p.m. on Monday, March 26, 2007. Section 2. (a) During second reading and third reading consideration of the bill, any amendment that adds or increases an item of appropriation in the bill is not in order unless the amendment contains an equal or greater reduction in one or more other items of appropriation in the bill from the fund or funds against which the appropriation is to be certified. (b) The provisions of this section do not apply to an amendment that makes an adjustment in an item of appropriation solely to correct a technical clerical error. A record vote was requested. The motion to adopt the Committee on Calendars rule prevailed by (Record 163): 124 Yeas, 19 Nays, 1 Present, not voting. Yeas Anchia; Anderson; Aycock; Bailey; Berman; Bohac; Bonnen; Branch; Brown, B.; Brown, F.; Burnam; Callegari; Castro; Chavez; Chisum; Christian; Cook, B.; Cook, R.; Corte; Crabb; Creighton; Crownover; Darby; Davis, J.; Delisi; Deshotel; Driver; Dukes; Dunnam; Dutton; Eissler; Elkins; England; Escobar; Farabee; Farias; Flores; Flynn; Gallego; Garcia; Gattis; Giddings; Gonzales; Gonzalez Toureilles; Goolsby; Guillen; Haggerty; Hamilton; Hancock; Hardcastle; Harless; Harper-Brown; Hartnett; Heflin; Hilderbran; Hill; Hochberg; Hopson; Howard, C.; Howard, D.; Hughes; Isett; Jackson; Keffer; King, P.; King, S.; Kolkhorst; Krusee; Kuempel; Latham; Laubenberg; Lucio;
Thursday, March 22, 2007 HOUSE JOURNAL 42nd Day 1117 Macias; Madden; Mallory Caraway; Martinez; Martinez Fischer; McCall; McClendon; McReynolds; Menendez; Miller; Morrison; Mowery; Murphy; Naishtat; Noriega; O Day; Oliveira; Orr; Ortiz; Otto; Parker; Patrick; Paxton; Peña; Phillips; Pickett; Pierson; Pitts; Puente; Quintanilla; Riddle; Ritter; Rodriguez; Rose; Smith, T.; Smith, W.; Smithee; Solomons; Strama; Straus; Swinford; Taylor; Truitt; Turner; Van Arsdale; Veasey; Villarreal; Vo; West; Woolley; Zedler; Zerwas. Nays Allen; Alonzo; Bolton; Cohen; Davis, Y.; Farrar; Frost; Hernandez; Herrero; Hodge; King, T.; Leibowitz; Merritt; Miles; Olivo; Raymond; Talton; Thompson; Vaught. Present, not voting Mr. Speaker(C). Absent, Excused Geren; Homer. Absent Coleman; Eiland; Jones; Moreno. STATEMENTS OF VOTE I was shown voting no on Record No. 163. I intended to vote yes. Hodge When Record No. 163 was taken, I was in the house but away from my desk. I would have voted no. Jones I was shown voting no on Record No. 163. I intended to vote yes. T. King LEAVES OF ABSENCE GRANTED On motion of Representative Hardcastle and by unanimous consent, all members who were granted leaves of absence on the previous legislative day were granted leaves for this legislative day. RULES SUSPENDED Representative Hardcastle moved to suspend all necessary rules in order to take up and consider at this time, on third reading and final passage, the bills on the local, consent, and resolutions calendar which were considered on the previous legislative day. The motion prevailed. MOTION FOR ONE RECORD VOTE On motion of Representative Hardcastle and by unanimous consent, the house agreed to use the first record vote taken for all those bills on the local, consent, and resolutions calendar that require a record vote on third reading and final passage, with the understanding that a member may record an individual vote on any bill with the journal clerk.
1118 80th LEGISLATURE REGULAR SESSION LOCAL, CONSENT, AND RESOLUTIONS CALENDAR THIRD READING The following bills which were considered on second reading on the previous legislative day on the local, consent, and resolutions calendar were laid before the house, read third time, and passed by the following record vote (members registering votes and the results of the vote are shown following bill number). (Record 164): 146 Yeas, 0 Nays, 1 Present, not voting. Yeas Allen; Alonzo; Anchia; Anderson; Aycock; Bailey; Berman; Bolton; Bonnen; Branch; Brown, B.; Brown, F.; Burnam; Callegari; Castro; Chavez; Chisum; Christian; Cohen; Coleman; Cook, B.; Cook, R.; Corte; Crabb; Creighton; Crownover; Darby; Davis, J.; Davis, Y.; Delisi; Deshotel; Driver; Dukes; Dunnam; Dutton; Eiland; Eissler; Elkins; England; Escobar; Farabee; Farias; Farrar; Flores; Flynn; Frost; Gallego; Garcia; Gattis; Giddings; Gonzales; Gonzalez Toureilles; Goolsby; Guillen; Haggerty; Hamilton; Hancock; Hardcastle; Harless; Harper-Brown; Hartnett; Heflin; Hernandez; Herrero; Hilderbran; Hill; Hochberg; Hodge; Hopson; Howard, C.; Howard, D.; Hughes; Isett; Jackson; Jones; Keffer; King, P.; King, S.; King, T.; Kolkhorst; Krusee; Kuempel; Latham; Laubenberg; Leibowitz; Lucio; Macias; Madden; Mallory Caraway; Martinez; Martinez Fischer; McCall; McClendon; McReynolds; Menendez; Merritt; Miles; Miller; Moreno; Morrison; Mowery; Murphy; Naishtat; Noriega; O Day; Oliveira; Olivo; Orr; Ortiz; Otto; Parker; Patrick; Paxton; Peña; Phillips; Pickett; Pierson; Pitts; Puente; Quintanilla; Raymond; Riddle; Ritter; Rodriguez; Rose; Smith, T.; Smith, W.; Smithee; Solomons; Strama; Straus; Swinford; Talton; Taylor; Thompson; Truitt; Turner; Van Arsdale; Vaught; Veasey; Villarreal; Vo; West; Woolley; Zedler; Zerwas. Present, not voting Mr. Speaker(C). Absent, Excused Geren; Homer. Absent Bohac. STATEMENT OF VOTE When Record No. 164 was taken, I was in the house but away from my desk. I would have voted yes. Bohac SB 272 HB 189 HB 195 HB 364 HB 479 HB 505 HB 585
Thursday, March 22, 2007 HOUSE JOURNAL 42nd Day 1119 HB 587 HB 618 HB 660 HB 674 HB 675 HB 682 HB 738 HB 899 HB 1064 HB 1176 HB 1237 HB 1447 HB 1488 HB 1518 HB 1562 HB 2168 GENERAL STATE CALENDAR HOUSE BILLS THIRD READING The following bills were laid before the house and read third time: HB 92 ON THIRD READING (by Branch) HB 92, A bill to be entitled An Act relating to the acquisition of certain automated external defibrillators. A record vote was requested. HBi92 was passed by (Record 165): 135 Yeas, 0 Nays, 1 Present, not voting. Yeas Allen; Alonzo; Anchia; Anderson; Aycock; Bailey; Berman; Bohac; Bolton; Branch; Brown, B.; Brown, F.; Burnam; Callegari; Castro; Chavez; Chisum; Christian; Cohen; Coleman; Cook, B.; Cook, R.; Corte; Crabb; Creighton; Crownover; Darby; Davis, J.; Davis, Y.; Delisi; Deshotel; Driver; Dukes; Dunnam; Dutton; Eissler; Elkins; England; Escobar; Farabee; Farias; Farrar; Flores; Flynn; Frost; Gallego; Garcia; Gattis; Giddings; Gonzales; Gonzalez Toureilles; Goolsby; Guillen; Hamilton; Hancock; Hardcastle; Harper-Brown; Hartnett; Heflin; Hernandez; Herrero; Hilderbran; Hill; Hochberg; Hodge; Hopson; Howard, C.; Howard, D.; Hughes; Isett; Jackson; Keffer; King, P.; King, S.; King, T.; Kolkhorst; Krusee; Kuempel; Latham; Laubenberg; Leibowitz; Lucio; Macias; Mallory Caraway; Martinez; McClendon;
1120 80th LEGISLATURE REGULAR SESSION McReynolds; Menendez; Merritt; Miles; Miller; Moreno; Morrison; Mowery; Murphy; Naishtat; Noriega; O Day; Olivo; Orr; Ortiz; Otto; Parker; Patrick; Paxton; Peña; Phillips; Pickett; Pitts; Puente; Quintanilla; Raymond; Riddle; Rodriguez; Rose; Smith, T.; Smith, W.; Smithee; Solomons; Strama; Straus; Swinford; Talton; Taylor; Thompson; Truitt; Turner; Van Arsdale; Vaught; Villarreal; Vo; West; Woolley; Zedler; Zerwas. Present, not voting Mr. Speaker(C). Absent, Excused Geren; Homer. Absent Bonnen; Eiland; Haggerty; Harless; Jones; Madden; Martinez Fischer; McCall; Oliveira; Pierson; Ritter; Veasey. STATEMENTS OF VOTE When Record No. 165 was taken, I was in the house but away from my desk. I would have voted yes. Bonnen When Record No. 165 was taken, my vote failed to register. I would have voted yes. Eiland When Record No. 165 was taken, I was in the house but away from my desk. I would have voted yes. Harless When Record No. 165 was taken, I was in the house but away from my desk. I would have voted yes. Jones When Record No. 165 was taken, I was in the house but away from my desk. I would have voted yes. Ritter When Record No. 165 was taken, I was in the house but away from my desk. I would have voted yes. Veasey HB 823 ON THIRD READING (by Ritter, W. Smith, J. Davis, Callegari, et al.) HB 823, A bill to be entitled An Act relating to the liability of certain licensed or registered professionals for damages arising from certain services provided during an emergency. Amendment No. 1 Representative Ritter offered the following amendment to HBi823: Amend HB 823 on Third Reading on page 2, line 11, between "owned" and the period, by inserting ", other than a single family residence".
Thursday, March 22, 2007 HOUSE JOURNAL 42nd Day 1121 Amendment No. 1 was adopted. A record vote was requested. HB 823, as amended, was passed by (Record 166): 145 Yeas, 0 Nays, 1 Present, not voting. Yeas Allen; Alonzo; Anchia; Anderson; Aycock; Bailey; Berman; Bohac; Bolton; Bonnen; Branch; Brown, B.; Brown, F.; Burnam; Callegari; Castro; Chavez; Chisum; Christian; Cohen; Coleman; Cook, B.; Cook, R.; Corte; Crabb; Crownover; Darby; Davis, J.; Davis, Y.; Deshotel; Driver; Dukes; Dunnam; Dutton; Eiland; Eissler; Elkins; England; Escobar; Farabee; Farias; Farrar; Flores; Flynn; Frost; Gallego; Garcia; Gattis; Giddings; Gonzales; Gonzalez Toureilles; Goolsby; Guillen; Haggerty; Hamilton; Hancock; Hardcastle; Harless; Harper-Brown; Hartnett; Heflin; Hernandez; Herrero; Hilderbran; Hill; Hochberg; Hodge; Hopson; Howard, C.; Howard, D.; Hughes; Isett; Jackson; Jones; Keffer; King, P.; King, S.; King, T.; Kolkhorst; Krusee; Kuempel; Latham; Laubenberg; Leibowitz; Lucio; Macias; Madden; Mallory Caraway; Martinez; Martinez Fischer; McCall; McClendon; McReynolds; Menendez; Merritt; Miles; Miller; Moreno; Morrison; Mowery; Murphy; Naishtat; Noriega; O Day; Oliveira; Olivo; Orr; Ortiz; Otto; Parker; Patrick; Paxton; Peña; Phillips; Pickett; Pierson; Pitts; Puente; Quintanilla; Raymond; Riddle; Ritter; Rodriguez; Rose; Smith, T.; Smith, W.; Smithee; Solomons; Strama; Straus; Swinford; Talton; Taylor; Thompson; Truitt; Turner; Van Arsdale; Vaught; Veasey; Villarreal; Vo; West; Woolley; Zedler; Zerwas. Present, not voting Mr. Speaker(C). Absent, Excused Geren; Homer. Absent Creighton; Delisi. STATEMENT OF VOTE When Record No. 166 was taken, I was in the house but away from my desk. I would have voted yes. Creighton HB 863 ON THIRD READING (by B. Cook) HB 863, A bill to be entitled An Act relating to the exemption of certain persons from the requirement that a person who requires disclosure of a social security number adopt a privacy policy. A record vote was requested. HBi863 was passed by (Record 167): 142 Yeas, 0 Nays, 1 Present, not voting. Yeas Allen; Alonzo; Anchia; Anderson; Aycock; Bailey; Berman; Bohac; Bolton; Bonnen; Branch; Brown, B.; Brown, F.; Burnam; Callegari; Castro; Chavez; Chisum; Christian; Cohen; Coleman; Cook, B.; Cook, R.; Corte; Crabb; Creighton; Crownover; Darby; Davis, J.; Davis, Y.; Delisi; Deshotel; Driver;
1122 80th LEGISLATURE REGULAR SESSION Dukes; Dunnam; Dutton; Eissler; Elkins; England; Escobar; Farabee; Farias; Farrar; Flores; Flynn; Frost; Gallego; Garcia; Gattis; Giddings; Gonzales; Gonzalez Toureilles; Goolsby; Guillen; Haggerty; Hamilton; Hardcastle; Harless; Harper-Brown; Hartnett; Heflin; Hernandez; Herrero; Hill; Hochberg; Hodge; Hopson; Howard, C.; Howard, D.; Hughes; Isett; Jackson; Jones; Keffer; King, P.; King, S.; King, T.; Kolkhorst; Krusee; Latham; Laubenberg; Leibowitz; Lucio; Macias; Madden; Mallory Caraway; Martinez; Martinez Fischer; McCall; McClendon; McReynolds; Menendez; Merritt; Miles; Miller; Moreno; Morrison; Mowery; Murphy; Naishtat; Noriega; O Day; Olivo; Orr; Ortiz; Otto; Parker; Patrick; Paxton; Peña; Phillips; Pickett; Pierson; Pitts; Puente; Quintanilla; Raymond; Riddle; Ritter; Rodriguez; Rose; Smith, T.; Smith, W.; Smithee; Solomons; Strama; Straus; Swinford; Talton; Taylor; Thompson; Truitt; Turner; Van Arsdale; Vaught; Veasey; Villarreal; Vo; West; Woolley; Zedler; Zerwas. Present, not voting Mr. Speaker(C). Absent, Excused Geren; Homer. Absent Eiland; Hancock; Hilderbran; Kuempel; Oliveira. STATEMENTS OF VOTE When Record No. 167 was taken, my vote failed to register. I would have voted yes. Eiland When Record No. 167 was taken, my vote failed to register. I would have voted yes. Kuempel HB 125 ON THIRD READING (by Delisi, Corte, Escobar, Garcia, Haggerty, et al.) HB 125, A bill to be entitled An Act relating to tuition and fee exemptions for the children of certain military personnel. A record vote was requested. HBi125 was passed by (Record 168): 144 Yeas, 0 Nays, 1 Present, not voting. Yeas Allen; Alonzo; Anchia; Aycock; Bailey; Berman; Bohac; Bolton; Bonnen; Branch; Brown, B.; Brown, F.; Burnam; Callegari; Castro; Chavez; Chisum; Christian; Cohen; Coleman; Cook, B.; Cook, R.; Corte; Crabb; Creighton; Crownover; Darby; Davis, J.; Davis, Y.; Delisi; Deshotel; Driver; Dukes; Dunnam; Eiland; Eissler; Elkins; England; Escobar; Farabee; Farias; Farrar; Flores; Flynn; Frost; Gallego; Garcia; Gattis; Giddings; Gonzales; Gonzalez Toureilles; Goolsby; Guillen; Haggerty; Hamilton; Hancock; Hardcastle; Harless; Harper-Brown; Hartnett; Heflin; Hernandez; Herrero; Hilderbran; Hill; Hochberg; Hodge; Hopson; Howard, C.; Howard, D.; Hughes; Isett; Jackson; Jones; Keffer; King, P.; King, S.; King, T.; Kolkhorst; Krusee; Kuempel; Laubenberg; Leibowitz; Lucio; Macias; Madden; Mallory Caraway; Martinez; Martinez Fischer; McCall; McClendon; McReynolds; Menendez;
Thursday, March 22, 2007 HOUSE JOURNAL 42nd Day 1123 Merritt; Miles; Miller; Moreno; Morrison; Mowery; Murphy; Naishtat; Noriega; O Day; Oliveira; Olivo; Orr; Ortiz; Otto; Parker; Patrick; Paxton; Peña; Phillips; Pickett; Pierson; Pitts; Puente; Quintanilla; Raymond; Riddle; Ritter; Rodriguez; Rose; Smith, T.; Smith, W.; Smithee; Solomons; Strama; Straus; Swinford; Talton; Taylor; Thompson; Truitt; Turner; Van Arsdale; Vaught; Veasey; Villarreal; Vo; West; Woolley; Zedler; Zerwas. Present, not voting Mr. Speaker(C). Absent, Excused Geren; Homer. Absent Anderson; Dutton; Latham. HB 119 ON THIRD READING (by F. Brown) HB 119, A bill to be entitled An Act relating to the exemption from competitive bidding for certain purchases. A record vote was requested. HBi119 was passed by (Record 169): 143 Yeas, 0 Nays, 1 Present, not voting. Yeas Allen; Alonzo; Anchia; Anderson; Aycock; Bailey; Bohac; Bolton; Bonnen; Branch; Brown, B.; Brown, F.; Burnam; Callegari; Castro; Chavez; Chisum; Christian; Cohen; Coleman; Cook, B.; Cook, R.; Corte; Crabb; Creighton; Crownover; Darby; Davis, J.; Davis, Y.; Deshotel; Driver; Dukes; Dunnam; Dutton; Eiland; Eissler; Elkins; England; Escobar; Farabee; Farias; Farrar; Flores; Flynn; Frost; Gallego; Garcia; Gattis; Giddings; Gonzales; Gonzalez Toureilles; Goolsby; Guillen; Haggerty; Hamilton; Hancock; Hardcastle; Harless; Harper-Brown; Hartnett; Heflin; Hernandez; Herrero; Hilderbran; Hill; Hochberg; Hopson; Howard, C.; Howard, D.; Hughes; Jackson; Jones; Keffer; King, P.; King, S.; King, T.; Kolkhorst; Krusee; Kuempel; Latham; Laubenberg; Leibowitz; Lucio; Macias; Madden; Mallory Caraway; Martinez; Martinez Fischer; McCall; McClendon; McReynolds; Menendez; Merritt; Miles; Miller; Moreno; Morrison; Mowery; Murphy; Naishtat; Noriega; O Day; Oliveira; Olivo; Orr; Ortiz; Otto; Parker; Patrick; Paxton; Peña; Phillips; Pickett; Pierson; Pitts; Puente; Quintanilla; Raymond; Riddle; Ritter; Rodriguez; Rose; Smith, T.; Smith, W.; Smithee; Solomons; Strama; Straus; Swinford; Talton; Taylor; Thompson; Truitt; Turner; Van Arsdale; Vaught; Veasey; Villarreal; Vo; West; Woolley; Zedler; Zerwas. Present, not voting Mr. Speaker(C). Absent, Excused Geren; Homer. Absent Berman; Delisi; Hodge; Isett. STATEMENT OF VOTE When Record No. 169 was taken, I was in the house but away from my desk. I would have voted yes. Berman
1124 80th LEGISLATURE REGULAR SESSION HB 188 ON THIRD READING (by Hochberg, Branch, et al.) HB 188, A bill to be entitled An Act relating to the adoption of textbooks and the use of credits for textbooks or other instructional materials in a school district or open-enrollment charter school. A record vote was requested. HBi188 was passed by (Record 170): 145 Yeas, 0 Nays, 1 Present, not voting. Yeas Allen; Alonzo; Anchia; Anderson; Aycock; Bailey; Berman; Bohac; Bolton; Bonnen; Branch; Brown, B.; Brown, F.; Burnam; Callegari; Castro; Chavez; Chisum; Christian; Cohen; Cook, B.; Cook, R.; Corte; Crabb; Creighton; Crownover; Darby; Davis, J.; Davis, Y.; Delisi; Deshotel; Driver; Dukes; Dunnam; Dutton; Eiland; Eissler; Elkins; England; Escobar; Farabee; Farias; Farrar; Flores; Flynn; Frost; Gallego; Garcia; Gattis; Giddings; Gonzales; Gonzalez Toureilles; Goolsby; Guillen; Haggerty; Hamilton; Hancock; Hardcastle; Harless; Harper-Brown; Hartnett; Heflin; Hernandez; Herrero; Hilderbran; Hill; Hochberg; Hodge; Hopson; Howard, C.; Howard, D.; Hughes; Isett; Jackson; Jones; Keffer; King, P.; King, S.; King, T.; Kolkhorst; Krusee; Kuempel; Latham; Laubenberg; Leibowitz; Lucio; Macias; Madden; Mallory Caraway; Martinez; Martinez Fischer; McCall; McClendon; McReynolds; Menendez; Merritt; Miles; Miller; Moreno; Morrison; Mowery; Murphy; Naishtat; Noriega; O Day; Olivo; Orr; Ortiz; Otto; Parker; Patrick; Paxton; Peña; Phillips; Pickett; Pierson; Pitts; Puente; Quintanilla; Raymond; Riddle; Ritter; Rodriguez; Rose; Smith, T.; Smith, W.; Smithee; Solomons; Strama; Straus; Swinford; Talton; Taylor; Thompson; Truitt; Turner; Van Arsdale; Vaught; Veasey; Villarreal; Vo; West; Woolley; Zedler; Zerwas. Present, not voting Mr. Speaker(C). Absent, Excused Geren; Homer. Absent Coleman; Oliveira. HB 261 ON THIRD READING (by Pickett, Homer, and Orr) HB 261, A bill to be entitled An Act relating to the computation of the motor vehicle sales and use tax on the sale of certain motor vehicles. A record vote was requested. HBi261 was passed by (Record 171): 145 Yeas, 0 Nays, 1 Present, not voting. Yeas Allen; Alonzo; Anchia; Anderson; Aycock; Bailey; Berman; Bohac; Bolton; Bonnen; Branch; Brown, B.; Brown, F.; Burnam; Callegari; Castro; Chavez; Chisum; Christian; Cohen; Coleman; Cook, B.; Cook, R.; Corte; Crabb; Creighton; Crownover; Darby; Davis, J.; Davis, Y.; Delisi; Deshotel; Driver; Dukes; Dunnam; Dutton; Eiland; Eissler; Elkins; England; Escobar; Farabee; Farias; Farrar; Flynn; Frost; Gallego; Garcia; Gattis; Giddings; Gonzales;
Thursday, March 22, 2007 HOUSE JOURNAL 42nd Day 1125 Gonzalez Toureilles; Goolsby; Guillen; Haggerty; Hamilton; Hancock; Hardcastle; Harless; Harper-Brown; Hartnett; Heflin; Hernandez; Herrero; Hilderbran; Hill; Hochberg; Hodge; Hopson; Howard, C.; Howard, D.; Hughes; Isett; Jackson; Jones; Keffer; King, P.; King, S.; King, T.; Kolkhorst; Krusee; Kuempel; Latham; Laubenberg; Leibowitz; Lucio; Macias; Madden; Mallory Caraway; Martinez; McCall; McClendon; McReynolds; Menendez; Merritt; Miles; Miller; Moreno; Morrison; Mowery; Murphy; Naishtat; Noriega; O Day; Oliveira; Olivo; Orr; Ortiz; Otto; Parker; Patrick; Paxton; Peña; Phillips; Pickett; Pierson; Pitts; Puente; Quintanilla; Raymond; Riddle; Ritter; Rodriguez; Rose; Smith, T.; Smith, W.; Smithee; Solomons; Strama; Straus; Swinford; Talton; Taylor; Thompson; Truitt; Turner; Van Arsdale; Vaught; Veasey; Villarreal; Vo; West; Woolley; Zedler; Zerwas. Present, not voting Mr. Speaker(C). Absent, Excused Geren; Homer. Absent Flores; Martinez Fischer. HB 886 ON THIRD READING (by Giddings) HB 886, A bill to be entitled An Act relating to an optional preauthorization plan for the workers compensation return-to-work pilot program for small employers. A record vote was requested. HBi886 was passed by (Record 172): 146 Yeas, 0 Nays, 1 Present, not voting. Yeas Allen; Alonzo; Anchia; Anderson; Aycock; Bailey; Berman; Bohac; Bolton; Bonnen; Branch; Brown, B.; Brown, F.; Burnam; Callegari; Castro; Chavez; Chisum; Christian; Cohen; Coleman; Cook, B.; Cook, R.; Corte; Crabb; Creighton; Crownover; Darby; Davis, J.; Davis, Y.; Delisi; Deshotel; Driver; Dukes; Dunnam; Dutton; Eiland; Eissler; Elkins; England; Escobar; Farabee; Farias; Farrar; Flores; Flynn; Frost; Gallego; Garcia; Gattis; Giddings; Gonzales; Gonzalez Toureilles; Goolsby; Guillen; Haggerty; Hamilton; Hancock; Hardcastle; Harless; Harper-Brown; Hartnett; Heflin; Hernandez; Herrero; Hilderbran; Hill; Hochberg; Hodge; Hopson; Howard, C.; Howard, D.; Hughes; Isett; Jackson; Jones; Keffer; King, P.; King, S.; King, T.; Kolkhorst; Krusee; Kuempel; Latham; Laubenberg; Leibowitz; Lucio; Macias; Madden; Mallory Caraway; Martinez; Martinez Fischer; McCall; McClendon; McReynolds; Menendez; Merritt; Miles; Miller; Moreno; Morrison; Mowery; Murphy; Naishtat; Noriega; O Day; Olivo; Orr; Ortiz; Otto; Parker; Patrick; Paxton; Peña; Phillips; Pickett; Pierson; Pitts; Puente; Quintanilla; Raymond; Riddle; Ritter; Rodriguez; Rose; Smith, T.; Smith, W.; Smithee; Solomons; Strama; Straus; Swinford; Talton; Taylor; Thompson; Truitt; Turner; Van Arsdale; Vaught; Veasey; Villarreal; Vo; West; Woolley; Zedler; Zerwas. Present, not voting Mr. Speaker(C).
1126 80th LEGISLATURE REGULAR SESSION Absent, Excused Geren; Homer. Absent Oliveira. HB 887 ON THIRD READING (by Giddings) HB 887, A bill to be entitled An Act relating to the statute of limitations for the offenses of credit card or debit card abuse, false statement to obtain property or credit, and fraudulent use or possession of identifying information. A record vote was requested. HBi887 was passed by (Record 173): 145 Yeas, 0 Nays, 1 Present, not voting. Yeas Allen; Alonzo; Anchia; Anderson; Aycock; Bailey; Berman; Bohac; Bolton; Bonnen; Branch; Brown, B.; Brown, F.; Burnam; Callegari; Castro; Chavez; Chisum; Christian; Cohen; Coleman; Cook, B.; Cook, R.; Corte; Crabb; Creighton; Crownover; Darby; Davis, J.; Davis, Y.; Delisi; Deshotel; Driver; Dukes; Dunnam; Dutton; Eiland; Eissler; Elkins; Escobar; Farabee; Farias; Farrar; Flores; Flynn; Gallego; Garcia; Gattis; Giddings; Gonzales; Gonzalez Toureilles; Goolsby; Guillen; Haggerty; Hamilton; Hancock; Hardcastle; Harless; Harper-Brown; Hartnett; Heflin; Hernandez; Herrero; Hilderbran; Hill; Hochberg; Hodge; Hopson; Howard, C.; Howard, D.; Hughes; Isett; Jackson; Jones; Keffer; King, P.; King, S.; King, T.; Kolkhorst; Krusee; Kuempel; Latham; Laubenberg; Leibowitz; Lucio; Macias; Madden; Mallory Caraway; Martinez; Martinez Fischer; McCall; McClendon; McReynolds; Menendez; Merritt; Miles; Miller; Moreno; Morrison; Mowery; Murphy; Naishtat; Noriega; O Day; Oliveira; Olivo; Orr; Ortiz; Otto; Parker; Patrick; Paxton; Peña; Phillips; Pickett; Pierson; Pitts; Puente; Quintanilla; Raymond; Riddle; Ritter; Rodriguez; Rose; Smith, T.; Smith, W.; Smithee; Solomons; Strama; Straus; Swinford; Talton; Taylor; Thompson; Truitt; Turner; Van Arsdale; Vaught; Veasey; Villarreal; Vo; West; Woolley; Zedler; Zerwas. Present, not voting Mr. Speaker(C). Absent, Excused Geren; Homer. Absent England; Frost. STATEMENT OF VOTE When Record No. 173 was taken, my vote failed to register. I would have voted yes. England HB 889 ON THIRD READING (by Delisi) HB 889, A bill to be entitled An Act relating to certain actions that constitute unlawful acts against the Medicaid program. A record vote was requested.
Thursday, March 22, 2007 HOUSE JOURNAL 42nd Day 1127 HBi889 was passed by (Record 174): 144 Yeas, 0 Nays, 2 Present, not voting. Yeas Allen; Alonzo; Anchia; Anderson; Aycock; Bailey; Berman; Bohac; Bonnen; Branch; Brown, B.; Brown, F.; Burnam; Callegari; Castro; Chavez; Chisum; Christian; Cohen; Coleman; Cook, B.; Cook, R.; Corte; Crabb; Creighton; Crownover; Darby; Davis, J.; Davis, Y.; Delisi; Deshotel; Driver; Dukes; Dunnam; Dutton; Eiland; Eissler; Elkins; England; Escobar; Farabee; Farias; Farrar; Flores; Flynn; Frost; Gallego; Garcia; Gattis; Giddings; Gonzales; Gonzalez Toureilles; Goolsby; Guillen; Haggerty; Hamilton; Hancock; Hardcastle; Harless; Harper-Brown; Hartnett; Heflin; Hernandez; Herrero; Hilderbran; Hill; Hochberg; Hodge; Hopson; Howard, D.; Hughes; Isett; Jackson; Jones; Keffer; King, P.; King, S.; King, T.; Kolkhorst; Krusee; Kuempel; Latham; Laubenberg; Leibowitz; Lucio; Macias; Madden; Mallory Caraway; Martinez; Martinez Fischer; McCall; McClendon; McReynolds; Menendez; Merritt; Miles; Miller; Moreno; Morrison; Mowery; Murphy; Naishtat; Noriega; O Day; Oliveira; Olivo; Orr; Ortiz; Otto; Parker; Patrick; Paxton; Peña; Phillips; Pickett; Pierson; Pitts; Puente; Raymond; Riddle; Ritter; Rodriguez; Rose; Smith, T.; Smith, W.; Smithee; Solomons; Strama; Straus; Swinford; Talton; Taylor; Thompson; Truitt; Turner; Van Arsdale; Vaught; Veasey; Villarreal; Vo; West; Woolley; Zedler; Zerwas. Present, not voting Mr. Speaker(C); Howard, C. Absent, Excused Geren; Homer. Absent Bolton; Quintanilla. HB 944 ON THIRD READING (by Solomons and Leibowitz) HB 944, A bill to be entitled An Act relating to location of certain financial institution branches. A record vote was requested. HBi944 was passed by (Record 175): 145 Yeas, 0 Nays, 1 Present, not voting. Yeas Allen; Alonzo; Anchia; Anderson; Aycock; Bailey; Berman; Bohac; Bolton; Bonnen; Branch; Brown, B.; Brown, F.; Burnam; Callegari; Castro; Chavez; Chisum; Christian; Cohen; Coleman; Cook, B.; Cook, R.; Corte; Crabb; Creighton; Crownover; Darby; Davis, J.; Davis, Y.; Delisi; Deshotel; Driver; Dukes; Dunnam; Dutton; Eiland; Eissler; Elkins; England; Escobar; Farabee; Farias; Farrar; Flores; Flynn; Frost; Gallego; Garcia; Gattis; Giddings; Gonzales; Gonzalez Toureilles; Goolsby; Guillen; Haggerty; Hamilton; Hancock; Hardcastle; Harless; Harper-Brown; Hartnett; Heflin; Hernandez; Herrero; Hilderbran; Hill; Hochberg; Hodge; Hopson; Howard, C.; Howard, D.; Hughes; Isett; Jackson; Jones; Keffer; King, P.; King, S.; King, T.; Kolkhorst; Krusee; Kuempel; Latham; Laubenberg; Leibowitz; Lucio; Macias; Madden; Mallory Caraway; Martinez; Martinez Fischer; McCall; McClendon; McReynolds; Menendez; Merritt; Miles; Miller; Moreno; Morrison; Mowery; Murphy;
1128 80th LEGISLATURE REGULAR SESSION Naishtat; Noriega; O Day; Oliveira; Olivo; Orr; Ortiz; Otto; Parker; Paxton; Peña; Phillips; Pickett; Pierson; Pitts; Quintanilla; Raymond; Riddle; Ritter; Rodriguez; Rose; Smith, T.; Smith, W.; Smithee; Solomons; Strama; Straus; Swinford; Talton; Taylor; Thompson; Truitt; Turner; Van Arsdale; Vaught; Veasey; Villarreal; Vo; West; Woolley; Zedler; Zerwas. Present, not voting Mr. Speaker(C). Absent, Excused Geren; Homer. Absent Patrick; Puente. HB 1003 ON THIRD READING (by Giddings) HB 1003, A bill to be entitled An Act relating to professional licensing requirements for independent review of certain medical decisions regarding workers compensation claims. A record vote was requested. HBi1003 was passed by (Record 176): 147 Yeas, 0 Nays, 1 Present, not voting. Yeas Allen; Alonzo; Anchia; Anderson; Aycock; Bailey; Berman; Bohac; Bolton; Bonnen; Branch; Brown, B.; Brown, F.; Burnam; Callegari; Castro; Chavez; Chisum; Christian; Cohen; Coleman; Cook, B.; Cook, R.; Corte; Crabb; Creighton; Crownover; Darby; Davis, J.; Davis, Y.; Delisi; Deshotel; Driver; Dukes; Dunnam; Dutton; Eiland; Eissler; Elkins; England; Escobar; Farabee; Farias; Farrar; Flores; Flynn; Frost; Gallego; Garcia; Gattis; Giddings; Gonzales; Gonzalez Toureilles; Goolsby; Guillen; Haggerty; Hamilton; Hancock; Hardcastle; Harless; Harper-Brown; Hartnett; Heflin; Hernandez; Herrero; Hilderbran; Hill; Hochberg; Hodge; Hopson; Howard, C.; Howard, D.; Hughes; Isett; Jackson; Jones; Keffer; King, P.; King, S.; King, T.; Kolkhorst; Krusee; Kuempel; Latham; Laubenberg; Leibowitz; Lucio; Macias; Madden; Mallory Caraway; Martinez; Martinez Fischer; McCall; McClendon; McReynolds; Menendez; Merritt; Miles; Miller; Moreno; Morrison; Mowery; Murphy; Naishtat; Noriega; O Day; Oliveira; Olivo; Orr; Ortiz; Otto; Parker; Patrick; Paxton; Peña; Phillips; Pickett; Pierson; Pitts; Puente; Quintanilla; Raymond; Riddle; Ritter; Rodriguez; Rose; Smith, T.; Smith, W.; Smithee; Solomons; Strama; Straus; Swinford; Talton; Taylor; Thompson; Truitt; Turner; Van Arsdale; Vaught; Veasey; Villarreal; Vo; West; Woolley; Zedler; Zerwas. Present, not voting Mr. Speaker(C). Absent, Excused Geren; Homer. HB 1006 ON THIRD READING (by Giddings) HB 1006, A bill to be entitled An Act relating to doctor licensing requirements for peer review, utilization, and retrospective review of medical decisions regarding workers compensation claims. A record vote was requested.
Thursday, March 22, 2007 HOUSE JOURNAL 42nd Day 1129 HBi1006 was passed by (Record 177): 146 Yeas, 0 Nays, 1 Present, not voting. Yeas Allen; Alonzo; Anchia; Anderson; Aycock; Bailey; Berman; Bohac; Bolton; Bonnen; Branch; Brown, B.; Brown, F.; Burnam; Callegari; Castro; Chavez; Chisum; Christian; Cohen; Coleman; Cook, B.; Cook, R.; Corte; Crabb; Creighton; Crownover; Darby; Davis, J.; Davis, Y.; Delisi; Deshotel; Driver; Dukes; Dunnam; Dutton; Eiland; Eissler; Elkins; England; Escobar; Farabee; Farias; Farrar; Flores; Flynn; Frost; Gallego; Garcia; Gattis; Giddings; Gonzales; Goolsby; Guillen; Haggerty; Hamilton; Hancock; Hardcastle; Harless; Harper-Brown; Hartnett; Heflin; Hernandez; Herrero; Hilderbran; Hill; Hochberg; Hodge; Hopson; Howard, C.; Howard, D.; Hughes; Isett; Jackson; Jones; Keffer; King, P.; King, S.; King, T.; Kolkhorst; Krusee; Kuempel; Latham; Laubenberg; Leibowitz; Lucio; Macias; Madden; Mallory Caraway; Martinez; Martinez Fischer; McCall; McClendon; McReynolds; Menendez; Merritt; Miles; Miller; Moreno; Morrison; Mowery; Murphy; Naishtat; Noriega; O Day; Oliveira; Olivo; Orr; Ortiz; Otto; Parker; Patrick; Paxton; Peña; Phillips; Pickett; Pierson; Pitts; Puente; Quintanilla; Raymond; Riddle; Ritter; Rodriguez; Rose; Smith, T.; Smith, W.; Smithee; Solomons; Strama; Straus; Swinford; Talton; Taylor; Thompson; Truitt; Turner; Van Arsdale; Vaught; Veasey; Villarreal; Vo; West; Woolley; Zedler; Zerwas. Present, not voting Mr. Speaker(C). Absent, Excused Geren; Homer. Absent Gonzalez Toureilles. HB 1125 ON THIRD READING (by Creighton and Eissler) HB 1125, A bill to be entitled An Act relating to the creation of an additional judicial district in Montgomery County. A record vote was requested. HBi1125 was passed by (Record 178): 141 Yeas, 4 Nays, 2 Present, not voting. Yeas Allen; Alonzo; Anchia; Anderson; Aycock; Bailey; Berman; Bohac; Bolton; Bonnen; Branch; Brown, B.; Brown, F.; Burnam; Callegari; Castro; Chavez; Chisum; Christian; Cohen; Coleman; Cook, B.; Cook, R.; Corte; Crabb; Creighton; Crownover; Darby; Davis, J.; Davis, Y.; Delisi; Deshotel; Driver; Dukes; Dunnam; Dutton; Eissler; Elkins; England; Escobar; Farabee; Farrar; Flores; Flynn; Frost; Gallego; Garcia; Gattis; Giddings; Gonzales; Gonzalez Toureilles; Goolsby; Guillen; Haggerty; Hamilton; Hancock; Hardcastle; Harless; Harper-Brown; Hartnett; Heflin; Hernandez; Herrero; Hilderbran; Hill; Hochberg; Hodge; Hopson; Howard, C.; Howard, D.; Hughes; Isett; Jackson; Jones; Keffer; King, P.; King, S.; King, T.; Kolkhorst; Krusee; Kuempel; Latham; Laubenberg; Leibowitz; Lucio; Macias; Mallory Caraway; Martinez; Martinez Fischer; McCall; McClendon; McReynolds; Menendez; Merritt; Miles; Miller; Moreno; Morrison; Mowery; Murphy; Naishtat; Noriega; Olivo; Orr; Ortiz; Otto; Parker;
1130 80th LEGISLATURE REGULAR SESSION Patrick; Paxton; Peña; Phillips; Pickett; Pierson; Pitts; Puente; Quintanilla; Raymond; Riddle; Ritter; Rose; Smith, T.; Smith, W.; Smithee; Solomons; Strama; Straus; Swinford; Talton; Taylor; Thompson; Truitt; Turner; Van Arsdale; Vaught; Veasey; Villarreal; Vo; West; Woolley; Zedler; Zerwas. Nays Eiland; Farias; Oliveira; Rodriguez. Present, not voting Mr. Speaker(C); O Day. Absent, Excused Geren; Homer. Absent Madden. HB 1194 ON THIRD READING (by England and Madden) HB 1194, A bill to be entitled An Act relating to indemnification of phlebotomists performing services under contract with the Texas Department of Criminal Justice. A record vote was requested. HBi1194 was passed by (Record 179): 137 Yeas, 4 Nays, 2 Present, not voting. Yeas Allen; Alonzo; Anchia; Anderson; Aycock; Bailey; Berman; Bohac; Bolton; Bonnen; Branch; Brown, B.; Brown, F.; Callegari; Castro; Chavez; Chisum; Christian; Cohen; Cook, B.; Corte; Creighton; Darby; Davis, J.; Davis, Y.; Delisi; Deshotel; Driver; Dukes; Dunnam; Dutton; Eiland; Eissler; Elkins; England; Escobar; Farabee; Farias; Farrar; Flores; Flynn; Frost; Gallego; Garcia; Gattis; Giddings; Gonzales; Gonzalez Toureilles; Goolsby; Guillen; Haggerty; Hamilton; Hancock; Hardcastle; Harless; Harper-Brown; Hartnett; Heflin; Hernandez; Herrero; Hilderbran; Hill; Hochberg; Hodge; Hopson; Howard, C.; Howard, D.; Hughes; Isett; Jackson; King, P.; King, S.; King, T.; Kolkhorst; Krusee; Kuempel; Latham; Laubenberg; Leibowitz; Lucio; Macias; Madden; Mallory Caraway; Martinez; Martinez Fischer; McCall; McClendon; Menendez; Merritt; Miles; Miller; Moreno; Mowery; Murphy; Naishtat; Noriega; O Day; Olivo; Orr; Ortiz; Otto; Parker; Patrick; Paxton; Peña; Phillips; Pickett; Pierson; Pitts; Puente; Quintanilla; Raymond; Riddle; Ritter; Rodriguez; Rose; Smith, T.; Smith, W.; Smithee; Solomons; Strama; Straus; Swinford; Talton; Taylor; Thompson; Truitt; Turner; Van Arsdale; Vaught; Veasey; Villarreal; Vo; West; Woolley; Zedler; Zerwas. Nays Burnam; Coleman; Cook, R.; Crabb. Present, not voting Mr. Speaker(C); Oliveira. Absent, Excused Geren; Homer. Absent Crownover; Jones; Keffer; McReynolds; Morrison. STATEMENTS OF VOTE I was shown voting no on Record No. 179. I intended to vote yes. R. Cook
Thursday, March 22, 2007 HOUSE JOURNAL 42nd Day 1131 I was shown voting no on Record No. 179. I intended to vote yes. Crabb HB 1497 ON THIRD READING (by Van Arsdale) HB 1497, A bill to be entitled An Act relating to the consequences of the failure by a person requesting information under the public information law to timely respond to certain written communications from a governmental body. A record vote was requested. HBi1497 was passed by (Record 180): 141 Yeas, 0 Nays, 1 Present, not voting. Yeas Allen; Alonzo; Anchia; Anderson; Aycock; Bailey; Berman; Bohac; Bolton; Bonnen; Branch; Brown, B.; Brown, F.; Burnam; Callegari; Chisum; Christian; Cohen; Coleman; Cook, B.; Cook, R.; Corte; Crabb; Creighton; Crownover; Darby; Davis, J.; Davis, Y.; Delisi; Deshotel; Driver; Dukes; Dunnam; Dutton; Eiland; Eissler; Elkins; England; Escobar; Farabee; Farias; Farrar; Flores; Flynn; Frost; Gallego; Garcia; Gattis; Giddings; Gonzales; Gonzalez Toureilles; Goolsby; Guillen; Haggerty; Hamilton; Hancock; Hardcastle; Harless; Harper-Brown; Hartnett; Heflin; Hernandez; Herrero; Hilderbran; Hill; Hochberg; Hodge; Hopson; Howard, C.; Howard, D.; Hughes; Jackson; Jones; Keffer; King, P.; King, S.; Kolkhorst; Krusee; Kuempel; Latham; Laubenberg; Leibowitz; Lucio; Macias; Madden; Mallory Caraway; Martinez; Martinez Fischer; McCall; McClendon; McReynolds; Menendez; Merritt; Miles; Moreno; Morrison; Mowery; Murphy; Naishtat; Noriega; O Day; Oliveira; Olivo; Orr; Ortiz; Otto; Parker; Patrick; Paxton; Peña; Phillips; Pickett; Pierson; Pitts; Puente; Quintanilla; Raymond; Riddle; Ritter; Rodriguez; Rose; Smith, T.; Smith, W.; Smithee; Solomons; Strama; Straus; Swinford; Taylor; Thompson; Truitt; Turner; Van Arsdale; Vaught; Veasey; Villarreal; Vo; West; Woolley; Zedler; Zerwas. Present, not voting Mr. Speaker(C). Absent, Excused Geren; Homer. Absent Castro; Chavez; Isett; King, T.; Miller; Talton. STATEMENT OF VOTE When Record No. 180 was taken, I was in the house but away from my desk. I would have voted yes. Castro HB 590 ON THIRD READING (by Delisi) HB 590, A bill to be entitled An Act relating to standards of conduct for and conflicts of interest of state officers and employees.
1132 80th LEGISLATURE REGULAR SESSION Representative Delisi moved to postpone consideration of HBi590 until 10ia.m. Wednesday, March 28. The motion prevailed. COMMITTEES GRANTED PERMISSION TO MEET Pursuant to House Rule 4, Section 9, Representative C. Howard requested permission for all committees and subcommittees to meet while the house is in session, during bill referral today, pursuant to their committee postings. Permission to meet was granted. RULES SUSPENDED Representative P. King moved to suspend all necessary rules to allow the Committee on Regulated Industries to consider SB 482 and SB 483 during bill referral today in 3W.9. The motion prevailed. COMMITTEE MEETING ANNOUNCEMENTS The following committee meetings were announced: Regulated Industries, during bill referral today, 3W.9, for a formal meeting, to consider SB 482 and SB 483. Local and Consent Calendars, during bill referral today, 4S.4, for a formal meeting, to set the calendar. Appropriations, Subcommittee on General Government, during bill referral today, E1.030, for a public hearing. Local Government Ways and Means, during bill referral today, 3N.4, for a formal meeting, to consider pending business. Defense Affairs and State-Federal Relations, during bill referral today, 1W.14, for a formal meeting, to consider SB 90. HR 982 - ADOPTED (by O Day) Representative O Day moved to suspend all necessary rules to take up and consider at this time HRi982. The motion prevailed. The following resolution was laid before the house: HR 982, Welcoming the visiting students and sponsors from Carden-Jackson School in Pearland to the State Capitol on March 22, 2007. HR 982 was read and was adopted.
Thursday, March 22, 2007 HOUSE JOURNAL 42nd Day 1133 HR 767 - ADOPTED (by Rodriguez) Representative O Day moved to suspend all necessary rules to take up and consider at this time HRi767. The motion prevailed. The following resolution was laid before the house: HR 767, In memory of Thelma Elaine Chandler Waxman of Austin. HR 767 was unanimously adopted by a rising vote. HR 987 - ADOPTED (by Eiland) Representative O Day moved to suspend all necessary rules to take up and consider at this time HRi987. The motion prevailed. The following resolution was laid before the house: HR 987, Honoring the victims of the BP Texas City refinery explosion that occurred on March 23, 2005. HR 987 was unanimously adopted by a rising vote. BILLS AND JOINT RESOLUTIONS ON FIRST READING AND REFERRAL TO COMMITTEES Bills and joint resolutions were at this time laid before the house, read first time, and referred to committees. (See the addendum to the daily journal, Referred to Committees, List No. 2.) COMMITTEE MEETING ANNOUNCEMENT The following committee meeting was announced: Defense Affairs and State-Federal Relations, during bill referral today, 1W.14, for a formal meeting, to consider SB 90. PROVIDING FOR ADJOURNMENT Representative Eiland moved that, at the conclusion of the reading of bills and resolutions on first reading and referral to committees, the house adjourn until 2ip.m. Monday, March 26 in memory of the 15 killed and hundreds of victims of the March 23, 2005, BP Texas City refinery explosion. The motion prevailed. BILLS AND JOINT RESOLUTIONS ON FIRST READING AND REFERRAL TO COMMITTEES RESOLUTIONS REFERRED TO COMMITTEES CORRECTIONS IN REFERRAL Bills and joint resolutions were at this time laid before the house, read first time, and referred to committees. Resolutions were at this time laid before the house and referred to committees. Pursuant to Rule 1, Section 4 of the House
1134 80th LEGISLATURE REGULAR SESSION Rules, the chair at this time corrected the referral of measures to committees. (See the addendum to the daily journal, Referred to Committees, List Nos. 1 and 3.) (Harless in the chair) ADJOURNMENT In accordance with a previous motion, the house, at 1:31 p.m., adjourned until 2ip.m. Monday, March 26. AAAAAADDENDUMAAAAA REFERRED TO COMMITTEES The following bills and joint resolutions were today laid before the house, read first time, and referred to committees, and the following resolutions were today laid before the house and referred to committees. If indicated, the chair today corrected the referral of the following measures: List No. 1 HB 574 (By McClendon), Relating to the rights of a patient receiving treatment for severe chronic or acute pain. To Public Health. HB 3629 (By Strama), Relating to the municipalities that may annex an area for limited purposes. To Land and Resource Management. HB 3630 (By Van Arsdale), Relating to the appraisal for ad valorem tax purposes of land that is used for single-family residential purposes and is contiguous to agricultural or open-space land owned by the same person. To Local Government Ways and Means. HB 3631 (By Van Arsdale), Relating to the location of a quarry and associated pits in relation to residences in certain counties. To Natural Resources. HB 3632 (By Hartnett), Relating to the waiting period for issuing a decree in certain suits for divorce. To State Affairs. HB 3633 (By Deshotel), Relating to the creation and administration of a community-based at-risk youth program. To Public Education. HB 3634 (By Deshotel), Relating to the name and powers of the Jefferson County Waterway and Navigation District.
Thursday, March 22, 2007 HOUSE JOURNAL 42nd Day 1135 HB 3635 (By Turner), Relating to procedures to limit the carrying of handguns by persons other than peace officers on certain premises used for law enforcement. To Law Enforcement. HB 3636 (By Turner), Relating to the appointment of an attorney to represent an indigent defendant who is in the custody of a correctional facility of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice or another related correctional facility. To Corrections. HB 3637 (By Turner), Relating to the administration of Project RIO (Reintegration of Offenders). To Corrections. HB 3638 (By Turner), Relating to the regulation of durable medical equipment services providers; providing a penalty. To Public Health. HB 3640 (By Turner), Relating to the collection of surcharges assessed under the driver responsibility program. HB 3641 (By Turner), Relating to due process for certain law enforcement officers. To Law Enforcement. HB 3642 (By Corte), Relating to homeland security; providing a penalty. To Defense Affairs and State-Federal Relations. HB 3643 (By Chisum), Relating to a franchise tax credit for the production of carbon-free hydrogen. To Ways and Means. HB 3644 (By Puente), Relating to designation of certain customer bill payment assistance program costs as an expense of operation that is a first lien against revenue securing certain public securities or obligations. To Regulated Industries. HB 3645 (By Delisi), Relating to the analysis and use of public school campus and school district data concerning student attrition rates. To Public Education. HB 3646 (By Kolkhorst), Relating to the length of certain contracts between a state agency and a private entity. To State Affairs. HB 3647 (By Kolkhorst), Relating to a study by the attorney general of the effects on state law and authority of certain international and other agreements and bodies. To Border and International Affairs. HB 3648 (By Callegari), Relating to the regulation of fireworks by counties in densely populated unincorporated areas; providing a criminal penalty. To County Affairs.