Minutes — Senate Committee on Business & Commerce (May 18, 2023)

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Minutes of the Senate Committee on Business & Commerce public hearing on Thursday, May 18, 2023, called to order by the Chair at 8:34 AM. HB 4123 (Senator Zaffirini) received a record vote of 9 ayes, 0 nays, 2 absent on its committee substitute. For HB 5 (Senator Schwertner), a committee substitute was sent up and the committee stood recessed at 10:42 AM. At 9:08 PM Vice Chair King called the meeting back to order and reopened public testimony on CSHB 5, which was then left pending, and the committee stood adjourned subject to the call of the chair at 9:45 PM.

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MINUTES

SENATE
COMMITTEE ON BUSINESS & COMMERCE

Thursday,
May 18, 2023

8:30
AM

Capitol
Extension, Room E1.012

*****

Pursuant to a notice
posted in accordance with Senate Rule 11.10 and 11.18, a public hearing of the
Senate Committee on Business & Commerce was held on Thursday, May 18, 2023,
in the Capitol Extension, Room E1.012, at Austin, Texas.

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MEMBERS PRESENT: | MEMBERS ABSENT:
Senator Charles
 Schwertner, Chair | Senator Brian Birdwell
Senator Phil King, Vice
 Chair
Senator Donna Campbell
Senator Brandon
 Creighton
Senator Nathan Johnson
Senator Lois Kolkhorst
Senator José Menéndez
Senator Mayes Middleton
Senator Robert Nichols
Senator Judith
 Zaffirini

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The Chair called the
meeting to order at 8:34 AM. There being a quorum present, the following
business was transacted:

The following members
arrived after the roll was called: Senator Creighton, Senator Menéndez, Senator
Middleton.

The Chair laid out HB 4123,
sponsored by Senator Zaffirini, as a matter of pending business.

Senator Zaffirini sent up
the committee substitute to HB 4123. The Chair recognized the Senate

Sponsor to explain the
difference between the committee substitute and the bill as engrossed.

Senator Zaffirini moved
adoption of the committee substitute; without objection, it was so

ordered. Senator Zaffirini
moved that HB 4123 do not pass but the committee substitute do pass

and be printed. The
motion carried with a record vote of 9 ayes, 0 nays, 0 present not voting, and

2 absent. The Chair moved
that the bill be recommended for placement on the Local &

Uncontested Calendar;
without objection, it was so ordered.

Senator King assumed the
chair.

The Chair laid out HB 5
and recognized the Senate sponsor, Senator Schwertner, to explain

the bill. Senator Schwertner
sent up the committee substitute to HB 5. The Chair recognized

the author to explain the
difference between the committee substitute and the bill as engrossed.

Witnesses testifying and
registering on the bill are shown on the attached list.

At 10:42 AM, the Chair
moved that the Committee stand recessed subject to the call of the chair.

At 9:08 PM, Vice Chair
King called the meeting back to order and reopened public testimony on

CSHB 5.

Senator Campbell assumed
the chair.

The Chair moved that the
public testimony be closed; without objection, it was so ordered. The Chair
moved that CSHB 5 be left pending; without objection, it was so ordered.

There being no further
business, at 9:45 PM, the Chair moved that the Committee stand adjourned subject
to the call of the chair. Without objection, it was so ordered.

__________________________________________

Senator Charles
Schwertner, Chair

__________________________________________

Annika Vandayar, Clerk

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