Minutes — Senate Committee on Business & Commerce (March 12, 2025)

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Minutes of the Senate Committee on Business & Commerce for Wednesday, March 12, 2025, 8:30 AM, in the Betty King Committee Room. The Chair called the meeting to order at 8:31 AM, and a quorum was present. SB 6 was laid out, Senator King sent up a committee substitute and explained the difference between it and the Senate bill as filed, and Senator King moved adoption of the committee substitute. CSSB 6 was reported back to the Senate with the recommendation that it do pass and be printed, by 10 ayes, 0 nays and 1 absent. The Committee stood recessed at 8:59 AM subject to the call of the Chair.

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MINUTES

SENATE
COMMITTEE ON BUSINESS & COMMERCE

Wednesday,
March 12, 2025

8:30
AM

Betty
King Committee Room

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Pursuant to suspension of
Senate Rule 11.10 and 11.18, a public hearing of the Senate Committee on
Business & Commerce was held on Wednesday, March 12, 2025, in the Betty
King Committee Room at Austin, Texas.

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

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The Chair called the
meeting to order at 8:31 AM. There being a quorum present, the following
business was transacted:

The Chair laid out as a
matter of pending business SB 6 and recognized the author, Senator King, to
explain the bill. Senator King sent up a committee substitute. The Chair
recognized Senator King to explain the difference between the committee
substitute and the senate bill as filed. Senator King moved the adoption of
the committee substitute; without objection, it was so ordered. Senator King
moved that SB 6 do not pass but that CSSB 6 be reported back to the Senate with
the recommendation that it do pass and be printed. The motion carried with a
record vote of 10 ayes, 0 nays, 0 present not voting, and 1 absent.

There being no further
business, at 8:59 AM Senator Schwertner moved that the Committee stand recessed
subject to the call of the Chair. Without objection, it was so ordered.

__________________________________________

Senator Charles
Schwertner, Chair

__________________________________________

Daniela Velez-Blanc,
Clerk

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