SB 354 voted out of committee, 4 Ayes 2 Nays, Hegar absent

[RPB]

Whitmire desk vote/Criminal Justice Committee meeting being moved from Whitmire's desk to the "Betty KING room"
(Due to crowd size? Woods' groupies?)

Betty King Committee Room (2E.20)
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Betty King Committee Room (2E.20)
Program: Senate Committee on Criminal Justice
Date: Thursday, 03/31/2011
Time: Convenes upon adjournment of the Senate
Notes: (Rules suspended allowing hearing to move to this room)
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[RPB]

I'm watching the full Senate meeting now, looks like a BUNCH of people filing in upstairs/balcony, some carrying signs like John Woods said to bring.

[RPB]

12:20 Full senate about to adjourn
Whitmire announced
Criminal Justice will meet upon immediately adjournment will be a very short meeting

Full Senate adjourned .... Committee headed to other room 12:23

[RPB]

now in progress

4 ayes 2 nays
hegar not present
meeting over
sound off,
video showing bunch of grumbling Woodheads
video now dark
12:27

[CJD]

horrible audio. Couldn't hear at all

[Keith B]

now in progress

4 ayes 2 nays
hegar not present
meeting over
sound off,
video showing bunch of grumbling Woodheads
video now dark
12:27

[A-R]

4 ayes 2 nays

Great news!

video showing bunch of grumbling Woodheads

almost equally satisfying news

[Jasonw560]

Any of the evil gun owners whooping and hollering and shooting their guns off in all the excitement?

[TracerTong]

who were the 2 nays? huffman and ellis?

[warhorse10_9]

4 ayes 2 nays

[RPB]

Any of the evil gun owners whooping and hollering and shooting their guns off in all the excitement?

I don't think they even had time to whip out their tiny signs.

The Aye votes were loud, Ellis and whoever voted no did it so quietly in shame I guess.

Huffman was an Aye I am fairly certain I heard a female Aye
Joan Huffman (R) - Vice Chair

It was Ellis and Chuy I think who want defenseless rape/robbery victim kids
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Rodney Ellis (D) -
Juan "Chuy" Hinojosa (D)

[txsccc]

Now we need to focus on Calenders. The sooner we get these bills onto the floor, the better. We have to go through this whole process one last time after one of the bills passes the house/senate

[Keith B]

Now we need to focus on Calenders. The sooner we get these bills onto the floor, the better. We have to go through this whole process one last time after one of the bills passes the house/senate

I made additional calls to all of the Calenders Committee members Austin offices today. From the talking to the staffer's, only 2-3 max may be against us. Rodriguez is for sure, and potentially Coleman and Lucio. I am not familiar with Coleman or Lucio's stances on firearms legislation in the past, but from looking at the fact all of the other committee members co-authored at least HB 750 or HB 681 these should be the only ones possibly in distention other than Rodriguez.

[Jasonw560]

:. I am not familiar with Coleman or Lucio's stances on firearms legislation in the past, but from looking at the fact all of the other committee members co-authored at least HB 750 or HB 681 these should be the only ones possibly in distention other than Rodriguez.

WIth Lucio, he'll vote how his daddy (Eddie Lucio II) tells him to vote. And the Latin special interest groups. So it's a no from him.

[terryg]

video showing bunch of grumbling Woodheads

almost equally satisfying news

Bahahahahahahaha!