The House Committee on Land & Resource Management

89th Legislature

May 21, 2025

2:00 p.m.

Agricultural Museum, 1W.14

Pursuant to an announcement from the house floor on May 21, 2025, and permission granted on May 21, 2025, to meet while the House was in session, the House Committee on Land & Resource Management met in a formal meeting and was called to order by the chair, Representative Gates, at 2:08 p.m.

The initial quorum call was answered as follows: Representatives Gates; Lalani; Alders; Hunter; Lopez, Ray; and Virdell.

A quorum was present.

SB 291

The chair laid out SB 291 as pending business.

The chair moved that SB 291, without amendments, be reported favorably to the full house with the recommendation that it do pass and be printed.  The motion prevailed by the following record vote:

Ayes:                           Representatives Gates; Lalani; Alders; Hunter; Virdell (5).

Nays:                           Representative Lopez, Ray (1).

Present, Not Voting:   None (0).

Absent:                        Representatives Davis, Yvonne; Hinojosa; Morgan (3).

SB 1708

The chair laid out SB 1708 as pending business.

The chair moved that SB 1708, without amendments, be reported favorably to the full house with the recommendation that it do pass and be printed.  The motion prevailed by the following record vote:

Ayes:                           Representatives Gates; Lalani; Alders; Hunter; Lopez, Ray; Virdell (6).

Nays:                           None (0).

Present, Not Voting:   None (0).

Absent:                        Representatives Davis, Yvonne; Hinojosa; Morgan (3).

(Representative Davis, Yvonne now present.)

SB 1450

The chair laid out SB 1450 as pending business.

The chair moved that SB 1450, without amendments, be reported favorably to the full house with the recommendation that it do pass and be printed.  The motion prevailed by the following record vote:

Ayes:                           Representatives Gates; Lalani; Alders; Davis, Yvonne; Hunter; Lopez, Ray; Virdell (7).

Nays:                           None (0).

Present, Not Voting:   None (0).

Absent:                        Representatives Hinojosa; Morgan (2).

At 2:11 p.m., on the motion of the chair and without objection, the meeting was adjourned subject to the call of the chair.

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Rep. Gates, Chair

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Scarlett Smith, Clerk