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Senate Committee on Administration reports SJR 36 favorably to full Senate
Summary
The Senate Committee on Administration voted unanimously to report SJR 36, a proposed constitutional amendment that would allow the Legislature and state agencies to accept gifts and contributions to preserve items of historical value. Public testimony was closed with no speakers.
At a meeting of the Senate Committee on Administration, members voted to report SJR 36 favorably to the full Senate. SJR 36 is a proposed constitutional amendment that would permit the Legislature and state agencies to accept gifts of items of historical value and monetary contributions to purchase such items.
Senator Hall, the bill's author, told the committee, "SJR 36 proposes a constitutional amendment relating to the appropriations for the preservation and perpetuation of certain items of historical value, allowing the legislature and state agencies to accept on behalf of the state gifts of items of historical value and contributions to purchase such items." The committee took no public testimony on the measure.
After the author moved the committee recommendation, the clerk called the roll. Senators Hall, Hinojosa, Cook, Eckhart, Kolkhorst and Middleton voted aye; Senator Menendez did not record a vote. The committee reported SJR 36 favorably by a 6-0 vote with one member absent. The motion to report the measure favorably was made by Senator Hall; no second was recorded on the transcript.
The committee's favorable report sends SJR 36 to the full Senate for further consideration. No amendments or conditions were recorded in committee. The committee did not identify a formal effective date for the amendment; that determination would follow subsequent legislative steps if the measure advances.
