Committee leaves multiple bills pending after author explanations; testimony lists attached to minutes

The committee laid out a set of bills and recognized authors to explain each measure; public testimony was closed and each bill was left pending. Items left pending in the transcript include SB 2139 (author: Senator Phil King; no witnesses registered or testified, per minutes), SB 2587 (Senator Judith Zaffirini presented a committee substitute and explained differences; witnesses and registrants are shown on an attached list), SB 2610 (explained by Senator Phil King in the absence of the author; a committee substitute was presented), SB 2401 (Senator Parker explained the bill; no witnesses registered or testified), SB 1978 (Senator Hall with a committee substitute presented by Senator King), SB 2858 and SB 3016 (Senator Brandon Creighton sent up committee substitutes and explained differences), and SB 324 (Senator Lois Kolkhorst presented the bill). The minutes note that witnesses who testified and registered on several of these bills are shown on attached lists that accompany the minutes but are not part of the transcript provided here.

The committee recessed subject to the call of the Chair at 9:40 AM. For the bills with committee substitutes mentioned in the minutes, the transcript records the authors’ explanations and the Chair’s procedural closing of testimony, but the substitute texts and witness statements are not included in the provided transcript; those materials would be needed to report on substantive positions or testimony.