i want to thank roger sherman, tim powerly, sarah fisher, amy hevine, on the democratic side. will, on the republican side to colin cole on my staff for many years who helped conceptualize what we are doing today and especially to mark bexar on my staff who has worked tirelessly over the last year and a half to bring this bill to fruition. looking down, i think and smiling right now on this legislation, are karen pell strause, jennifer simpson, eric bridges, mark rickert, larry goldberg, steve ross teen of the perkins school, mike fester of the carroll school, incredible advocates and the conscience of this, why we're here. i thank all who worked on this legislation. i urge an aye vote and i yield back the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back. the gentleman from texas. mr. burgess: i yield back the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back. the question is, will the house suspend the rules and pass senate 3304. those in favor say aye. those opposed, no. in the opinion of the chair, 2/3 being in the affirmative, the