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Committee acts on a string of concurrences, bills and resolutions; roll call and outcomes
Summary
The committee considered numerous concurrences and standalone measures Tuesday and recorded final actions on a range of bills and a resolution. Most concurrences were approved by voice vote; several bills from both chambers were passed out of committee. Vote tallies were not recorded on the green sheet for many items.
The committee took up a series of concurrences and individual bills on Tuesday. Several bills and concurrences were approved by voice vote or motion; the committee recorded outcomes on the public record as follows.
Key outcomes listed on the record: - House Bill 13‑52 (concurrence in Senate amendment): Representative Howard Beatty presented the concurrence; the committee approved the motion to pass by voice vote and the chair announced the concurrence had passed.
- House Bill 17‑97 (concurrence and two Senate amendments): Representative Beatty presented the amendments and the committee voted to adopt each amendment and then concurred in the Senate amendment; voice votes were recorded as "ayes have it."
- House Bill 15‑24 (concurrence in Senate amendment): Representative Jeremy Wooldridge presented the concurrence and the committee approved the motion to adopt the amendment and concur in the Senate amendment.
- House Bill 16‑04 (concurrence in Senate amendment): Representative Mindy McGlendon presented the concurrence; the committee approved the Senate amendment by voice vote.
- House Bill 1,800 (concurrence in Senate amendment): Representative Mindy McGlendon presented the Senate amendment to reduce scope; committee approved concurrence by voice vote.
- House Bill 16‑94 (concurrence in Senate amendment): Representative R.J. Hawk presented a Senate amendment clarifying paper versus electronic filing for election reports; committee concurred in the amendment by voice vote.
- Senate Bill 489 (honor/monument bill): Senator Greg Ledding presented a bill to authorize a monument; the committee approved the bill by voice vote and the chair announced passage.
- Senate Bill 608 (election plurality majority change): Senator Mark Johnson presented a bill to change the election threshold to 50% plus 1; the committee approved the bill by voice vote.
- Senate Joint Resolution 11 (constitutional amendment on right to keep and bear arms): The committee approved referral of the resolution to the ballot (see separate article).
- Senate Bill 565 (procurement and contract representation changes): Representative John Maddox presented the bill on procurement certificates and cooperative purchasing reporting; the committee approved the bill by voice vote.
- Senate Bill 640 (reconstitute State Library Board): Representative Howard Beatty presented the bill; the committee debated and then voted to pass the measure, reconstituting the board and directing new gubernatorial appointments.
- Senate Bill 570 (membership changes to the Joint Budget Committee): Representative Beatty presented an amendment to add current and immediate past legislative leaders to the Joint Budget Committee; the committee passed a motion but a subsequent roll call showed the bill failed on that vote (recorded roll call announced the bill failed). The record shows a roll call was requested and recorded later in the hearing; the chair noted the bill had failed on that roll call.
- Senate Bill 491 (procurement amendment requiring vendor data verification for Employee Benefits Division contracts): The committee adopted an amendment clarifying applicability to EBD vendors and passed the bill as amended.
- House Bill 18‑78 (early‑voting locations for cities over 15,000): Representative Jesse McGruder presented and the committee passed the bill to require early‑voting locations in cities over 15,000 people (the committee discussion included logistics and appeals procedures).
Most approvals were by voice vote; the transcript records several formal motions to pass and routine "ayes have it" announcements. Where the committee recorded a roll‑call, the chair announced the roll‑call outcome. Many items were "concurrences" (motions to accept Senate amendments) and were handled in grouped fashion.
Ending: The committee cleared a number of routine concurrence items by voice vote and advanced several standalone bills to the next legislative steps; one item that had a recorded roll‑call failed per the transcript. Detailed vote tallies were not provided on the green sheet for most voice votes and are not included here.
