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Votes at a glance: committee advances several bills on insurance, commercial and related items
Summary
The Senate Insurance and Commerce Committee advanced multiple measures by voice vote, including HB 1290 (mental‑health wellness exam parity), HB 1917 (NIL revenue sharing authorization), HB 1918 (precious‑metals depository authorization), and several shorter administrative or technical bills and amendments.
The Senate Insurance and Commerce Committee recorded voice votes advancing several bills and amendments during the hearing. The committee frequently used voice votes; the transcript does not include numeric roll‑call tallies for these items.
Key items recorded as advanced in committee:
- House Bill 1290 — Require parity between an annual mental‑health wellness exam and an annual physical; motion to do pass by Senator Justin Boyd, second Senator Johnson; advanced by voice vote.
- House Bill 1917 — Authorize public institutions to share certain revenues with student‑athletes consistent with a federal NCAA settlement; motion to do pass by Senator Johnson, second Senator Flowers; advanced by voice vote.
- House Bill 1918 — Permit the state to establish a precious‑metals depository and an asset‑backed electronic transaction system (permissive); motion to do pass by Senator McKee, second Senator Johnson; advanced by voice vote.
- House Bill 1746 (amendment adoption) — Committee adopted an amendment to clarify uniform commercial code language and explicitly exclude central bank digital currency (CBDC) from the bill’s definition of money; motion to adopt by Senator McKee, second Senator Boyd; advanced as amended by voice vote.
- House Bill 1853 (dual agency clarification) — Clarifies dual agency disclosure and waiver processes for real estate licensees; motion to do pass by Senator McKee, second Senator Boyd; advanced by voice vote.
- House Bill 1942 — Requires the Department of Human Services to perform a rate study for waiver direct‑service providers and to apply recommended increases (with phase‑in for increases above 10%); motion to do pass by Senator Boyd, second Senator Murdoch; advanced by voice vote.
Committee records in the hearing transcript show voice votes and procedural motions; the hearing ended without a roll‑call vote on House Bill 1055, which had a public hearing but no committee action because quorum was lost.
