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Senate Appropriations Committee votes 4-3 against moving House Bill 1078, then postpones it indefinitely
Summary
The Senate Appropriations Committee declined to advance House Bill 1078 in a 4-3 roll call, then approved a motion to postpone the measure indefinitely after no members objected.
At a meeting of the Senate Appropriations Committee (date not specified), the panel voted 4-3 against moving House Bill 1078 and then, after a follow-up motion and no objections, postponed the measure indefinitely.
The action came with no substantive questions from committee members for the bill’s sponsors, according to the committee’s roll call. The vice chair moved to move House Bill 1078; the committee clerk then polled members by name.
Senators recorded as voting “no” on the motion to move the bill were Sen. Gonzales, Sen. Kirkmeyer, Sen. Boker and Sen. Liston. Sen. Elton, the vice chair and the chair registered “aye,” producing a 4-3 vote against advancing the bill. The chair announced that the bill had been lost 4 to 3.
Following that vote, a motion was raised to postpone the bill indefinitely (to “PI”) and to use a reverse roll call vote. Committee members voiced no objections; the committee proceeded to postpone House Bill 1078 indefinitely by unanimous consent.
No other bills were taken up at the meeting. The clerk and presiding officers closed the session shortly after the action.
