Committee expunges earlier concurrence, then concurs on Senate amendments to HB 1685

An unidentified committee member moved to expunge the committee's earlier concurrence on Senate amendment number 2 to House Bill 1685 and the committee approved the motion by voice vote. The panel then heard and concurred with Senate amendments 1 and 2 to HB 1685.

The matter began when the presiding committee member said the committee needed to "expunge the vote by which we concurred on senate amendment number 2 on HB 1685," and asked for a motion. "So moved," replied Representative Kent Underwood, who then introduced amendment 1 and described it as correcting a "simple engrossing error" on the Senate end. The committee approved a motion of "do pass" on amendment 1 by voice vote. The presiding member then moved without objection to concur on amendment 2; Representative Underwood said amendment 2 concerned the local sales tax. The committee approved that amendment by voice vote as well.

The actions recorded in the transcript were taken by voice vote; no roll-call tallies or recorded nay votes were listed in the public transcript. After the votes, the presiding committee member thanked members and adjourned the brief session.

Because the transcript contains only voice votes and no roll-call, the record does not specify individual yes or no votes or counts. The transcript identifies Representative Kent Underwood, State Representative, District 16, as the speaker who introduced amendment 1 and characterized it as an "engrossing error," and who commented that amendment 2 related to local sales tax. The presiding committee member led the motions and calls for voice votes but is not named in the transcript.