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Committee concurs on two House bills, passes two Senate measures and defers two others
Summary
At its final meeting the House Judiciary Committee concurred in Senate amendments to two House bills, passed two Senate-origin bills and moved two items to deferred status. Several votes were handled by voice; one passage was followed by a roll-call.
The House Judiciary Committee closed its final meeting of the session by clearing several items on its agenda: the committee concurred in Senate amendments to two House bills, passed two Senate bills and deferred two other items.
Concurrences: The committee concurred and sent an amendment for House Bill 18 77 after Representative Scott Richardson presented the Senate amendment and closed without questions. The committee also concurred in two Senate amendments to House Bill 18 65; Representative Diane Vaught presented the changes and both amendments were adopted by voice vote.
Other actions: The committee took up Senate Bill 355 (related to obstructing governmental operations, as presented by Representative Ken Underwood). The sponsor described the bill as creating a prosecutable offense for failing to obey a subpoena to testify; after no questions and no registered opposition the committee voted to pass the bill.
Deferred items: Senate Bill 629 and House Bill 19 80 were moved to deferred status because no one appeared to present them.
Votes at a glance: - House Bill 18 77 — motion to concur and send amendment: adopted (voice vote). - House Bill 18 65 — concurrence in Senate amendment #1: adopted (voice vote); concurrence in Senate amendment #2: adopted (voice vote). - Senate Bill 441 — passed (committee roll call; chair declared the bill passed after the roll call). - Senate Bill 355 — motion to do pass: adopted (voice vote). - Senate Bill 629 — moved to deferred status (no presenter). - House Bill 19 80 — moved to deferred status (no presenter).
All actions reported above reflect what was stated in the meeting record presented to the committee.
