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Votes at a glance: House Education committee concurrences and passage of school‑choice measure
Summary
The committee concurred in Senate amendments on four House bills and passed Senate Bill 625 as amended; most actions were taken by voice vote with no roll-call tallies recorded in the transcript.
The House Education Committee recorded a series of procedural concurrences and one substantive committee passage during the meeting.
Concurrences: Committee members voted by voice to concur in Senate amendments to four House bills. The transcript records the following concurrences with no roll-call tallies recorded: - House Bill 18‑10 — committee concurred in the senate amendment requiring board members to be subject to Senate confirmation (motion to concur adopted by voice vote). Representative Joey Carr presented the bill for the record. - House Bill 18‑12 — committee concurred in two senate amendments: one removing a company‑specific “ready test” reference (amendment 1) and one changing graduation-rate reporting to include a five‑year graduation rate (amendment 2); committee adopted and concurred by voice votes. - House Bill 14‑84 — committee concurred in senate language that increased allowable credits and included committee- and senate-requested clarifying amendments (adopted by voice vote). - House Bill 16‑42 — committee concurred in amendment substituting a five‑year graduation rate consistent with the modifications made for HB 18‑12 (adopted by voice vote).
Passage: Senate Bill 625 — after presentation and amendments from Representative Keith Brooks and questions from committee members, the committee adopted the sponsor’s amendment package and then voted to pass SB 625 as amended on a voice vote. The committee chair announced the bill as passed out of committee.
Notes: In all instances above the transcript shows voice votes (“All in favor, say aye”) and no roll‑call tallies or individual recorded votes were provided. Where additional information on bill text or amendment language was not read aloud, the transcript records those items as “not specified” in committee remarks.
Ending: The committee’s actions cleared the listed measures or amendments from House Education and advanced SB 625 as amended for later legislative steps.
