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Votes at a glance: committee passes multiple bills including tax-collector separation and anti‑fraud measure
Summary
The committee advanced several bills by voice vote, including measures on county-municipal code clarity, an anti-deed-fraud step requiring ID for in-person deed recording, a rural fire loan extension and a narrow two-county incorporation procedure.
The committee completed action on several bills during the hearing. Summary of outcomes below (committee actions were recorded as voice votes where indicated):
Votes at a glance - HB 19-95 — Motion to pass (separate tax collector and sheriff office in Perry County). Outcome: approved by voice vote. Sponsor: Representative Mary Bentley (presented by committee member).
- SB 571 — Motion to adopt amendment (clarifies county building-code application for county-owned public facilities) and motion to pass as amended. Outcome: amendment adopted; bill approved by voice vote. Sponsor: Representative Puryear (presented).
- SB 574 — Motion to pass (county access to municipal utilities for public-purpose facilities). Outcome: approved by voice vote. Presenters: Chad Pryor (Representative) and Senator Jim Petty.
- SB 580 (rural fire loans) — Motion to pass (increase loan term from 3 to 5 years for qualifying volunteer fire departments under Act 36). Outcome: approved by voice vote. Sponsor: Representative Bart Schultz.
- HB 19-91 (House Bill 1991) — Motion to pass (amend state fire code appendix governing second access/sprinkler requirement). Outcome: approved by voice vote after extended testimony and debate. Sponsor: Representative Paul Childress.
- SB 406 — Motion to pass (require valid photo ID for in-person deed recordings; trusted-filer exceptions for licensed professionals and agencies). Outcome: approved by voice vote. Presenter: Representative Ashley Hudson; joint drafting by circuit clerks and title association.
- SB 525 (amended) — Motion to adopt amendment and pass as amended (allows Secretary of State to handle incorporation petitions for proposed municipalities that lie in two counties, preserves watershed protections). Outcome: amendment adopted; bill approved by voice vote. Sponsor: Senator Mark Johnson.
Other committee business House Bill 19-92 was referred to interim study and will not be heard today.
Notes on voting Most measures were approved by voice vote; no roll-call tallies were recorded in the transcript. Where sponsors recorded motions, the committee chair called for “ayes” and “noes” and the committee recorded “Ayes have it.”
