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House Appropriations Committee unanimously reports four bills to the floor
Summary
The House Appropriations Committee voted unanimously to report four bills — on school tax notices, location-tracking offenses, telecommunicators, and concurrent jurisdiction for certain military-installation cases — to the full House with no recorded opposition and no debate.
At a meeting of the House Appropriations Committee, members voted unanimously to report four bills to the floor after a staff overview and a single motion packaging the measures.
Committee executive director provided a summary of the four measures considered: House Bill 225 would require school district property tax relief notices to state the source of revenue for the reduction; House Bill 407 would create the offense of unauthorized location tracking; House Bill 453 would amend sections of Title 35 (Health and Safety) to include telecommunicators within the definition of "emergency responder"; and House Bill 491 would establish concurrent jurisdiction between the Commonwealth and federal courts for proceedings involving a violation of federal law committed by a child on a military installation.
Representative Mason moved to take up House Bills 225, 407, 453 and 491 as a package; Representative Friel seconded the motion. The committee chair asked if there was any discussion; none was offered. The chair then asked whether there were any negative votes on the package; there were none. The chair stated that, seeing no negative votes, all four bills would be reported from the committee and rereported to the floor.
No amendments or conditions were made in committee, and no formal roll-call vote with named yes/no tallies was recorded in the transcript. The meeting adjourned after the committee reported the package to the floor.
Votes at a glance - Motion to report House Bills 225, 407, 453 and 491 as a package: moved by Representative Mason; seconded by Representative Friel; outcome: approved/reported unanimously (no negative votes recorded).
