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Votes at a glance: committee advances a package of consumer, housing and health bills
Summary
The House Insurance & Commerce Committee advanced several noncontroversial bills by voice vote and recorded actions on consumer protections, housing policy, pharmacy regulations and more. This roundup lists each bill the committee advanced in the hearing and notes whether the committee recorded a roll-call tally (most were voice votes).
The House Insurance & Commerce Committee advanced a set of bills Thursday, handling noncontroversial measures by voice vote before moving to lengthier items. The following summarizes bills presented in the hearing record, their sponsors and the committee outcome as recorded in the transcript (voice votes unless noted):
- Senate concurrence on construction loan mortgage timing amendment (concurrence motion approved). Sponsor: unidentified in transcript for mover. Outcome: approved by voice vote. The amendment expands who may confirm that construction has not started for residential transactions to include title companies and lenders; commercial verifications still require a surveyor.
- Senate Bill 323 (amendment explained by Representative McCollum): related to horizontal property regime/condominium modernization to allow more detailed descriptions of units for mixed-use developments. Outcome: do pass (voice vote). Sponsor presentation included testimony from Mary Robin Castile of Runway Group.
- HB 1820 ("click to cancel" consumer bill, Representative Matt Brown): Would require cancellation options at least as easy as enrollment for subscription services; committee adopted a clarifying amendment and advanced the bill. Outcome: passed as amended (voice vote).
- HB 1826 (Representative Mary Bentley): Allows and clarifies reimbursable birthing center services to expand maternal care options and make birthing centers viable for reimbursement; amendment removed certain trust health plans per sponsor request. Outcome: advanced (voice vote).
- SB 83 (see separate article): Reimbursement and access for autologous flap breast reconstruction. Outcome: passed (voice vote).
- SB 104 and SB 103 (Representative Lundstrom): Bills addressing pharmacy benefit managers (PBMs) and preventing steering or exclusion of willing providers; both were explained, no opposition recorded, and they were advanced by the committee. Outcome: both passed (voice votes).
- HB 1735 (811 call-center enforcement, Representative Eaves): Adds fines for operators who fail to join the 811 one-call system (initial warning, $1,000 after 30 days, additional $500 every 30 days). Outcome: passed (voice vote).
- Amendments and technical cleanups: committee adopted a number of short staff-drafted amendments to correct language and carve-outs; these were recorded as adopted by voice votes.
Most motions were recorded as “do pass” or “you have passed your bill” with voice votes; the hearing transcript does not include roll-call tallies for the items above. Several sponsors promised to provide technical clarifications and exact figures when requested before floor action.
