At the March 31 hearing, joint Senate committees moved a large slate of House bills forward with committee recommendations, adopting technical corrections and occasional substantive amendments. The measures handled by voice vote or unanimous consent covered housing, agriculture, taxation, labor, and other policy areas.
Selected committee actions recorded in the hearing transcript include: HB 126 (pass with amendments; reinsert distribution percentages and allow law-enforcement awards; effective date adjusted), HB 162 (pass unamended), HB 341 (pass with amendments; effect date adjusted), HB 396 (pass unamended), HB 398 (pass with amendments; effective date adjusted), HB 428 (pass unamended), HB 429 (pass unamended), HB 431 (pass with amendments: LRB technical amendments; funds to DHS; utility connections and rent cap language for Kahalas), HB 432 (pass with amendments removing some appropriations), HB 433 (pass unamended), HB 454 (pass with amendments: effective date adjusted), HB 529 (pass unamended), HB 550 (pass unamended), HB 643 (pass with amendments; require Department of Agriculture contract with CTAHR for program execution), HB 714 (pass unamended), HB 736 (pass with amendments; effective date adjusted), HB 974 (deferred for additional amendments), HB 1007 (deferred), HB 1099 (pass with amendments), HB 1169 (pass with amendments; LRB tech), HB 1187 (pass with amendments; phase-in of small purchase of local nays), HB 1260 (pass with amendments; plans submitted to director of transportation), HB 1300 (pass unamended), HB 1406 (amendment adding a labor-expertise member), HB 1409 (pass unamended), HB 1450 (pass unamended).
Most measures were advanced by voice vote with the chair recording 'aye' and noting when members were absent or recorded reservations. Several complex measures were deferred to specific future dates to allow additional amendments and stakeholder negotiation. The transcript shows committee practice of adopting LRB technical edits, adjusting effective dates, and reallocating implementing agencies for several bills.