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Committee votes do pass on three bills in executive session
Summary
The House Committee on Local Government voted to advance House Bill 353, House Bill 749 and the committee substitute for House Bill 1268 during an executive session; tallies were recorded for two of the three items and a substitute was adopted for HB 1268.
The House Committee on Local Government advanced three bills during an executive session, moving them out of committee for further consideration.
Committee Chair William Hinman moved that House Bill 353 be voted "do pass," and the chair called the roll. Several members answered “Aye” as the clerk recorded votes by name. The transcript records the chair saying "3 do pass" immediately after the roll call sequence.
The committee then moved that House Bill 749 be voted "do pass." A roll call produced a recorded tally: “13 ayes and 0 nos,” and the chair announced, "you have voted House Bill 749 do pass."
Later the committee considered House Bill 1268. Representative Violet presented a committee substitute (HCS ending in .02C), which members discussed briefly. The committee adopted the substitute by voice vote; the chair then called for a roll on the substituted bill. The clerk recorded “9 ayes, 0 nos and 5 present,” and the chair announced, “the House Committee substitute for House Bill 1268 is voted do pass.”
Why it matters: advancing a bill out of committee sends it to the next steps in the legislative process (calendar placement or floor action). Committee votes can also reflect negotiated compromises: for HB 1268 the committee adopted a substitute that its sponsor described as removing carve-outs and adjusting statutes related to funding for ambulance and fire protection districts.
What the committee said: The sponsor of the HB 1268 substitute described it as creating “a clean method to achieve our goal of ensuring that ambulance and fire protection districts are sufficiently funded in the future,” and said the substitute “removes those carve outs” and adjusts existing statute 321.552 accordingly.
Next steps: Each bill will proceed according to the House rules after the committee report is filed. The committee did not take public testimony on the three items during the executive session in the transcript excerpt.
Votes at a glance: - House Bill 353 — Motion: "do pass." Final announcement in transcript: "3 do pass." (tally not specified in transcript record) - House Bill 749 — Motion: "do pass." Vote: 13 ayes, 0 nos. Outcome: do pass. - House Committee substitute for House Bill 1268 (HCS .02C) — Substitute adopted; motion to vote "do pass" on the substitute: Vote 9 ayes, 0 nos, 5 present. Outcome: do pass.
(Transcript evidence: committee roll calls and the chair’s announcements recorded during the committee’s executive session.)
