Committee votes 'do not pass' on Senate Bill 2199, later places the measure on consent calendar

The House Energy and Natural Resources Committee voted to recommend "do not pass" on Senate Bill 2199 after members debated the scope of proposed benefits for disabled veterans. After the do-not-pass recommendation, the committee also placed the bill on the consent calendar.

Representative Ruby moved the do-not-pass recommendation, expressing concern that the bill went "a little too far" in the benefits it would provide to 100 percent disabled veterans and saying the committee should offer such benefits sparingly. Representative Olson, who said he is himself a disabled veteran, agreed with Ruby that the measure had gone too far despite previously co-sponsoring it. The committee adopted the do-not-pass recommendation on the record; the transcript records each member voting yes or no on the roll call and shows the do-not-pass motion carried.

Later in the same hearing, Representative Novak moved — and the committee approved — placing the bill on the consent calendar. The transcript records the motion carrying, but does not provide the bill text, the specific program changes proposed by Senate Bill 2199, nor a full numeric tally for the do-not-pass roll call in a single aggregated line. The record of votes on the do-not-pass motion shows multiple members voting "Yes" during the roll call and the clerk announcing the result as a do-not-pass recommendation.

What was said

Representative Ruby: "I got a little concerned with the just the how quick these points are gonna accumulate. I understand we're talking about 100 percent, disabled veterans. ... I think this might just be 1 that's just a little too far in my book, so I'd move a do not pass."

Representative Olson (during discussion): "I agree with Representative Ruby. I myself am a % disabled veteran and you know we do Prescott does a lot of great things for our veterans ... I think this is probably 1 of those..."

Procedural outcome

- Motion: Do not pass to Senate Bill 2199 - Mover: Representative Ruby - Second: Representative Olson - Vote record: roll call conducted; clerk announced the do-not-pass recommendation. Vote tally: not specified as a single aggregate in the transcript; individual roll-call entries recorded on the record. - Outcome: do not pass (recorded on roll call)

- Motion: Place Senate Bill 21.99 on the consent calendar - Mover: Representative Novak (moved to place the bill on the consent calendar) - Second: Representative Haggard (second recorded on the motion to place) - Outcome: Motion carries; bill placed on consent calendar.

What the record does not specify

The transcript does not include the full bill text for Senate Bill 2199 (the specific benefits or statutory changes are not printed in the hearing transcript) and does not provide a single consolidated numerical tally for the do-not-pass vote in the clerk’s announcement. The record also contains minor name variants across the roll call entries; the article uses the committee roster names as spoken during roll call and discussion.