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House suspends joint rule 12 to refer multiple petitions to committees
Summary
The House voted to suspend Joint Rule 12 and to refer several petitions from the Senate and private petitioners to standing committees, including petitions on education reporting for out‑of‑home placement students, applied behavioral analysis reimbursement rates, housing in seasonal communities and a witness intimidation matter.
The House voted to suspend Joint Rule 12 and referred multiple petitions to standing committees, the chamber announced during a brief session. The action cleared petitions on education reporting for out‑of‑home placement students, applied behavioral analysis reimbursement rates, housing in seasonal communities and a witness intimidation complaint for committee review.
The suspension of Joint Rule 12 was moved and approved on voice vote. The petition of Michael O'Moore regarding compliance with federal education reporting requirements for students in out‑of‑home placement was referred to the Committee on Children, Families and Persons with Disabilities under the suspension. A separate petition from Michael O'Moore about applied behavioral analysis reimbursement rates was referred to the Committee on Health Care Finance. Other petitions — including ones filed by Hadley Luddy, Julian Sierra and Thomas W. Mokely related to housing in seasonal communities, and a petition from Angelo J. Popolo Jr. regarding witness intimidation — were assigned to the Committee on Housing and the Committee on the Judiciary, respectively.
The motions to suspend the rules and the subsequent referrals were presented as procedural business: members were asked for voice votes on suspending Joint Rule 12 and on the referral orders, and the chair announced that the ayes carried. The transcript records that the Committee on Rules recommended the suspension and that the committee on steering policy and scheduling recommended other procedural placements; the House then ordered the petitions to the named committees.
These referrals send the matters into committee review, where committee staffs and members may hold hearings, solicit testimony, and prepare formal reports before the full chamber considers any resulting legislation. The House did not adopt substantive policy changes on these items on the floor; the recorded actions were procedural referrals and rule suspensions.
