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House suspends rules to refer petitions including bar-pizza designation and kratom regulation
Summary
The House suspended joint rule 12 to allow expedited consideration of several petitions and referred petitions including one to designate ‘bar pizza’ the Commonwealth’s official pizza and others on virtual credit cards and kratom to standing committees.
The House voted to suspend joint rule 12 and referred multiple petitions to committee for further consideration, including a petition to designate “bar pizza” as the official pizza of the Commonwealth and petitions on virtual credit-card use by dental insurers and kratom regulation.
The petition of Michael D. Brady and Bridgette Plouffe seeking to designate bar pizza as the official pizza of the Commonwealth came from the Senate and, with endorsement, was referred under the suspension to the Committee on State Administration and Regulatory Oversight. The petition of Adam J. Scanlon concerning the use of virtual credit cards by dental insurance providers was referred to the Committee on Financial Services. Another petition—identified on the floor as a filing by “M. Gary” relative to regulating the sale of kratom—was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
The floor record shows Member Godley Volington moved to suspend the rules; the presiding officer put the question and announced that the ayes have it and joint rule 12 was suspended. The committee report recommending suspension listed the petitions and their committee referrals. The transcript does not record substantive debate on the petitions’ merits on the floor; the matters were sent to committee for review.
