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House records roll-call on school code bill; clerk reports 53‑45 tally, speaker rules bill not passed
Summary
On third reading of House Bill 4141 to amend the Revised School Code, floor amendments were adopted but the House clerk and presiding officer declared the bill not passed after a roll-call that the clerk recorded as 53 aye and 45 nay.
On third reading the Michigan House took up House Bill 4141, a measure to amend the Revised School Code. Representative Tisdale offered a floor substitute and additional amendments were adopted on third reading; the chamber then held the required recorded roll-call vote.
The House clerk announced, "on the question of final passage of House Bill 4141, there are 53 aye votes and 45 nay votes." The presiding officer then stated, "A majority of the members elected and serving having voted not in favor. Therefore, the bill has not passed." The transcript records the clerk's tally and the presiding officer's ruling that the bill did not pass.
Representative Tisdale had offered a floor substitute (identified as H‑4) and Representative Paquette offered further amendments; both were adopted before the final vote. The transcript does not include a recorded statement explaining the discrepancy between the numerical tally announced by the clerk and the presiding officer's ruling. The action in the transcript is limited to the clerk's roll-call count and the speaker's subsequent declaration that the bill failed to pass.
Under House practice, final passage on third reading requires successful completion of the procedures the chamber enforces; this transcript records the roll-call tally and the speaker's ruling but does not include additional procedural explanation or a formal entry in the record explaining the outcome further.
