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House members signal nonconcurrence on Senate amendments to H 91, name conference committee nominees
Summary
Members signaled they would not concur with the Senate amendments to House Bill 91 in a straw poll and said Representative McGill and Representative Maguire would be appointed to a conference committee, pending the Speaker's formal appointment.
An unidentified member of the House opened the session by saying the Senate had voted on House Bill 91 and asked members to indicate whether they would concur with the Senate amendments.
"I would entertain a motion to not concur with the senate proposal of amendment," the unidentified member said, then asked for a show of hands. After the count, the member said, "So it is it's agreed not to. Correct." The member characterized the vote as a straw poll to determine whether to seek a conference committee because the House and Senate versions contained "enough differences."
The member told colleagues the Senate had messaged H 91 to the House on Friday after the calendar closed and that the House had reviewed the Senate version without substantive changes since the prior review. The member also noted the timing: "this morning, we expect it to be called up from the calendar pending appearance on the calendar for the purpose of, taking it, taking up and moving the process along since we're in the last week." The member said yesterday was a holiday and that a final decision would move through the Speaker on the House floor.
As a next step, the member said the conference committee that would be appointed, "pending any surprises by the speaker, would be Representative McGill, Representative Maguire." The member did not specify who moved or seconded the motion or provide a roll-call tally; the action was presented and recorded in the meeting as a show-of-hands straw poll rather than a formal, recorded roll-call vote.
No substantive provisions of H 91 were discussed in the transcript segment provided; the discussion focused on procedural options: concurring with the Senate amendment, refusing to concur and seeking a conference committee, and the logistics of the House calendar.
The meeting record indicates the House took a procedural direction—moving toward a conference committee—and the nominees for that committee were named, but the transcript does not show the Speaker's formal appointment or a final, formal floor vote on concurrence.
