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Senate Finance and Taxation committee passes House Bill 1563 after amendment fails on tie vote
Summary
The Finance and Taxation Committee voted to pass House Bill 1563 after rejecting an amendment to remove the word "consider" from the bill’s language; a tie vote caused the amendment to fail, and the bill was subsequently approved on a roll call.
The Finance and Taxation Committee voted to pass House Bill 1563 after an amendment to remove the word "consider" from the bill failed on a tie vote.
The amendment, offered to change the bill’s language from a phrase that included "consider" to wording without that term, was moved by Senator Marschley and seconded by Senator Wallin. Committee members split evenly on the amendment during a roll call, producing a tie that the chair described as a failing vote; that left the bill in its original form containing the word "consider." The committee then approved the bill as presented and named a senator to carry it forward.
Senator Marschley, who proposed the amendment, told the committee she had met with the bill’s prime sponsor and that the sponsor "indicated she'd like to put it back to the original bill. And that's, shall study, replacing shall consider studying." The amendment was seconded by Senator Wallin.
During the roll call on the amendment, votes recorded were: Chairman Weber — Aye; Vice chair Raul — No; Senator Marsau — Yes; Sarah Patton — No; Senator Powers — No; Senator Wallen — Aye. The chair stated that a tie vote in this circumstance would be a fail and the amendment consequently failed, leaving the bill text unchanged with the phrase that includes the word "consider."
After the failed amendment, the committee took up a motion to approve the bill as presented. The motion to approve was made by Senator Marshall (mover recorded in the transcript as "Senator Marshall") and seconded by Senator Wallen. The roll call on final approval recorded the following votes: Chairman Weber — Aye; Vice chair Romo — Aye; Senator Marsali — Yes; Sarah Patton — Yes; Senator Powers — Yes; Senator Wallen — Yes. The committee announced the bill had passed and that Senator Marshallay (referred to in the transcript as "Senator Marshallay") would carry the bill.
Committee business concluded after the vote. The chair said the committee would adjourn until March 5 at 09:00; the committee adjourned following that announcement.
Quotes used here are drawn from the committee transcript of the discussion and roll calls.
