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Rules Committee moves to pass by block of bills indefinitely
Summary
During a Rules Committee proceeding, a member moved to "pass by" a block of bills indefinitely. The motion was carried and the committee rose. Specific bill details and vote counts were not specified in the transcript.
The Rules Committee convened and a member moved to "pass by" a block of bills indefinitely, and the committee recorded that the motion was carried.
The motion came during a brief Rules Committee session. Unknown Speaker 2, a legislator, said, "Mister Speaker, we have a single block in front of us, I believe, with SB 7 7 9, SB 11 o 1, SB 1 2 2 2, SJ 2 5 5, SJ 2 58, SJ 2 66, 2. I move to pass by those bills indefinitely." Unknown Speaker 1, a staff member, announced that the motion had been properly moved and seconded and instructed the clerk to close the roll. Unknown Speaker 1 then stated, "Quorum's present," and later said, "The motion is carried 12 to be via the following legislation. Committee shall rise." The transcript does not provide clear, conventional vote tallies or further detail on the listed bill numbers.
Why this matters: a committee action to "pass by" legislation typically removes items from immediate consideration; the committee's announcement that the motion carried ends debate on the listed measures at this stage. The bills named in the transcript were read as given and no bill titles, sponsors, or policy content were provided in the record.
The committee session was short and procedural. The transcript records a single block of bills presented together and the committee's decision to pass them by indefinitely. No additional debate, amendments, or public testimony on the measures appears in the provided excerpt. The clerk and presiding staff carried out the roll call process, after which the committee rose.
