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Committee votes unanimously to hold the day’s bills for further study
Summary
At the start of the Feb. 4 hearing, the House Committee on Municipal Government and Housing voted to hold all bills on the calendar for further study; the motion was procedural and does not signal a position on any bill’s merits.
Providence — At the opening of the House Committee on Municipal Government and Housing meeting on Feb. 4, committee members voted unanimously on a procedural motion to hold all bills on the calendar for further study.
First Vice Chair Fogarty moved to hold the calendar; Second Vice Chair Speakman seconded the motion. The clerk then called a roll-call vote. The committee recorded the following votes as “Yes”: Chairman Casey; First Vice Chair Fogarty; Second Vice Chair Speakman; Representative Carson; Representative Cruz; Representative Dawson; Representative DeSimone; Representative Fasha; Representative Furtado; Representative Hall; Representative Morales; Representative Spears; and Representative Cattrochi. The clerk declared the motion carried.
The chair emphasized that a vote to hold the bills is procedural only: it “does not signify any position on the merits of the bill. This motion is procedural only and simply allows the committee sufficient time to review both verbal and written testimony and to organize the hearing process,” the chair said.
Ending: The committee proceeded with hearings on several bills after the procedural vote; substantive action on individual bills was deferred for later consideration.
