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Committee reports dozens of bills; many conformed to House versions and sent forward
Summary
During the House Committee on Education hearing the committee approved or reported numerous Senate bills (conforming substitutes and committee substitutes) for further consideration. Several votes included roll-call tallies where recorded.
The House Committee on Education moved a series of Senate bills through committee on the same hearing day, adopting conforming substitutes, committee substitutes and reporting measures to later stages or to appropriations.
Early in the hearing the committee acted on a block of procedural reports and conforming motions. Among the bills acted on were:
- Senate Bill 8-22 (Sen. Van Valkenburg) — conformed to House Bill 16-26 and passed as substituted; the transcript records the vote as 21 to 0.
- Senate Bill 8-79 — reported (identical to House Bill 20-18); the motion to report was made and properly seconded; the transcript records that the bill passed (roll-call not provided).
- Senate Bill 9-55 — conformed by substitute and reported as substituted.
- Senate Bill 10-36 — technical substitute adopted and the bill reported as substituted.
- Senate Bill 12-30 — conforming amendments adopted; the transcript records the bill passed 12 to 9.
- Senate Bill 13-68, 13-70, 13-80, 13-91 — reported or passed as identical to their House counterparts (transcript records several as "bill reports" and some with 21 to 0 tallies where specified).
- Senate Bill 14-13 — substituted to make it identical to House Bill 26-18 and reported as substituted; transcript records a vote of 16 to 5.
- Senate Bill 14-62 — amendment adopted to conform to House Bill 18-24; reported as amended 16 to 5.
In the higher education subcommittee report the committee recorded these actions, among others:
- Senate Bill 7-42 (Sen. Locke) — committee substitute conforming to House Bill 2,157; subcommittee recommended reporting on a 10 to 0 vote; full committee reported.
- Senate Bill 9-53 — committee recommended reporting (21 to 0).
- Senate Bill 9-61 — subcommittee substitute adopted and reported as conformed (21 to 0 recorded for final report).
- Senate Bill 10-16 — subcommittee substitute reported to the committee with a subcommittee vote of 7 to 3 and the committee reported the bill 16 to 5.
- Senate Bill 12-29 and Senate Bill 12-59 — both conformed to house counterparts and reported with unanimous (21 to 0) committee tallies where recorded.
- Senate Bill 12-59 — VCU Health System Authority changes; reported 21 to 0.
- Senate Bill 11-06 — conforming amendment adopted and the committee recommended reporting and referring the bill to Appropriations; transcript records the referral with a roll-call referenced as 20-1-0 (reported and referred to appropriations).
Most of the committee actions were procedural conforming votes or committee-substitute reports. Where the transcript recorded numerical tallies, they are noted above; where the transcript shows only that the clerk closed the roll or that the bill "reports," no numerical roll-call was recorded in the spoken transcript.
The committee also paused consideration of Senate Bill 13-03 (diabetes management) after adopting a substitute and passed the measure "by for the day" for further review.
Reported bills will appear on the committee calendar for future action or referral to Appropriations as noted by the committee.
Votes and procedural details in this summary reflect the spoken committee record; written committee minutes and the clerk's official roll-call record should be consulted for precise vote counts and member voting records.
