House committee advances amended chaplain-in-schools bill to House with no recommendation

The House Education Committee on [date not specified in transcript] approved an amendment to House Bill 1456 and later voted to send the amended bill to the full House with no recommendation.

The committee adopted an amendment that would remove language appearing on page 2, section 2, lines 3 through 10 of the bill. The amendment was seconded and the roll call recorded a majority, after which the chairman announced, “That amendment carries.”

Committee members next considered a motion from Representative Morton for a “due pass” recommendation on the bill. That motion was seconded and a roll call produced a 7-7 tie; Chairman Heinert announced the result: “So we have a tie vote, 7 7 on a due pass so that motion fails.”

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