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Committee executive actions: repeal, election-process, and precinct representative bills advance or are tabled
Summary
The House State Administration Committee took executive action on five bills: HB280 passed; HB286 failed as amended then was tabled; HB293 passed; HB309 passed as amended. Recorded tallies and motions are noted below.
The House State Administration Committee on Feb. 11 conducted executive action on a set of bills, approving some and tabling another.
House Bill 280 (Representative Bennett) — The committee voted by voice to pass the bill that repeals the Interagency Coordinating Council for State Prevention Programs; the chair asked the record to note Representative Fiance voted no.
House Bill 286 (Representative Beatty) — The bill, which would create a process for determining citizenship status of new applicants if federal law changes, was considered with an amendment distributed at the hearing. Members debated whether the secretary of state should be allowed to use rulemaking to implement procedures. A roll-call vote on the amended bill resulted in 7 yeas and 12 nays, and the amendment/bill failed. A substitute motion to table HB 286 passed on a voice vote (Representative Schubert recorded as the sole no to tabling).
House Bill 293 (Representative Millett) — The committee passed HB 293 by voice vote; the bill clarifies that an appointed election administrator must report directly to the governing body of the county. During the voice vote, Representatives Running Wolf and Souctis were recorded as voting no.
House Bill 309 (Representative Love) — An amendment clarifying the language (adding "by the county") was adopted and the bill passed as amended. A roll-call count showed 13 ayes and 6 nos on the final passage.
Committee clerks and staff announced the results and closed executive action for the day; several members said additional executive actions were scheduled for the next session day.
