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House clerk lists multiple bills for referral; Senate reports two passed bills
Summary
Clerk read dozens of House bills for first reading and the Senate informed the House it passed Senate Bill 69 and Senate Bill 858; details and substantive text were not debated on the floor.
The House clerk read the titles of multiple House bills during the first‑reading portion of the session and passed them to the speaker’s desk for referral. The clerk also reported that the Senate had passed Senate Bill 69 and Senate Bill 858.
The House clerk enumerated first readings of House bills including (as read on the floor): House Bill 3521 (residency, tenancy, hold deposits), HB 3522 (evictions of squatters), HB 3523 (housing discrimination based on minor status), HB 3524 (admissions of medications for adults in custody), HB 3525 (exempt wells that supply groundwater for domestic purposes), HB 3526 (exempt wells that supply water for domestic purposes), HB 3527 (water utility ratepayer assistance), HB 3528 (state financial administration), HB 3529 (legislative branch training), HB 3530 (highway names), HB 3531 (commission on Indian services), HB 3532 (offensive names emergency declaration), HB 3533 (required disclosures or fees during certain transactions), HB 3534 (tuition waivers), HB 3535 (pregnancy resources), HB 3536 (treatment for minors emergency declaration), HB 3537 (redistricting referral to people), HB 3538 (civics emergency declaration), HB 3539 (greenhouse gas emissions reporting emergency declaration), HB 3540 (cost of compliance with electric utilities), HB 3541 (drive‑through restaurants), HB 3542 (motorcycles), HB 3543 (aquatic and invasive species emergency declaration), HB 3544 (water), HB 3545 (acquisitions of real property for delinquent taxes), HB 3546 (large energy use facilities emergency declaration), HB 3547 (certificates of need), HB 3548 (nuclear fuel thermal power plants referral), HB 3549 (fluorescent lamps for emergency), HB 3550 (minor league baseball player exemptions), HB 3551 (enforcement of federal immigration laws regarding convicted individuals), HB 3552 (regional career centers), HB 3553 (controlled substance crimes emergency), HB 3554 (support for health care providers), HB 3555 (name changes), HB 3556 (use of local transit tax revenue), HB 3557 (hospital established standard changes) and related numbered measures read in sequence.
The clerk said bills read first time are “passed to the speaker’s desk for referral.” The session record on the floor did not include debate on the bills' substance, committee referrals, fiscal notes, or votes on these measures during this sitting.
The speaker’s office also announced, by message from the Senate, that the Senate had passed Senate Bill 69 and Senate Bill 858; the House record did not include vote tallies or further details about those Senate votes during the meeting.
Why this matters: First reading is the procedural step that places bills on the legislative calendar and routes them to committees; members and the public track these announcements to know which policy areas will receive committee consideration.
Next steps: Each bill will be referred to the appropriate committee for hearings and possible amendment; the House floor record did not show committee assignments in the reading.
