House Transportation Committee refers batches of bills to courts, reports several identical measures

The House Committee on Transportation convened and, by a series of voice votes, moved multiple bills out of committee on procedural motions and referred several items to the Courts Committee.

Committee proceedings opened with the chair calling the roll and establishing a quorum. The committee then handled a first group of administrative bills, moving to “refer these bills to courts” by voice vote after a motion and a second.

The committee proceeded through a second block of bills that included measures described in the meeting as identical Senate and House versions covering aircraft registration and fees, motor-vehicle dealer recall and warranty costs and right of first refusal, rules for transportation network companies, and a bridge-naming measure. Several of those measures were reported out of committee; one was reported with a substitute and referred to the Courts Committee. The committee also considered conforming language between a Senate bill and a House bill dealing with operation of a vehicle by an unlicensed minor and approved a motion to conform by voice vote.

Most actions were handled without recorded roll-call tallies: motions…