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House reads first time hundreds of bills and refers them to committees; two bond initiatives sent to appropriations
Summary
During the Jan. 20 session the clerk read dozens of introductory bills on the consent calendar and referred them to standing committees; two house bond initiatives were also read and referred to the Appropriations Committee.
The Maryland House of Delegates read a large set of introductory bills on the consent calendar and referred them to the appropriate standing committees.
The clerk read on first appearance that “we consider the reading of House bills 557 through 599,” and, after “hearing no objection,” the bills were recorded as read the first time and referred to committee. Later the clerk read House bills 600 through 648 and again the clerk recorded that, with no objection, the bills were read the first time and referred.
The clerk also read introductory House bond initiatives number 9 and number 10 and referred both to the Appropriations Committee.
The floor transcript records these procedural steps but does not include bill texts, sponsors or committee assignment details beyond the brief statements in the journal-reading sequence. Where a sponsor label appeared in the reading (for example, an entry listing a bill and a delegate and a committee), the transcript does not provide the complete, unambiguous sponsor name for each bill in the excerpt provided.
The actions were processed on the consent calendar during the session; no roll-call votes or debate on the individual measures are recorded in the provided transcript excerpt.
