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Executive-action roundup: House Judiciary committee results on several bills
Summary
During executive action the House Judiciary Committee voted on a set of bills: several measures passed out of committee, a few failed on recorded votes, and others were tabled. This roundup lists each bill, the committee outcome, and available vote tallies.
The House Judiciary Committee completed executive action on multiple bills. Below are the items recorded in the meeting transcript and the committee outcomes (as entered in the committee record):
Votes at a glance
- House Bill 287 (dangerous-drug/firearm enhancement): Motion to pass failed on roll call (7 in favor, 13 opposed). Committee later moved to table the bill; outcome: tabled.
- House Bill 292 (Uniform Public Expression Protection Act): Passed on voice vote in committee (no roll-call tally recorded in transcript); outcome: passed out of committee.
- House Bill 295 (judicial elections/transparency changes): Passed on roll call (12 in favor, 8 opposed); outcome: passed out of committee.
- House Bill 301 (statutes of limitations, real property): Passed on roll call (11 in favor, 9 opposed); outcome: passed out of committee.
- House Bill 302 (punitive-damages pre-hearing requirements): Passed on roll call (11 in favor, 9 opposed); outcome: passed out of committee.
- House Bill 303 (apportionment clarification): Passed on roll call (11 in favor, 9 opposed); outcome: passed out of committee.
- House Bill 304 (tenant security deposit revisions; amendment debated): An amendment narrowing applicability to landlords with 10+ units passed in committee (14 in favor, 6 opposed). On final passage the amended bill failed on roll-call (9 in favor, 11 opposed) and was subsequently tabled; outcome: failed then tabled.
- House Bill 316 (constitutional amendment defining "person" to include all members of mankind at any stage of development): Passed on roll-call (12 in favor, 8 opposed); outcome: passed out of committee.
Notes and context
- Several votes used roll-call tallies that are included above where recorded in the transcript; for other measures the record shows voice votes only. - "Passed out of committee" indicates the committee approved the bill to move forward to the next legislative step; "tabled" indicates the committee put the bill on the table, halting immediate consideration in that forum.
Provenance: Each tally and outcome is drawn from roll-call or voice-vote announcements recorded in the committee’s executive session in the transcript (see evidence spans below).
