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Votes at a glance: Executive actions from House Business and Labor committee
Summary
During executive action the Business and Labor Committee amended and advanced several bills and tabled others. Key outcomes included do‑pass recommendations for HB225, HB235 and HB321; failure and tabling of HB290 (PFAs) and HB315 (restaurant beer‑and‑wine change).
The House Business and Labor Committee took executive action at the end of its meeting and recorded the following outcomes.
What passed
- HB 225 (home‑inspector licensing): Committee adopted two amendments and moved the bill out of committee with a do‑pass recommendation. Vice Chair Seekins Crowe moved the do‑pass motion; amendments addressing insurance limits and a disclosure provision were adopted with sponsor support. The transcript records that the bill passed committee and was moved to the House floor.
- HB 235 (voluntary vehicle registration suspension): Committee adopted an amendment that removed a disputed subsection and then approved the bill, sending it to the House floor.
- HB 321 (school oral‑health/LAP hygienists): After the hearing the committee moved HB 321 with a do‑pass recommendation; proxies for several members were recorded in the transcript and the committee forwarded the bill to the House floor.
Failed or tabled
- HB 290 (PFAs regulation): A roll‑call vote on a do‑pass motion was taken and the motion failed; the transcript records a subsequent motion to table HB 290, which passed. The committee roll call and the transcript note the motion failed (transcript phrasing: “motion fails by a vote of 8, 4 and 12 against”) and then the bill was placed on the table.
- HB 315 (restaurant beer and wine licensing): The committee rejected a do‑pass motion (the transcript records the motion failed) and then voted to table the bill; the committee noted concerns that changes affecting alcohol licensing should be vetted through the state alcohol coalition.
Procedural notes and proxies
- Multiple voice and roll‑call votes were recorded; several members cast votes by proxy for committee business as recorded in the transcript. - Committee staff combined two adopted amendments into a single “combo” amendment in at least one case before the final vote.
Why it matters
These actions determine which bills move to the House floor for further debate or are set aside. Committee amendments revised insurance, disclosure and program‑administration language on several bills and added a Commerce administration designation for a shelter grant bill during the hearing phase. Several items were tabled after roll‑call votes, which pauses further committee action on them for now.
Source
Committee executive action as recorded in the House Business and Labor Committee transcript for the meeting on 2025‑02‑20.
