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Votes at a glance: Municipal & County Government Committee executive actions, Jan. 30, 2025
Summary
The Municipal and County Government Committee completed executive-session votes on several bills on Jan. 30. This roundup lists each bill the committee acted on in executive session and the committee recommendation and roll-call result where recorded.
On Jan. 30, 2025 the House Municipal and County Government Committee completed executive‑session consideration of a set of bills. Below are the committee recommendations and roll‑call tallies as recorded during the meeting.
Votes at a glance
- House Bill 139 (designation of holidays by municipalities and educational institutions): Committee recommendation — Inexpedient to Legislate (ITL). Vote: 18–0 (roll call).
- House Bill 346 (licensure fees for racetracks): Committee recommendation — Ought to Pass (OTP). Vote: 10–8 (roll call).
- House Bill 165 (maximum disaster relief funding provided to municipalities after disasters): Committee recommendation — Ought to Pass (OTP). Vote: 18–0 (roll call).
- House Bill 173 (maintaining the purpose of a petition warrant article): Committee action — Retained in committee for further work. Motion to retain passed 10–8 (roll call).
- House Bill 348 (eligibility for local assistance / general assistance residency rules): Committee action — Retained in committee for further work. Vote to retain: 15–3 (roll call).
- House Bill 453 (prohibiting municipal bans on internal‑combustion ground‑maintenance and snow removal equipment): Committee action — Retained in committee for further work. Vote to retain: 12–6 (roll call).
- House Bill 488 (conflicts of interest for municipal board and committee members): Committee action — Retained in committee for further work. Vote to retain: 18–0 (roll call).
What it means
- “Ought to Pass” (OTP) means the committee recommends the full House consider the bill.
- “Inexpedient to Legislate” (ITL) is a committee recommendation to defeat a bill and keep it from moving forward.
- “Retained” (committee retain) indicates the committee chose to hold the bill in committee for further drafting, amendments or follow‑up prior to recommending a report to the full House.
Ending: Committee minutes and the official roll call are part of the House record. Members who authored majority or minority reports were directed to file committee reports per the chair’s instructions.
