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Votes at a glance: human services committee executive actions, Jan. 29
Summary
During the committee's executive session Jan. 29 the Human Services Committee considered multiple bills and moved several with committee recommendations to other committees; most actions were procedural referrals and proposed substitutes were adopted for several measures.
The Human Services Committee met in executive session Jan. 29 and took committee actions on a number of bills. The committee recorded motions, amendment votes and referrals for several measures; the transcript records the committee recommending passage or referral for the bills listed below.
Key committee actions recorded in the transcript (motions and outcomes as stated in committee):
- Senate Bill 5005 (jail oversight/council substitute): The committee considered multiple amendments. After debate the committee adopted the proposed substitute and moved the bill with a “due pass” recommendation to the Senate Committee on Ways and Means.
- Senate Bill 5128 (Medicaid suspension/reinstatement and reentry services substitute): Amendment B1 was adopted and rolled into the proposed substitute; the committee moved the proposed substitute with a “due pass” recommendation to Rules.
- Senate Bill 5139 (Reentry Council): Amendment C1 (adding two crime victims/survivors) passed; other proposed amendments failed or were withdrawn; the committee rolled adopted amendments into a substitute and moved the bill with a “due pass” recommendation to Rules.
- Senate Bill 5163 (child fatality review modernization): Technical amendment D1 was adopted and rolled into the substitute; the committee moved the substitute with a “due pass” recommendation to Ways and Means.
- Senate Bill 5182 (DOC midwifery/doula services substitute): The committee adopted the proposed substitute and moved the bill with a due pass recommendation to Rules.
- Senate Bill 5211 (parents paid caregivers for children with developmental disabilities): The committee moved the bill with a “due pass” recommendation to Ways and Means.
- Senate Bill 5232 (Housing & Essential Needs codification substitute): The committee considered an amendment F1 that failed; the committee later adopted and moved the proposed substitute with a due pass recommendation to Rules.
- Senate Bill 5318 (background checks and related DDA/DCYF corrections): The committee moved the bill with a due pass recommendation to Ways and Means.
Many motions were made from the committee floor for adoption of specific amendments; the transcript records voice votes with “aye” and “nay” but does not include roll-call tallies or a member-by-member recorded vote in most cases. Several amendments were withdrawn by sponsors during discussion. Where amendments were adopted, the committee rolled those changes into proposed substitutes and sent the revised measures to the listed committees.
The transcript shows committee procedural action but does not include signed final reports or recorded roll-call tallies in the public transcript excerpt. Members discussed fiscal notes, technical fixes and membership questions for council and oversight bills during the executive session portion of the meeting.
Below is a concise list of bills with the committee referral recorded in the transcript: SB 5005 (Ways & Means), SB 5128 (Rules), SB 5139 (Rules), SB 5163 (Ways & Means), SB 5182 (Rules), SB 5211 (Ways & Means), SB 5232 (Rules), SB 5318 (Ways & Means).
