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Committee advances several bills, tables others during lengthy executive session
Summary
During executive action the House Business and Labor Committee passed or forwarded several bills to the floor, including HB 94, 135, 141, 143, 149, 157, 164, 195, and tabled HB 177 and HB 204. Recorded roll-call tallies appear where the clerk reported them.
The House Business and Labor Committee completed a multi‑hour executive action session, taking votes on many measures and advancing several to the House floor while tabling others.
Key outcomes recorded in the transcript include:
- House Bill 94 — Passed in committee (clerk reported a final tally of 18 yes, 3 no after voice vote corrections). The bill will proceed to the House floor.
- House Bill 135 — Passed as amended; advanced to the House floor (no numerical roll call reported in the transcript section).
- House Bill 141 — Passed (voice vote; committee forwarded the bill to the floor).
- House Bill 143 — Passed (voice vote; added physician assistants to the list of treating providers in workers’ compensation language).
- House Bill 149 — Passed as amended; final roll‑call tally announced in committee was 11 yes, 9 no. The bill includes language separating vaping/alternative nicotine products into an age‑restricted venue and a sponsor amendment clarified placement of nicotine pouches behind counters for certain retailers.
- House Bill 157 — Passed as amended (delayed effective date included to allow new server training materials to be implemented).
- House Bill 164 — Passed as amended (technical rearrangement of unclaimed‑property timing language and inclusion of natural gas in definitions).
- House Bill 177 — Motion to table passed by roll call (tabled 12–8); the committee recorded the tabling vote and returned the bill to members’ folders for potential future action.
- House Bill 195 — Passed committee and will move to the floor (no roll‑call tally printed in the transcript segment).
- House Bill 204 — Motion to table passed (tabling vote recorded 12–8); the bill was tabled and committee members were instructed to mark their folders accordingly.
Motions were made commonly by Vice Chair Lynch and sponsors; the clerk and staff recorded proxy votes for members not present. Committee staff printed amendments and distributed them during the session.
The committee adjourned after completing executive action. Several bills were explicitly forwarded to the House floor; tabling votes will be recorded in committee files for potential reactivation later in the session.
