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Committee advances four bills in unanimous executive action; proxies recorded
Summary
The House Natural Resources Committee took unanimous executive-action votes to advance four bills — HB 26, HB 31, HB 48 and HB 58 — to the floor. Votes were by voice with several members recorded voting by proxy.
The House Natural Resources Committee voted by voice to advance four bills during an executive-action session that preceded afternoon hearings.
HB 26, which would repeal the Mercury-Added Thermostat Collection Act, passed by voice vote with no recorded opposition. Representative Susan Edwards moved the motion to pass HB 26; the committee recorded several proxy aye votes, including Representative Carlin and Representative Steve Fitzpatrick. The committee chair closed executive action on the bill and moved it to the floor.
The committee also advanced HB 31 (revised bonding requirements for wind and solar facility decommissioning), HB 48 (an exemption for certain wastewater ponds from the Dam Safety Act), and HB 58 (revising distributions for abandoned metal mine remediation). Each bill was passed by voice vote with no recorded nays; committee members recorded proxy aye votes for members not present on the floor. Committee staff read proxy votes into the record for Representative Carlin and Representative Steve Fitzpatrick for multiple bills, and for other members on a bill-by-bill basis.
All four items were treated as largely noncontroversial "EA" (executive action) items, described by the committee as code cleanups or clarifications, with brief staff summaries before the voice votes. Committee members indicated no further discussion was requested before calling the question on each bill.
The committee recorded proxies on the floor for several members; staff read those proxy aye votes into the record immediately after the voice votes.
