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Senate Health and Welfare committee considers adding H138 to March 3 agenda; no vote recorded
Summary
Senator Ziderfeld moved to place H138 on the Senate Health and Welfare Committee agenda for consideration on Monday, March 3; Senator Lenny seconded the motion. Questions about the committee's authority and a short recess to consult rules were raised, and the transcript records no final vote before adjournment.
Senator Ziderfeld moved to place H138 on the Senate Health and Welfare Committee agenda for consideration on Monday, March 3, and Senator Lenny seconded the motion, but the transcript records no final vote before the meeting was adjourned.
Senator Ziderfeld opened the procedural request by saying, "Mr. Chair, H138 is in proper position of this committee, I'm making a motion to put H138 on the agenda for consideration by this committee on Monday, March 3." The chair noted a second and asked for discussion.
Senator Shippey questioned the committee's authority to act on the motion, asking, "Is this I guess does the Committee have authority to do this? I wasn't sure about that." In response, Senator Wintrow asked for a brief pause to consult the rules: "Could we just go at ease for a moment just so I could consult the rules as far as what the proper motion is and in what order? I just want to make sure I got that clear." The chair declared the committee at ease.
There was also a request for a roll call vote after the motion was made. The transcript does not record a subsequent roll call, any additional deliberations on H138, or a recorded vote tally. A later speaker announced that Chair Ben Ordon had arrived and declared the meeting adjourned for the day, saying, "Guests, visitors, and members of the committee, chairman Ben Ordon has arrived, and she has declared that the meeting is adjourned for the rest of the day. Thank you. A new agenda will be coming forthwith for next week." The committee did not record a disposition of the motion to place H138 on the agenda in the provided transcript.
The committee transcript contains a speaker statement that H138 "is passed in the House and Medicaid costs have more than tripled," attributed in the record to the senator who moved the motion. The transcript does not include details of H138's provisions, the House action that was referenced beyond that statement, or any committee analysis of the bill's policy merits.
The Senate Health and Welfare Committee posted no final action on the motion in the available transcript. The committee announced a forthcoming agenda for a future meeting; the motion to add H138 therefore remains without a recorded disposition in this transcript.
