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Senate Health and Welfare committee hears motion to add House Bill H138 to agenda; no vote recorded
Summary
Senators moved to place House Bill 138 on the Senate Health and Welfare Committee agenda for consideration on Monday, March 3. The motion was seconded but the committee recessed to consult rules and no roll-call vote was recorded during the meeting.
Senator Ziderfeld moved to place House Bill 138 on the Senate Health and Welfare Committee agenda for consideration on Monday, March 3. The motion was seconded by Senator Lenny, and a request for a roll-call vote was made, but the committee recessed to consult procedural rules and did not record a final vote.
The bill — referred to in the meeting only as H138 and identified by a senator as having "passed in the House" — prompted one sponsor to say Medicaid costs "have more than tripled" and to argue the measure "should be heard by the committee. It is too important to be left in a drawer," according to the senator who made the motion. Chair Ben Ordon announced the motion and the second on the floor as the committee discussed whether to proceed with a roll-call vote.
Senator Shippey asked whether the committee had the authority to set the agenda, saying, "Is this I guess does the Committee have authority to do this? I wasn't sure about that." Senator Wintrow asked the committee to go at ease so she could "consult the rules as far as what the proper motion is and in what order." The committee was placed at ease to allow that consultation and no roll-call vote appears in the transcript.
The procedural sequence recorded: a motion by Senator Ziderfeld to add H138 to the committee's agenda; a second by Senator Lenny; a request for a roll-call vote; questions from Senator Shippey about authority; a request by Senator Wintrow for a short recess to consult rules; the committee being placed at ease; and a later announcement that Chair Ben Ordon declared the meeting adjourned for the day and that a new agenda would be issued.
The transcript does not include the text of H138, any committee debate on the merits of the bill beyond the sponsor's comment about Medicaid costs, nor a completed vote tally. The next procedural step recorded in the meeting was issuance of a forthcoming agenda that may list H138 for formal consideration.
