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House Appropriations Committee advances bills on food-waste hauler training, watercraft safety
Summary
The House Appropriations Committee unanimously voted to advance House Bill 587, which would create a certification and training program for haulers and brokers of food-processing residual waste, and House Bill 1418, which updates personal watercraft safety rules. Both bills were reported to the full House for further consideration.
The House Appropriations Committee on Tuesday advanced two bills — House Bill 587 and House Bill 1418 — by unanimous voice vote and ordered both reported to the full House for consideration.
The committee’s executive director summarized the measures before the vote, saying, “we have house bill 5 87, which provides for certification and training program for haulers and brokers of food processing residual waste for application or storage. House bill 14 18 updates personal watercraft safety requirements.”
Committee members recorded no discussion on either bill before voting. A committee member announced, “No discussion, mister chair. No negative votes. Democrats will vote in the affirmative on both bills. Both bills, seeing that there are no negative votes, house bill 5 87, house bill 14 18 will pass this committee unanimously. Be reported back to the floor the full floor of the House of Representatives.”
Votes at a glance: - House Bill 587 — Description: “Provides for certification and training program for haulers and brokers of food processing residual waste for application or storage.” Outcome: advanced by the committee and reported to the full House. Vote details: unanimous as announced; individual vote tallies were not specified in the transcript. - House Bill 1418 — Description: “Updates personal watercraft safety requirements.” Outcome: advanced by the committee and reported to the full House. Vote details: unanimous as announced; individual vote tallies were not specified in the transcript.
What happened: The committee treated the two bills as a package, received a brief staff overview, and proceeded to a voice vote. The transcript records no amendments, no recorded aye/nay roll-call counts, and no substantive debate on either measure.
What’s next: Both bills were reported out of committee to the full House for further consideration.
