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House roundup: maternal health monitors, victim services grants, volunteer fire company fee exemption and other measures moved forward
Summary
On Tuesday the House advanced and passed several bills on the calendar including insurance coverage for postpartum blood pressure monitors, the Victim Act to aid violent-crime clearance, an exemption for volunteer fire companies, and teacher certification fee changes.
Several additional measures advanced on the House floor on Tuesday. Those items included final passage votes, adopted amendments, and committee referrals. Key outcomes recorded in the floor transcript:
- House Bill 1088 (postpartum blood pressure monitors): The House passed final passage of HB1088, which requires health insurance coverage for medically necessary blood pressure monitors for pregnant or postpartum women. The clerk recorded final passage with 143 yeas and 60 nays. Representative Steele and other supporters framed the bill as a maternal-health intervention.
- House Bill 1511 (Victim Act / violent incident clearance grants): The House passed HB1511 to provide grants and support to improve clearance rates for violent crimes. The final vote recorded was yeas 169, nays 34.
- House Bill 1084 (volunteer fire company filing-fee exemption): The House agreed to an amendment offered by Representative Ecker (A00989) extending an existing charitable-auditing exemption to some fundraising activities; the amendment was adopted (186–17) and the bill as amended was agreed to.
- House Bill 1402 (teacher certification fees): The House agreed to the underlying bill that caps teacher certification fees at $50 and considered several amendments. An amendment to waive certification fees for veterans and their spouses was adopted (A010001, vote 203–0), while other amendments (waivers for certain county hires and career-technical pathways) failed by narrow margins.
- House Bill 1534, HB1431, HB1428 and other calendar items were reported and handled by committee reports or re-referred; the clerk recorded multiple committee reports and routine motions to recommit to appropriations as the session concluded.
Why it matters: These votes cover a range of public policy areas — maternal health, criminal justice support, volunteer nonprofit relief, and teacher recruitment/retention — and include several unanimous or near-unanimous amendment votes as well as contested measures.
What to watch next: Several of these measures were recorded as passed and will move to the Senate for further action; other bills were reprinted and will return to the calendar for later consideration.
