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Ways and Means — votes and referrals from the Oct. 26 work session
Summary
Summary of roll-call results and committee actions taken at the Ways and Means work and executive sessions, including amendments and interim-study referrals.
At its work and executive sessions, the House Ways and Means Committee voted on a series of bills, amendments and interim-study motions. This roundup lists each measure considered, the committee’s formal action, and the roll-call result when recorded.
Votes and outcomes (committee roll calls as recorded in the transcript):
- HB 155 — Amendment 2025‑2983h approved (11–9). HB 155 recommended Ought to Pass as Amended (OTPA) (11–9). Amendment changed the bill’s effective date to tax year beginning 2027.
- HB 224 — Motion to send to interim study approved, recorded vote 20–0. Representative Murphy moved ITL? (motion recorded as interim study) and committee recorded unanimous approval.
- SB 83 — Amendment 2984 approved (20–0). SB 83 approved Ought to Pass as Amended (20–0). Lottery requested technical corrections (bond cap removal, promotional percentage alignment, routing of problem-gambling funds, background-check language adjustments).
- HB 524 — Amendment 2982h approved (20–0). HB 524 approved Ought to Pass as Amended (20–0). Amendment requires fiscal-year reconciliation for Vaccine Association receipts and distributions and adds oversight/reporting steps; DHHS and Vaccine Association requested finance review of the language.
- HB 417 — Motion to send to interim study approved (19–0). Committee cited need for further analysis regarding repealing the communications services tax.
- HB 585 — Motion to Inexpedient to Legislate (ITL) approved (22–0 recorded in session). Committee concluded the separate bill was overtaken by actions on related measures.
- HB 635 — Motion to send to interim study approved (19–0). The committee noted the Department of Revenue lacked sufficient data to estimate fiscal impacts and flagged potential classification issues.
- HB 728 — Motion to Inexpedient to Legislate (ITL) approved (20–0). Committee found overlapping provisions in other legislation.
- HB 660 — Motion to send to interim study approved (16–4). Members debated a proposal to reallocate half of charitable distributions from historic-horse-racing revenue to host municipalities, counties and abutting communities; the committee sent the topic to interim study to allow the existing charitable-gaming commission and staff to analyze impacts.
Summary notes: Several items were placed on the regular calendar to allow possible floor amendments (HB 524) or because they were returned from the Senate with adjustments. The committee used interim study referrals where members requested more data or analysis, and unanimous roll calls for technical or agency-requested amendments.
Clerks recorded roll-call votes for each motion; the counts above come from the committee transcript.
