Committee adopts H‑1 substitute and reports out House Bill 4265

The committee voted to adopt a House H‑1 substitute for House Bill 4265 and subsequently voted to report the bill out of committee with the H‑1 changes. Representative Koontz moved to adopt the H‑1 substitute; later Representative Alexander moved to report House Bill 4265 with the H‑1 substitute. The clerk conducted roll calls for both actions; the report-out motion passed with 7 ayes, 2 nays and 2 passes.

According to the transcript, the H‑1 substitute “cleans up some language,” classifies the facilities listed in List A so that a community digester is treated as a commercial facility, aligns language with the GAPS (as referenced in the transcript), and allows the department to issue notices of noncompliance when a digester operation fails to meet quarterly testing requirements. Representative Koontz introduced the substitute; Representative Alexander later moved to report the bill out of committee with the H‑1 substitute.

The transcript records roll-call responses from multiple representatives for the report-out: Chair Nygren (recorded as Chair Nygren in one roll-call prompt), Representative Ward, Representative Leitner, Representative Alexander, Representative Fox, Representative Coates and Representative Pablo voted yes on the report-out motion. The clerk announced 7 ayes, 2 nays and 2 passes; the transcript does not identify which members registered the two passes. The record does not include the full bill text, the department referenced in the noncompliance language, or further legislative steps beyond reporting the bill out of committee.

With the motion prevailing, House Bill 4265 with the H‑1 substitute was reported out of committee. The committee then moved on to other agenda items and adjourned.