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House refers Senate Bill 124 to Ways and Means; transfers Senate Bill 45 to Agriculture committee
Summary
The House of Representatives referred Senate Bill 124, described as affecting state revenue on miscellaneous agricultural subjects, to the Committee on Ways and Means under House Rule 35(a), and voted to relieve the Judiciary Committee of Senate Bill 45 and commit it to the Committee on Agriculture, Food, Resiliency, and Forestry by voice vote.
The House of Representatives referred Senate Bill 124 to the Committee on Ways and Means and voted to transfer Senate Bill 45 from the Committee on Judiciary to the Committee on Agriculture, Food, Resiliency, and Forestry during the floor session.
Madam Speaker announced the referral on the notice calendar, saying, "Members, we have a bill on the notice calendar requiring referral to a money committee pursuant to House rule 35 a. House bill nope. Senate veil 124 is an act relating to miscellaneous agricultural subjects affecting the revenue of the state. The bill is referred to the committee on ways and means." The statement was recorded on the floor and the referral was entered without a recorded roll-call vote.
Later in the session, the Member from South Burlington moved the reassignment of Senate Bill 45. The Member from South Burlington said, "Madam Speaker, I move that the committee on judiciary be relieved of Senate Bill 45, which is an act relating to protection from nuisance suits for agricultural activities. And that the same be committed to the committee on agriculture, food resiliency, and forestry." The presiding officer called for the question and, after a voice vote, said, "The ayes, appear to have it" and then, "The ayes do have it. And you have relieved the Committee on, on judiciary of senate bill 45 and committed the same to the committee on agriculture, food resiliency, and forestry." No roll-call tally was recorded in the transcript.
Both items were handled as procedural referrals on the floor. House Rule 35(a) was cited during the referral of Senate Bill 124 as the basis for sending a bill affecting revenue to a money committee. The reassignment of Senate Bill 45 was moved and adopted by voice vote; the transcript records no named yea or nay votes.
The floor then moved on to announcements and recessed for caucuses; no further action on these bills was recorded in the provided transcript excerpt.
