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House tables contentious amendment to child‑custody bill after heated floor exchange
Summary
During consideration of House Bill 378 (child custody factors), the House voted to lay amendment A00043 on the table after a procedural motion; the tabling motion passed 102–101 following debate in which minority members objected to tabling and sponsors defended the motion.
House Bill 378, described as streamlining child custody determination factors, was on the floor with proposed amendments. Representative Flick offered amendment A00342 to require courts to provide any party named in a custody petition with a copy of the new custody factors so parties, including self‑represented litigants, understand the criteria the courts consider.
During consideration, Representative Schlossberg moved to table amendment A00043 (a separate amendment referenced on the floor), invoking the procedural motion to lay the amendment on the table. Minority Leader Topper spoke against the tabling motion, saying members had a right to debate the amendment. Representative Krupa, the amendment proponent, also opposed tabling and characterized delaying the amendment as silencing the minority voice. The chair limited debate on the tabling motion according to House rules.
The clerk recorded the tabling vote as 102 ayes and 101 nays; the motion to table carried and the amendment A00043 was laid on the table. The bill as amended elsewhere will be reprinted. The transcript captures considerable procedural dispute over whether the amendment should be debated, but the tabling motion prevailed by a single vote.
