Votes at a glance: Committee advances two human services bills to Ways and Means

The Senate Committee on Human Services on April 1 adopted amendments and voted to move two bills with due-pass recommendations and referral to the Joint Committee on Ways and Means.

Senate Bill 11 68 (home health/hospice compensation and definitions)

- Action: Committee adopted the dash-1 amendment (definitions for home health services and home hospice services) and moved the bill, as amended, with a due-pass recommendation and request that the bill be referred to the Joint Committee on Ways and Means.

- Motion: "I move to adopt the dash 1 amendments to Senate Bill 11 68." (moved by Senator Lythcomb; motion to move bill as amended made on the record)

- Roll call excerpt on amendment adoption (as read into the record): "Senator Reynolds? Aye. Vice Chair Lendtigam? No. Chair Gossett Williams? Aye." The committee chair then announced the amendment was adopted after the required votes were received.

- Roll call excerpt on final motion to send the bill to Ways and Means (as read into the record): "Senator Nash? No. Senator Brzezinski? Aye. Senator Reynolds? Aye. Vice Chair Lankmann? No. Chair Gelser Wood? Aye." The chair announced that the required votes were received and the bill was referred to Ways and Means.

Senate Bill 20 (medical assistance for employed individuals with medically improved disabilities)

- Action: The committee moved Senate Bill 20 with a due-pass recommendation and a request that the bill be referred to the Joint Committee on Ways and Means by prior reference.

- Motion: "I move Senate Bill 20 with the due pass recommendation and that the Bill be referred to the Joint Committee on Ways and Means by prior reference." (moved by Senator Lythcum in the record)

- Roll call excerpt (as read into the record): "Senator Nash. No. Senator Brzezinski. Aye. Senator Reynolds. Aye. Vice Chair Lozdech. No. Chair Guster Glenn. Aye." The chair announced the motion passed and the bill was sent to Ways and Means.

What the transcript shows and limits on reporting

The transcript records the named roll-call responses read aloud at the meeting; the committee chair announced that each motion received the required votes and referred the bills to Ways and Means. The transcript does not record a complete roll-call tally by seat for every member present in a single consolidated list; reporting here quotes the spoken roll-call lines appearing in the transcript. Where the record reads names differently or inconsistently, this article reproduces the names and spoken votes as they appear in the transcript rather than inferring missing votes.