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Votes at a glance: Economic Matters Committee moves multiple bills favorably
Summary
The committee advanced a large slate of bills across several calendars (vote lists 13, 12 and 14), moving many measures favorably by consent or roll call; several items were excused or withdrawn from consent as noted in committee discussion.
The Economic Matters Committee on Tuesday moved a broad set of measures across multiple voting lists. Several bills were handled on the consent calendar and by individual roll call; the committee also removed one bill from consent and requested reprints on amendments before floor action.
Key outcomes recorded in the committee transcript (not exhaustive of every agenda item) include:
- Vote list 13 (alcohol bills): Committee moved the consent calendar favorably for all items on vote list 13 except Senate Bill 972, which was withdrawn from consent and held out for separate consideration.
- House Bill 1126 (child support arrearage-to-work pilot): Moved favorably (see separate article for discussion).
- House Bill 1348 (solicitation after disaster): Amended and moved favorably; sponsors removed a 48-hour ban, added a five-day rescission right, and redefined "disaster" to require emergency-response involvement; reprint requested before floor vote.
- Senate Bill 37 / House Bill 121 (electric company reporting on regional transmission organization votes): Moved favorably by roll call.
- Senate Bill 41 / House Bill 825 (comptroller member of Small Business Retirement Savings Board): Moved favorably by roll call.
- Senate Bill 114 (veteran status notation on occupational licenses): Moved favorably.
- Bill 127 (governor appointments to State Board of Stationary Engineers require Senate confirmation): Moved favorably.
- Senate Bill 149 / House Bill 128 (report on assessed cost of greenhouse gas emissions): Moved favorably.
- A number of other cross-filed measures (e.g., SB209/HB78; SB228/HB30; SB261/HB63; SB263/HB92; SB279/HB895; SB285/HB575; SB544/HB559; SB631/HB? etc.) were moved forward as recorded; the transcript shows multiple unanimous or near-unanimous favorable motions and several roll-call votes. Where a delegate is recorded as "excused" (for example, Delegate Queen or Delegate Buoffo), that is noted in the transcript.
- Senate Bill 984: Committee recorded an unfavorable motion and the unfavorable motion passed as recorded in the transcript.
- Senate Bill 431 (apprenticeship office) and Senate Bill 522 (builder warranty disclosures) were discussed in detail and moved favorably; SB431 carries a revised fiscal note of $1.5 million ongoing.
Procedural notes from the meeting: committee members repeatedly requested reprints of amended bills before final floor votes and held several bills to allow members more time to read late-distributed amendments. The committee chair delayed certain votes to accommodate those requests.
This summary captures the disposition of many bills as reflected in the committee transcript; it does not attempt to reproduce every roll-call name-by-name. For articles on bills that drew substantive debate, see individual write-ups in this package.
