House Community Revitalization Committee completes third hearing on House Bill 218; no opponent testimony

The House Community Revitalization Committee completed the third hearing on House Bill 218 and recorded no opponent testimony, the chair of the House Community Revitalization Committee said during the meeting.

The committee met with a quorum, approved the minutes from its previous meeting without objection and then took up House Bill 218 for a third hearing. “Is there any opponent, er, opponent testimony that would like to be heard today? Hearing none,” the chair said, and later added, “Seeing none, this completes the third hearing from House Bill 2 18.” The transcript records no vote or formal action on the bill.

Committee members present included Representative Brewer (ranking member), Representative Brownlee, Representative Fowler Arthur, Representative Gross, Representative Hoops, Representative Lawson Rowe, Representative Salvo, Representative Sparingen and Representative Tusca. Chair Clique and Vice Chair Mullins were noted as excused; Representatives Humphrey and Newman were also recorded as excused. At the start of the meeting the committee approved the prior meeting minutes without objection.

The transcript records an opening prayer and the pledge of allegiance before the committee business; those ceremonial items did not include substantive debate on HB 218 and are not part of the hearing record on the bill. After the chair closed the bill's third hearing and asked for further business, the committee adjourned.

No additional details about the contents of House Bill 218, any testimony for or against the bill, or any subsequent committee action were provided in the transcript. The record shows only that the committee held and closed a third hearing and that no opponent testimony was offered.