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House receives Senate messages naming conferees, announcing bill actions and scheduling conference committee
Summary
Clerk read messages from the Senate naming conferees on multiple House bills, noting nonconcurrence on two Senate bills and announcing passage or amendment of several measures. A conference committee on child welfare and health was scheduled and the House adjourned until March 24.
The clerk read messages from the Senate naming conferees for multiple House bills, announcing passage or amendment of several measures and requesting conferences on other bills, and the House adjourned until Monday, March 24, at 10 a.m.
The action matters because conferee appointments and nonconcurrence messages set the next procedural steps for bills that may go to a House–Senate conference committee, and the clerk’s list included several bills announced as passed or amended by the Senate.
During a messages-from-the-Senate segment, the clerk read that the Senate "accedes to the request of the house for a conference on HB 20 16 and has appointed senators Thompson Blue and Faust Gadeau as conferees on the part of the Senate." The clerk repeated similar messages naming Senate conferees for HB 20 22, HB 2,069, HB 2,231 and HB 22 49. The clerk later read that the Senate appointed conferees for HB 22 75, HB 2 2 8 0 and HB 23 65.
The clerk also read that "The Senate non concurs in House amendments to SB 125, request a conference and has appointed Senators Billinger, Clays, JR, and Petty as conferees on the part of the Senate," and that the Senate nonconcurred in House amendments to SB 2 50, requesting a conference and appointing Senators Gossage, Clifford, and Holzer as conferees.
The clerk announced passage or amendment of a number of measures, including a stated passage of SB 181 and multiple House bills listed by number and described as "as amended" or "is amended" in the clerk’s reading. The clerk’s delivery listed several bill numbers in rapid succession; where the clerk’s reading was unclear the specific amendment or the Senate’s exact action was not specified in this transcript.
Separately, Representative Howerton was recognized to announce committee scheduling. The clerk reported that "The conference committee on child welfare and senate health will meet Monday at 01:30 and 01:42 south." The transcript records those times in the clerk’s announcement as read; the agenda or materials specifying room locations or full schedule were not provided in the transcript.
The House then recessed business with a motion from the majority leader to adjourn. The majority leader moved that "the house adjourn until Monday, March 24 at 10AM." The motion carried after an oral voice vote: "Aye" was recorded; no roll-call tally was provided in the transcript.
No substantive floor debate on the merits of the listed bills appears in the transcript; the record contains the clerk’s reading of Senate messages, committee referrals and announcements rather than extended debate or votes on the individual measures.
Looking ahead, the clerk’s messages set the procedural next steps: conferee appointments and nonconcurrence messages indicate matters that will be resolved through conference committees or further interchamber negotiation, and the scheduled conference committee on child welfare and health is set for Monday at the times read by the clerk.
