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Committee advances a slate of minor and ceremonial health-related bills in a single voting session
Summary
During a fast-moving voting list the Health and Government Operations Committee approved multiple bills with little debate, including proclamations, state symbol designation, and several short measures; the committee recorded passage by voice vote for House Bills 65, 411, 1001, 899, and 1502 as noted in the transcript.
The Health and Government Operations Committee completed a rapid series of voice votes on multiple bills that drew minimal discussion.
Bills the committee recorded as passed by voice vote in the session include:
- House Bill 65 (Lindsey and Kerr): requires the governor to annually proclaim May 8 as Community Health Worker Appreciation Day; committee action: moved favorable and passed by voice vote.
- House Bill 411 (Lindsey and Kerr): designates chromate as the state mineral; committee action: moved favorable and passed by voice vote.
- House Bill 1001 (reported in transcript as "House Bill 10 0 1"): recorded as moved and passed by voice vote in the committee record.
- House Bill 899: recorded as moved and passed by voice vote.
- House Bill 1502 (referred to as 15O2 in transcript): recorded as favorable and passed; discussion noted this bill modernizes and renames an AIDS prevention ceremony that has existed in Baltimore City since 1994.
The transcript records committee members asking who wished to be cosponsors on some items and noting a lack of fiscal notes on several short measures. The committee concluded the voting list and recessed after approving the items on the printed voting list.
What the committee decided: the listed bills were moved and passed by voice vote; the transcript does not include roll-call tallies for these measures.
What remains to be decided: subsequent steps in the legislative process (floor consideration, enrollment, enactment) are outside the committee transcript and not recorded here.
