Finance Division I: Committee recommendations and votes on a package of bills

Votes at a glance: Finance - Division I convened to consider a range of bills. Members recommended that House Bill 187, which would let a parent or guardian seek a restraining order on behalf of a minor when the perpetrator is not a household member, be reported “ought to pass.” Lawmakers also recommended passage (with amendments) of House Bill 66, which would change parts of the Right-to-Know law. The committee retained several Department of Environmental Services (DES) bills for further action on the House floor and recommended that House Bill 723, a repeal of the statewide multi-use energy data platform, be reported “ought to pass.”

Key formal actions taken this session included: passage of a motion recommending House Bill 187 “ought to pass”; adoption of an amendment removing a provision that waived filing fees for certain appeals in House Bill 66 and then recommending HB 66 “ought to pass with amendments”; a unanimous recommendation for House Bill 566 (leachate management requirements) to pass; retention of HB 215 (solid-waste-related changes) and several DES grant and local projects bills (HB 624, HB 607); adoption of an ICE-detainer amendment (0785H) to House Bill 511 and recommendation of HB 511 “ought to…