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Commerce Committee places six bills on consent calendar; votes to remain open until 2 p.m.
Summary
The Commerce Committee convened, identified three agenda items as stand‑alone placeholders and placed six other bills on a consent calendar. Committee leaders announced that votes on consent calendar items would remain open until 2:00 p.m.; final tallies were not announced in the hearing.
The Commerce Committee met on Oct. 27 and moved most of its agenda onto a consent calendar while treating three items as stand‑alone placeholders: SB1258 (Department of Economic and Community Development), SB1259 (workforce shortages, workforce development and training) and HB6879 (manufacturing).
The committee added to the consent calendar SB1402 (modifying small‑business regulatory flexibility analyses, LCO 6265), SB1455 (business reporting requirements), SB1456 (dedicating a portion of meals tax revenue to arts, culture and tourism; referral to Appropriations), SB1457 (establishing an airport development zone in Plainville) and HB7008 (R&D expense tax credit for pass‑through entities, referral to Finance).
Clerks began roll calls on several bills during the session; the committee announced it would keep votes open until 2:00 p.m. and did not announce final tallies in the hearing record. Members also noted calendar dates for upcoming meetings (a Tuesday the 18th and Thursday the 20th were cited for the following week).
Several motions to add bills to the consent calendar were made on the record and accepted without objection. The meeting recessed after the consent calendar was called and members were reminded of the votes‑open deadline and next meeting dates.
Because final recorded vote tallies were left open at the end of the session, the committee’s actions at this hearing consisted of referring bills with committee substitutes or JF/JFS recommendations and assembling the consent calendar; formal final votes will be completed when the committee closes votes by the announced deadline.
