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Votes at a glance: committee gave favorable reports to several insurance and other housekeeping bills
Summary
During the session the committee moved multiple noncontroversial measures forward by previous-roll or brief motions, including HB 262, HB 261, SB 151, HB 106 and others; all received favorable reports as recorded in the transcript.
The committee advanced several measures by brief motion or previous-roll procedure with no recorded objections in the transcript. Key actions recorded during the session:
• HB 262 (Representative Ellis) — described by the chair as a Department of Insurance housekeeping bill that corrects internal citations in the Code of Alabama; the committee gave HB 262 a favorable report (motion by Sen. Smitherman; second by Sen. Roberts).
• HB 261 (Representative Ellis) — a companion measure on surplus-lines insurance that the sponsor said mirrors the Senate version and mainly affects coastal areas where nonadmitted carriers provide coverage; the committee gave HB 261 a favorable report (motion by Sen. Williams; second by Sen. Smitherman).
• SB 151 — moved with a motion by Sen. Williams and a second by Sen. Smitherman and received a favorable report.
• HB 106 (Representative Brown) — received a favorable report (motion and second recorded in committee using previous-roll procedure).
All of the measures above were recorded in the transcript as receiving favorable committee reports; the committee used previous-roll procedures or brief recorded motions and seconds for these noncontroversial items.
