Votes at a glance: Commerce Committee actions and outcomes

The Senate Commerce Committee recorded the following formal outcomes during the session:

- HB410 (limits on local authority over residential development): Chair moved interim study; motion approved in committee.

- HB639 (blockchain/digital currencies): Committee adopted an amendment improving the definition of digital-asset exchange; the underlying passage vote split 3–3 and the bill was sent for further study.

- SB66 (third-party veterans claims assistance): Committee voted to place the bill in interim study to allow sponsors to work with stakeholders.

- HB649 (vehicle-inspection repeal and dealer protections): Amendment 3066s (restore earlier language and preserve inspection authority for school buses and specified hazardous-material vehicles) passed; Senator Ricciardi’s amendment 3065s (unsafe-vehicle definition and dealer-disclosure requirements) failed on a 3–3 tie. The final vote on HB649 as amended resulted in a 3–3 tie; the chair said the bill will go to the floor without recommendation.

- SB82 (housing-opportunity project extension): Committee moved the bill to interim study because of the $20 million cost and budget timing.

- SB88 (prohibiting certain labor-organization terms in state contracts): Committee adopted an amendment and passed the bill on a recorded 4–2 vote.

- SB90 (duplicate of enacted HB631): Committee voted 'inexpedient to legislate' (ITL) because the identical House provision is already law.

- SB175 (municipal covenants): Committee moved the bill to interim study.

These results leave several measures to be revisited by sponsors on the floor or after interim work; the committee adjourned after completing the agenda.