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House committee adopts substitute and forwards HB 4,736 to include county executive in candidate‑replacement process
Summary
The House Committee on Election Integrity adopted substitute H‑1 to HB 4,736, adding the office of county executive to the list of positions covered by the county candidate‑replacement process, and reported the bill out of committee by an 8‑0 roll call.
Chair Smith presented House Bill 4,736 and introduced substitute H‑1, which would add the office of county executive, in addition to county commissioner, to the county candidate replacement process. Representative Fox moved to adopt substitute H‑1.
On a roll call, members recorded affirmative votes from Chair Smith, Representative Fox, Representative Altman, Representative Alexander, Representative Poldley, Representative Pablo, Representative Wooden and Representative Kosar; the clerk announced "8 yays, 0 nays, and 0 pass," and the substitute H‑1 was adopted.
Representative Sara Hoadley then moved to report HB 4,736 with recommendation as substituted H‑1. A second roll call was taken and the clerk again announced 8 yays, 0 nays; the motion prevailed and HB 4,736 was reported out of committee with the recommendation as substituted.
Representative Wooden moved to excuse absent members by unanimous consent, and Chair Smith adjourned the committee with no further business.
Motion details recorded in committee proceedings list Representative Fox as the mover to adopt the substitute; no second was recorded on the transcript. The committee's roll calls were recorded in the hearing transcript and the clerk announced the tallies as reported above.
