Legislative Administration Committee advances House Bill 546 to the House floor

The Legislative Administration Committee voted to advance House Bill 546 to the House floor after a committee vote was held during an executive session.

Vice Chair Walsh moved that the committee "do pass on House Bill 546," describing it as "an act in limiting the types of inter study entities that may request legislation." Chair Nicola Kakos asked for discussion, members called the question, and the chair conducted a vote. The chair announced, "The ayes have it," and a formal tally was reported as 13 ayes and 1 no.

Committee members announced several proxy votes during the tally. Committee commentary noted that Representative Committs "has some proxies," and the transcript records that Representative Regier, Representative Edwards and Representative Carlin were recorded as "aye by proxy." The committee did not read an individual roll-call of every voting member during the floor announcement reported in the transcript.

With the committee action completed, Chair Kakos announced that House Bill 546 "will proceed to the floor." The committee then closed executive action, recessed for lunch and adjourned.

Details recorded in the committee proceeding were limited to the motion, the brief procedural discussion, proxy confirmations and the vote tally. The transcript does not include the bill's statutory language beyond the short description offered when the motion was made, nor does it record a separate roll-call showing how each individual member voted beyond the proxies explicitly noted.

Next steps: House Bill 546 was reported out of the Legislative Administration Committee and will be scheduled for consideration on the House floor according to the chamber's rules and calendar.