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Committee advances several bills in executive action; HB 144 and HB 159 pass, HB 160 tabled after roll call
Summary
During executive action the committee passed House Bill 144 (building codes council membership) and House Bill 159 (rural improvement district rules) by voice vote; House Bill 160 was amended, then failed a roll-call vote 7–10 and was tabled.
The House Local Government Committee moved multiple bills into and through executive action at the conclusion of hearings.
On House Bill 144 (revising membership for the building codes council), a member moved "that House Bill 144 do pass." The committee conducted a voice vote; the chair announced the bill passed with "aye" votes and recorded proxies for Representatives Fitzpatrick, Gist and Seekins Crow voting aye by proxy.
House Bill 159 (revising rural improvement district laws) was similarly moved and voice-voted out of committee. Committee discussion focused on the petition-based nature of the districts and that consent of those subject to a rural improvement district petition remains required.
House Bill 160 (an act concerning the preemption of local regulation of auxiliary containers) drew extended debate. Representative Staffman moved an amendment that removed plastics from the blanket preemption—effectively allowing municipalities to continue to regulate plastics while retaining state limits on other auxiliary containers; the amendment passed by voice vote. Members then debated the broader local-control question, with some referencing "Dillon's rule" (state authority over municipal powers) and others defending local authority and the importance of municipal choices for landfill and water treatment management.
The committee then took a roll-call vote on HB 160 as amended. The roll call recorded the following: Representative Brewster — No; Representative Springer — No; Representative Staffman — Yes; Representative Bertolio — No; Representative Cochran — No; Representative Elvrom — Yes; Representative Espin — No; Representative Feyant — Yes; Representative Gist — No (proxy); Representative Kordom — Yes; Representative Lee — Yes; Representative Overstreet — No; Representative Rexton — No; Representative Seekins Crow — No (proxy); Representative Strand — Yes; Representative Fitzpatrick — No (proxy); Representative Joy — Yes. The clerk announced a tally of 7 ayes and 10 nos; the bill "is not agreed to" and, without objection, the committee tabled HB 160.
No further business was conducted and the committee adjourned. The executive-action record in the hearing transcript documents the motions, the voice votes that carried HB 144 and HB 159 out of committee, the amendment passage on HB 160, and the subsequent roll-call defeat and tabling of HB 160.
