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Committee finishes with executive action: votes on bills and joint resolutions
Summary
After hearings, the House Judiciary Committee conducted executive action and recorded roll‑call votes: several bills passed and several failed or were tabled; the committee adjourned after final votes including HJ 6 and HJ 14.
The committee returned from a recess for executive action, moved a slate of bills and adopted voice and roll‑call votes across multiple items.
Votes at a glance
• House Bill 284 (as amended) — Motion to pass carried (roll call: 13 yes, 7 no). The committee adopted an amendment and passed HB 284 to advance. • House Bill 311 (amended) — The amendment passed (13–7) but the amended bill failed on final passage (8 yes, 12 no); the committee then tabled HB 311. • House Bill 388 — Passed on roll call (12 yes, 8 no). • House Bill 400 (Free to Speak Act, as amended) — Passed (12 yes, 8 no) after a technical amendment adding a definition of "person." • House Bill 409 (as amended) — Passed (12 yes, 8 no) after the committee inserted language limiting preliminary‑injunction tests used by state courts. • House Bill 415 — Passed (15 yes, 5 no). • House Bill 422 — Failed on final passage (9 yes, 11 no); subsequently tabled. • House Bill 439 (as amended) — Passed (12 yes, 8 no). • House Joint Resolution 6 — Passed (14 yes, 6 no). • House Joint Resolution 14 — Passed (12 yes, 8 no).
Committee members recorded roll‑call tallies after each motion; the transcript includes the clerk’s readout for each vote and the chair’s announcements moving the record forward. Chair Regier closed the committee at adjournment.
Representative Deming moved many of the motions during executive action; the clerk read final tallies and the committee recorded passage or failure per roll call. The committee also adopted several technical and clarifying amendments on the floor of the committee before final votes.
