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Committee tables bill revising Public Service Commission selection, 10–4
Summary
House committee voted 10–4 to table HB 363, a bill that would revise selection of Public Service Commission members including elective and appointed options; sponsor and members debated appointments versus elections before tabling.
House Bill 363, which would revise the selection process for Public Service Commission members (including provisions for elected and appointed commissioners, districts and qualifications), was introduced and then tabled by the House Energy, Technology, and Federal Relations Committee.
Staff summarized the bill’s scope and Representative Kametz said he intended to vote no. Representative Fielder moved to table the bill (a nondebatable motion). The committee took a roll-call vote: Vice Chair Commence (Yes); Representative Fielder (Yes); Representative Joy (Yes); Representative Lee (Yes); Representative Fient (Yes); Representative Mallette (Yes); Representative Brewster (No); Representative Carter (No); Representative Sharp (Yes); Representative Griffith (No); Representative Zolnikoff (Yes, by proxy); Representative Mitchell (Yes); Vice Chair Cordon (Yes); Chair Perry (No). The clerk announced 10 ayes and 4 nos; the motion to table carried.
The transcript records the tabling action; it does not include committee debate on the bill’s substantive policy merits beyond the tabling motion.
