House refuses to concur on Senate amendments to SB 213 and appoints conference committee

The House of Representatives voted to refuse to concur with the Senate amendments to Senate Bill 213, a bonding measure for capital facilities, and authorized the speaker to appoint a conference committee to resolve differences.

Speaker 1 opened the matter, telling the chamber that "the senate refuses refuses to concur in the house amendments to senate bill 2 13, bonding for capital facility." Speaker 2 then moved that the House "do not receive from our house amendment and ask for the speaker to appoint a conference committee," explaining members had the option to concede to the Senate amendments or to refuse to concur and send the matter to a conference committee. The motion was adopted on a voice vote; no roll-call tally was provided.

After the authorization passed, the speaker named three members to the conference committee: Representative Hayes Hunter, Representative Vic Bradford and Representative Brent Goodfellow. The speaker directed the committee to meet with the Senate's conference committee to consider the differing amendments.

Members then handled routine business and brief announcements: a rules committee meeting was scheduled to convene immediately after adjournment; members were reminded to submit legislative intern evaluation forms to Wayne Lewis; and members were instructed to pay for a social scheduled for the following evening (payment details were available from Janet Geyser in the kitchen between 2 and 5 p.m.). Representative Pignanelli announced a short caucus in Room 405 before the chamber recessed until 2:00 p.m. on a voice vote.

The House took no further recorded formal action on SB 213 in this session and sent the matter to the appointed conference committee for negotiation.