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Votes at a glance: House approves ID card renewal, tax-collection pilot, school discipline penalties and other bills
Summary
The House recorded final action on several bills Feb. 9: Senate Bill 11 (ID card renewal for people with disabilities) and Senate substitute bills (including SB60 and SB47) and House motions on multiple items; Senate Bill 38 (school-record withholding) was amended and passed. A consolidated roundup lists tallies and immediate next steps.
Several bills were taken up on the Feb. 9 House floor with recorded outcomes and brief explanatory notes:
- Senate Bill 11 (extension of ID card renewal for persons with disabilities): Sponsor explained the bill allows renewal of identification cards by mail for people with disabilities; the House passed the bill and, because it was amended, returned it to the Senate for further consideration.
- Senate substitute Senate Bill 60 (Sunset Act and related provisions): The House substituted the Senate version with a House substitute to incorporate numerous amendments; the House voted to substitute and returned the bill to the Senate for consideration of House amendments.
- Senate Bill 47 (Tax Commission collections pilot): The bill authorizes the Tax Commission, after 24 months of nonpayment and required protests/notice, to employ private collectors; disclosures to collectors are limited to name, address, phone and amount due and collection fee proceeds go to a restricted account pending an auditor review. A cap on collection fees (not more than one-third, discussed as a 30% cap) was noted; the House recorded passage and returned the measure to the journal.
- Senate Bill 38 (school property damage and withholding transcripts): The House adopted an amendment to ensure coverage focuses on willful conduct and allows flexibility (students working off fines) and passed the amended bill, referring it back to the Senate for consideration of House amendments.
- Senate Bill 14 (vehicle tinting guidelines): The House passed the bill after debate on enforcement and public-safety concerns; vote tallies were announced on the floor.
Procedure note: the House also approved a rules committee report that ordered numerous bills printed and assigned them to standing committees. Several other bills were moved and printed as part of the rules committee report; committee assignments were read into the record.
All tallies and actions below are recorded as announced on the House floor and are taken from the Feb. 9, 1994 floor transcript.
