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Chamber Concurred With Senate Amendments to HB 334 After Fiscal-Note Cut; Final Passage Vote Interrupted by System Outage

Legislative body (unnamed in transcript) · February 26, 1999

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Summary

Lawmakers voted to concur with Senate amendments to House Bill 334, which reduced the fiscal note from $500,000 to $450,000. A subsequent roll-call for final passage was disrupted by a voting-system outage and the chamber adjourned until 9 a.m. Monday without completing the final tally.

Lawmakers moved to concur with Senate amendments to House Bill 334 and approved the concurrence, after a member said the only change was a fiscal-note reduction from $500,000 to $450,000. "I move we concur with the senate amendments on House Bill 334," an unidentified representative said, and later stated, "The only amendment was just the fiscal note. It was amended from 500,000 to 450,000."

The presiding officer announced the concurrence motion passed. The chamber then opened voting for final passage of the first substitute House Bill 334, but the vote was disrupted when multiple members reported trouble registering their votes. "We're having problems voting," the presiding speaker said, later adding, "The system's down," as an onscreen client message indicated retries. Staff attempted a reboot but the presiding officer said they would wait only briefly for restoration.

Because the roll-call for final passage could not be completed, the chamber did not record a final-passage tally during this session. The presiding officer then called for and carried a motion to adjourn until 9 a.m. Monday; members voted in favor and the body adjourned.

What happened matters because the concurrence moves HB 334 forward with a smaller fiscal impact than previously noted, but final enactment was not completed due to the technical outage. The chamber’s next scheduled opportunity to complete final passage is when it reconvenes at the stated time. The transcript did not record a named mover or seconder for the concurrence beyond an unidentified representative who made the motion, nor did it record a final roll-call for final passage.