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Votes at a glance: Bills the House passed or circled on Feb. 5, 1999
Summary
The House passed a series of bills on Feb. 5, 1999, including county annexation technical corrections, adoption‑record access limits, accessible parking definitions, domestic violence sentencing clarifications and driver‑education increases; it also circled several bills for further review.
At Friday’s House session lawmakers approved or advanced several bills with either brief floor discussion or committee report adoption. Key floor results:
- HB226 (county annexation amendments): Technical correction; adopted on the consent calendar and passed 68–0. Representative Bradley T. Johnson said the bill deletes one unconstitutional line and otherwise is purely technical.
- HB231 (access to adoption records): Sets a 100‑year limit on privacy of adoption records to allow genealogical access; passed 63–6.
- HB83 (accessible parking spaces): Clarifies that an access aisle is part of the accessible parking space so that blockage of the aisle can be enforced; passed 64–0.
- HB245 (domestic violence amendments): Clarifies penalties and court handling for second or subsequent domestic violence offenses; passed 68–0.
- HB12 (driver education requirements): Increases required on‑road driver‑education time from 2 to 3 hours; an amendment to delay implementation failed and the bill passed 64–0.
- HB257 (Crime Reduction Task Force): The bill was circled by the House for further consideration.
Several other committee reports were adopted and a number of bills were placed on calendars for later readings. Where recorded, vote tallies are noted above; all items that passed were referred to the Senate for further consideration.
