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House adopts multiple committee reports, advancing a slate of bills to second reading
Summary
Committee chairs reported favorable recommendations on a range of bills (natural resources, judiciary, law enforcement, transportation, and rules); the House adopted the reports and ordered several bills read for the second time and referred to the Rules Committee for prioritization.
Committee chairs from several standing committees reported favorable recommendations and the House adopted those committee reports by motion.
The Natural Resources, Agriculture and Environment Committee recommended action on HJR 29 (asserting state law over certain water-rights matters), HB 164 (wildlife remediation on private property), HB 155 (farmland assessment), first substitute HB 152 (oil and gas severance tax board restricted account), and HB 299 (agricultural sustainability task force), among others.
The Judiciary Committee favorably recommended first-substitute versions of HB 154 (expansion of a DNA database), HB 138 (creditors' rights against trust property), HB 173 (amendments to settlement agreement requirements), and other measures. The Law Enforcement and Criminal Justice Committee and the Transportation Committee reported favorable recommendations on bills including HB 313 (caller locator for emergency services), HB 337 (veterans’ service organization license plates), and HB 303 (expungement of certain DUI convictions).
The Rules Committee listed multiple bills to be placed on the third-reading calendar under suspension of the rules, including HB 297, HB 123 (medical recommendations for children, second substitute), HB 136, HB 296 (special highway general obligation bonds), HJR 19 and other bills. Following adoption of the committee reports, the listed bills were ordered to be read for the second time and referred to the Rules Committee for prioritization.
House members adopted the committee reports on voice votes as recorded in the proceedings. Specific roll-call tallies are not printed in the provided segments; the session recorded that motions to adopt passed and the bills were advanced for further consideration.
