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Votes at a Glance: Key Floor Actions and Outcomes on Feb. 2003 House Floor
Summary
On the February floor, the House recorded final passage for several bills (including Senate Bill 17 and Senate Bill 83) and moved numerous others through committee reports; this roundup lists recorded tallies and next procedural steps noted in the transcript.
Several measures on the House floor were acted on during the February 2003 session excerpted in the transcript. The following items had explicit recorded outcomes or were clearly placed for further action in the provided segments.
- Senate Bill 17 (semiconductor fabricating/processing materials sales tax exemption extension): Clerk announced the bill "having received 64 yes votes and 9 no votes"; the vote was recorded and the bill was returned to the Senate for signature and journal entry.
- Senate Bill 83 (Occupational and Professional Licensing Modifications): The clerk announced "71 yes votes and 0 no votes" and recorded the bill as passed, to be returned to the Senate for signatures.
- Senate Bill 5 (Retirement and Independent Entities Committee Amendments): Sponsor summarized renaming and code cleanup; the transcript records the bill "passed this body" with no recorded no votes in the excerpt.
- Several bills were reported out of committees with favorable recommendations (committees reported votes cited in the transcript, e.g., several revenue and taxation items reported out by votes such as 14-0 in committee). Those committee votes were announced on the floor and led to calendar placement or referral to standing committees as described by the Rules Committee report.
Other bills discussed on the floor (for which the provided transcript excerpt opens voting or records committee action but does not include a final roll-call tally in the excerpt) include first substitute Senate Bill 6 (electronic receipt truncation), Senate Bill 11 (childcare amendments), and Senate Bill 13 (DUI plea restrictions, as amended). The transcript notes amendments, floor debate and, in some cases, the opening of votes, but the roll-call counts for those specific floor votes are not present in the supplied segments.
Why it matters: The bills recorded here change tax sunsets, professional licensing rules and other administrative code; documented vote tallies provide a clear record of the House’s actions for citizens and stakeholders following legislative outcomes.
Next steps: Bills announced as passed in the House were to be returned to the Senate for signatures and journal entry per standard legislative procedure noted in the transcript.
