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Votes at a glance: key House bills moved or decided on Feb. 1, 2004
Summary
Summary of major floor actions and vote tallies from the House session, including bills passed (HB274, HB294, HB295, HB136, HB158, HB312) and one notable failure (HB150).
Several bills on the House floor advanced or were acted on during the Feb. 1 session. Below are the key outcomes recorded on the floor:
- House Bill 274 (municipal weed abatement): Passed the House (reported 69 yes, 0 no). Representative Michael T. Morley said the bill extends a city—s time to collect weed-abatement fees by 10 days to reduce county lien referrals.
- First substitute House Bill 312 (nonparticipating tobacco manufacturers fee): Moved from the consent calendar to third reading for fuller debate and later passed (61 yes, 10 no) and was forwarded to the Senate.
- First substitute House Bill 136 / Fourth substitute (electronic filing of preliminary lien documents): Sponsor Representative Morley guided substitute language reflecting recent lien law and stakeholder negotiations; fourth substitute passed (57 yes, 13 no) and goes to the Senate.
- House Bill 294 (purchase of firearms amendments): Technical changes to conform to current federal law and eliminate obsolete language; passed (69 yes, 0 no).
- House Bill 295 (concealed firearm permits application cleanup): Sponsor said the bill removes unused application requirements (extra photos, duplicate fingerprint cards, extended histories); an amendment to add instructor-discipline provisions failed (21 yes, 48 no); the bill passed (68 yes, 0 no) and was forwarded to the Senate.
- House Bill 158 (water shares in a municipal water company) as amended: Adopted a friendly amendment targeting members receiving water service and passed (70 yes, 0 no).
- House Bill 150 (firefighters' presumptive workers' compensation coverage): After extended debate the final passage motion failed (35 yes, 38 no); the bill will be filed.
Other bills were circled for further floor work (for example HB138 on state park trespass and HB273 tax amendments). Where exact roll-call details were not read on the floor transcript, the House published voice tallies or reported totals as noted above.
