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Votes at a glance: multiple House measures amended or passed and sent to the Senate
Summary
The House adopted several committee reports, passed multiple bills including HB 205 (consent calendar), HB 26 and HB 27 (divorce education as amended), First Substitute HB 19 (ID-card changes), First Substitute HB 17 (uninsured motorist database), and HB 51 (as amended). Several bills were circled for later action, and committee assignments were made via a rules report.
During the floor session the House handled multiple procedural and substantive items and recorded the following notable outcomes:
- HB 205 (repeal of obsolete dependent special districts): On the consent calendar, Representative Julie Fisher described the repeal of two obsolete "beet districts"; the bill passed by voice vote and the clerk announced it received 70 yes, 0 no and will be transmitted to the Senate.
- First Substitute HB 44 (local government / special service districts recodification): Representative D presented the committee-origin bill and moved an amendment tightening bonding language; the House passed the first substitute (58 yes, 13 no) and the measure will be referred to the Senate.
- House Bill 26 (filing of liens): Representative Stephen Clark explained a one-word statutory clarification (change 'from' to 'after') to fix ambiguity on a 90-day filing period; the bill passed with 57 yes, 0 no and will be sent to the Senate.
- House Bill 27 (divorce education amendments): Representative Faulk carried the bill and Representative White successfully offered an amendment to require domestic-violence content in mandatory education for divorcing or paternity cases; the amended bill passed with 67 yes, 0 no and will be referred to the Senate.
- House Bill 17 (First Substitute; uninsured motorist identification database): Representative Joseph Murray introduced the bill describing InsureRite—s role; the first substitute passed 71 yes, 1 no, 3 absent and will be transmitted to the Senate.
- First Substitute HB 19 (identification card expiration amendments): The House adopted the first substitute to conform state ID expiration to federal Real ID requirements (five-year renewals for newly issued IDs after July 1) and recorded a favorable vote (tally reported on the floor) before sending it to the Senate.
- House Bill 51 (sales and use taxation of services): Representative Wayne Harper—s amendment clarifying taxation of "labor" versus coin-operated activity was adopted and the amended bill passed with 58 yes, 13 no, 4 absent.
- Other actions: The rules committee report assigned a large set of bills to standing committees and recommended Senate bills be read for second time; the House adopted the rules report. The House adjourned until 10 a.m. Monday at the end of the session.
This summary lists formal outcomes for bills that received recorded tallies on the floor during the session. Readers should consult official House journals or the Legislative Fiscal Office for final tallies and bill texts.
