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Votes at a glance: House advances several bills, postpones others after H.687 debate
Summary
Following H.687, the House cleared a block of bills by voice votes (including passage of H.585, H.612, H.630, H.721, H.873, H.880) and postponed several others for one legislative day; procedural motions and postponements were handled in short order.
After the prolonged debate and passage of H.687, the House moved through a block of bills and procedural motions. Several bills were passed on third reading by voice vote, and multiple measures were postponed for one legislative day as the calendar was adjusted.
Passed by voice vote: H.585 (amend pension system for sheriffs and certain deputy sheriffs), H.612 (miscellaneous cannabis amendments), H.630 (boards of cooperative education services), H.721 (expanding access to Medicaid provisions), H.873 (financing testing and remediation for PCBs in schools), and H.880 (increasing access to the judicial system). The clerk announced the ayes had it for each of these items after members responded to the question on passage.
Postponed for one legislative day (motion carried by voice vote): H.829 (upstream eviction protections/housing stability), H.659 (captive insurance), H.657 (modernization of communications, taxes and fees), H.871 (updated state aid for school construction), H.874 (miscellaneous education changes), H.875 (state Ethics Commission/code of ethics), S.278 (comparative negligence/prohibitions), H.876 (corrections law changes), and H.879 (emergency temporary shelter program). Members moved and the House adopted postponement motions by voice vote as listed on the floor.
These actions were taken by voice votes or short motions following H.687 and were announced by the clerk; no contested roll-call votes were reported for these items in the transcript.
