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Committee rejects Carter amendment to HB 5207; bill reported to Rules

House Regulatory Reform Committee · December 19, 2025
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Summary

An amendment to House Bill 5207 offered by Representative Carter to link the bill to HB 4576 failed after a contested roll call; the committee then voted to report HB 5207 with recommendation to the Committee on Rules.

Representative Carter moved an amendment to House Bill 5207 that the transcript records as ‘‘tying it to House Bill 4576.’' Carter spoke briefly to the amendment, saying, "This just will tie bar it to, house bill 4576." The clerk called the roll, and the recorded votes were the subject of procedural confusion: the clerk announced varying tallies during attempts to clarify passes and votes. After re-doing the question, the clerk reported the motion did not prevail; the transcript records a tally of approximately four yays, nine nays and one pass in the sequence recorded on the floor.

Following the failed amendment, Representative Thompson moved to report HB 5207 with recommendation to the Committee on Rules. The committee approved that motion on a recorded roll call; the clerk reported 13 yeas, 0 nays and 0 passes and the motion prevailed.

The amendment text itself is not printed in the transcript beyond Carter’s brief description and the fragment quoted above. The committee’s proceedings included a brief exchange about whether votes should be re-taken and multiple roll calls before the clerk made a final announcement.