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Committee moves substitute for House Bill 2517 off consent over wording concerns, then approves it on the regular calendar

Committee on Consent and House Procedural · February 24, 2026

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Summary

Chair Poucher told members that legal discussions about wording in the house committee substitute for house bill 2 5 1 7 raised possible consent-rule concerns; the committee moved the bill off the consent calendar for review and then voted to pass it on the regular calendar, 6-0.

Chair Poucher told the committee that "there has been some legal discussions" about the wording in the house committee substitute for house bill 2 5 1 7 and that the wording could raise concerns about whether the bill should be handled on the consent calendar. To be cautious, he said, the committee would not pass it on consent and would instead forward it to the regular calendar for the usual process.

Committee members noted the sponsor was present in the audience and that they were prepared to vote. The committee then took a roll-call vote and recorded a 6-0 tally to vote "do pass, not consent" on the substituted bill.

Chair Poucher framed the action as a procedural safeguard to allow legal concerns about definition and consent rules to be resolved before final consent processing.