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Motion to advance HB 2 fails; chair says the bill "dies today"
Summary
At a meeting, the chair summarized HB 2 and its main inclusions and exclusions, then recorded a motion by Senator Wiggins to declare the bill sufficient to pass; a voice vote failed and the chair announced the bill "dies today."
The chair told members that a copy of HB 2 had been placed on desks about two weeks earlier and that the committee had "looked at it in-depth," saying the measure had been passed by committee and placed on the calendar. "Most everything in HB 2 except for some charter school legislation, the voucher bill, ESAs as the house calls them," the chair said, and added that a teacher pay raise had been handled as a standalone bill.
After summarizing what remained before members, the chair invited questions but received none and moved to the next procedural step. The chair stated that "Senator Wiggins has a motion titled sufficient to pass on HB 2." A voice vote followed. The chair announced, "The noes have it. The bill dies today."
There was no recorded roll-call tally or named second in the transcript. The meeting concluded with the chair saying, "That's all we have. Rise and report."
