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Votes at a glance: House advances slate of bills on consumer protections, corrections, health care and public safety
Summary
The House moved a multi-bill package, taking final passage on numerous measures including bills on HOA resale certificates (HB1500), inmate funds and corrections policy (HB25-39), healthcare transaction rules (HB25-48), an excise tax for renewable energy installations (HB19-60), and a bill addressing 3D-printed guns (HB23-20). Most measures passed by voice or roll call.
On a packed floor the state House processed and approved a broad set of bills spanning consumer protections, corrections policy, healthcare transaction rules, renewable-energy tax treatment and firearms-related provisions.
Key outcomes (selected):
- Engrossed Second Substitute House Bill 11-70: Final passage declared after roll call (55 yeas, 38 nays, 5 excused). Representative Shavers and others spoke in favor; Representative Barnard announced a no vote.
- Engrossed Second Substitute House Bill 22-51: Passed (see separate article) 54-40, 4 excused.
- Engrossed House Bill 24-45: Passed by roll call (66 yeas, 29 nays, 3 excused); Representative Richards thanked the Attorney General’s Office and stakeholders for unanimous Senate support.
- Substitute House Bill 23-34: Passed 80 yeas, 15 nays, 3 excused after sponsors and supporters spoke in favor.
- Engrossed Third Substitute House Bill 19-60 (renewables excise): Sponsors described the bill as replacing inconsistent property-tax treatment for wind, solar and storage with a stable excise tax that would route revenue to counties and junior taxing districts. The bill passed 86 yeas, 9 nays, 3 excused.
- Engross Substitute House Bill 1500 (resale certificates/HOA): Passed following remarks noting negotiated improvements; vote recorded 61 yays, 34 nays, 3 excused.
- Second Substitute House Bill 19-09 (court unification task force): Passed after debate; members expressed both support and concern about enlarging task forces and potential inefficiencies.
- Substitute House Bill 25-39 (inmate funds and related corrections provisions): Passed 57 yays, 38 nays, 3 excused; debate highlighted changes to inmate-allowed balances and inflation adjustments.
- Engross Substitute House Bill 25-48 (healthcare transaction paperwork/fee waiver): Passed 55 yays, 41 nays, 2 excused; opponents noted concern about fee waivers for government entities.
- Engross Substitute House Bill 23-20 (3D-printed firearms provisions): Passed 58 yays, 38 nays, 2 excused; proponents cited public-safety incidents and untraceable ghost guns; opponents raised First Amendment concerns about criminalizing possession of computer code.
Most bills were adopted either by oral voice vote or by roll-call tally as recorded on the floor; the transcript lists vote tallies for each recorded roll call and the House declared the measures passed where a constitutional majority was recorded.
