Judiciary Committee Favorably Reports HB 203, HB 252 and HB 372 to Rules and Reference

During the same session that featured the HB 249 hearing, the committee acted on three other bills. Representative Matthews moved an amendment and substitute for House Bill 203; the amendment was accepted and the committee voted to favorably report HB 203 to the Committee on Rules and Reference and recommend its passage. Vice Chair Swearingen moved to favorably report House Bills 252 and 372 to Rules and Reference; the clerk called the roll in each case and the chair announced there were sufficient votes. For each favorably reported bill the clerk left the roll open until noon to allow additional members to record votes.

Committee instructions included a request to the Legislative Service Commission to harmonize adopted amendments into a substitute for HB 203. The transcript records the motions and the chair's announcements that each bill was “favorably reported”; it does not include signed roll‑call tallies in a single consolidated table in the oral record, though members answered individually during the roll calls.