House advances dozens of bills in late-session third-reading votes

Following the lengthy special-order debate on HB 774, the House moved through a packed third-reading calendar. The clerk read multiple bills aloud and the House recorded roll-call votes and tallies on numerous items.

Notable third-reading actions included passage of House Bill 74 (state procurement — security services contract modification) on a constitutional majority (86 yeas, 29 nays reported); House Bill 896 (National Guard state active duty mobilization fund) passed (110 yeas, 7 nays reported); Senate Bill 38 (ignition interlock system participation) passed unanimously in the recorded roll call (116 yeas reported at that time); Senate Bill 81 (prohibition on sexual activity between school resource officers and students) passed with a unanimous recorded tally; and many other bills across criminal law, estates and trusts, court security, juvenile truancy and police training measures cleared the floor with recorded majorities.

Members used the roll-call process to make several vote changes on the record during the sequence. The clerk reported the presence of at least 116 members at several of the roll-call moments. After the third-reading sequence concluded, the clerk read a long list of Senate bills that had been passed in the House, and the Speaker moved on to committee announcements.

The transcript records individual tallies for many items; the clerk’s announcements provide the official vote totals in the floor record. Members with specific interest in any of the bills should consult the official clerk's roll-call entries for the final certified tallies and amendments that may have been adopted on third reading.