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Judiciary Committee places seven bills on consent, approves amendment lowering penalties in HB5510
Summary
The Judiciary Committee voted to place seven bills on a consent calendar and approved an in-committee amendment to HB5510 that reduces a criminal classification and lowers two penalty amounts; Senate Bill 438 (self-checkout rules) was held for later consideration.
The Judiciary Committee recessed for caucus and, upon returning, moved seven substitutes to a consent calendar and approved an in-committee amendment to House Bill 5510.
Representative Fishbine moved to create a consent calendar and place the substitute for Senate Bill 125 (restricting private-equity ownership of nursing homes) on it. Similar motions followed to place substitute SB435 (automated decision systems protections for employees), substitute SB463 (security of election administration), substitute HB5222 (Department of Consumer Protection recommendations), substitute HB5342 (deceptive synthetic media and elections), and substitute HB5533 (protection of election administration processes) on the consent calendar. The chair placed each item on consent after motions were seconded.
On HB5510 (Department of Public Health recommendations regarding unlicensed institutions and practices), Representative Fishbine proposed a committee amendment changing a referenced offense from "class D felony" to "class C misdemeanor" and lowering dollar amounts in the bill: replacing a $5,000 figure with $2,000 and a $25,000 figure with $5,000. Representative Fishbine said, "I make a motion that in line number 11, we change class D felony to class C misdemeanor," and later, "And later in that line where it says 5,000, we change that to 2,000." The chair characterized the amendment as friendly; the committee voted verbally and the amendment attached.
The administrator read the consent calendar aloud and the committee conducted a roll call vote on the consent calendar. Portions of the roll call were not fully audible in the transcript, but multiple members' votes were recorded. The chair then recessed the committee until 3:30 p.m. The transcript records that SB438 (a bill concerning self-checkout stations and grocery stores) was held and therefore not placed on the consent calendar.
Why it matters: moving bills to a consent calendar sends multiple measures to the floor en bloc, expediting committee business. The amendment to HB5510 reduces the criminal severity and lowers the civil/penalty dollar amounts in the committee version, which alters the bill’s potential legal consequences if it advances.
What’s next: the consent calendar motions were recorded as referred to the floor; SB438 remains held in committee for future consideration.
