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House committee conducts straw poll to concur with Senate amendment on H 06:57; related bills headed to floor
Summary
A House committee held a meeting this morning and conducted a nonbinding straw poll to concur with the Senate—s proposed amendment to H 06:57. Members also discussed the floor schedule for H 02:93, H 06:60 and H 09:38 and noted the governor has signed three of the committee—s recent bills.
The committee chair opened the meeting by saying the group would take up H 06:57 and that the bill—s title had been changed to reflect additions made in the House and the committee.
The chair explained the bill—s name was altered because "when the bill was originally introduced, it was a very ... narrow bill, and then we in this committee and in the House added a bunch of stuff to it," so the title now "actually reflects what's in the bill." The committee said it had already completed a walk-through of changes from the Senate and members indicated their questions had been answered.
Committee members discussed scheduling and other items on the docket. The chair said the committee would be on the House floor that day and warned that items could be called up from the notice calendar. The chair also noted the committee was awaiting the Senate—s appointment of its conference committee for H 06:60 and expected H 09:38 to return to the House for review soon. The chair reported that the governor had signed three of the committee—s bills.
Before voting, the chair asked for final questions and then asked for a motion "to concur with the Senate—s proposed amendment" to H 06:57, describing the procedure as a straw poll. The chair invited a show-of-hands vote; the transcript records the chair counting "1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8" hands in favor. The chair asked Jubilee to check in with a member named Eric, who had stepped away, about his vote. Later in the same discussion the chair said "so there's a 9 1," a phrase that appears to summarize the tally but that is recorded alongside the earlier count of eight hands.
The chair said H 02:93 would be on the floor that day and that the committee would provide vote results; the chair added they expected to have all results "in June." No formal motion text, mover or seconder was recorded in the transcript; the action was described and conducted as a nonbinding straw poll rather than a formal roll-call vote.
Next steps: committee members were told to be prepared for floor action, staff were asked to follow up on Eric—s vote, and scheduling for the Senate conference committee on H 06:60 remained pending. The chair closed by thanking members for their work.
