House sets supplemental calendar under modified structure and recommits three bills to committees

The House convened for a brief procedural session during which the Speaker set a supplemental calendar under a modified structure and members moved to place multiple House bills on that calendar. Secretary Kelly moved to recommit House Bill 1224 to the Agriculture Committee; the Speaker asked for objections and none were recorded.

Chairman Powell then moved to recommit House Bill 1254 to the Regulated Industries Committee, and Chairman Irvin recommended recommitting House Bill 1232 back to the Education Committee. In each case the Speaker called for objections and the transcript records the motions being returned to the named committees without recorded opposition.

Members then moved and seconded to place a series of bills on the supplemental calendar under the modified structure. Bills explicitly added in the session included House Bills 963, 967, 979, 1087, 1134, 1234, 1238, 1266, 1272, 1296, 1391, 1393, 1432, 376, 962, 1077 and 1148. The exchanges in the transcript show moves, seconds and the Speaker asking for objections; for many entries the Speaker announced the bill was "on" and no roll-call tallies are recorded in the provided transcript.

The session was procedural and contained no debate on the merits of the listed bills. The transcript does not identify who seconded several motions by name nor does it record numeric vote tallies; where the record is silent, this article reports that those details were not specified in the transcript. The Speaker adjourned the meeting following the calendar setting.

Next steps: the listed bills will proceed according to the House's calendar and committee rules; the transcript does not specify scheduled floor debate dates or committee hearing dates for the affected bills.