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Health Policy Committee reports a large slate of bills to the House floor; most moves pass unanimously
Summary
The committee reported a series of House and Senate bills to the House floor, including House Bill 5974 (reported 10–5) and a package of other bills (many reported 15–0); the session’s recorded roll-call tallies are listed below.
The House Health Policy Committee reported a slate of bills to the House floor during the session. Below are the actions recorded in the committee transcript, including roll-call results as read aloud by the clerk.
Votes recorded in the transcript
- House Bill 5974 — Motion to report to the floor with recommendation. Result: 10 yes, 5 no; motion prevailed.
- House Bill 5985 — H‑1 substitute adopted (15–0). House Bill 5985 (as H‑1) reported to the floor with recommendation (15–0).
- Senate Bill 716 — Reported to the floor with recommendation (15–0).
- Medical-debt package (examples noted in transcript): House Bills 5254 and 5255 — both reported to the floor (15–0 as recorded).
- House Bill 6073 — H‑1 substitute adopted (15–0); HB6071, HB6072 and HB6073 reported to the floor (15–0 as recorded).
- Senate bills reported: SB449, SB450, SB451, SB701 and SB702 — each reported to the floor with recommendation (transcript records each as 15–0).
The committee clerk read roll-call results aloud for each motion. Where the clerk recorded numerical tallies (for example, the 10–5 result on HB5974), those tallies are reported verbatim above. The transcript did not include formal roll-call names with each vote tally beyond the clerk’s readout in the session notes; the clerk’s spoken tallies are the source for these counts.
Next steps
Most of the bills reported were sent to the House floor with recommendation; the transcript does not record further floor action. Members thanked witnesses and indicated further work on outstanding items in subsequent meetings.
