House Committee on Education and the Workforce reports a slate of HR 96xx K–12 bills to the House after amendment votes

The House Committee on Education and the Workforce reconvened and moved through a sequence of recorded votes on amendments to bills in the HR 96xx series, ultimately agreeing to amendments in the nature of substitutes and voting to report multiple bills to the full House.

Chair (committee chair) led the session, directing recorded votes and calling for voice votes where appropriate. The clerk opened and closed each roll call and announced tallies; for example, after agreeing to an amendment in the nature of a substitute to HR 9607 the clerk announced 19 yeas and 16 nays, and the chair declared the motion agreed to. The chair then moved that the committee report HR 9607 to the House of Representatives with amendment and the recommendation that the bill pass; the committee approved that motion by recorded vote.

What the committee did

- HR 9607: After a series of recorded votes on multiple amendments (several offered by Courtney and Scott that were not adopted), the committee agreed to an amendment in the nature of a substitute and, by recorded vote (19 yeas, 16 nays), voted to report HR 9607 to the House with the recommendation that it pass.

- HR 9609: The committee considered multiple Adams and Scott amendments (most failing on recorded tallies such as 16–19 or 17–18) before agreeing to an amendment in the nature of a substitute. The committee then voted to report HR 9609 to the House (recorded vote: 19 ayes, 16 nays).

- HR 9602 and HR 9603: By chair motion the committee voted to report both bills as amended. The clerk announced recorded tallies of 20 ayes and 16 nays for HR 9602 and 20 yeas and 16 nays for HR 9603; both motions were agreed to and the materials will be transmitted to the House.

- HR 9605 and HR 9606: The committee considered amendments (including ones offered by Rep. Bonamici and Rep. Scott) that were not adopted; for each bill the committee agreed to a substitute and then voted to report the bill. Recorded tallies announced by the clerk were 20 yeas and 16 nays for each final motion to report HR 9605 and HR 9606.

- HR 9611: Several amendments to the substitute were considered and failed (typical tallies reported were 16–20); the committee agreed to a substitute and approved reporting HR 9611 by recorded vote (20 yeas, 16 nays).

- HR 9608 (Less Bureaucracy, Better Family Engagement Act) and HR 9604 (Less Bureaucracy, Better Tribal Education Act): The chair read the title for HR 9608 and the committee considered three amendments (none adopted). The substitute was agreed to and the committee voted to report HR 9608 (recorded vote 20 ayes, 15 nays). For HR 9604 the committee rejected a Scott amendment, agreed to a substitute and voted to report HR 9604 to the House (recorded vote 20 ayes, 15 nays).

- HR 9610: The committee processed eight amendments (sponsors included Adams, Takano, Scott, Manion and Bonamici); most amendment votes were not adopted (tallies such as 15–20 or 16–19). The amendment in the nature of a substitute was agreed to, and the committee voted to report HR 9610 as amended (recorded vote announced as 19 yeas, 16 nays).

Procedure and next steps

The clerk repeatedly opened recorded votes and announced tallies for each roll call; when voice votes were used the chair stated that "the ayes have it." The chair moved that staff be authorized to make technical and conforming changes to the bills, and cited House rules on supplemental minority views and record insertion deadlines. The committee adjourned after completing the scheduled business and ordering the transmitted materials to the House.

Attribution and sources

Summary details and vote tallies are based on the committee transcript and on the clerk's announced results. When the transcript recorded the clerk or staff announcing a tally, this article reports those tallies exactly as announced (for example, 19 yeas and 16 nays; 20 ayes and 15 nays). Where the transcript recorded only an amendment sponsor by last name (for example, Courtney, Scott, Adams, Macbeth, Bonamici, Takano, Manion), this article uses those names as presented in the transcript and does not infer given names.

What this does not resolve

The session transcript contains brief, procedural exchanges and multiple abbreviated or inconsistent renderings of bill numbers and sponsor names in places; this article normalizes bill identifiers to the form "HR ####" and uses sponsor last names as reported in the transcript. No policy text or substantive bill language was discussed in depth in the transcript excerpt provided; the record here is primarily procedural (amendments considered, tallies, substitute approvals and motions to report).