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Votes at a glance: Finance subcommittee moves dozens of bills to full finance
Summary
On April 15 the Finance, Ways and Means subcommittee advanced a long list of bills to full finance (many by unanimous or near-unanimous votes), including measures on education, public safety, municipal election timing and other items; the consent calendar passed 13-0.
The Finance, Ways and Means subcommittee moved more than two dozen bills to full finance on April 15. Several recorded tallies from the meeting include:
- House Bill 17-08 (driver's license English requirement): 10 ayes, 1 no; moves to full finance. - House Bill 18-17 (suspension of commercial CDL for inability to speak English): 10 ayes, 1 no; moves to full finance. - House Bill 19-24 (Crime Stoppers study): 12 ayes, 0 noes; moves to full finance. - House Bill 21-29 (pre-K funding study): 12 ayes, 0 noes; moves to full finance. - House Bill 19-46 (AI study): 12 ayes, 0 noes; moves to full finance. - House Bill 3-97 (Finley Stadium sales-tax reallocation, amended): 12 ayes, 0 noes; moves to full finance. - Behind-the-budget consent calendar: 13 ayes, 0 noes; passes to full finance. - House Bill 24-46 (volunteer firefighter vehicle grant program): 13 ayes, 0 noes; moves to full finance.
The subcommittee also advanced numerous other bills (many by unanimous voice vote or by recorded tallies) including measures on municipal election timing, public charter schools, lottery board appointments, public notice studies, and changes to organized retail crime statutes. Where recorded, vote tallies are included above; many items were handled by voice vote or on consent and were listed as moving to full finance.
