Rules Committee reports second package including fire-sprinkler tax relief, vehicle restraint changes and nursing shortage assistance program

Chair Bradford moved to report a second package of bills that the committee described as consisting of House Bill 1668 (Printer's No. 2044), House Bill 1093 (Printer's No. 1210), and House Bill 1676 (Printer's No. 2045). The committee recorded partisan division on the package: Democrats voted in favor and Republicans opposed, and the package advanced by a vote of 18 to 15.

According to the committee's descriptions in the transcript, House Bill 1668 would authorize a city of the first class to establish a real property tax relief program incentivizing the retrofitting of automatic fire sprinkler systems in residential buildings described in the bill; House Bill 1093 would amend Title 75 to further provide for restraint systems in vehicles; and House Bill 1676 would establish a nursing shortage assistance program. The transcript records no additional details or fiscal notes for the bills during the committee motion.

The action taken was procedural: the chair moved to report the package out of committee. The transcript records that Republicans were negative on the motion and Democrats voted in favor; the secretary called the roll and the package advanced 18-15. The transcript contains no record of amendments, committee direction to staff, or debate on the measures beyond the recorded partisan votes.