House approves dozens of measures, largely concurring with Senate; some items recorded with abstentions
June 30, 2024 | House of Representatives, House, Committees, Legislative, Puerto Rico, International
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The House of Representatives convened its closing session June 30 and carried out a multi-hour final voting calendar, approving a large number of bills and joint resolutions and agreeing to concurrence with many Senate amendments.
Floor leadership read a lengthy voting calendar and the Secretary of the House recorded results and conference reports. The clerk reported that "todas las medidas del calendario de votación obtuvieron veintiséis votos o más," while singling out specific tallies: House project 1570 recorded 20 yes, 2 no and 19 abstentions; House project 1662 received 25 yes and 16 no (reported by the official of the record). The House also resolved not to concur on multiple Senate amendments and established conference committees to resolve discrepancies, listing appointed members for each committee.
Leaders designated many measures to take up by concurrence or by committee report. The session included routine committee referrals and readings of special-order resolutions directing commissions to investigate matters ranging from housing and public safety to the feasibility of a Grand Historical Airport Museum. Where the House declined to concur with Senate amendments, it named conference-committee membership by roll call and announced related scheduling.
The third turn proceeded by roll-call vote (pase de lista). Many representatives announced individual votes, abstentions, or objections item by item, producing a public record of who opposed or abstained on specific conference reports and bills. Members used the roll-call phase to enter abstentions and explanatory votes in advance of voice tallies during the partial calendar.
What happens next: approved measures will be sent to the agencies indicated in each final report or, if further conference action is required, will return to the conference committee named by the House. The House left several items for follow-up in the committees specified in the official calendar.
Floor leadership read a lengthy voting calendar and the Secretary of the House recorded results and conference reports. The clerk reported that "todas las medidas del calendario de votación obtuvieron veintiséis votos o más," while singling out specific tallies: House project 1570 recorded 20 yes, 2 no and 19 abstentions; House project 1662 received 25 yes and 16 no (reported by the official of the record). The House also resolved not to concur on multiple Senate amendments and established conference committees to resolve discrepancies, listing appointed members for each committee.
Leaders designated many measures to take up by concurrence or by committee report. The session included routine committee referrals and readings of special-order resolutions directing commissions to investigate matters ranging from housing and public safety to the feasibility of a Grand Historical Airport Museum. Where the House declined to concur with Senate amendments, it named conference-committee membership by roll call and announced related scheduling.
The third turn proceeded by roll-call vote (pase de lista). Many representatives announced individual votes, abstentions, or objections item by item, producing a public record of who opposed or abstained on specific conference reports and bills. Members used the roll-call phase to enter abstentions and explanatory votes in advance of voice tallies during the partial calendar.
What happens next: approved measures will be sent to the agencies indicated in each final report or, if further conference action is required, will return to the conference committee named by the House. The House left several items for follow-up in the committees specified in the official calendar.
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