Committee notes House Judiciary straw vote on H 540, asks to schedule Tuesday vote

A member of the House Corrections & Institutions committee reported on Jan. 30 that House Judiciary conducted a walkthrough on H 540, the reparative program working group bill, and recorded a straw vote of 11‑0‑3 in support of the language. Committee members asked to place H 540 on the committee's Tuesday schedule for further action.

The report on the straw vote was presented as background: members said House Judiciary "support[ed] the language" on a straw vote and that the Corrections & Institutions committee should consider the bill for a committee vote. No formal vote by Corrections & Institutions on H 540 occurred during the meeting; members asked staff to add the item to the committee calendar for Tuesday.

Next procedural steps noted in the meeting: staff were asked to add H 540 to the committee's schedule and to provide materials in advance; members flagged no changes to the language from the Judiciary walkthrough and signaled support for moving the bill forward to a committee vote.