House committee adopts substitute, advances three bills after executive session

The Committee on Corrections and Public Institutions convened and, after moving into executive session, adopted a House committee substitute and voted to report that substitute and three bills — House Bill 2,592, House Bill 2,834 and House Bill 2,787 — 'do pass.' The clerk conducted a roll call and the chair announced the motion carried by voice and then by roll call with a recorded tally of 15 ayes and 0 noes.

The substitute was described by the chair as a consolidation vehicle intended to roll three previously heard bills into one committee substitute for efficiency. Committee members briefly discussed the consolidation prior to the voice vote to adopt the substitute.

After the vote the committee returned to the scheduled public hearings and proceeded to take testimony on several bills involving the Missouri State Highway Patrol and Department of Public Safety.

The clerk’s roll call for the 'do pass' motion recorded members as voting 'Aye.' The chair later corrected an initial count and confirmed the final tally as 15 ayes, 0 noes. The committee proceeded to hear sponsors and witnesses on subsequent bills that address purchasing authority, fee allocations for the Water Patrol and fund-sweep protections.