Committee moves three bills to consent or rejects one after unanimous votes

During the executive session members handled multiple bills by unanimous roll calls.

House Bill 1633: Speaker 4 moved for reconsideration, saying further stakeholder checks produced information that changed their position; the body agreed to reconsider and then Speaker 1 moved 'ought to pass.' The motion carried on a roll call 12-0 and the item was placed on the consent calendar.

House Bill 1047: The bill, described by Speaker 1 as an attempt to make the killing of certain government officials a capital crime, drew opposition from members who argued that elevating the classification was unnecessary because existing life-sentencing options already address the conduct. "Designating it especially different than other people's murders, in my mind, makes no sense to me," Speaker 1 said. The committee voted that HB1047 was inexpedient to legislate by a 12-0 roll call.

House Bill 1058: Members debated language that would allow an all-terrain vehicle (ATV) to carry a firearm with a chambered round. Speaker 1 called such a change "extremely unsafe" given the risk of branches or bumps causing accidental discharge; Speaker 2 suggested there may be ways to secure a firearm safely in a scabbard. The motion to treat HB1058 as expedient to legislate passed 12-0 and the chair indicated it would go on consent.

All results were recorded by the clerk in unanimous votes and the chair reported no objections to placing the advanced items on the consent calendar.