Committee Rolls Through Executive Session: Substitutes Adopted and Multiple 'Due Pass' Recommendations

Following public testimony the committee recessed for caucus and reconvened in executive session to consider substitute bills and amendments. The transcript records motions, amendment votes and several committee recommendations by voice vote. Notable actions recorded in the transcript include:

- Substitute Senate Bill 5,949: Proposed substitute adopted; the committee voted to give the substitute a "due pass" recommendation to the Rules Committee (voice vote). An amendment (Amendment 2) to remove retroactivity failed on a voice vote.

- Substitute Senate Bill 6,129 (cigarette and nicotine taxation): Committee adopted Amendment 4 and later rolled it into a new substitute; the substitute received a "due pass" recommendation to the Rules Committee (voice vote). Several other proposed amendments were offered and not adopted.

- Senate Bill 6,228 (prescription drug reseller B&O preference repeal): Received a due pass recommendation to the Rules Committee by voice vote.

- Senate Bill 6,231 (data center sales and use tax exemptions repeal substitute): Proposed substitute adopted and the substitute received a due pass recommendation to the Rules Committee by voice vote.

- Second Substitute Senate Bill 5,965 (single‑use and reusable carryout bags): Adopted with amendments rolled into second substitute and received due pass recommendation.

The transcript records the committee taking voice votes with members saying "Aye" or "No" but does not provide roll‑call tallies or named yea/nay counts for those motions in the public transcription. The committee recorded the outcomes as due‑pass recommendations "subject to signatures."