Committee places multiple items on consent calendar; several roll-call votes recorded and held open

During the session the committee placed items 2, 3, 5, 7, 9, 10 and 11 on the consent calendar (including bills on Workforce Council modifications, firefighters' cancer-relief reporting, veterans' postings and a comptroller study of retiree health insurance). Several other items not on the consent calendar were moved to the floor and roll-call votes were recorded.

Clerk (Speaker 6) called the consent calendar and recorded recorded 'yes' votes from multiple members; the chair then announced votes would remain open until 3:30 PM to allow members to confirm outstanding votes. The committee scheduled a public hearing for March 10 and set its next meeting for March 12 at 12:00 PM.

Items placed on the consent calendar (as read by the clerk) included:
- SB 271 (implementing Labor Department recommendations, LCO 2772)
- SB 346 (Governor's Workforce Council modifications)
- SB 349 (firefighters cancer relief fund reporting consolidation)
- HB 5280 (shared-work program non-charge during high unemployment)
- HB 5277 (posting veterans information and services in the workplace)
- HB 5382 (comptroller study on retiree health insurance for police/firefighters)
- HB 5383 (technical statutory revisions concerning labor).

The clerk recorded roll-call votes on several non-consent items and consent items; where counts or full member votes were not captured in the transcript, the committee stated it would hold votes open before announcing final outcomes.