Transportation committee adopts amendment and votes to pass substitute for House Bill 2741

The Missouri House Committee on Transportation voted in executive session to adopt a committee amendment to the substitute for House Bill 2741 and then approved the substitute by a 9-2-1 committee tally.

Chair (speaker 1) moved to go into executive session and presented house committee amendment ending in .01 h to correct an 'and/or' drafting error; the committee adopted that amendment and then rolled it into a new substitute, which the chair moved to vote 'due pass.' After the clerk called the roll, the chair announced: 'By your vote of 9 ayes, 2 nos, and 1 present, you have voted due pass the house committee substitute to house bill 2741.'

Committee members offered no extended debate after the amendment was adopted; ranking member Woods (Representative Woods) thanked sponsors for clarifying work but said he would vote no on the substitute due to a concern with a small subjective language point. Representative Burton signified 'present' on the final tally. The committee’s roll-call procedure was read into the record by the clerk; the chair closed the executive hearing shortly after announcing the result.

No further committee action was announced on implementation steps for House Bill 2741 at the hearing; the chair then moved the committee to its public hearing on additional bills.

The committee's formal recorded outcome was that the substitute was voted 'due pass' in committee; the measure will move forward in the legislative process subject to scheduling and any subsequent floor action.