Committee adopts technical amendment to HF3421 and sends bill to the general register

The House Education Policy Committee voted on March 17 to adopt an oral amendment and place House File 3421 on the general register.

The chair (speaker 4) introduced House File 3421, noting the bill had been previously heard on March 10 and that the committee had since received a fiscal note showing zero anticipated state costs. The chair moved an oral amendment to remove Section 2 of the bill, which provided an appropriation; members adopted the oral amendment by voice vote. The committee then moved House File 3421, as amended, to the general register by voice vote.

The chair described the change as technical: removing a redundant appropriation that was not necessary given the fiscal-note findings. Committee minutes record only voice votes (ayes have it) and do not show a roll-call tally in the transcript.

No additional debate or dissent was recorded during the action. The committee proceeded to other agenda items after the recommendation.

The committee did not provide a roll-call vote or a named second in the transcript; the action is recorded as adopted by voice vote and recommended to the general register.