House Government Operations Committee adopts H2 for HB 5872 and reports HB 5872–5879 with recommendation

The House Committee on Government Operations met to consider a package of property-tax-related bills and adopted a substitute amendment to House Bill 5872 before reporting out seven bills with recommendation.

Representative VanderWall moved to adopt the H2 substitute for House Bill 5872. The clerk called the roll and the committee recorded a final tally of three ayes, zero nays and two passes; the chair stated the substitute was adopted. "Representative VanderWall moves the substitute H2 for house bill 5872 be adopted," appears verbatim in the transcript as the initiating motion.

Following adoption of the substitute, the committee considered a motion to report House Bill 5872 H2 with recommendation. Representative Harris moved to report the bill; the clerk again called the roll and the chair announced three ayes, zero nays and two passes, and the motion prevailed. The committee then moved through House Bills 5873, 5874, 5875, 5876, 5877, 5878 and 5879, each reported with recommendation after roll-call votes the clerk summarized as three ayes, zero nays and two passes.

The transcript records the committee's votes as roll-call tallies (three ayes, zero nays, two passes) rather than a full, unambiguous per-member yes/no list for every motion. The recorded yes votes that are explicitly audible in the roll-call exchange include Chair Boland and Representatives Harris and VanderWall; several other roll-call lines in the record are ambiguous about whether individual members voted yes or passed. Where the transcript is unclear about an individual member's recorded vote, this article cites the committee's announced tally rather than assigning an individual vote.

No substantive floor debate, amendments beyond the noted H2 substitute, committee amendments changing bill text, or objections were recorded in the transcript. With no further business, the chair adjourned the meeting.

The bills reported with recommendation were: House Bill 5872 H2 (substitute adopted and reported with recommendation), and House Bills 5873, 5874, 5875, 5876, 5877, 5878 and 5879 (each reported with recommendation).