Chair says committee gave unanimous straw poll to new draft comments on H 710

The Chair of the Environment & Energy committee called a quick straw poll on a revised draft of comments for H 710 and announced the result was unanimous.

The Chair introduced the item as a new draft of the committee's comments on H 710, noting a file-label change: "it was 2.1. It was 2.1. It looks like it's draft 1.1 now," and saying the draft contains "all the language that we just talked about." The Chair said the committee would file the report "at o'clock."

When the Chair asked for a straw poll—"All in favor, say aye"—they later stated, "And so that's unanimous." The Chair then said the document would be passed around for members to sign and that members "don't think we need to be live for the signing."

The action described in the meeting was an informal straw poll and not a roll-call or recorded formal vote. The Chair's remarks indicate the committee intends to finalize the committee's comments on H 710 by circulating the current draft for signatures rather than conducting an additional live vote.

No formal motion text, mover/second, or roll-call vote tally was recorded in the transcript; the only recorded outcome is the Chair's statement that the straw poll was unanimous. The committee's next procedural step is circulation of the draft for signatures as described by the Chair.