Clerk says Natural Resources & Energy committee approves updated draft report in unanimous straw poll

At a meeting of the Natural Resources & Energy committee, the clerk said the panel approved an updated draft of its report in a unanimous straw poll and that members will sign the document offline.

The clerk said the draft, which had been labeled 2.1 in prior versions, appears in the recording as draft 1.1 and now serves as the committee’s report. “All in favor say I,” the clerk said; a respondent answered “I,” after which the clerk said, “Okay. And that’s unanimous.”

The clerk said the report will be circulated for signatures and indicated that members did not need to be present live to sign. The transcript records the straw poll and the clerk’s declaration of unanimity; it does not include a formal roll-call vote or numeric tallies.

No formal motions, amendments, or roll-call votes are recorded in the transcript excerpt provided. Next procedural steps described on the record were circulation of the final report for signatures and closing the item for today.