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2025-03-12 House Journal

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2025-03-12                     House Journal                      Page 0448
HB 69                                                                                                                         
The following, which was advanced to third reading from the                                                                     
March 11 calendar (page 439), was read the third time:                                                                          
                                                                                                                                
    CS FOR HOUSE BILL NO. 69(RLS) am                                                                                            
    "An Act relating to education; relating to open enrollment in                                                               
    public schools; relating to school and student performance reports;                                                         
    relating to school and district accountability; relating to charter                                                         
    schools; relating to an annual report for correspondence study                                                              
    programs; relating to the base student allocation; relating to                                                              
    reading proficiency incentive grants; relating to wireless                                                                  
    telecommunications devices in public schools; relating to the duty                                                          
    of the legislature to pass a public education appropriation bill;                                                           
    relating to the duty of the governor to prepare a public education                                                          
    appropriation bill; establishing the Task Force on Education                                                                
    Funding; relating to a report on regulation of school districts; and                                                        
    providing for an effective date."                                                                                           
                                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                

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Representative Stutes, citing Section 101 of Mason's Manual, rose to                                                            
points of order regarding confining remarks to the bill before the body.                                                        
                                                                                                                                
The Speaker directed members to confine their comments to the bill.                                                             
                                                                                                                                
Representative Fields, citing Section 121 of Mason's Manual, rose to a                                                          
point of order regarding impugning the motives of others.                                                                       
                                                                                                                                
Representative McCabe rose to a point of order regarding impugning                                                              
the motives of others.                                                                                                          
                                                                                                                                
The Speaker directed members to confine their comments to the bill.                                                             
                                                                                                                                
Representative Stutes rose to a point of order regarding confining                                                              
remarks to the bill before the body.                                                                                            
                                                                                                                                
The Speaker directed members to confine their comments to the bill.                                                             
                                                                                                                                
Representative McCabe appealed the ruling of the Chair.                                                                         
                                                                                                                                
There was objection.                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                                
Representative McCabe withdrew the motion.                                                                                      
                                                                                                                                
Representative Stutes rose to points of order regarding confining                                                               
remarks to the bill before the body.                                                                                            
                                                                                                                                
The Speaker directed members to confine their comments to the bill.                                                             
                                                                                                                                
The question being:  "Shall CSHB 69(RLS) am pass the House?"  The                                                               
roll was taken with the following result:                                                                                       
                                                                                                                                
CSHB 69(RLS) am                                                                                                                 
Third Reading                                                                                                                   
Final Passage                                                                                                                   
                                                                                                                                
YEAS:  24   NAYS:  16   EXCUSED:  0   ABSENT:  0                                                                              
                                                                                                                                
Yeas:  Burke, Bynum, Carrick, Coulombe, Dibert, Edgmon, Eischeid,                                                               
Fields, Foster, Galvin, Gray, Hall, Hannan, Himschoot, Holland,                                                                 
Jimmie, Josephson, Kopp, Mears, Mina, Ruffridge, Schrage, Story,                                                                
Stutes                                                                                                                          
                                                                                                                                

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Nays:  Allard, Costello, Elam, Johnson, McCabe, Moore, Nelson,                                                                  
Prax, Rauscher, Saddler, Schwanke, Stapp, Tilton, Tomaszewski,                                                                  
Underwood, Vance                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                
And so, CSHB 69(RLS) am passed the House.                                                                                       
                                                                                                                                
Representative Kopp moved the effective date clause.                                                                            
                                                                                                                                
The question being:  "Shall the effective date clause be adopted?"  The                                                         
roll was taken with the following result:                                                                                       
                                                                                                                                
CSHB 69(RLS) am                                                                                                                 
Third Reading                                                                                                                   
Effective Date                                                                                                                  
                                                                                                                                
YEAS:  38   NAYS:  2   EXCUSED:  0   ABSENT:  0                                                                               
                                                                                                                                
Yeas:  Allard, Burke, Bynum, Carrick, Costello, Coulombe, Dibert,                                                               
Edgmon, Eischeid, Elam, Fields, Foster, Galvin, Gray, Hall, Hannan,                                                             
Himschoot, Holland, Jimmie, Johnson, Josephson, Kopp, McCabe,                                                                   
Mears, Mina, Moore, Nelson, Prax, Rauscher, Ruffridge, Saddler,                                                                 
Schrage, Schwanke, Stapp, Story, Stutes, Tilton, Underwood                                                                      
                                                                                                                                
Nays:  Tomaszewski, Vance                                                                                                       
                                                                                                                                
And so, the effective date clause was adopted.                                                                                  
                                                                                                                                
CSHB 69(RLS) am was referred to the Chief Clerk for engrossment.