03/30/2022 01:30 PM House FINANCE

HOUSE BILL NO. 60                                                                                                             
                                                                                                                                
     "An Act relating to mental health education."                                                                              
2:31:16 PM                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
Co-Chair  Merrick indicated  that  the  bill was  previously                                                                    
heard on March 17, 2022,  and the committee would consider 7                                                                    
amendments.                                                                                                                     
                                                                                                                                
Representative Thompson  noted that  the Senate  version was                                                                    
in third  reading on the Senate  Floor and if it  passed the                                                                    
body, it would  be referred to the  House Finance Committee.                                                                    
He indicated  that the amendments  offered by  the committee                                                                    
were  not  in the  Senate  version.  He recommended  waiting                                                                    
until the Senate version was referred to the committee.                                                                         
                                                                                                                                
Representative Thompson  MOVED to TABLE  HB 60 until  it was                                                                    
known whether the Senate would pass the bill.                                                                                   
                                                                                                                                
2:32:32 PM                                                                                                                    
AT EASE                                                                                                                         
                                                                                                                                
2:35:23 PM                                                                                                                    
RECONVENED                                                                                                                      
                                                                                                                                
Co-Chair Merrick OBJECTED.                                                                                                      
                                                                                                                                
2:35:51 PM                                                                                                                    
AT EASE                                                                                                                         
                                                                                                                                
2:39:09 PM                                                                                                                    
RECONVENED                                                                                                                      
                                                                                                                                
Representative Thompson WITHDREW his motion.                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
Representative  Edgmon stated  that  a motion  to table  was                                                                    
nondebatable. He thought there  should be an opportunity for                                                                    
the  public  to hear  discussion  regarding  the motion.  He                                                                    
stated the  issue as  he understood it.  He voiced  that the                                                                    
Senate  companion  bill, SB  80  would  likely pass  and  be                                                                    
referred  to the  committee. The  question  was whether  the                                                                    
committee  act  on the  amendments  during  the hearing  and                                                                    
duplicate the process when the  Senate bill was referred. He                                                                    
noted  that  there  were  no   formal  rules  to  guide  the                                                                    
decision, but it was customary  to defer to members from its                                                                    
own body.                                                                                                                       
                                                                                                                                
REPRESENTATIVE MATT  CLAMAN, SPONSOR,  preferred to  take up                                                                    
the  amendments during  the  current  meeting. He  furthered                                                                    
that  the amendments  that passed  could  be taken  up in  a                                                                    
single  amendment  or a  Committee  Substitute  (CS) if  the                                                                    
Senate bill was referred.                                                                                                       
                                                                                                                                
Representative Wool  asked if the other  co-chair was online                                                                    
to vote.                                                                                                                        
                                                                                                                                
Co-Chair Foster was present online.                                                                                             
                                                                                                                                
Representative Wool thought that  if the committee currently                                                                    
debated  the amendments  the actions  could act  as guidance                                                                    
and did  not necessarily mean  adopted amendments had  to be                                                                    
rolled into the Senate version of the bill.                                                                                     
                                                                                                                                
Co-Chair Merrick  relayed that  there was  a firm  3:30 stop                                                                    
time.                                                                                                                           
                                                                                                                                
Representative   Edgmon   thought  Representative   Thompson                                                                    
should be able to make his case.                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                
Representative Thompson  explained that  he wanted  to avoid                                                                    
the possibility of taking up the amendments twice.                                                                              
                                                                                                                                
Representative Thompson MOVED to TABLE  the bill until SB 80                                                                    
was referred to committee.                                                                                                      
                                                                                                                                
2:43:02 PM                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
A roll call vote was taken on the motion.                                                                                       
                                                                                                                                
IN FAVOR: Johnson,  LeBon,  Rasmussen, Thompson,  Carpenter,                                                                    
Merrick, Foster                                                                                                                 
OPPOSED: Edgmon, Josephson, Ortiz, Wool                                                                                         
                                                                                                                                
The MOTION  PASSED (7/4). There being  NO further OBJECTION,                                                                    
HB 60 was TABLED.                                                                                                               
                                                                                                                                
HB  60  was   HEARD  and  HELD  in   committee  for  further                                                                    
consideration.                                                                                                                  
                                                                                                                                
2:44:10 PM                                                                                                                    
AT EASE                                                                                                                         
                                                                                                                                
2:44:32 PM                                                                                                                    
RECONVENED                                                                                                                      
                                                                                                                                
Co-Chair  Merrick reviewed  the schedule  for the  following                                                                    
day.