The House Committee on Public Health

89th Legislature

May 23, 2025

1:00 p.m.

3W.15

Pursuant to an announcement from the house floor on May 23, 2025, and permission granted on May 23, 2025, to meet while the House was in session, the House Committee on Public Health met in a formal meeting and was called to order by the chair, Representative VanDeaver, at 1:06 p.m.

The initial quorum call was answered as follows: Representatives VanDeaver; Cunningham; Frank; Jones, Jolanda; Olcott; Pierson; Schofield; Shofner; and Simmons.

A quorum was present.

SB 904

The chair laid out SB 904 as pending business.

The chair moved that SB 904, without amendments, be reported favorably to the full house with the recommendation that it do pass and be printed and be sent to the Committee on Local and Consent Calendars.  The motion prevailed by the following record vote:

Ayes:                           Representatives VanDeaver; Cunningham; Frank; Olcott; Pierson; Schofield; Shofner; Simmons (8).

Nays:                           Representative Jones, Jolanda (1).

Present, Not Voting:   None (0).

Absent:                        Representatives Campos; Bucy; Collier; Johnson (4).

The chair stated that, because SB 904 failed to receive the required unanimous vote of the members present and voting, the committee report will not recommend that the measure be sent to the Committee on Local and Consent Calendars.

SB 905

The chair laid out SB 905 as pending business.

The chair moved that SB 905, without amendments, be reported favorably to the full house with the recommendation that it do pass and be printed and be sent to the Committee on Local and Consent Calendars.  The motion prevailed by the following record vote:

Ayes:                           Representatives VanDeaver; Collier; Frank; Jones, Jolanda; Olcott; Pierson; Schofield; Shofner; Simmons (9).

Nays:                           None (0).

Present, Not Voting:   None (0).

Absent:                        Representatives Campos; Bucy; Cunningham; Johnson (4).

SB 968

The chair laid out SB 968 as pending business.

The chair moved that SB 968, without amendments, be reported favorably to the full house with the recommendation that it do pass and be printed and be sent to the Committee on Local and Consent Calendars.  The motion prevailed by the following record vote:

Ayes:                           Representatives VanDeaver; Cunningham; Frank; Jones, Jolanda; Olcott; Pierson; Schofield; Shofner; Simmons (9).

Nays:                           None (0).

Present, Not Voting:   None (0).

Absent:                        Representatives Campos; Bucy; Collier; Johnson (4).

(Representative Bucy now present.)

SB 1373

The chair laid out SB 1373 as pending business.

The chair moved that SB 1373, without amendments, be reported favorably to the full house with the recommendation that it do pass and be printed.  The motion failed by the following record vote:

Ayes:                           Representatives VanDeaver; Cunningham; Frank; Jones, Jolanda; Shofner (5).

Nays:                           Representatives Bucy; Olcott; Pierson; Schofield; Simmons (5).

Present, Not Voting:   None (0).

Absent:                        Representatives Campos; Collier; Johnson (3).

SB 125

The chair laid out SB 125 as pending business.

The chair moved that SB 125, without amendments, be reported favorably to the full house with the recommendation that it do pass and be printed.  The motion prevailed by the following record vote:

Ayes:                           Representatives VanDeaver; Cunningham; Frank; Olcott; Pierson; Schofield; Shofner; Simmons (8).

Nays:                           Representatives Bucy; Jones, Jolanda (2).

Present, Not Voting:   None (0).

Absent:                        Representatives Campos; Collier; Johnson (3).

SB 904

The chair made a motion to reconsider the manner in which the vote for SB 904, unamended, was reported from committee. The motion prevailed without objection.

The chair moved that SB 904, without amendments, be reported favorably to the full house with the recommendation that it do pass and be printed and be sent to the Committee on Local and Consent Calendars.  The motion prevailed by the following record vote:

Ayes:   Representatives VanDeaver; Bucy; Cunningham; Frank; Jones; Pierson; Schofield; Shofner; Simmons (9).

Nays:   None(0).

Present, Not Voting:   None (0).

Absent:            Representatives Campos; Collier; Johnson; Olcott (4).

At 1:15 p.m., on the motion of the chair and without objection, the meeting was adjourned subject to the call of the chair.

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Rep. VanDeaver, Chair

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Scott Crownover, Clerk