The House Judiciary Committee recorded final actions — including committee substitutes and due-pass recommendations — on several bills during the hearing. Below is a concise listing of each bill, the committee’s action and key contextual notes. Where the roll-call names or precise tallies were not fully specified in the transcript, that is noted as “not specified.”

Votes at a glance

- House Bill 244 (magistrate judges age): Committee gave a due pass recommendation. The bill raises the minimum age for magistrate judges to 28 and applies to elected or appointed magistrates. Supporters included Judge Jimmy Foster and Chief Justice Michael Vigil. (Roll-call tallies not specified in transcript.)

- House Bill 269 (open electronic visit verification): Committee gave a due pass recommendation. Sponsor said the bill would transition to an open EVV model using data aggregators to reduce administrative burdens on home-health providers. Supporters included Basin Health CEO Vince Moffitt and disability advocates. (Roll-call tallies not specified.)

- House Bill 366 (add veterinarians as health-care practitioners): Committee gave a due pass recommendation. The bill would list veterinarians among health-care practitioners, potentially making them eligible for categorically similar exemptions or programs. Sponsor argued it would help recruit and retain veterinarians; committee moved it forward. (Roll-call tallies not specified.)

- House Bill 469 (board-authority changes, twice amended): Committee advanced a twice-amended bill that adjusts board membership rules and increases the number of authority board members; the substitute removed a party-balance cap and added up to three at-large local-government seats at stakeholders’ request. The committee announced a due pass on the twice-amended bill. (Roll-call tallies not specified.)

- House Bill 428 (Corrections rulemaking): Committee adopted an amendment (shorten public comment period; add enumerated security exemptions) and advanced HB 428 as amended. (See separate article for details.)

Notes on procedure and missing details: Several roll-call tallies in the transcript were read aloud incompletely. Where the transcript did not list full roll-call vote records, this summary marks tallies as not specified. Committee members frequently moved due-pass recommendations after short public comment periods or adoption of committee amendments.

Ending: Committee members used substitutes and amendments to narrow or clarify bills before advancing them to the next legislative stage; several items will require additional technical work or negotiation before floor consideration.