The House Education Special Committee on Friday, Feb. 21, voted to send House Bill 1472 to the full House without a committee recommendation after first voting to reconsider prior tied committee actions.

The action came after Representative Longmire moved to reconsider the committee's earlier handling of House Bill 1472 and Representative Haddleston seconded the motion. The roll call to reconsider carried on a committee vote of members present.

The committee then voted on a motion to return House Bill 1472 to the House floor without a committee recommendation. Committee members cast unanimous recorded votes in favor during the roll call, and the motion passed. Committee members did not request discussion on the motion; the meeting transcript records “seeing none” when the chair called for committee discussion before the roll call.

Committee members earlier in the meeting described a sequence of tied actions on the bill, with prior do-pass and do-not-pass votes both recorded as 7-7; those tied results were the reason the committee reconvened to reconsider its prior actions. After the final vote sending the bill to the floor without recommendation, the committee chair indicated they would carry the measure as a do-not-pass position on the floor but said others on the majority side could change that when the bill is considered.

No changes to the bill text or amendments were recorded during the committee’s reconsideration. The committee did not produce a committee recommendation for or against passage; the bill will proceed to the full House for further action.

The committee convened at 10 a.m. and completed this agenda item before adjourning. No public testimony or additional committee debate on the bill was recorded in the minutes provided.