A legislative committee meeting that opened with 20 members present passed two bills affecting foster care and county juvenile bureau pay caps, both by voice vote recorded as 5-0.

Representative Archer presented House Bill 2030, saying the legislation responds to changes in foster-care trends and the decline in traditional foster families. Archer described the measure as "pro life legislation" and said lawmakers should consider the potential fiscal savings on the back end, but offered no detailed cost estimate in the session. The committee took no substantive debate and the chair called the vote; committee staff recorded five ayes, zero nays, and the chair declared House Bill 2030 passed.

Leader Lawson presented House Bill 1579 as a request from the County Juvenile Bureau to address pay caps that the presenter said were "becoming prohibitive to them finding someone to fill these positions." Lawson said the bill is optional for counties and does not compel counties to set a specific pay range. The committee again held no substantive debate; the vote was recorded as five ayes, zero nays, and the chair declared House Bill 1579 passed.

Votes at a glance: House Bill 2030 — presented by Representative Archer; motion to pass made by the presenter; recorded vote: 5 ayes, 0 nays; outcome: passed. House Bill 1579 — presented by Leader Lawson; described as an optional request from the County Juvenile Bureau to address statutory pay-cap limits; recorded vote: 5 ayes, 0 nays; outcome: passed.

The meeting record shows brief discussion only: HB2030 proponents emphasized changing foster-family numbers and potential long-term fiscal effects; HB1579 proponents emphasized the statutory cap on pay and that the bill would be optional for counties. No amendments or further instructions to staff were recorded in the transcript excerpt provided. The transcript also lists named yes votes during roll call as "Pay," "Moore," and "Poke Miller," with the tally declared as five ayes; the remaining individual yes votes were not specified in the excerpt.