The House Committee on Transportation convened and, by a series of voice votes, moved multiple bills out of committee on procedural motions and referred several items to the Courts Committee.

Committee proceedings opened with the chair calling the roll and establishing a quorum. The committee then handled a first group of administrative bills, moving to “refer these bills to courts” by voice vote after a motion and a second.

The committee proceeded through a second block of bills that included measures described in the meeting as identical Senate and House versions covering aircraft registration and fees, motor-vehicle dealer recall and warranty costs and right of first refusal, rules for transportation network companies, and a bridge-naming measure. Several of those measures were reported out of committee; one was reported with a substitute and referred to the Courts Committee. The committee also considered conforming language between a Senate bill and a House bill dealing with operation of a vehicle by an unlicensed minor and approved a motion to conform by voice vote.

Most actions were handled without recorded roll-call tallies: motions were moved and seconded and decided by voice. The clerk opened and closed the role for votes at several points as the committee recorded reports and referrals. The meeting concluded after the committee completed the listed business and voted to adjourn.

Votes at a glance

- “Refer to courts” (grouped administrative bills): Motion to refer the three bills described in the meeting as “Senate Bill, 8 47 (patron: Delegate Carol Foy), Senate Bill 14 11 (patron: Senator Diggs), and Senate Bill 14 16 (patron: Senator Evan)” — motion moved, seconded, voice vote recorded as “aye”; outcome: referred to Courts Committee (counts not specified).

- Senate Bill 9 48 (described as identical to Delegate Anthony’s House Bill 20 22, on aircraft registration and fees) — moved and seconded to report; clerk opened and closed roll; outcome: reported out of committee (vote by roll/voice; counts not specified).

- Senate Bill 13 08 (described as identical to Delegate Sewell’s House Bill 16 83, on motor vehicle dealers, recalls and warranty costs, and right of first refusal) — moved and seconded to report; clerk opened and closed roll; outcome: reported out of committee (counts not specified).

- Senate Bill 13 48 (described as identical to Delegate Singh’s House Bill 2,756, on transportation network companies) — moved and seconded to report; clerk opened and closed roll; outcome: reported out of committee (counts not specified).

- Senate Bill 14 28 (described as identical to Delegate Arnold’s House Bill 18 53, naming the Deputy Hunter D. Reedy Memorial Bridge) — moved and seconded to report; clerk opened and closed roll; outcome: reported out of committee (counts not specified).

- Senate Bill 7 50 (described as similar to Delegate Green’s House Bill 15 43, on vehicle operation by an unlicensed minor) — motion to conform the Senate bill to the House bill was moved and seconded; voice vote recorded as “aye”; the committee reported the bill with a substitute and referred it to the Courts Committee (counts and substitute text not specified).

What this means

The committee’s actions were procedural steps that move bills forward in the legislative process. Referrals to the Courts Committee and reporting out of the Transportation Committee advance those bills to the next stage of consideration; the meeting transcript records motions, seconds, and voice votes but does not include recorded recorded vote tallies or the text of substitutes. There was no extended debate recorded on the measures in the provided transcript excerpt.

Key procedural details and ambiguities

- Most votes were decided by voice; the transcript records “aye” responses but does not provide numerical tallies or roll-call results in the excerpt provided. The clerk repeatedly opened and closed the roll for votes and reports, but individual member votes are not listed.

- Several bill numbers and patron names in the spoken transcript were garbled or abbreviated in the record provided (for example, “8 47,” “14 11,” and “14 16” as spoken references). The article reports the measures using the transcript’s phrasing and notes where counts, substitute text, or precise bill identifiers were not specified.

- The committee recorded at least one “report with substitute” and at least one action specifically referred to the Courts Committee; the substitute text and the precise details of the conforming motion were not included in the excerpt.

The committee adjourned after completing the listed business.