The following actions were taken on April 12 in the House on House bill HB131 ("state government-tech"): "House Floor Amendment No. 1 Rule 19(c) / Re-referred to Rules Committee" and "Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee".
The Rules Committees is a powerful standing committee in the House controlled by the majority. All legislation is assigned to the Rules Committee as a kind of legislative filter that sorts the more-than-6,000 bills introduced each year. The committee considers the legislation and often assigns it to other committees in order to be heard by other lawmakers. Sometimes, legislation dies in the Rules Committee if the committee decides it does not merit further consideration.
In the event that a committee fails to report to the House on a bill by applicable deadlines, it is automatically re-referred to the Rules Committee according to House rule 19(a). This is what happened with this bill.
The bill, as it was introduced in the House by Rep. Michael J. Madigan (D-22) on Dec. 10, 2018, "amends the Governor Transition Act" and "makes a technical change in a section concerning the orderly transition of the office of Governor," according to the General Assembly website.
The following house representatives also co-sponsored the bill: Jaime M. Andrade, Jr. (D-40), Luis Arroyo (D-3), Kambium Buckner (D-26), Kelly M. Cassidy (D-14), Fred Crespo (D-44), Marcus C. Evans, Jr. (D-33), Sara Feigenholtz (D-12), La Shawn K. Ford (D-8), Jennifer Gong-Gershowitz (D-17), LaToya Greenwood (D-114), Will Guzzardi (D-39), Barbara Hernandez (D-83), Thaddeus Jones (D-29), Theresa Mah (D-2), Rita Mayfield (D-60), Anna Moeller (D-43), Aaron M. Ortiz (D-1), Lamont J. Robinson, Jr. (D-5), Justin Slaughter (D-27), Curtis J. Tarver, II (D-25), André Thapedi (D-32), Arthur Turner (D-9), Emanuel Chris Welch (D-7) and Maurice A. West, II (D-67).
The table below shows a history of actions for this bill through April 12.
Actions
Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Thaddeus Jones
Removed Co-Sponsor Rep. Anne Stava-Murray
Added Co-Sponsor Rep. André Thapedi
Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Jennifer Gong-Gershowitz
House Floor Amendment No. 1 Rule 19(c) / Re-referred to Rules Committee
Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee
Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Lamont J. Robinson, Jr.
Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Curtis J. Tarver, II
Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Will Guzzardi
Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Sara Feigenholtz
Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Kelly M. Cassidy
Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Anne Stava-Murray
Second Reading - Short Debate
Removed Co-Sponsor Rep. Karina Villa
Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Karina Villa
Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Barbara Hernandez
Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Arthur Turner
House Floor Amendment No. 3 Referred to Rules Committee
House Floor Amendment No. 3 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Fred Crespo
Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Anna Moeller
Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Emanuel Chris Welch
Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Theresa Mah
Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Luis Arroyo
Remove Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Arthur Turner
Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Jaime M. Andrade, Jr.
Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Aaron M. Ortiz
Added Co-Sponsor Rep. La Shawn K. Ford
Added Co-Sponsor Rep. LaToya Greenwood
Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Rita Mayfield
Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Justin Slaughter
Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Marcus C. Evans, Jr.
House Floor Amendment No. 2 Referred to Rules Committee
House Floor Amendment No. 2 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Fred Crespo
Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Maurice A. West, II
Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Kambium Buckner
House Floor Amendment No. 1 Rules Refers to Appropriations-Human Services Committee
Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Arthur Turner
Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
House Floor Amendment No. 1 Referred to Rules Committee
House Floor Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Fred Crespo
Chief Sponsor Changed to Rep. Fred Crespo
Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
Do Pass / Short Debate Executive Committee
Assigned to Executive Committee
Referred to Rules Committee
Prefiled with Clerk by Rep. Michael J. Madigan