The committee moved both House Bill 997, which would amend the breach-of-personal-information notification law to allow consumers to pursue civil actions, and House Bill 1866, which would ban machine-gun conversion devices.
During the roll call and consideration, a committee member said on the record they would vote “in the negative on these 2 bills,” while another speaker said, “All of the Democrats will be listed as an affirmative on this 2 package of bills,” and that Republicans would be recorded as negative. The chair then declared, “the eyes have it,” and instructed that HB997 and HB1866 will pass the committee and be referred back to the House floor.
The committee did not record detailed debate on the floor about either bill in the public transcript. The committee did not provide a roll-call tally with individual yes/no votes in the available record; statements on the record indicate disagreement about how members would be recorded but the chair declared the bills passed.
The committee executive director provided bill summaries earlier in the session: HB997 would amend the breach-notification act to allow consumers to take civil action; HB1866 would amend Title 18 to ban machine-gun conversion devices. Those summaries were presented by committee staff before the package was called up.