Update on HB0962 -
Posted: Mon Apr 27, 2009 9:05 pmHB0962 - the restaurant carry bill, which the news media likes to intentionally mischaracterize as a "guns in bars bill", was addressed on Monday, April 27, in the Senate. The Senate voted not to approve the House action last Thursday which rejected the Senate Amendment. The Senate Amendment strips out the unjustified House restrictions and leaves the bill as essentially an unrestricted restaurant carry exception for permit holders.
Once that Senate action was reported to the House, a motion was made to suspend the rules in the House so that the Senate action could be discussed and, we anticipate, that the bill would have been sent to a conference committee immediately. However, the effort to suspend the rules in the House failed on the following vote which was largely on party lines:
HB0962 by Todd - FLOOR VOTE: MOTION TO SUSPEND THE RULES 4/27/2009
Failed
Ayes...............................................53
Noes...............................................40
Representatives voting aye were: Bass, Bell, Brooks H, Brooks K, Campfield, Carr, Casada, Cobb C, Cobb J, Coley, Dean, Dennis, Dunn, Eldridge, Evans, Faulkner, Ford, Fraley, Halford, Harrison, Harwell, Hawk, Haynes, Hensley, Hill, Johnson C, Johnson P, Kelsey, Kernell, Lollar, Lundberg, Lynn, Maggart, Matlock, McCord, McCormick, McDaniel, McDonald, McManus, Montgomery, Mumpower, Niceley, Ramsey, Rich, Roach, Rowland, Sargent, Shipley, Swafford, Todd, Watson, Weaver, Mr. Speaker Williams -- 53.
Representatives voting no were: Armstrong, Barker, Bone, Borchert, Brown, Camper, Cobb T, Coleman, Cooper, Curtiss, DeBerry J, DeBerry L, Favors, Ferguson, Fincher, Fitzhugh, Gilmore, Hackworth, Hardaway, Harmon, Jones S, Jones U, Litz, Maddox, Miller, Moore, Naifeh, Odom, Pitts, Pruitt, Shaw, Shepard, Sontany, Stewart, Tidwell, Towns, Turner L, Turner M, Windle, Yokley -- 40.
KEEP the phone calls on House members in particular!!!
Once that Senate action was reported to the House, a motion was made to suspend the rules in the House so that the Senate action could be discussed and, we anticipate, that the bill would have been sent to a conference committee immediately. However, the effort to suspend the rules in the House failed on the following vote which was largely on party lines:
HB0962 by Todd - FLOOR VOTE: MOTION TO SUSPEND THE RULES 4/27/2009
Failed
Ayes...............................................53
Noes...............................................40
Representatives voting aye were: Bass, Bell, Brooks H, Brooks K, Campfield, Carr, Casada, Cobb C, Cobb J, Coley, Dean, Dennis, Dunn, Eldridge, Evans, Faulkner, Ford, Fraley, Halford, Harrison, Harwell, Hawk, Haynes, Hensley, Hill, Johnson C, Johnson P, Kelsey, Kernell, Lollar, Lundberg, Lynn, Maggart, Matlock, McCord, McCormick, McDaniel, McDonald, McManus, Montgomery, Mumpower, Niceley, Ramsey, Rich, Roach, Rowland, Sargent, Shipley, Swafford, Todd, Watson, Weaver, Mr. Speaker Williams -- 53.
Representatives voting no were: Armstrong, Barker, Bone, Borchert, Brown, Camper, Cobb T, Coleman, Cooper, Curtiss, DeBerry J, DeBerry L, Favors, Ferguson, Fincher, Fitzhugh, Gilmore, Hackworth, Hardaway, Harmon, Jones S, Jones U, Litz, Maddox, Miller, Moore, Naifeh, Odom, Pitts, Pruitt, Shaw, Shepard, Sontany, Stewart, Tidwell, Towns, Turner L, Turner M, Windle, Yokley -- 40.
KEEP the phone calls on House members in particular!!!