The House, Wednesday, November 18, 2015

The House took up 1 bill, listed below by bill.

Votes Taken: 2 roll calls1 voice vote

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How the Day Began

A prayer was offered, and rep. howard moffett (d - merr 9) led the pledge of allegiance.

Presiding over the House during the day: Rep. Shawn Jasper (R - Hills 37), Speaker of the House.

Excused for the Day

Show the 35 members excusedRepublican 19Democrat 16

The journal records 35 members as having leave of the House for the day, that is, permission to be away. A member on leave may still have voted on part of the day, and the roll call record does not always agree with the journal about who was excused.

Rep. Rebecca Brown (D - Graf 2) Rep. Cynthia Chase (D - Ches 8) Rep. Susan Emerson (R - Ches 11) Rep. Carolyn Gargasz (R - Hills 27) Rep. Carlos E. Gonzalez (R - Hills 48) Rep. Anne Priestley (R - Rock 8) Rep. Elisabeth Sanders (R - Rock 12) Rep. Stephen Schmidt (R - Carr 6) Rep. Lino Avellani (R - Carr 5) Rep. David Borden (D - Rock 24) Rep. James Devine Rep. Russell Dumais (R - Belk 2) Rep. Robert Fisher (R - Belk 9) Rep. William Friel (R - Rock 14) Rep. Janice Gardner (D - Straf 15) Rep. Suzanne Harvey (D - Hills 29) Rep. Patricia Higgins (D - Graf 12) Rep. David Kidder (R - Merr 5) Rep. Peter Leishman (D - Hills 24) Rep. Douglas Ley (D - Ches 9) Rep. Carol McGuire (R - Merr 29) Rep. Dan McGuire (R - Merr 21) Rep. Deanna Rollo (D - Straf 18) Rep. Cindy Rosenwald Rep. Eric Schleien (R - Hills 37) Rep. Gregory Smith (R - Hills 37) Rep. Marjorie Smith (D - Straf 6) Rep. Audrey Stevens (D - Straf 7) Rep. John Sytek (R - Rock 8) Rep. Daniel Tamburello (R - Rock 5) Rep. Joanne Ward Rep. Kenneth Ward (D - Straf 21) Rep. Andrew White (D - Graf 13) Rep. Henry Parkhurst (D - Ches 13) Rep. James Verschueren (D - Straf 13)