Speaker recalls rookie mistake on 1st bill
NIKI KELLY | The Journal Gazette
House Speaker Todd Huston relived the demise of his first bill last week.
While a freshman member was presenting their first bill, the chamber – as is tradition – jokingly voted all red, or “no,” on the bill before slowly switching to green. They also teased the member a bit at the microphone.
But Huston said when his first bill went up on the board the red never changed – “it went down in flames,” he said.
It was Day 18 of his first legislative session when he brought House Bill 1364 to the floor in 2013. The bill would have prohibited online profiles to torment educators. It had passed unanimously in committee and school groups supported it.
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