Examples of "Other Statuses for Web" Sections
(1) HB 648 (New Hampshire, 2009): The House Passage, Senate Passage with Amendment, House Override of Veto, and Senate Override of Veto votes were all selected. This is the "Other Statuses for Web" section of the bill summary sheet for the House Override of Veto Vote:
- -03/25/2009: House Passage, Passed 234-138 (Roll Call No. 65)
- -04/29/2009: Senate Passage with Amendment, Passed 14-10 (Roll Call No. 50)
- -05/16/2009: House Nonconcurrence Vote, Passed Voice Vote
- -06/24/2009: House Conference Report Vote, Passed 232-108 (Roll Call No. 181)
- -06/24/2009: Senate Conference Report Vote, Passed 14-10 (Roll Call No. 107)
- -07/10/2009: Vetoed by Governor
- -10/28/2009: Senate Override of Veto, Failed 14-10 (Roll Call No. 110)
This is a fairly standard "Other Statuses" section of a bill summary sheet. All of the other major statuses are included in order to provide a complete bill history: House Passage, Senate Passage with Amendment, House Nonconcurrence Vote, House Conference Report Vote, Senate Conference Report Vote, Governor's Veto, and Senate Override of Veto. Note that all of them have a roll call number listed after the yeas-nays, except for the House Nonconcurrence Vote. This is because the yeas and nays were never recorded and instead passed on a voice vote.
(2) HR 3548 (U.S. Congress, 2009): The House Passage, Senate Cloture Vote, and House Concurrence Vote were all selected. This is the "Other Statuses for Web" section of the bill summary sheet for the House Concurrence Vote:
- -09/22/2009: House Passage, Passed 331-83 (Roll Call No. 722)
- -10/27/2009: Senate Cloture Vote (Cloture Vote on a Motion to Proceed), Passed 87-13 (Roll Call No. 329)
- -10/29/2009: Senate Motion Vote (Motion to Proceed), Passed Voice Vote (Roll Call No. 333)
- -11/04/2009: Senate Passage with Amendment, Passed 98-0 (Roll Call No. 334)
- -11/06/2009: Signed by President
The first status (House Passage) is fairly standard: an up-or-down vote to pass the legislation.
The second status is unique because normally that would not be included in the "Other Statuses for Web" section. However, we decided to select that vote, and therefore it must be included in the "Other Statuses for Web" section. A note must be included with that status ("Cloture Vote on a Motion to Proceed") to explain what, specifically, they are voting on. If we hadn't selected this vote, it would be disregarded altogether.
The third status is unique as well because normally that, too, would not be included in the "Other Statuses for Web" section. Not only is it not an up-or-down vote to pass the legislation, but it also was not selected for coverage. However, we must include this status in order to provide an understandable bill history. The previous status (Senate Cloture Vote) was only a vote to invoke cloture on this very motion. We still want to provide this status to explain what the Motion to Proceed is. Hence the note that is applied to this status ("Motion to Proceed"). If we didn't include this stage in the bill history, it would suggest they voted to invoke cloture on a motion that was never even voted on.
The fourth status (Senate Passage with Amendment) is fairly standard since it is an up-or-down vote to pass the legislation.
Finally, the fifth status is the President's signature, which closes out the "Other Statuses for Web" section.
(3) HB 17 (New Mexico, 2009): The House Passage and Senate Passage with Amendment votes were selected. This is the "Other Statuses for Web" section of the bill summary sheet for the House Passage:
- -10/23/2009: Senate Passage with Amendment, Passed 31-9 (Roll Call No. 43)
- -10/24/2009: House Concurrence Vote (Multiple Amendment Votes [Failed]), Failed Voice Votes
- -10/24/2009: Senate Motion Vote (Motion to Recede from Amendment[s]), Passed Voice Vote
- -04/07/2009: Signed by Governor with Line Item Vetoes
The first status (Senate Passage with Amendment) is fairly standard: an up-or-down vote to pass the legislation.
The second status is the House Concurrence Vote, which is a vote that must be included in the "other statuses" section. It is listed along with the date of vote, and because the "Yeas" and "Nays" were not recorded, it is noted that it passed by voice votes. This stage, however, differs from the Senate Passage with Amendments stage because there is a note selected for this stage ("Multiple Amendment Votes [Failed]") in order to explain that the House recorded multiple votes for this stage, each on an individual amendment adopted by the Senate, and that at least one of those votes failed.
The third status is the Motion Vote in the Senate. The note that is included with this status ("Motion to Recede from Amendment[s]") explains that the Senate agreed to recede from the amendment that was rejected by the House. The inclusion of this stage is necessary to explain how the legislation made it to the Governor's desk.
Finally, the fourth status is the Governor's Action, which closes out the "Other Statuses for Web" section, and it specifies that the Governor issued line-item vetoes.
