CONWAY — This report will discuss the impact of the most recent House session, review the Carroll County representatives’ votes and discuss the fallout for one particular member of the delegation. To find out how your representative voted on every bill since the first term, you can go to the General Court website and click on "voting record." Remember that sometimes a yes vote can actually mean no and vice versa.
At the bottom of the chart is the vote total for each bill and generally one of three actions: OTP ("ought to pass," which passes the bill); ITL ("inexpedient to legislate," killing the bill) and Table (holding the bill). Sometimes a table will force a bill to die by inaction. Or the bill could be returned, though it would take a two-thirds majority vote to pass it. "Indefinitely postpone" means the bill cannot be recalled in this two-year session.
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