PUBLIC TRANSPORT/MASS TR: Provides relative to the board of commissioners for the Capital Area Transit System
HB 179 amends the composition of the Capital Area Transit System's board of commissioners by requiring new appointees to be retired union members. This change directly affects who can serve on the transit system's governing board, altering the eligibility criteria for board positions. The bill's key provision, added via Amendment No. 1, modifies the membership requirement to prioritize retired union members. The bill has advanced through committee and passed to third reading in the current legislative session.
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Mar 2025
Committee Review
Jun 2025
House Passage
Jun 2025
Senate Passage
Jun 2025
Signed into Law
Jul 2025
Introduced Mar 31, 2025
Signed Jul 1, 2025
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MINOR
This bill amends the law governing the Capital Area Transit System's board of commissioners to clarify the role and qualifications of the union representative. The primary change is that the union representative must now be a retired union member, and the text explicitly prohibits them from participating in executive sessions regarding personnel issues. The bill also retains the rule that the union representative does not count toward the board's total seat limit during reapportionment.
Scope change
The bill's scope remains focused on the composition and rules of the Capital Area Transit System board, but it adds specific restrictions on the union representative's participation in certain meetings.
ELIGIBILITY
The union representative on the board must now be a retired union member.
REQUIREMENT
The union representative is explicitly prohibited from participating in any executive session involving personnel issues.
The bill clarifies that the union representative serves without voting privileges and adds the restriction on personnel executive sessions.
Floor votes · Senate Jun 2, 2025 · House Jun 4, 2025
How they voted
32–7
Passed
Total votes 39
Jun 2, 2025
D
Democratic11
100% Yea
R
Republican28
75% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
21
Key actions
5
Committee
5
Jun 4, 2025
Lower · Passed
Read by title, roll called, yeas 97, nays 0, Senate amendments concurred in.
lower
Jun 2, 2025
Upper · Passed
The amended bill was read by title, passed by a vote of 32 yeas and 7 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled.
upper
Jun 1, 2025
Committee
Committee amendments read and adopted. Read by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau.
upper
May 29, 2025
Upper · Passed
Reported with amendments.
upper
May 21, 2025
Lower · Passed
Read third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 67, nays 19. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate.
lower
May 19, 2025
Lower · Passed
Reported with amendments (14-0).
lower
Apr 14, 2025
Committee
Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Municipal, Parochial and Cultural Affairs.
lower
Mar 31, 2025
Committee
Under the rules, provisionally referred to the Committee on Municipal, Parochial and Cultural Affairs.
lower
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Denise Marcelle
DDemocratic
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