Sen. Joan Bray, D-University City, voted against a telecommunications deregulation bill (HB1779), which passed the Missouri Senate Commerce Committee 8-1 on Thursday. Bray’s vote was not reported in the Savvy Consumer column in Friday’s Metro section. She was not present when the rest of the committee voted but returned and cast her vote later after attending another legislative meeting.
I didn’t think a Senator could cast a vote after the committee already did its business. Was this proper protocol?