We had our first committee voting session of the Virtual Sunshine era.

The Speaker has decided that committee votes will now be available online. So my colleagues were skittish.

If we have a dozen bills on a controversial subject, only one will receive a favorable report, a delegate correctly noted, and people will now know that we voted against all of the others.

I whispered a simple solution in my neighbor’s ear: Don’t vote on the other bills. Keep them in the chairman’s drawer.

There was no debate before we killed the bill that would prevent the Attorney General from finding that the state can recognize same-sex marriages performed in another state.

However, the bill’s supporters did not need to speak now or forever hold their peace. They may try a parliamentary maneuver to bring the bill to the House floor.