Rep. Will Davis (D-Homewood) [left] and lobbyist Dan Johnson speaking during a virtual House committee meeting on Tuesday

House lawmakers advanced legislation on Tuesday representing the latest step in their effort to promote diversity in the renewable energy industry — this time by requiring companies to publicly report their contracting records with women- and minority-owned firms. It was one of more than a half-dozen bills that escaped House and Senate committees on Tuesday, including bills designed to improve hospital safety and ease student debt.