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Joint conference committee defers several measures, schedules reconvening April 23
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Summary
A joint House–Senate conference committee deferred action on multiple bills — including measures on condominiums, pet insurance, eviction mediation and property‑insurance stabilization — citing pending conference drafts, funding approvals and drafting issues.
At a series of conference committee sessions on April 22–23 in Conference Room 224, House and Senate managers deferred action on multiple bills and scheduled reconvened meetings for April 23 to allow time for finalized conference drafts (CDs), funding clearances, or editorial fixes.
Measures moved or deferred included HP70 HD1 SD1 (condominiums), HB544 HD1 C1 (pet insurance), HB850 HD1 SD1 (condominium electronic meetings/electronic voting), SB752 SD1 HD1 (insurance), SB1048 SD2 HC2 (solicitation of funds from the public), SB825 SD2 HD2 (eviction mediation), SP1044 SD2 HD2 (property insurance stabilization), HB939 HD1 SD1 (alcohol/tax modification), HB1052 HD1 SD2 (universal service/telecommunications access), HB1055 HD1 SD1 (emergency appropriation to the Public Utilities Commission), SB332 SD1 HD3 (foreclosures), and other measures listed on the committee agenda.
Reasons recorded on the transcript for deferral included: ongoing work on conference drafts (CDs) that managers intended to circulate; pending FIN/WAM or VIN/WAM clearance for appropriations; the need to remove or harmonize certified‑mail language between sections; a typographical fix in the House position; and lack of quorum at one point. In several cases managers said they were “fundamentally in agreement” and requested 24 hours to circulate corrected language before taking a formal vote.
Specific examples in the record: - HB544 (pet insurance): managers said they had agreement on a CD but reported the committee lacked quorum and opted to revisit the item later in the agenda or at the reconvened session. - SB752 (insurance): managers requested removal of a certified‑mail requirement from one section to make sections a and b consistent and asked to defer to the next day while they circulate the corrected CD. - SB1048 (solicitation of funds): the Senate told the committee it was prepared to adopt the House position but that a typo in the House position needed correction; managers deferred voting until the typo was fixed. - SP1044 (property insurance stabilization): managers said a CD was being drafted and deferred to April 23 while appropriation approval remained pending.
Committee chairs on both sides repeatedly scheduled reconvened sessions for April 23 at 1:30 p.m. or 2:30 p.m. in Conference Room 224 to consider updated conference drafts and funding clearances.
