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House Insurance & Commerce Committee gives do-pass recommendation to Senate bill after sponsor, Entergy reach amendment
Summary
The House Insurance & Commerce Committee advanced a Senate bill after sponsor Representative Mindy McElendon said she and Entergy negotiated an amendment; Swepco withdrew its objection and co‑ops remained neutral. The committee gave the bill a do‑pass recommendation by voice vote.
Representative Mindy McElendon, House District 10, told the House Insurance & Commerce Committee that she is sponsoring a Senate bill and that she and Entergy negotiated an amendment the parties consider acceptable. "In the interim, we have worked with Entergy to come up with an amendment that is acceptable," McElendon said, and she added that Swepco has withdrawn its objection while the electric co‑ops are neutral.
McElendon said the amendment was engrossed in the Senate and that the Senate voted on it the previous night before sending the measure to the House. She asked the committee for questions and, after brief discussion, a motion to give the bill a do‑pass recommendation was made and carried.
Representative Lundstrom moved to pass the bill; the committee approved the motion by voice vote. No member spoke in opposition during the voice vote and the chair declared the bill passed out of committee. The transcript does not record a roll‑call tally or a formal count of yeas and nays.
Committee members who spoke during the item included Representative Mindy McElendon (bill sponsor), Representative Dolby, Representative Voluntstra, Representative Ebanks and Representative Lundstrom. Remarks about the bill’s substance beyond the amendment process and stakeholder positions were not recorded in the provided transcript.
The committee adjourned after the item; staff and members indicated follow‑up work on language during the interim would continue as needed.
