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Senate rejects amendment to move election study from secretary of state to interim committee; bill ordered to engrossment
Summary
An amendment offered by Senator JD Ford to assign an elections cost study to the Legislature’s interim study committee failed 11–37. The underlying House Bill 16-33 remains and was ordered to engrossment.
Senate debate on House Bill 16-33 included a contested amendment that would have shifted responsibility for an elections cost study away from the secretary of state and to the Legislature’s interim study committee on elections. Senator JD Ford offered the amendment, arguing an interim committee would provide a bipartisan venue and more reliable minority participation.
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