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Committee advances several bills: amendments adopted on bonding and insurance items; HB14 66 amended and advanced
Summary
The Senate Industry and Business Committee moved multiple measures forward Tuesday, including an amended House Bill 14 66 and two measures related to state bonding and political-subdivision insurance.
The Senate Industry and Business Committee took votes on several bills and amendments at the end of its session.
House Bill 14 66: Senator Kessel offered an amendment (amendment 25.0453.03003) making numeric and cross-reference corrections. The committee approved the amendment and then voted to give the bill a do-pass recommendation as amended. Committee roll calls recorded the amendment and the final do-pass recommendation as unanimous among voting members present (5-0).
House Bill 1027: The Association of Counties and its counsel proposed an amendment to clarify liability and insurance-recovery language for political subdivisions; sponsors said the change would allow the Insurance Reserve Fund or a similar entity to seek repayment if a political subdivision knowingly violated state law (for example, on permitted setbacks) and the court later determined the subdivision’s action was unlawful. The committee adopted the amendment on a 4-1 vote and then voted 4-1 to recommend the bill as amended.
House Bill 1026: Committee members also moved House Bill 1026 (related to bonding fund oversight) to a do-pass recommendation; the vote was recorded 5-0.
Why it matters: the votes move these bills forward in the legislative process. Committee discussion on HB 1027 focused on balancing insurance coverage for political subdivisions against preventing deliberate circumvention of statutory land-use requirements; the adopted language preserves coverage pending court resolution but creates an avenue for recovery where courts find a deliberate violation.
Recorded outcomes (committee votes): - HB 14 66 (amendment adopted): amendment passed 5-0; bill as amended recommended do pass 5-0. - HB 1027 (amendment adopted): amendment passed 4-1; bill as amended recommended do pass 4-1. - HB 1026 (bonding oversight): recommended do pass 5-0.
Committee members did not list roll-call votes by name in every case; recorded tallies above reflect the public roll-call counts taken in committee.
