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Committee votes 'do not pass' on Senate Bill 2199, later places the measure on consent calendar
Summary
The House Energy and Natural Resources Committee voted to recommend 'do not pass' on Senate Bill 2199 after debate about benefits to disabled veterans; the committee later placed the bill on the consent calendar.
The House Energy and Natural Resources Committee voted to recommend "do not pass" on Senate Bill 2199 after members debated the scope of proposed benefits for disabled veterans. After the do-not-pass recommendation, the committee also placed the bill on the consent calendar.
Representative Ruby moved the do-not-pass recommendation, expressing concern that the bill went "a little too far" in the benefits it would provide to 100 percent disabled veterans and saying the committee should offer such benefits sparingly. Representative Olson, who said he is himself a disabled veteran, agreed with Ruby that the measure had gone too far despite previously co-sponsoring it. The committee adopted the do-not-pass recommendation on the record; the…
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