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Senate Judiciary advances H.2 on 3-2 vote, keeps two‑year provision and no reporting requirement
Summary
The Senate Judiciary Committee voted 3-2 to advance H.2 as received from the House, retaining a two‑year provision and no reporting requirement after debate about whether House Judiciary would accept committee amendments.
The Senate Judiciary Committee voted 3-2 to advance H.2 as passed by the House, keeping the bill's original two-year provision and a requirement for no report.
Committee members debated whether to rework the bill and discussed outreach to House members. One senator said the House Judiciary Committee was unlikely to accept the Senate's proposed amendments, and members weighed meeting legislative deadlines against seeking broader consensus.
The bill was described during the session as "the bill as passed by the House" and discussed in the form the Senate received it: the original…
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