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Committee advances two bills: HB 2565 and HB 3084
Summary
The House Committee on Emergency Management, General Government, and Veterans adopted an amendment and sent House Bill 2,565 to the floor with a do-pass recommendation, and approved House Bill 3,084 to the floor with a do-pass recommendation and referral to the Joint Committee on Ways and Means.
The House Committee on Emergency Management, General Government, and Veterans adopted an amendment to House Bill 2,565 and sent the bill to the floor with a do-pass recommendation, and also sent House Bill 3,084 to the floor with a do-pass recommendation and referral to the Joint Committee on Ways and Means.
House Bill 2,565: LPRO staff told the committee the measure “exempts federally funded research and development centers from public contracting code,” said the bill “takes effect on the 90 first day adjournment sine die” and that the measure shows “no fiscal impact and no revenue impact.” Vice Chair Graber moved to adopt the dash-1 amendment dated Jan. 24, 2025; the motion carried and the amendment was adopted. Vice Chair Graber then moved “House Bill 25 65 as amended to the floor where they do pass recommendation.” The clerk called the roll; the roll call recorded Representative Boyce (Aye), Representative Evans (Excused), Representative Scarlatos (Aye), Representative Watson-Hobby (Aye), Vice Chair Graber (Aye), Vice Chair Lewis (Excused), and Chair Tran (Yes). The motion passed.
House Bill 3,084: LPRO staff summarized the bill as directing “specific state agencies to collaborate with local and regional officials to develop the core 3 center and appropriates funding to the project,” and noted a referral to the Joint Committee on Ways and Means. Vice Chair Graber moved “House Bill 3,084 to the floor with a do-pass recommendation and be referred to the Joint Committee on Ways and Means by prior reference.” Members voted by roll call; the clerk recorded Representative Boyce (Aye), Representative Evans (Excused), Representative Scarlatos (Aye), Representative Watson-Hobby (Aye), Vice Chair Graber (Aye), Vice Chair Lewis (Aye), and Chair Tran (Yes). The motion passed and the bill was referred to joint ways and means.
Both actions were recorded during the committee’s initial work session. No amendments beyond the dash-1 to HB 2,565 were reported in the transcript.
