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Veterans and Legal Affairs committee schedules four work sessions, five public hearings
Summary
Sen. Craig Hickman called the Joint Standing Committee on Veterans and Legal Affairs to order March 17 and outlined a morning agenda that includes four work sessions and five public hearings; the panel set the order of four bills and took a five‑minute caucus before beginning work.
Sen. Craig Hickman, who represents Senate District 14, called the Joint Standing Committee on Veterans and Legal Affairs to order March 17 and said the committee’s morning agenda would include four work sessions followed by five public hearings. He told members the committee would consider LD 818, LD 266, LD 600 and LD 811 and asked the analyst to distribute the bill analysis for LD 818.
The agenda items mentioned by name included a Clean Election Act bill, a bill described in the transcript as a “sports bribery” bill, and two additional elections-related bills; details for those measures were not discussed during the portion of the meeting on the record. Hickman also announced the committee would recess for a five-minute caucus before beginning its work sessions.
Committee members introduced themselves at the start of the meeting. Lawmakers named on the record included Representative Annie Graham (who said she represents North Yarmouth), Quinn Chapman, Sharon Frost, Jill Duson, Sean Faircloth, Anne Fredericks, Representative Benjamin Himes, Jeff Timberlake, Laura Cipica, and others; staff present included analyst Rachel Olsen and clerk Michelle Hebert. Several speakers identified their district numbers or towns while introducing themselves; the transcript contains varied spellings and partial district references.
The chair corrected an earlier statement about the order of business, directing the committee to begin with LD 818, then proceed to LD 266, LD 600 and finish with LD 811. The committee then went at ease for five minutes for a caucus, after which the work sessions and public hearings were to begin.
No debate on the merits of any bill, no motions and no formal votes were recorded in the available transcript excerpt. The committee asked the analyst to distribute a bill analysis for LD 818 before starting consideration of the bills listed on the agenda.
