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Committee reviews proposal to let sponsors administratively abandon numbered house bills
Summary
A draft rule would let a chief sponsor abandon a numbered House bill through an administrative form submitted in person to the House chief clerk, who would then request return of the bill from the other body if necessary. Supporters said it would declutter the process; opponents raised separation‑of‑powers and transparency concerns.
Representative Thurston proposed a house rule to let a chief sponsor administratively abandon a numbered House bill by submitting an in‑person form to the House chief clerk, who would then record the action and, if the bill was in the Senate, request the Senate return the bill to the House. Thurston said the process would be a faster alternative to the current mechanism of ‘‘striking the enacting clause’’ on the floor, which requires motions and…
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