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Conference committee drops window‑tinting provisions, delays effective dates for several sections
Summary
Negotiators in a committee of conference on a Senate bill agreed May 29 to remove window‑tinting language, postpone effective dates for SSI/SSDI reduced‑fee, bicycle crosswalk and legal‑trails provisions, and directed staff to finalize technical renumbering.
A committee member, a member of the committee of conference, said May 29 that negotiators would remove the bill’s window‑tinting provisions and proceed with other agreed‑upon changes while staff completes the final technical conversion.
The agreement affects multiple provisions in the Senate bill under conference consideration. Committee members agreed to a one‑year delay for the SSI/SSDI reduced‑fee provision, to accept the House language on bicycle crosswalks with a one‑year delayed effective date to July 1, 2026, and to adopt the House language on findings and intent for legal trails while delaying the legal‑trail language’s effective date until April 1, 2026. The parties also agreed to add a clarification in the definitions related to the chapter containing the legal‑trail provisions.
Those agreements came during a short conference meeting in which negotiators said they were largely in agreement on all remaining issues except a handful of technical items. "We have 1 major topic left to cover over there," the committee member said. On window tinting, the committee member said the Senate had "agreed to the house position" and would "give up on those provisions for this year."
Damien, a staff member, summarized the package and next steps: "With the SSI, SSDI reduced fee, houses agreed with the 1 year delay on the effective date. With the, window tinting, the senate has agreed to the house position and is going to, give up on those provisions for this year. With the bicycle, crosswalk language...the parties have agreed to the house language with a 1 year delay to 07/01/2026 in the effective date." Damien also said the parties had agreed to the legal‑trails language with a delayed effective date of 04/01/2026 and to add definitional clarifications "pursuant to the provisions of this chapter."
Committee members noted that the changes will require renumbering of sections and additional effective‑date subsections. One participant said the effective‑dates section will expand to four subsections and that renumbering will be needed because about 20% of the sections are affected. The meeting record shows no formal vote; instead, negotiators reported agreement and asked staff to "work on the final conversion." The transcript does not record a formal motion, vote tally, or a signed conference report during this session.
Negotiators indicated further coordination would occur later in the day if schedules permitted. The transcript does not specify final signature or enactment timelines, nor does it record any external approvals beyond the parties’ agreement in conference.
