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Committee of conference agrees to delete section and sign report; staff to prepare signature pages
Summary
Members at a committee of conference meeting agreed to delete an entire section of the bill (referred to as Section 19 and a subsection containing intent language), will sign the committee of conference report in lieu of formal motions, and directed staff to prepare signature pages and distribute the agreed draft.
A committee of conference meeting concluded with members agreeing to remove a specified section of the bill and to sign the committee of conference report rather than take a formal vote.
The agreement included deleting what participants referred to as “Section 19” and removing the subsection that contained the bill’s intent language. Staff were directed to produce signature pages and distribute the finalized draft; participants discussed printing six copies of the last page for signatures and sending a PDF for confirmation.
The action closed a procedural step in the conference process rather than adopting new policy. A staff member (Speaker 3) described the specific drafting change and the logistics: “So the what we're gonna do is … just delete this entire section.” Speaker 3 also advised on the draft numbering and timing, saying the removal was reflected in “removal prep 2.1 as of 03:51PM today.”
A committee member (Speaker 1) described the signing as the final step, saying, “The signing is the actual voting … so we don't need to do motions.” Members agreed to have the final page available for signatures; one participant recommended printing the last page in six copies for signatories.
Discussion included how to assemble the final packet (whether to append new pages or replace the packet) and who would distribute the electronic file. Speaker 3 offered to send a PDF and to screen share the page for confirmation. Participants noted the draft identifier out loud during the discussion as a reference for the signed version.
No roll-call vote or formal recorded motion appears in the transcript for this item; meeting participants characterized the outcome as an agreed clerical completion of the committee of conference report rather than a policy vote.
Next steps recorded in the discussion: staff to send the finalized page or packet to participants for confirmation, prepare physical signature pages (reported as six copies of the final page), and proceed with signatures for the committee of conference report.
