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Conference committee agrees to remove intent language from Section 19 and prepare report for signing
Summary
Members of a conference committee agreed to delete the intent language in Section 19 (subsection f) of the bill, finalize a committee-of-conference report and arrange signatures, with staff to circulate the updated page and copies for signatories.
Committee member 1 (Committee member) said the group would remove the provision and circulate a signing page after a short review.
The conference committee agreed to delete the “intent” language that had been placed in subsection f of Section 19 and to finalize a committee-of-conference report for signatures. Committee member 1 said, "So the what we're gonna do is ex just delete this entire sections." Committee member 1 later described the signing as the formal confirmation of the agreement: "With the signing is the actual voting. The signing is the actual we've we've agreed to the Right."
A program representative (Program representative) told the committee the program covered by the bill should continue and that they were supportive of the change. The representative said, "But, yeah, the only thing I'd say is we wanna see this program continue. We want to be successful. We want the process to work the right way... we're supportive. We're definitely not gonna level girl for language at this time, and we appreciate you guys' workflows." That comment appeared during the committee's discussion of removing the intent language and how the bill text should read going forward.
Staff member (Staff member) described the draft and the removal prep and offered to circulate the PDF and the updated page for signatures, saying he had sent the latest draft and could screen share it for confirmation. Committee member 1 and Committee member 2 (Committee member) discussed practical steps for obtaining signatures, including printing six copies of the last page (the inventory/signature page) so committee members could sign. Committee member 1 asked whether motions were still required; the group concluded no motions were needed to effect the agreement.
Discussion versus formal action: the transcript records an agreed textual change (delete Section 19, subsection f) and a plan to finalize and sign the committee-of-conference report, but it does not record a formal roll-call vote. The committee described signing the report as the mechanism that will confirm the agreement; no mover/second or vote tally appears in the transcript.
Clarifying details included references to the exact location in the bill ("page 27" and "subsection f is where the intent language was"), an internal draft label and timestamp ("removal prep 2.1 as of 03:51PM today"), and an administrative plan to print and circulate the final signature page (six copies of the last page). Staff said they could send or screen-share the updated PDF for confirmation before signatures are taken.
Next steps noted in the meeting: staff will circulate the updated page/PDF and prepare copies of the signature page so committee members can sign the committee-of-conference report. The transcript ends with participants arranging logistics for the signing and confirming the removal of the language from the bill text.
