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Committee agrees by straw poll to minor wording fix in technical corrections bill H.463
Summary
Legislative counsel explained a proposed insertion of the word "to" in a technical corrections bill (H.463); committee conducted a straw poll that the clerk will relay to Representatives Cooper and Burlington.
Legislative counsel told the Government Operations & Military Affairs Committee on an apparent scrivener's error in H.463 and the panel held a straw poll to register a favorable view of a one-word fix. Tucker Anderson, legislative counsel, told the committee the amendment "inserts the word 'to' following the word 'pertaining' in section 7," which amends statutory section 206.
The change would restore text in a long sentence describing department rulemaking and records: "the custody use and preservation of the records, books, documents and property pertaining to administration of the department." Anderson said the house-passed bill had a deletion in that clause "but it was not replaced with anything." He advised the clerk should be notified to correct the calendar and the committee should register a position.
Committee members took a straw poll to find the amendment favorable. The result recorded in the transcript was "3 to accept." Committee staff said they would notify Representatives Cooper and Burlington of the outcome. The committee did not take a formal roll-call vote on the amendment during the session recorded in the transcript.
Because the issue described by Anderson is limited to restoring a single missing word in the text of a technical corrections bill, no broader policy discussion or additional legal analysis was recorded during this meeting.
The committee moved on to other business after confirming the clerk would follow up on the calendar correction.
