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Committee clears bill that alphabetizes conservation statutes
Summary
A committee member described House Bill 1850 as a technical, alphabetizing reorganization of conservation statutes prepared by the Conservation Commission; the committee reported the bill do pass 39‑0.
Representative Greco described House Bill 1850 as a technical reorganization that alphabetizes statutory language prepared by the Conservation Commission. He said the measure deletes and adds language only to reorder provisions for ease of reference.
A committee member asked whether alphabetization would help the state; the sponsor replied it would help people trying to read the statute. There was no substantive debate and the committee reported the bill do pass with a recorded tally of 39 ayes and 0 nays.
Why it matters: The bill is intended to improve statutory readability but does not change substantive policy according to the sponsor’s explanation.
The bill was reported do pass and will move forward in the legislative process.
