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House Bill 1499 amended and passed out of committee to fix drafting error in public‑property sale rules
Summary
House Bill 1499, sponsored by Representative Ray, was amended in committee to restore language mistakenly removed from a section that revises exceptions to procedures for the sale and purchase of public property; the committee voted to pass the bill out of committee by voice vote.
At a meeting of the STATE AGENCIES & GOVT'L AFFAIRS- HOUSE committee (date not specified), Representative Ray presented House Bill 1499 and moved to pass it out of committee after restoring language that had been inadvertently removed during drafting.
Representative Ray said a drafting error removed more language than intended from Section 1 and that he submitted a member's amendment to put the struck language back on page 1; he described the restored material as shown in italics on the draft. "If not, love to pass the bill back out of committee again," Representative Ray said when asking for a vote. The committee registered the motion to pass and approved it by voice vote; the transcript records the committee chair saying, "The ayes have it. Congratulations. You passed your bill."
Representative Ray answered procedural questions and noted Representative Collins had flagged the drafting issue earlier. No committee members asked substantive policy questions during the discussion, and no witnesses spoke for or against the bill in the recorded transcript.
The bill as described in committee revises the statutory exceptions that govern purchase or sale procedures for public property by moving certain exceptions into a list format and restoring text accidentally removed from Section 1. The transcript does not specify statutory citations, affected agencies, or next steps in the legislative process.
The committee moved immediately to the next agenda item after the voice vote.
