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Committee executive actions: concurrence on bonding amendment, EV charging bill advances; several bills tabled or withdrawn
Summary
During executive action the committee concurred in amended House Bill 31 (bonding and reclamation lien language), passed Senate Bill 228 (electric-vehicle charging/registration adjustments) as amended by 10–3, tabled Senate Bills 119 and 160, and withdrew Senate Bill 212 after amendment work and sponsor withdrawal.
The Senate Energy, Technology and Federal Relations Committee took a series of executive actions late in the hearing record. Key committee outcomes recorded in the transcript include concurrence on an amended House bill, final passage of an electric-vehicle charging/registration bill, tabling of two wind/energy finance bills and withdrawal of one artificial-intelligence-related bill after amendment work.
Vice Chair Lammers moved that the committee concur in House Bill 31 and offered an amendment that changed decommissioning-bond timing (moving a bonding maturity threshold from year 15 to year 12) and added a reclamation lien in bankruptcy scenarios so the state could seek reclamation costs and decommissioning funds from project assets if a facility enters bankruptcy. Lammers summarized the amendment as addressing bond timing and a state lien on assets prior to bankruptcy. The committee approved concurrence in HB 31 as amended by voice vote with proxies recorded; the transcript shows multiple members registered by proxy in favor.
Senate Bill 119 (right of first refusal, as noted in the hearing) was moved to be tabled; the committee voted to table SB 119 (voice vote; proxies recorded) and the bill remained tabled in the record.
Senate Bill 212 underwent amendment work in committee; the sponsor asked to withdraw the amendment and then moved to withdraw the bill from committee consideration. The transcript records the amendment and bill were withdrawn, leaving SB 212 without further committee action in the hearing record.
Senate Bill 228, an electric-vehicle public-charging and registration-fee bill, was amended to remove a sunset and to refine the approach to recovering an equivalent of gasoline tax for EV usage. After discussion and proxy votes, the committee voted to pass SB 228 as amended; the transcript records the final roll as “10–3” in favor (committee result noted in the record as passing 10–3).
Senate Bill 160 (wind and solar bonding/decommissioning provisions referenced in the hearing) was moved to be tabled and the committee tabled it; the transcript records the measure as tabled 10–3.
Several proxies were recorded during the executive session; where the committee used voice votes, the record lists proxy votes by member but does not always provide a numeric roll call for every item. The transcript does not show gubernatorial action or enactment; the committee’s actions move items either to the next procedural step, to a table, or off the list by sponsor withdrawal.
