Intergovernmental Affairs Committee advances four bills, adopts amendments and substitutes

The Special Committee on Intergovernmental Affairs voted to advance four measures — House Bills 105, 431, 643 and 1193 — after adopting amendments and rolling those changes into committee substitutes, the panel announced at the close of its session.

Madam Chair Burns presided as the committee adopted an amendment to House Bill 105 updating the legal land description provided by DNR and then voted the House Committee substitute be reported due pass. "All those in favor of adopting the ayes have it," the chair said after committee discussion; the clerk recorded 14 ayes and 0 nos.

The committee next voted to report due pass on House Bill 431; the clerk recorded 14 ayes and 0 nos. No substantive floor debate on HB 431 was recorded in the transcript excerpt provided.

For House Bill 643, the committee first adopted House Committee Amendment 0.01H, which the record says amended district-plan language, explicitly included the city of Osage Beach as an eligible location for an entertainment district, clarified the definition of a "portable bar" and clarified that the entertainment-district special license holder "at its sole discretion will determine…