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 when and where a licensee is allowed to sell under this chapter." Representative Faulkner described the change as giving permission to establish an entertainment district that could collect money into a fund to support activities and improvements in that area. After rolling the amendment into a new substitute and adopting it, the committee voted the House Committee substitute for HB 643 be reported due pass; the recorded vote was 14 ayes and 1 no (Representative Wolfen voted no). Representative Wolfen told the committee, "I am not gonna be supporting this bill," and explained concerns during the discussion period.

House Bill 1193 was debated in committee despite the bill sponsor being absent from the hearing. Representative Walsh Moore said she had missed the public hearing and requested clarification from the sponsor; she said she had the impression that the bill raised questions about whether certain guards could communicate privileged information with local law enforcement because they were not deputized or similarly authorized. Committee members proceeded to a roll-call vote after discussion; the clerk recorded 11 ayes and 4 noes and the committee reported HB 1193 due pass.

Votes at a glance

- House Bill 105 — Motion: "I move that House Bill 105 be voted due pass"; amendment adopted to insert DNR-surveyed legal boundary; substitute adopted and reported due pass. Vote: 14 ayes, 0 nos. (Ayes recorded: Chair Burns; Vice Chair Oler King; Representatives Walsh Moore; Amato; Black; Faulkner; Fowler; Gallic; Hales; Myreth; Moseley; Reuter; Brush; Wolfen.)

- House Bill 431 — Motion: "I move the House Bill 431 be voted due pass"; substitute adopted and reported due pass. Vote: 14 ayes, 0 nos.

- House Bill 643 — Motion: "I move that House Committee substitute for House Bill 643 be voted due pass"; committee adopted Amendment 0.01H (changes include adding Osage Beach as an eligible location for an entertainment district, clarifying "portable bar" and assigning control of where sales occur to the entertainment-district special license holder), rolled into a substitute, then reported due pass. Vote: 14 ayes, 1 no (Representative Wolfen voted no).

- House Bill 1193 — Motion: "I move that House Bill 1193 be voted due pass"; committee proceeded to discussion although the bill sponsor was not present in committee to answer questions. Representative Walsh Moore said she had "missed the committee section, the public hearing for this bill" and sought clarification; members expressed concern about whether security staff could share privileged information with law enforcement without deputization. Vote: 11 ayes, 4 noes (Noes recorded: Representative Walsh Moore; Representative Hales; Representative Rush; Representative Smith).

Discussion, direction and formal actions are kept distinct in this account: the committee adopted amendments and substitutes (formal committee actions) and recorded roll-call votes for each bill. The record shows questions and requests for clarification on the bills, including the absence of HB 1193's sponsor and substantive questions about definitions and local control in HB 643; where the transcript excerpt did not identify a speaker for a given explanatory passage, the account does not attribute those remarks to a specific person.

Ending

The committee concluded its business after the roll-call on HB 1193 and adjourned. The transcript excerpt ends with the clerk announcing the vote results and the chair thanking members.