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Committee advances bill to allow amicus briefs in specified litigation; SB 213 passes as amended
Summary
The Senate Local Government Committee passed Senate Bill 213 as amended by voice vote. The bill language concerns inviting amicus briefs in certain litigation; Senator Trevis moved the bill and the committee adopted an amendment and then passed the bill.
Senator Trevis moved that the committee pass Senate Bill 213 as amended; the committee approved the amendment by voice vote and subsequently passed the bill as amended.
"I move it to pass on Senate Bill 213 as amended once," Senator Trevis said when placing the bill for a vote. The committee tried a voice vote on the amendment and then on the bill. Members recorded proxy votes during the voice votes; Senator Wagner and Senator Baird were recorded as voting aye by proxy on the amendment.
Committee discussion was brief; the chairman called for a voice vote and, after confirming proxies, announced that Senate Bill 213 "has passed as amended." The bill's subject in committee was described as allowing invited amicus briefs on certain litigation; committee records did not include additional substantive amendments or a roll-call tally in the transcript.
The committee moved on to other items and indicated that the bill will proceed as passed by the committee.
