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Committee approves study committee bill with membership amendments
Summary
A bill to create a study committee (Senate Bill 2469) passed committee after members amended the membership list to add frontline officials such as a chancery clerk and tax assessor.
Senate Bill 2469, a bill to create a study committee to investigate unspecified problems (sponsor described it as a study to identify and resolve issues), passed out of the committee after members adopted amendments clarifying committee membership.
Senator McCaughn explained the bill creates a seven-member study committee to examine problems identified by the sponsor (referred to as Senator Subar's bill in the transcript). During debate senators moved and adopted amendments to clarify appointments: the lieutenant governor would appoint two state senators and a chancery clerk; the speaker of the house would appoint two house members and a tax assessor; the secretary of state would provide a designee, and other appointments were adjusted so the total remained seven.
The committee adopted the membership amendment by voice vote and approved the committee substitute; senators described the purpose as fact-finding to determine whether legislative fixes are required. The bill was advanced by voice vote.
