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Public Health, Welfare and Labor Committee says bills needing fiscal-impact statements cannot be scheduled; sponsors urged to respond
Summary
Members of the Senate Public Health, Welfare and Labor Committee said the committee will not schedule bills that lack required fiscal-impact statements and asked bill sponsors to reply to a scheduling email sent last week; no committee meeting date was set.
At a Senate Public Health, Welfare and Labor Committee organizational meeting, members said they will not run bills that require a fiscal-impact statement until the committee receives that document and asked sponsors to respond to a scheduling email sent last week.
The requirement affects which bills can be heard: Representative Fred Allen, who represents District 77, asked, “In the true we can't run a bill until we get the fiscal impact statement?” The committee chair replied, “On certain bills, yes.” The chair clarified that bills without a fiscal impact can be scheduled without that document.
Committee members said the…
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