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Committee roundup: House Ag committee amends and advances several bills, hears two hearings
Summary
The House Agriculture Committee handled several floor and committee items after hearing HB 1544 and HB 1538: it amended HB 1143 (Great Plains Food Bank) and advanced it as amended, gave HB 1280 a due-pass recommendation, and issued a do-not-pass recommendation on HB 1396.
The House Agriculture Committee handled multiple items beyond the two hearings on drainage notification (HB 1544) and a spay-and-neuter grant program (HB 1538).
Votes and committee actions taken during the session included: - Amendment to House Bill 1143 (Great Plains Food Bank) to reduce the requested appropriation from $10,000,000 to $5,000,000 — the committee adopted the amendment in committee. - The committee then gave HB 1143 a due-pass recommendation as amended (bill will move forward as amended). - House Bill 1207 (beef commission elections) was taken up; the committee considered the bill and deferred further action during floor business; the bill was discussed but not finally acted on in the morning session. - House Bill 1280 (drain districts) received a due-pass recommendation. - House Bill 1396 (related drain-district language) received a do-not-pass recommendation in committee.
The committee recorded motions, amendments and roll calls during business; committee leadership said additional committee work would resume after floor session to finish pending items. The committee did not take votes on HB 1544 or HB 1538 during the hearing.
