Committee amends election bill, rejects scholarship bill, approves correctional definition change

The House Political Subdivisions Committee took votes on three distinct bills during committee work. Members approved two amendments to House Bill 1165 clarifying who may administer elections, then advanced the bill as amended. The committee voted not to advance House Bill 1171, a proposed law-enforcement family scholarship program with a multiyear appropriation. The committee approved House Bill 1177, a technical change to the public-employee retirement definition for correctional officers.

House Bill 1165: amendments and final committee recommendation Representative Clamine moved and Representative Jonas seconded an amendment to HB1165 that struck an extraneous word and removed the phrase “election operations or administration” from a sentence so the provision reads, “the state or any political subdivision of this state may not use a private entity to administer an election.” The clerk recorded that…