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Senate committee approves routine code-publication bill 9-0
Summary
The Judiciary Committee moved Senate Bill 80, the annual state code publication/cleanup bill, by unanimous voice vote; sponsor characterized it as non-substantive housekeeping.
The Senate Judiciary Committee approved Senate Bill 80, the annual code-publication and cleanup bill, by a 9-0 vote during the committee's first hearing.
Committee Chair State Senator Liz Brown said the measure is "the annual senate code publication bill" and described it as a cleanup effort meant to move definitions and old sections into updated parts of the code. Sponsor Senator Aaron Freeman moved the bill and the committee seconded the motion; the roll call returned a unanimous affirmative result.
The bill’s sponsor and Legislative Services attorneys told the committee the measure contains no substantive policy changes but reorganizes statutes and replaces obsolete cross-references. Freeman said items such as election-law definitions are being relocated, not removed, and asked for the committee’s support. There were no questions and the committee took a formal roll call on the motion.
The committee recorded the final roll call result as 9 to 0 in favor; the chair announced the vote on the record. The committee did not attach any amendments at the hearing.
Committee staff indicated the bill will proceed under the committee’s process toward further consideration by the full Senate per the chamber’s schedule.
