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House committee adopts pay-plan bill after technical fixes; attempt to remove legislative pay increase fails
Summary
The House Finance Committee approved House Bill 13 as amended after passing several technical amendments. A separate amendment to remove language increasing legislative pay failed on a 10-13 roll call; the committee approved the amended bill by voice/roll call and advanced it out of committee.
The House Finance Committee approved House Bill 13 as amended after a series of technical amendments and a contested vote over legislative pay. Committee members passed three technical amendments unanimously and rejected an amendment that would have removed provisions adjusting legislative pay.
Chair Jones recognized a motion to adopt House Bill 13 and committee members took executive action on multiple amendments before final passage. Representative Fitzpatrick moved several technical amendments (amendments 0013.001.001, 0013.001.004 and 0013.001.007) to correct drafting errors and fiscal-year dates; committee members approved those technical fixes by voice votes and recorded proxies where applicable.
Representative Mercer then offered amendment 0013.001.005, which would have deleted sections of the bill addressing legislative compensation. Mercer argued the bill should not combine executive-branch employee pay policy with changes to legislative pay and raised fiscal concerns; Mercer also…
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