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Hearing on HB142: Sponsor seeks to clarify partisan-bill rules for interim committees, increase partisan bill limit to five
Summary
House Bill 142, carried by Representative Lucas Schubert at the request of the House majority leader, would clarify that partisan bills advanced by interim committees belong to the majority party and raise the cap on partisan bills from four to five. Proponents and members debated definition and rationale; no committee vote was recorded.
Representative Lucas Schubert opened a hearing on House Bill 142 on Oct. 12, 2025, asking the committee to clarify who may advance partisan bills from interim committees and to increase the existing partisan-bill cap from four to five.
The bill matters because it would change how interim committees control the limited number of partisan bills they may advance to the full Legislature and clarify which caucus can claim those partisan slots.
"House Bill 142 makes two changes to the interim committee laws," Representative Lucas Schubert said. "The first change is a simple word change to clarify the partisan bills passed…
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