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Conference committee aligns effective dates in House Bill 428, sends change to consent calendar
Summary
A short Committee of Conference on House Bill 428 resolved a disagreement over effective dates by agreeing to change multiple dates to July 1, 2025, and to place the item on the consent calendar; the committee closed after less than 10 minutes.
The Committee of Conference opened discussion on House Bill 428 and agreed to harmonize differing effective dates by changing the various dates in the bill to July 1, 2025. The participants also confirmed that the bill’s substantive provisions, including language addressing fire-code-related matters, had no content objections and that the state fire marshal’s office had been consulted.
The compromise was proposed by a senate member who asked whether making each disputed date “07/01/2025” would “solve your issue.” A house member responded that the substance of the bill was otherwise acceptable and that the state fire marshal’s office was “totally fine with it.” After agreeing to the single date, senators and representatives said they would place the resulting report on the consent calendar.
Because the parties resolved the single-date discrepancy and had no other substantive objections, the chair closed the Committee of Conference on House Bill 428 after under 10 minutes. Participants noted staff could incorporate any remaining technical fixes into a retained senate bill if something else arose later.
