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Conferees adopt revised language on Gold Star Mother’s Day flag display in HB 142
Summary
Committee of Conference approved a Sheehan amendment to clarify flag-display language in House Bill 142 about Gold Star Mother's Day; the change was accepted by both chambers and will go forward on the consent calendar.
Conferees meeting as the Committee of Conference approved an amendment to House Bill 142 that revises how flags are displayed in observance of Gold Star Mother’s Day. The amendment, described in the meeting as the Sheehan amendment, was intended to fix a grammatical problem and to clarify whether daily display included a particular Sunday.
The chair opened the conference by noting the senate’s paragraph 2 wording — which the prime sponsor had requested be altered on grammatical grounds — and said conferees were "perfectly fine with the senate version" except for paragraph 2. After reviewing the wording, a conferee said, "I see no objection...this just little more precisely clarifies what our intent was and, fixes the grammatical error." The house conferees agreed and the house voted in favor by voice. The transcript records "Aye" responses, with "Opposed: None. Abstaining: None." The senate conferees indicated they were also "fine with it."
A conferee noted that over the summer the historical committee and legislative administration will review guidelines for portraits, flags and related display rules, and that future adjustments could follow. The Committee of Conference agreed to place the item on the consent calendar, and members closed that item by thanking each other for the work and the side-by-side comparison of texts.
The session ended with conferees saying the matter was settled for the committee’s purposes and could move forward for each chamber’s further action.
