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Senator amends HB 2 to include cell-phone policy; conference committee ends discussion of Senate Bill 206
Summary
Members were informed that an amendment inserting a cell-phone use policy into HB 2 was added by Senator Carson, placing Senate Bill 206's content into the budget bill; committee members said no further discussion was necessary.
The Camellia conference committee briefly addressed Senate Bill 206 and was informed that its substantive provision on classroom cell-phone use had been added to the budget bill HB 2 by an amendment filed in the House conference process. Speaker 1 opened the item and Speaker 5 reported that Senator Carson had placed the cell-phone use policy into HB 2 via amendment 20252844s.
Speaker 5 said, "Senator Carson put in an amendment 2 0 2 5 2 8 4 4 s, putting that cell phone use policy into, HB 2. So it is in the budget, Regardless of what some people say, it is in the budget, and I think, we can move forward with that." Following that notification, committee members indicated there was no need for further committee discussion of SB 206 because the language already was included in the House budget bill.
The transcript records no formal vote on SB 206 within the committee; members agreed that no further action at this conference session was required. The amendment number and the statement that the content was moved into HB 2 are recorded in the committee transcript; the text of the amendment itself and any fiscal impact language are not included in the provided transcript.
