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Committee removes sunset from SB 41, adopts amendment and gives bill favorable report
Summary
At a Local Legislation Committee meeting, members adopted an amendment removing a sunset clause from SB 41 (Sen. Kelly), approved the bill as amended and discussed civil penalties of up to $1,000 per day per resident that would be assessed against facility operators (described in the meeting as halfway houses).
At a meeting of the Local Legislation Committee, members voted to adopt an amendment to SB 41 (Sen. Kelly) that removes a sunset clause and then gave the bill a favorable report as amended.
The amendment removes a temporary repeal that had been written into the bill and replaces specified lines in the bill text. Committee discussion noted that the amendment replaces lines 52 through 53 on page 2 and that, as amended, "section 2" of the act would become effective June 1. Representative Robertson told the committee, "This just takes the sunset off what the senate bill had on it. So we wanted it without the sunset."
Committee members asked staff about whether removing the sunset or other changes would require additional advertising or affect the bill's legality. A committee member said the sunset had not been advertised and that it was added as an amendment; the committee discussed whether restoring or removing that language changed the advertisement status.
Members also questioned civil-penalty provisions in the bill. Representative Jackson asked about a civil penalty that the bill lists as "up to $1,000 per day per resident." A staff member replied that the penalty would not be charged to individual residents; rather, as discussed in the meeting, the facility operator (described in committee remarks as a halfway house) would be liable for the penalty if violations occurred: "it's not the resident that would pay this stuff. These are these are halfway houses loosely. The halfway house will be paying it for for that 1."
The committee voted to adopt the amendment after a motion and second. After additional motions and a second, the committee gave SB 41 a favorable report as amended (recorded in the meeting as a "paper report"). The committee did not record a roll-call vote with individual yes/no tallies in the transcript; the outcome was announced as adopted and the bill was forwarded as amended.
Clarifying details discussed in the meeting include the amendment's line edits (replace lines 52–53 on page 2), the change to the bill's effective language (section 2 effective June 1), and the civil-penalty provision (up to $1,000 per day per resident, assessed to the facility operator according to committee remarks).
