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Representative Barbara Boyd asks committee to carry over bill 614; chair commits to work with sponsor
Summary
Representative Barbara Boyd asked the committee to carry over bill 614, citing timing, grammatical corrections and the need for a substitute; the chair agreed to carry the item over and to work with legislative reference and the sponsor to return it next year.
Representative Barbara Boyd addressed the Public Safety and Homeland Security committee and asked that bill 614 be carried over so she and staff can prepare corrections and a substitute.
"So what I'm here to say for today is that we probably need to carry it over or do whatever is this. It's not going away, and there's nothing wrong with it. There are a whole lot of corrections I learned, mister chairman, last night that need to be in there grammatically," Boyd said. She told members she has been in the Legislature for about 32 years and that this is her final term.
The committee chair responded that the committee would carry over the item at the sponsor's request and that he would work with her and legislative reference to prepare a substitute: "You have my commitment. We'll work on that. First week, we, we come in next year." The chair also said staff would wait for a substitute and that the sponsor would continue to pursue the item.
Boyd also referenced prior assistance from the committee on an unrelated Talladega College matter and mentioned a recent auto incident affecting her personally. The transcript records the chair's statement that the committee would carry over "6 14" and bring back a substitute but does not record a formal motion or vote; the action was recorded as a sponsor request and a chair commitment to revisit the bill.
