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Staff propose replacing Senate Bill 98 with contents of Senate Bill 51, add House amendments and technical fix
Summary
Staff at a drafting session proposed stripping the text of Senate Bill 98 and substituting the contents of Senate Bill 51 with specified House amendments, replacing two items and adding a technical clarification about investments and ineligible data centers; revisers will draft language and meet to sign off before floor action.
Speaker 1, a staff member, proposed stripping the contents of Senate Bill 98 and replacing them with the contents of Senate Bill 51 plus amendments recommended by the House, and adding a technical clarification about investments and ineligible data centers.
The staff member said the proposal would “strip the contents of Senate Bill 98, if they're not already, add in the contents of Senate fifty- Senate Bill number 51, with amendments, as proposed by the House of 1 through 7 on that list and 10, replace 8 and 9 with that language and then add a technical fix, that just clarifies what an investment means, ineligible data centers.” The staff member said they would send the proposed language to Amelia and that the technical fix would add that language in a couple of places.
A second staff member responded, “Alright, I think we're good. Let's do it. Get it written up.” The second speaker also asked the revisers for latitude to craft and negotiate the replacement language for items 8 and 9, saying, “Just, please grant us some leeway to, craft that language, and work work with you guys on on especially that language, regarding the, replacement of, items number 8 and 9. And then we're we're good.”
No formal motion or vote was recorded in the transcript. The discussion was procedural: staff described the proposed drafting changes, asked revisers to prepare and refine language, and arranged logistics for sign-off. One staff member said revisers asked to meet at 12:15 in the reviser's office to sign off on an earlier item and that they would keep in touch by cell phone.
The proposal as described would (1) remove the current text of Senate Bill 98, (2) substitute the text of Senate Bill 51 with House-proposed amendments 1–7 and 10, (3) replace items 8 and 9 with the substituted language, and (4) insert a technical fix clarifying the meaning of “investment” in relation to ineligible data centers. The transcript does not record the exact amended text, whether the House amendments are adopted in whole or in part, nor any floor action or vote timetable.
Next steps described in the discussion are for revisers to draft the replacement language, coordinate with the staff member who will send the language to Amelia, and meet in the reviser's office at 12:15 to sign off. The transcript contains no estimate for when the revision would reach the floor for consideration.
