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Committee stalls on consolidated anti-fraud bill; vote to move to Ways and Means ties 7-7 and fails, bill laid over
Summary
House File 2,603, a compilation of anti-fraud provisions, received debate in the State Government Finance and Policy Committee. A motion to re-refer the bill to Ways and Means failed in a 7–7 recorded vote; the committee then laid the bill over for possible inclusion.
House File 2,603, described by author Rep. Pinto as a compilation of provisions to strengthen detection, oversight and enforcement against fraud, was presented to the State Government Finance and Policy Committee on March 27. The committee considered an A1 (adding an Article 7 state-government-specific provision) and adopted that amendment; members debated whether to re-refer the bill to Ways and Means or to lay it over for further consideration.
Rep. Pinto said the bill groups provisions into three buckets: better detection and…
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