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Commerce committee moves to insert SB229 language into empty SB30 and requests wording change from “assign” to “request”
Summary
Committee members agreed to reinsert the contents of Senate Bill 229 into Senate Bill 30 (which had become an empty shell), directed a wording change from “assign” to “request” on page 6, line 1, and left SB30 open to additional insertions; no formal roll-call vote was recorded in the transcript.
Senate Commerce Committee members discussed and informally agreed to replace the contents of Senate Bill 30 with the contents of Senate Bill 229, with a technical wording change requested by research staff.
A committee member summarized the procedural issue: earlier revisions to SB30 had been nullified when conferees were changed, leaving SB30 effectively an empty shell in this committee. The member said research had requested a change on SB229 that would avoid reopening the statute next year.
The committee member moved to “remove the contents of Senate Bill 30 if there is anything left in it and insert the contents of Senate Bill 229 with 1 change. That is on page 6 of the bill, line 1. First line, strike assign and insert request.” The speaker explained research’s concern: as currently written research “appear[s] that they would assign someone from KLRD rather than request somebody, and they would prefer it to be request so that they can assign someone.”
Members discussed leaving SB30 open to receive additional insertions later. One member asked for leeway to make additional technical edits, noting a related wording on page 6, line 6 that uses the term “assignable,” and asking to replace that with wording consistent with the requested change.
No roll-call vote or formal recorded tally appears in the transcript. Committee members indicated informal agreement (“K. We're good”) and planned to leave SB30 available for further insertion and technical edits.
Next steps: Staff were asked to implement the specific wording change from “assign” to “request” on page 6, line 1 and to make associated technical edits; the committee left SB30 open to additional insertions. The transcript does not show a recorded vote or final adoption on the motion.
