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Senators, Representatives Agree to Consolidate Multiple distinctive license-plate bills; Hunter Nation plate to be handled separately
Summary
Committee negotiators agreed to move most distinctive license-plate measures into a single House bill for insertion into the statutes and to handle Senate Bill 18 (Hunter Nation plate) through a separate Senate concurrence after disagreement over beneficiary language.
Negotiators for the Committee on Transportation agreed to consolidate several distinctive license-plate bills into one House statutory vehicle while handling the Hunter Nation plate as a separate Senate concurrence.
Committee staff outlined that Senate Bill 18 would remain a separate Senate motion for concurrence, while the contents of Senate Bill 98 (Route 66 Association plate) and multiple House measures for distinctive plates would be inserted into House Bill 2201 (the FFA plate bill) and sent to the statute book as the effective date. The group recorded that the House had already appointed conferees for several of the House plates and that some Senate conferees still needed appointment.
The consolidation was proposed to reduce the number of shells required and to move multiple simple naming and beneficiary designations onto the statute book together. Committee members discussed the Hunter Nation plate specifically: opposition in the House centered on whether payments would go to a 501(c)(4) organization rather than a charitable foundation, which prompted some members to ask for a standalone vote on that plate so members could record an up-or-down vote. Other negotiators said the House as a whole had adopted the position returning proceeds to Hunter Nation Inc. and preferred to keep the Senate shell for that bill.
As negotiated, the Senate would make a separate motion to concur on Senate Bill 18; Senate Bill 98 and the House distinctive-plate measures (identified in committee as House Bill 2168 and House Bill 2169, among others) would be inserted into House Bill 2201 and the conference committee report would specify “statute book” as the effective date. Committee staff said design work for plates would likely require more time but that the consolidation would expedite floor time.
The agreements were restated at the meeting’s close to confirm that (1) the Senate would file a concurrence motion on Senate Bill 18 and (2) contents of the other identified plates would be merged into House Bill 2201 and sent to the statute book effective date via the conference report.
Ending: Committee members set follow-up to prepare the necessary conference report language and to appoint any remaining conferees before floor consideration.
