House Energy, Utilities and Telecommunications Committee approves substitute for Senate Bill 13

The House Energy, Utilities and Telecommunications Committee voted to approve the substitute for Senate Bill 13 (LC 492342S) by voice vote during a brief committee meeting (date not specified).

The bill was considered after returning from subcommittee with a do-pass recommendation, and committee members moved to pass the substitute without extended debate. Committee leadership called for the vote and the motion carried by voice vote; no roll-call tally was recorded in the public transcript.

Committee members spent the limited discussion on procedural matters, including arranging a House sponsor to carry the measure. Representative Angie Osteen was mentioned as a potential House sponsor; a senator who presented the bill said he would speak with the representative about carrying it. The senator, noting lightheartedly, told the committee, "Don't get on to me for drinking a Pepsi in a Coca Cola building." No substantive details of the bill's provisions were discussed on the public record during the meeting.

The chair noted the committee may reconvene later in the week for additional business and then adjourned the meeting.