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Committee moves provisions of ethics bill into House shell, advances substitute bill
Summary
Committee members approved inserting the substance of Senate Bill 285—changes to legislative expense reimbursements and exceptions for accepting free or discounted entertainment—into a substitute House Bill 2060 and voted the substitute out of committee as amended by voice vote.
The committee voted to insert the language of Senate Bill 285 into a substitute for House Bill 2,060 and sent the substitute bill out of committee as amended. Committee members acted after a staff briefing that summarized two main changes in the Senate bill: an expansion of the kinds of nonprofit groups whose reimbursements legislators may accept, and new exceptions allowing certain executive-branch officials to accept free or discounted entertainment if the discount is not provided because of their official position or if the person’s presence serves a legitimate state purpose and payment would be authorized.
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