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Small Business Development committee advances HB250 committee substitute to regulate PEOs, removes workers—-comp references
Summary
The Small Business Development Committee approved a committee substitute for HB250 that establishes oversight for professional employer organizations under the state insurance commissioner and removes references to workers— compensation; further work on workers—-comp provisions was deferred.
The Small Business Development Committee voted to advance a committee substitute for HB250 that would establish rules and regulations for professional employer organizations (PEOs) and place those rules under the jurisdiction of the state insurance commissioner. Members approved a motion to "do pass" after committee discussion and a brief withdrawal of opposition.
The committee substitute was presented by Chair Lady Teller, the bill's author. Teller said the substitute removes references to workers' compensation from the version the committee had previously reviewed and that the remaining provisions focus on establishing regulatory authority for PEOs under the insurance commissioner. "This is gonna help us to establish the rules and regulations for these PEOs. It will be under the jurisdiction of the insurance commissioner," Teller said. She added that references to workers' compensation were removed and listed several line-number deletions when describing the edits to the draft.
Committee members asked only one clarifying question about whether the substitute was identical to the earlier draft except for the workers' compensation language. A member asked: "Just making sure so everything's the same that we looked at the other day except workman's comp." Teller replied that the workers' compensation references were removed.
A witness who identified himself as Doug apologized to the committee for the tone of an earlier presentation and, after reviewing the rewrites, said his organization no longer opposed the substitute. "I sincerely and honestly wanted to apologize for any disrespect that may have come from my testimony," he told the panel, and later said, "as far as GWAS concerned we have no further opposition." The committee chair thanked him for the statement.
After brief procedural remarks, a member moved that the committee "do pass" the committee substitute for HB250LC520804S; the motion was seconded and approved by voice vote. The transcript records committee members saying "Aye" and no recorded nays; individual roll-call votes and a numerical tally were not recorded in the transcript.
The committee did not adopt any workers' compensation provisions in this substitute and indicated those issues would be addressed separately at a later time. The substitute centers regulation of PEOs under the insurance commissioner; the transcript records Teller emphasizing that the workers' compensation language was removed so the committee could establish the PEO regulatory framework now and address workers' compensation later.
The committee meeting record does not include a full text of the substitute in the transcript; Teller read that multiple line-number deletions removed references to workers' compensation but did not read an entire revised section into the record. No statutory citations or other administrative references beyond the insurance commissioner's jurisdiction were specified during the discussion.
Votes at a glance: the committee moved, seconded and approved a "do pass" motion on the committee substitute for HB250LC520804S by voice vote; the transcript does not list individual votes or a numerical tally.
