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Committee passes annual code-revision cleanup bill to remove errors, some unconstitutional provisions
Summary
The committee unanimously approved House Bill 485 (LC 394672S), an annual code-revision cleanup bill that corrects errors, modernizes language and removes certain provisions previously held unconstitutional; committee discussion clarified which items were removed or left for later review.
A legislative committee voted unanimously Oct. 27, 2025, to pass House Bill 485 (LC 394672S), the annual code-revision cleanup bill intended to correct typographical errors, modernize language and remove or mark as unfunded certain code provisions.
The bill’s sponsor described the measure as routine cleanup: correcting grammatical errors, modernizing obsolete references and addressing provisions the courts have held unconstitutional. The discussion included examples and procedural clarifications about how the bill handles sections that have been declared unconstitutional.
Jenna, Lip City Council, who spoke during the committee discussion, said the office drafting the bill “decided to go ahead and try and get those unconstitutional provisions off the books” and explained the office also reviewed pre-2013 funding-contingency code sections to confirm whether they had ever been funded. She said those not funded would be noted in the code as “not funded.” Jenna also said some items were left out of this cleanup because they were more controversial; she cited implied-consent provisions as an example.
Committee members asked procedural questions about why certain sections were repealed and reenacted rather than simply struck. The committee clarified that a statute held unconstitutional must be repealed and, if appropriate, reenacted without the unconstitutional subsection; the reenactment preserves parts of the statute that were not held unconstitutional. The sponsor noted minor substantive wording changes in the bill, including a change described in the transcript from “trout streams” to “trout waters,” but emphasized that the bill does not make major policy changes.
A member moved to pass the bill, a second was recorded, and the committee approved House Bill 485 by voice vote; the transcript records unanimous passage but does not record an individual roll-call tally. The transcript does not list subsequent legislative steps for the bill beyond the committee’s approval.
The committee record shows the bill removes or flags for “not funded” certain obsolete or unfunded code sections and selectively removes subsections that courts have found unconstitutional while reenacting unaffected language in those statutes.
