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Senate committee votes to introduce BDR 17-512 to authorize health notes from Research Division
Summary
The Senate Committee on Legislative Operations and Elections approved introduction of BDR 17-512, a proposal to allow the Legislative Council Bureau's Research Division to prepare health notes for certain measures; motion by Senator Krasner, seconded by Senator Steinbeck, carried by voice vote with three ayes and two members excused.
The Senate Committee on Legislative Operations and Elections voted to introduce BDR 17-512, a bill draft request that would enable the Research Division of the Legislative Council Bureau to prepare health notes for certain legislative measures.
Chair Orenshall moved the committee into consideration of the BDR and explained the procedural effect of introduction: "A motion or a vote to introduce doesn't mean you're committed to support this bill. You know, if it is introduced, it just means that we're moving that it get introduced and then it could have a hearing, or could not, but it would have a chance through the legislative process," the chair said.
Senator Krasner moved to introduce BDR 17-512 and Senator Steinbeck seconded the motion. The chair asked for a voice vote; the secretary recorded three ayes and noted that Vice Chair Daley and Majority Leader Cannizzaro were excused. The committee therefore approved the introduction of the BDR.
Committee members were reminded that introduction gives the draft an opportunity for a hearing and further action but does not bind any member to support the measure on final passage.
The committee recorded the motion and the result in its minutes; no substantive debate on the merits of the proposal occurred at the time of introduction.
