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Long debate on vehicle inspection repeal produces amendments and split committee vote; committee leaves final recommendation to the floor
Summary
The Senate Commerce Committee adopted technical fixes to a vehicle-inspection repeal but was split after extended testimony from law enforcement and the attorney general's office; the committee left the final posture of House Bill 649 to the Senate floor.
Members of the Senate Commerce Committee devoted the longest discussion of the session to House Bill 649 and several associated amendments designed to correct or limit consequences of the inspection repeal added in HB2.
Senator Maguire presented an amendment to restore language from a previously enacted Senate bill concerning fleet passenger registrations and to correct an unintended consequence that would have left only a limited class of fleet vehicles subject to inspection. Committee members agreed to adopt a technical amendment (3066s) intended to restore the intended…
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