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Committee advances four bills including Uniform Electronic Material Act
Summary
In executive action the House State Administration Committee voted to advance HB111 (Uniform Electronic Material Act), HB112 (code commissioner cleanup), HB113 (procurement resident preference cleanup) and HB115 (stop printing the MCA index). Votes were voice votes; some proxies were recorded and one recorded 'no' was noted.
During executive action the committee advanced four bills by voice vote.
HB111: Vice Chair Bertolio moved HB111 do pass. Ms. Power said the bill, carried by Majority Leader Fitzpatrick and brought by the Legislative Council, would adopt the Uniform Electronic Material Act. The committee voice-voted in favor; proxies were recorded for Representative Running Wolf and Representative Asutkis and the bill passed to the House floor.
HB112: The committee moved HB112 do pass. Ms. Power described HB112 as the periodic Code Commissioner bill addressing cleanup, grammatical fixes and codification issues. The committee voice-voted the measure to pass with proxies recorded.
HB113: The committee moved HB113 do pass. Ms. Power said HB113 is an agency bill from the Department of Administration that clarifies resident preference in procurement; a $0 fiscal note was reported. The committee voice-voted the bill to pass; the record notes that the member identified as "Vice Chair Quorum" cast a recorded 'no' while other members voted aye by proxy.
HB115: The committee moved HB115 do pass. Ms. Power explained HB115 would stop printing the index book of the Montana Code Annotated because the information is available online. The committee voice-voted and the bill passed.
The committee closed executive action and moved on to administrative business and scheduling before adjourning.
