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Committee rejects amendment and advances bill clarifying "partisan" draft requests (HB142 passes 8-6)
Summary
After a floor amendment defining "partisan" narrowly failed on a 7-7 tie, the Legislative Administration committee advanced House Bill 142 on an 8-6 roll-call vote. Debate focused on whether the statute should redefine "partisan" and whether interim committees could advance drafts on losing votes.
The Legislative Administration committee took executive action on House Bill 142 and a related amendment on the definition of "partisan." An amendment (HB0142.001.001) that would have redefined "partisan" to mean "a vote in which members from only one party vote to request a bill" failed on a tie vote; the underlying bill then passed on an 8-6 roll-call.
A sponsor of the amendment argued the term should align with ordinary…
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