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House State Administration committee advances package of election and administration bills; one measure tabled
Summary
The committee advanced a slate of Senate bills affecting elections, administration and building codes; most passed by voice vote or roll call, SB 128 was tabled after debate and SB 33 passed 10–9 on a roll call.
The House State Administration committee met to take executive action on a package of Senate bills affecting elections, state administration and building-code oversight. Lawmakers advanced most items to the House floor; one measure was tabled.
Among the measures advanced: Senate Bill 7, an interim committee bill to repeal a retirement criteria change for highway patrol and sheriffs, was concurred in by voice vote and recorded as passed. Senate Bill 9, an agency bill from the Department of Administration allowing agencies to make biweekly cash deposits, passed by voice vote. Senate Bill 11 was amended and concurred in; the amendment—approved by the bill sponsor and developed with election administrators and the Secretary of State's office—clarifies numbering and ballot-language presentation and moves certain provisions from Title 7 into Title 13 so the Secretary of State has rulemaking authority over those election provisions.
Senate Bill 29, an agency bill to allow electronic bond submissions for state construction projects, and Senate Bills 57 and 58, two bills from the Special Election Committee revising county canvassing processes and vote-count procedures, all passed by voice vote. Senate Bill 115, addressing election public notices, and Senate Bill 184, limiting primary ballots to contested precinct-committee candidates, also passed and were assigned carriers.
On bills requiring recorded votes, Senate Bill 33 (making state buildings subject to state building code review) passed on a roll-call vote, 10–9. Senate Bill 129, which would record a registrant's party preference on voter-registration forms, passed on a roll-call vote, 12–7. A substitute motion to table Senate Bill 128 (revising county clerk and recorder election laws) carried after a roll-call tally of 4 ayes and 15 noes.
Miss Power, the committee staff presenter, described several agency bills and the SB 11 amendment as clarifying existing practice: “This amendment was approved by the bill sponsor. It came from election administrators and folks in the Secretary of State's office,” she said during the SB 11 discussion. The committee identified carriers for the advanced bills and confirmed a schedule for continued executive action.
The committee adjourned after setting a 10:00 a.m. start time for upcoming sessions.
