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Committee approves HB85 and HB120; HB152 fails on final vote and is tabled
Summary
In executive action, the House State Administration committee passed HB85 (retirement contribution and statutory appropriation adjustments) as amended and HB120 (CPACE multifamily definition). House Bill 152 (county attorney retention) failed on a roll-call (6–13) and the committee then voted to table the bill (18–1) for further work.
The House State Administration committee took executive action on multiple bills.
House Bill 85, a committee bill concerning employer contribution rates and statutory appropriations for several public-safety retirement systems, was moved in committee with Amendment HB0085, which removed retroactive applicability for the judges retirement system while retaining changes for the highway patrol, sheriffs and game wardens. Ms. Power explained the amendment and said judges would have applicability beginning with the coming fiscal year while the other systems would be applied as budgeted; the amendment passed by voice vote and the bill as amended passed on a subsequent voice vote (proxies were recorded).
House Bill 120, updating the definition of "multifamily housing facility" for CPACE program eligibility to allow more properties to participate, was briefly explained by Ms. Power and passed by voice vote.
House Bill 152, which would make the ballot for an unopposed county attorney a yes/no retention question similar to judicial retention, was considered with a codification-change amendment to place the provision under Title 13 and under Secretary of State authority. The bill prompted extended debate: opponents said it could be burdensome or targeted in some small counties, while proponents argued it would give voters a retention option and flexibility for counties to obtain replacement counsel from adjacent jurisdictions. A roll-call vote on the bill as amended failed, 6 ayes and 13 noes. The committee immediately considered and passed a substitute motion to table HB152 on a subsequent roll-call vote, 18 ayes and 1 no.
The committee closed executive action and moved on to scheduling and adjournment.
