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House Business and Labor adopts coordination amendments, removes SB 446 'deeming' clause, and concurs bills for floor transmittal
Summary
After lengthy hearings, the committee adopted coordination and conceptual amendments that align three prior‑authorization bills (SB 446, SB 447, SB 449) with earlier negotiated House language; members removed the contentious deeming clause from SB 446 in a conceptual vote and concurred each bill to move to the House floor. Other measures (kratom and PFAS resolution) generated debate and were amended or tabled.
Following public testimony and a recess, the House Business and Labor Committee reviewed a stack of conceptual and coordinating amendments to prevent statutory conflicts among the senator's bills and earlier House measures (chiefly HB 398 and HB 399).
Committee staff summarized coordination options for each bill and offered specific instructions that prioritize the negotiated House language where sections…
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