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House approves annual technical cleanup bill with no fiscal change
Summary
Representative Bigelow said House Bill 246 is an annual cleanup recodification containing only technical amendments; the House approved it 65–0 and the bill was referred for further consideration per the clerk's announcement.
Representative Bigelow presented House Bill 246 as a routine, annual housekeeping measure containing technical amendments and cleanup language related to a prior recodification. He said parties were involved in drafting to avoid substantive policy or benefit changes and that there was no fiscal note attached.
After a brief opportunity for questions and a waived summation, the clerk announced that House Bill 246 received 65 yes votes and 0 no votes and "passes this body." The transcript states the bill "will be referred to" a next step, but the destination is not clearly specified in the provided segments.
Supporters characterized the bill as noncontroversial cleanup; no amendments or substantive debate were recorded on the floor during the provided segments.
