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House OKs revision of Governor’s Commission for Women and Families; members debate gender focus and sunset date
Summary
The House passed a substitute to Senate Bill 134, renaming and narrowing the Governor’s Commission for Women and Families with an emphasis on literacy, administrative support from the governor's office, a reduced membership and a shortened sunset date after floor amendment. Debate included criticism that the commission focused on women to the exclusion of men.
The House adopted a first-substitute to Senate Bill 134 to revise the Governor’s Commission for Women and Families, change its mission toward literacy and ethnic-community conferences, reduce its size, and shift administrative support to the governor’s office. Representative Wallace, sponsor, outlined the commission’s prior projects (domestic-violence study, a women-in-law update, Women’s…
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