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House rejects bill creating school seismic safety committee
Summary
First Substitute House Bill 72, which would have established a Public School Seismic Safety Committee to survey and prioritize seismic retrofits, failed in the House 34–38 after debate over timing and process; the bill was reserved and referred to staff for filing.
A proposal to create a state-level committee to inventory seismic hazards in public schools failed on the House floor on third reading.
Representative Wiley, sponsor of first substitute House Bill 72, described the bill as creating a seven-member Public School Seismic Safety Committee that would compile a statewide survey of public schools and…
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