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Senate refuses to concur with House amendment to abortion bill, appoints conference committee
Summary
Senators voted to refuse to concur with a House amendment to Senate Bill 60 (abortion act revision) after identifying a flaw in the House language; a conference committee was appointed to reconcile the amendment.
The House transmitted an amended version of Senate Bill 60 (abortion act revision) to the Senate. Senator McAllister reported a flaw in the House amendment and moved that the Senate refuse to concur. McAllister said the House staff and Senate staff agreed the change was an oversight and that a conference committee would be necessary to resolve the differing language.
The Senate adopted the motion to refuse to concur and directed that a conference committee be appointed to work with House members to correct the amendment. The Senate President ordered the message returned to the House.
No substantive floor debate over policy changes is recorded in the transcript excerpt; the action was driven by an identified drafting flaw and the procedural need to reconcile text between chambers.
