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Senate receives House communications and multiple committee reports; committee reports adopted
Summary
The Senate received communications from the House (including concurrence on House Bill 72) and committee chairs reported favorable recommendations on a range of bills; the Senate adopted the committee reports and returned several House bills to rules.
Senate clerks reported communications from the House dated Feb. 25, 1998, including notice that the House concurred in Senate amendments and passed House Bill 72 (concerning unlawful activity with a minor), transmitted by Carol Lee Peterson, chief clerk.
Committee chairs and clerks then read a series of committee reports. The Business, Labor and Economic Development Committee reported favorably on measures including Senate Bill 55 (Music Licensing Practices Act) and Senate Bill 193 (Licensing Talent Agencies), and recommended action on several House bills (for example, a testing period for hearing aids and a workers' compensation exemption for independent insurance agents). The Energy, Natural Resources and Agriculture Committee returned House bills addressing wildlife code amendments and trail appropriations and reported on water-exchange applications and agricultural exemption amendments. The Transportation and Public Safety Committee returned a motor vehicle safety inspection bill and listed several House bills returned without action.
Senators moved to adopt the committee reports on the floor; voice votes carried and the Senate placed bills on the second-reading calendar or sent House bills to rules as appropriate. The transcript records committee chairs and clerks making the reports and the motions to adopt; specific amendment texts and fiscal details are not recorded in the on-floor summaries provided in the transcript.
Next steps: Adopted committee reports will be reflected in the Senate calendar; several House bills referenced in the reports were returned to rules or transmitted to the secretary of the Senate for further processing.
