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Votes at a glance: committee advances multiple election bills, adopts ethics and memorial measures
Summary
The Senate committee advanced several bills covering detention‑facility oversight, voting‑center access, ballot security, election ethics, commissioner pay, ballot‑error correction, and a Capitol monument; one high‑profile filing‑period fix failed.
At a single meeting the Senate State Agencies & Governmental Affairs Committee considered a wide slate of measures and took the following formal actions:
- Transfer of the Criminal Detention Facility Review Committee: Sponsor Senator Johnson presented a technical amendment and the bill to move the committee from the Department of Corrections to the Department of Public Safety. Committee voted to pass the bill as amended.
- Senate Bill 273 (vote centers): Senator Jim Petty presented a measure to increase voting center accessibility; Rebecca…
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