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Senate Committee Batches and Passes Multiple Bills, From Ethics Standards to Procurement Thresholds
Summary
In a brisk session the committee passed a range of measures—SB 490 (eligibility standards for local officials), SB 305 (raise procurement thresholds), SB 402 (cultural institutions trust fund), a FOIA attorney-fee amendment, technical-corrections batches (SB 421–442 and SB 493), and others—with motions and seconds recorded and bills moved to the floor.
The Senate committee moved quickly through a long agenda and approved multiple bills by voice votes or batching. Key outcomes included:
• SB 490: Sponsor Senator Trent Garner said the bill extends disqualification standards already used for constitutional officers to city and county officials, barring those with pending charges, guilty pleas or convictions for public-trust crimes from serving. The committee approved the bill on a motion from Senator English with a second from Senator Bauanger.
• SB 305: Senator Caldwell described raising the engineering bid threshold from $25,000 to $50,000 and the…
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