Senate committee approves technical correction in Senate Bill 4

The Senate Insurance & Commerce Committee voted to pass Senate Bill 4, a technical correction to legislation that the committee said was enacted during the regular session.

Senator Irvin, who closed the presentation for the bill, said the measure “seeks to clarify some changes that needed to be made to the bill, since we've passed it during the regular session,” and asked members for support. An unidentified committee member characterized the proposal as a technical correction and asked for confirmation that the bill did not make substantive policy changes; the presenter agreed.

There was no public testimony: the chair noted that no one was signed up to speak for or against the bill. Senator Irvin then moved to pass the bill; Senator Elliot seconded. The chair called for the ayes, one member verbally responded “Aye,” and the chair declared the bill passed. The transcript does not record a roll-call tally or a detailed vote count.

The committee conducted no extended debate and offered no amendments on the record. After the vote the chair asked for any other business; none was offered and the committee adjourned.

The committee record identifies Jonathan Dismang and notes that Senator Urban had agreed to present the correction bill, but the presentation and closing remarks on the record were made by the member the chair addressed as Senator Irvin. No statutory citations, fiscal notes, or public testimony appear in the transcript.