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Committee clears several bills in quick succession, including newborn-screening and auctioneer updates
Summary
The Senate Public Health, Welfare and Labor Committee adopted a series of relatively uncontroversial actions by voice vote: concurrence on HB 1102 (screening-language cleanup and timing), concurrence on SB 322, SB 320 regulating in-state online auctions as amended (processing fee retained at $5 and eBay-exemption language added) and SB 492 allowing electronic-signature alternatives to notarization.
The committee moved quickly through multiple items with minimal debate and cleared them by voice vote.
HB 1102: Senator Clint Enzo presented a concurrence to a House amendment that removed redundant language already in prior law and adjusted timing language for newly added core medical-condition screenings. The committee concurred in the amendment by voice vote.
SB 322: Senator Missy Irvin described this concurrence as cleanup language requested by the department; the committee adopted the concurrence by voice vote.
SB 320: Senator Missy Irvin explained an amendment negotiated with the auctioneer industry and eBay to exclude real property and used-car auctions and to keep the processing fee at $5. The bill, as amended, was passed by the committee by voice vote. Agency witnesses Kelly Black (Auctioneer Licensing Board) and Dan Parker (Department of Labor and Licensing legal counsel) briefly answered questions.
SB 492: Senator Irvin introduced a bill to allow an electronic signature alternative to notarization in certain documents; the item received no opposition and passed by voice vote.
These items were presented as procedural or cleanup measures and moved through the committee with bipartisan voice votes.
