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House committee halts final consideration of two municipal bills after quorum fails
Summary
The House commission opened final public consideration of House Bill 279 (municipal emergency management unit) and House Bill 1646 (parity for municipal police) on June 24, 2024, but paused action when it lacked a quorum and instructed staff to collect committee signatures within 24 hours to complete processing.
The Commission on Municipal Autonomy, Decentralization and Regionalization of the House of Representatives opened a public final-consideration session at 1:01 p.m. on June 24, 2024, to review two measures but stopped formal action after failing to reach the quorum required by House rules.
The chair of the commission, identified in the record only as the commission president, read the titles and purposes of House Bill 279 and House Bill 1646. He described HB-279 as a proposal “para autorizar a los gobiernos municipales a estructurar la entidad una entidad unificada, centralizada y autosuficiente” to consolidate municipal emergency…
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