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Rules Committee grants unanimous consent to allow late substitution for landlord-tenant bill language
Summary
The Rules Committee on Jan. 9 agreed unanimously to allow a senator to substitute revised landlord-tenant/eviction bill language after the drafting deadline, citing a task force delay and the need to correct errors in the earlier draft.
The Rules Committee on Jan. 9 granted unanimous consent to let a senator substitute revised language for a landlord-tenant eviction bill after the official drafting deadline, the committee's presiding member said.
The request was raised so that new text — prepared after a task force on landlord-tenant issues started work late and did not finish recommendations — can replace an earlier draft the senator described as containing "some mistakes" and needing clarifications. "She's hoping for a preemptive, waiving of the rule, substituting for, some language that was drafted on time, but not put into the…
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