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Committee amends House Bill 1679 to remove school closure mandate for voting and advances bill to appropriations
Summary
Senators approved amendments to House Bill 1679 that remove a requirement for elementary schools to close when used as polling places and streamlined other language; the committee passed the bill 6-2 and recommended recommitment to appropriations.
The Senate Elections Committee amended and advanced House Bill 1679, a bill concerning election administration and polling-place rules, after adopting two amendments and agreeing to send the bill to appropriations.
Senator Rogers introduced amendment 24, which removes a section that would have required elementary schools to close if they hosted any kind of election. "I think this is better decided at…
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