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Senate trade and economic development committee recommends confirmations and advances multiple bills on cutoff day
Summary
In an executive session Feb. 4, the Senate Trade and Economic Development Committee recommended confirmation of four gubernatorial appointments and gave due-pass recommendations to several bills, sending most to rules or ways-and-means; fiscal notes or procedural changes prompted one late addition to the agenda.
OLYMPIA — The Senate Trade and Economic Development Committee, meeting in executive session on Feb. 4, recommended confirmation of four gubernatorial appointments and advanced a slate of bills to the next stages of consideration as the Legislature reached its cutoff deadline.
Committee staff read the names of the four gubernatorial appointees: Alicia Levy (appointment 9060), Michael Charles (9169), Brian Bennett (9265) and Noah (appointment number recorded later as 9266). A motion to recommend confirmation for Alicia Levy was moved and seconded and approved by a voice vote. Similar motions for the other appointees were likewise reported with confirmation recommendations subject to signatures. The transcript contains inconsistent spellings for the Noah appointment (first recorded as "Noah Skartvett" and later as "Noah Scarpet"); the committee recommended the appointment but the…
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