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Committee advances bill after sponsor says emergency clause not needed to transfer prior collections (House Bill 2,885)
Summary
Sponsors told the committee that making prior-collected funds immediately available would require an emergency clause, but they did not expect enough funds to justify that step; the committee advanced House Bill 2,885, 12–1.
Chairman Mayhew moved that House Bill 2,885 be voted "do pass." The sponsor explained committee staff advised that to direct funds collected before a bill’s effective date to a new recipient immediately would require adding an emergency clause; the sponsor said he did not expect the collections to be large enough to warrant that constitutional mechanism and recommended advancing the bill without an emergency clause.
Committee members did not press for an emergency clause during this meeting. The bill passed out of committee on a roll call vote of 12 ayes and 1 nay and will proceed to the House floor for further consideration.
The committee record indicates the sponsor weighed the constitutional timing implications and decided the likely small amount of immediately-affected funds did not justify the additional procedural step of an emergency clause.
