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Rules committee reports several measures out of committee, including procurement, collections and campaign transparency bills
Summary
The committee adopted PCS drafts and voted to report multiple bills, including measures on emergency school procurement, court collections modernization, and campaign fund transparency; most passed with unanimous committee votes and will proceed for further consideration.
The committee processed multiple bills with minimal debate and reported them out with recommendations to pass.
Representative Turner presented a PCS to add 'great bodily injury' to the ineligibility list for a Department of Corrections electronic marketing program; the committee voted 10-0 to report the bill as due passed.
Representative Kennedy presented a narrow measure on emergency contracts for unusable school facilities; the committee voted 10-0 to report the bill as due passed.
Representative Kennedy also presented a bill to modernize how criminal courts handle fees, fines and costs; members did not debate and the committee reported the bill 10-0.
Representative Wolffley presented a campaign-fund transparency bill with a scrivener's amendment that was adopted; the committee voted 10-0 to report that bill as due passed.
These items were processed rapidly on the committee calendar; each passed with unanimous committee support and will move to the next stage of consideration.
