Subcommittee gives favorable reports on four bills, including workers' comp and manufactured-home zoning
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Summary
The subcommittee gave favorable reports on House Bills 38 74 (workers' comp fee schedule), 46 62 (charitable-fund filing reforms), and 51 13 (manufactured-home zoning), and reported several bills to the House floor during the session.
The House Banking and Insurance subcommittee advanced multiple bills and issued favorable reports to the House floor.
Workers' compensation (House Bill 38 74): Representative Gagnon presented a subcommittee report that would give the Workers' Compensation Commission authority to modify medical-service fees, require annual reviews using the medical consumer price index and interstate comparisons, and establish guardrails including public hearings and consultation with a cost-containment committee. The committee adopted the subcommittee report and reported the bill favorably to the floor.
Charitable funds regulation (House Bill 46 62): Representative Wooten described a bill to streamline filing requirements for charities and commercial co-ventures, raise reporting thresholds to $10,000 for solicitation campaigns and reduce burdens on small local fundraisers. The Secretary of State's office reportedly supports the bill; the committee reported it favorably.
Manufactured-home zoning (House Bill 51 13): The subcommittee report amends earlier language to allow a replaced manufactured home to be up to five years old rather than requiring a brand-new home, and to change the terminology from "mobile home" to "manufactured home." The committee adopted the report and gave the bill a favorable report to the floor.
Votes at a glance: all of the above subcommittee reports received favorable voice reports and will be sent to the House floor as recorded in the hearing.
