Committee adopts oral amendment and forwards bipartisan legislative security commission to Rules
Senate File 3833, as orally amended to create equal partisan membership, was recommended to pass and referred to the Rules Committee. Sponsors said the bipartisan commission would study threats to legislators and advise on protections; members cited recent threats and supported the change.
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Senator Westlund presented Senate File 3833 to establish a bipartisan commission focused on legislative security outside the Capitol complex. The bill as introduced included a membership structure that some members said risked partisan imbalance. Senator Westlund moved an oral amendment to make the commission bipartisan by equalizing majority and minority appointments (three each per chamber). The committee adopted the A1 as orally amended.
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