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Committee reports several additional committee substitutes and bills to the full Senate
Summary
The committee approved committee substitutes or reported several additional bills — including SB 986 (minutes/procedure consent item), SB 481 (polling-location language), and SB 182 (annexation by minor boundary adjustment) — all to be reported to the full Senate with recommendations to pass.
Beyond the contested bills summarized above, the Senate Judiciary Committee handled several other items and agreed to report them to the full Senate with recommendations that they pass. The committee approved the minutes from its previous meeting and then proceeded through its consent items:
- Committee substitute for Senate Bill 986: the committee received a subcommittee report, agreed to the committee substitute and voted to report it to the full Senate.
- Senate Bill 481 (committee substitute): Counsel explained an amendment replacing the statutory term 'precinct' with 'polling location' to give county clerks discretion to reduce the number of required polling teams; counsel said the bill is supported by the County Clerk's Association and that the Secretary of State's office raised no objection. The committee voted to report SB 481 to the full Senate with a recommendation that it pass.
- Senate Bill 182: Counsel summarized changes to annexation by minor boundary adjustment that would eliminate a current two-year restriction on municipalities’ use of the procedure while preserving consent requirements for landowners; the committee voted to report the bill with a recommendation for passage.
Each of these items was reported by voice vote; the chair declared the ayes have it and the committee memorialized the reports to the full Senate.
