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Committee adopts House committee substitute and amendment for Senate bill; substitute passes 6-0

Committee on legislative review and outcome · April 15, 2026

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Summary

The Committee on legislative review adopted a House committee amendment and rolled it into a substitute for a Senate bill (transcript references the bill both as “15 40 40” and “15 44”). The committee voted to ‘do pass’ the House Committee substitute on a recorded 6-0 vote and adjourned.

Chair Pollock moved that a Senate bill be given a "do pass" recommendation and introduced a House Committee amendment (referred to in the transcript as "0.02 h" and also called Amendment 1). The committee adopted the amendment by voice vote and then rolled that language into a new House Committee substitute, which it also adopted.

Why it matters: The committee’s action advances the House Committee substitute for the referenced Senate bill to the next stage of legislative consideration. The transcript records both the amendment identifier and inconsistent bill numbering, which appear in committee remarks and in the roll call.

The chair moved the initial motion and explained the amendment’s provenance, saying the language mirrors text from Representative Black’s earlier bill in highways and bridges and that the first change originated from the Riggs District; the chair also described changes that "tamped down" timing language related to when chiefs leave, using colloquial phrasing that was included in the transcript. After no members requested discussion, the chair called for adoption of the House Committee Amendment; the chair then stated, "The ayes have it, you've adopted the amendment."

The committee next moved to incorporate the adopted amendment into a House Committee substitute and to adopt that substitute. The clerk called the roll for the final motion to give the House Committee substitute for the referenced Senate bill a "do pass" recommendation. The recorded votes in the transcript show Chair Pollock, Representative Dahl, Crossley, Fuchs, Houseman and Lobinger voting yes, producing a tally the chair announced as "6 yes and 0 no." The chair then stated that the committee had adopted the substitute and voted "do pass" on the substitute for the referenced Senate bill.

The transcript contains inconsistent renderings of the bill identifier (it is read at different points as "Senate bill 15 40 40" and later as "15 44"); the committee record included in the transcript does not provide a sponsoring senator or the bill’s short title. The committee adjourned with no further business recorded.

Next steps: The House Committee substitute approved by the committee is forwarded according to the chamber’s rules for further consideration. The transcript does not record subsequent scheduling or the bill’s next hearing date.