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Judiciary committee advances four senate bills to the floor, adopts amendment to nursing-home transparency bill
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Summary
The committee voted to send four senate referrals to the floor (SB 116 on human trafficking, SB 342 on health coverage, SB 457 bottle-bill substitute, and SB 481 on nursing-home transparency), adopting an amendment to SB 481 that struck language in subsection c of section 1 (lines 38'44).
After completing a contested public hearing on a wrongful-incarceration award, the Judiciary Committee moved through the remainder of its agenda and advanced four senate referrals to the floor.
Senate substitute for Senate Bill 116 (prevention of human trafficking) was moved, seconded and sent to JF and the floor on a roll-call vote. The administrator read individual members' recorded votes into the record.
Senate Bill 342 (an act concerning health coverage, as amended) was similarly moved and referred to JF and the floor after a roll-call vote.
Senate Bill 457 (the state's bottle bill, as amended on the Senate floor) drew a brief comment from Senator Kissel, who flagged concerns about gradation of penalties and said he would follow the bill when it returns to the Senate. The committee nonetheless voted to advance the substitute to the floor.
On Senate Bill 481 (nursing home ownership transparency and related protections), the committee adopted an amendment to strike subsection c of section 1 (lines 38'44) on a voice/roll call and then voted to send the amended bill to JFS and the floor. Committee members recorded their votes as the administrator called the roll.
The meeting held the votes open until 3:00 p.m. and recessed; several members called back in to record their votes while others confirmed logistics and technical connectivity during the roll call. The record includes the administrator's per-member vote statements for each senate referral.
The committee's actions advanced these bills toward floor consideration; members noted technical and drafting issues (in the bottle bill and nursing-home amendment) they expect to follow up on during subsequent floor or chamber consideration.
