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Committee action roundup: which bills were reported, deferred or amended (April 27, 2026)
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Summary
A roundup of committee outcomes from the April 27, 2026 meeting: multiple bills were reported favorable (some as amended) while several were deferred for further work or fiscal analysis.
The Senate committee handled a slate of bills on April 27, 2026. This summary lists the formal actions recorded in the transcript and provides basic context for each item.
- SB 433 (Medicaid coverage for FDA‑approved weight‑loss drugs): Amendment set adopted; moved as amended and reported for floor consideration. Sponsor: Senator Boudreau. Action: reported favorable as amended.
- SB 25 (Registrar of Voters compensation): Presentation and heavy discussion of workload and recruitment challenges; committee deferred the bill to seek funding options and technical amendments. Sponsor: Senator Kleinpeter. Action: deferred.
- SB 276 (Bail bond producer appointment affidavit): Presented and discussed; industry witness proposed a modest per‑bond fee to offset a fiscal note. Committee agreed to draft an amendment and voluntarily deferred the bill until next week to allow that work. Sponsor: Senator Myers. Action: deferred.
- SB 461 (OGB membership for certain Supreme Court‑related employees): Reported favorable. Sponsor: Senator Lugano. Action: reported favorable.
- SB 316 (Public Defender funding formula tied to DA warrants): Amendment adopted; committee deferred to allow additional fiscal analysis of out‑year effects and distributional scenarios. Sponsor: Senator Reese. Action: deferred.
- SB 408 (Workers’ compensation reform — claims database, electronic billing): Technical amendments adopted and the bill was reported favorable as amended. Sponsor: Senator Myers. Action: reported favorable as amended.
- SB 367 (Amite River flood control / watershed bill): Amendment adopted and reported favorable. Sponsor: Senator Edmonds. Action: reported favorable as amended.
- SB 251 (Critical infrastructure protection): Sponsor removed formation of a new Foreign Adversary Fraud Office from the bill by amendment; Attorney General's office agreed it can absorb the work and the committee reported the bill favorable as amended. Sponsor: Senator Selders/Presley. Action: reported favorable as amended.
- SB 252 (Organ‑donor checkbox on driver IDs): Office of Motor Vehicles said the new driver‑license system under development can absorb the change; committee adopted an effective‑date amendment in concept (06/01/2027) and reported the bill with amendments. Sponsor: Senator Presley. Action: reported with amendments.
Several other measures were placed in the committee stack for later consideration. Where a formal roll‑call vote or member tally was not recorded in the transcript, this roundup reports the procedural outcome as recorded (adopted amendments, reported favorable, or deferred).
