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Conference committee adopts draft to advance House bill 26 10 84 after 4–2 vote
Summary
A conference committee voted 4–2 to adopt a conference draft reconciling House and Senate versions of House Bill 26 10 84, replacing ballot-title language with a blue-book application and adding a safety clause so parts of the bill can take effect for next year’s initiative materials.
The conference committee charged with reconciling House and Senate versions of House Bill 26 10 84 voted 4–2 to adopt a conference draft on a motion from a committee member.
The committee chair opened by outlining the key difference: "My understanding is in the senate, the the House originally included in this bill that the information would be located in the ballot title," and said the Senate removed that ballot-title language and left the information only in the "blue book" application. The chair asked the committee to address issues that emerged after the ballot-title language was stripped.
Committee discussion focused on whether to keep a petition clause tied to the next ballot cycle or to substitute a safety clause so portions of the bill could take effect in time to be used in next year’s blue-book application. The chair said they had previously agreed to a petition clause because the measure’s effective date would otherwise fall outside the current ballot cycle, and that a safety clause would allow the bill or parts of it to become effective sooner for purposes of the blue-book application.
A committee member moved to adopt the conference draft, offering the motion in the exact wording used at the meeting: "With that, I move that the conference committee adopt CLHB 10 84 dot double o 2, the draft, 4 28, amending the re revised bill." The motion was seconded by Representative Camacho.
Miss King conducted a roll-call vote on the motion. The votes were recorded as Camacho — yes; Linstead — aye; Helton b — no; Richardson — no; Weisman — yes; the chair — yes. The chair announced, "It passes 4 to 2." The committee then concluded its business and stood adjourned.
The approved draft replaces the ballot-title language with the blue-book application reference and contemplates substituting a safety clause for the petition clause; the chair also noted a proposed additional section requiring a fiscal description of initiated measures that reallocate existing revenues, identifying effects on the three largest program-expenditure areas. The committee did not take further formal action beyond adopting the draft and adjourning.
