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House Election Law Committee recommends SB 534 pass as amended
Summary
The House Election Law Committeeexecutive committee voted 18-0 to recommend Senate Bill 534, which addresses foreign funding and influence on local ballot questions, adopting subcommittee Amendment 20 26-14 o 6 h; members flagged a line-number typo and noted a fiscal note may block consent-calendar placement.
The House Election Law Committeeexecutive committee voted 18-0 to recommend that Senate Bill 534 FN pass as amended after adopting a subcommittee amendment, Chairman Berry said.
Chairman Berry, chair of the committee, opened the meeting and said the subcommittee had prepared Amendment 20 26-14 o 6 h and a subcommittee report. "I will move that the bill be ought to pass," she said as she moved adoption of the subcommittee report and proposed amendment. Representative Lane seconded the motion.
The subcommittee first considered and adopted the amendment. During subcommittee review Representative Lane flagged a drafting issue in the bill text: on line 11 the citation shows "664:14-22" but should read "14 through 22" to match line 13, a discrepancy the chair said would be corrected in the enrolled-bills process.
The full executive committee then took up the bill. Chairman Berry again moved that "Senate Bill 534 FN be ought to pass as amended with Amendment 20 26-14 o 6 h," and the committee voted to adopt the amendment in full committee after no discussion was offered. The clerk conducted a roll call; the chair announced the motion passed on a vote of 18 to 0.
Committee members noted the bill carries a fiscal note, which may prevent placement on the consent calendar. "I don't think we can place it onto the consent calendar; it has a fiscal note, but I will investigate if we can do it," Chairman Berry said.
The meeting concluded without further action; the committee adjourned and will not meet on Tuesday.
Votes at a glance: The subcommittee adopted Amendment 20 26-14 o 6 h by unanimous vote among the six subcommittee members. The full executive committee recommended SB 534 as amended by an 18-0 roll call.
What happens next: The committee recommended the bill ought to pass; the chair said staff will investigate whether the bill can be placed on the consent calendar despite the fiscal note. Any enrollment corrections (the line-number citation noted by Representative Lane) would be addressed during the enrolled-bills process.
