Conference committee finalizes three-bill package; staff outlines signature and filing steps

A legislative conference committee reviewed three bills and confirmed next steps to file a conference committee report, a staff member said.

The staff member listed the items the group had agreed to send forward: "the first one on the list was 462," and the plan was to add the contents of 463 to it. The staff member said the second was 2521, with a proposal to set a sunset date of July 1, 2029. The third was 2651, which the staff member said would have its contents removed and be replaced with the contents of House Bill 2610. About each item the staff member said the group had "passed and agreed to disagree on that one."

The discussion focused on procedural follow-up rather than policy debate. One committee member asked whether four signatures would be required. A staff member replied: "at this point you just need a conference committee report and I need to provide it to whichever one of you has the bill first and then if four of you or more sign it you turn it in and run it just like normal." The staff member added that the signed report should be submitted in the ordinary way once the signatures are collected.

Members expressed appreciation for the work and the meeting concluded without further substantive debate. The committee did not record roll-call vote tallies in the transcript; the staff characterization that items were "passed and agreed to disagree" was the only outcome language noted on the record.

Next steps: staff must prepare the conference committee report, obtain the required signatures, and file the report as indicated by the staff member.