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Debate over scope stalls joint carbon emissions reduction committee bill
Summary
Committee members debated draft 260765 to retitle and revise the Joint Carbon Emissions Reduction committee to add energy oversight and change membership. The main dispute centered on whether the committee should include the electric sector in its emissions charge; members paused for a caucus and did not advance the bill.
The committee considered draft 260765 to rename and revise the Joint Carbon Emissions Reduction Committee to the Joint Carbon Emissions Reduction and Energy Oversight Committee, changing membership, duties and meeting requirements. The presenter said the draft updates the committee's statutory section, adjusts which standing committees appoint members and requires the joint committee to meet at least five times during adjournment.
Committee members debated several substantive points. The draft removes…
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