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Chair called the Senate State Agencies & Governmental Affairs Committee to order, welcomed the governor and pages, and asked Representative Feit (Lanny Fite) to introduce the first bill on the agenda.
The Senate State Agencies & Governmental Affairs Committee held a long hearing where the governor testified in favor of a bill to reorganize state government (transformation) and projected savings; the panel also considered a package of procurement-reform bills, several individual housekeeping bills (flags, music appreciation, notary eligibility), and a contractors-licensing bill. Committeemembers asked detailed questions about savings estimates, oversight and transition timing; several procurement bills were passed as amended and one provision of the contractors bill was pulled for revision.
