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Chair opened the meeting, confirmed a quorum and previewed the agenda for the day including scheduling future hearings on constitutional amendments and a joint resolution urging Congress to press the Census Bureau for delayed data. Chair noted Senator Garner was out running a bill but expected back later.
State Senate committee heard and passed a slate of technical and programmatic bills including a proposal to peg veteran cemetery dependent internment fees to the federal VA rate, a reorganization of a historic preservation appeals process, changes to the state disaster fund structure and mitigation funding, and debated a contentious proposal to delay public release of large lottery winners' names; the committee also approved a resolution urging faster Census Bureau reporting.
