h_sa_2016a_2016-01-20t09:50:17z2 Hearing Summary
Date: 01/20/2016
Final
BILL SUMMARY for HB16-1077
HOUSE COMMITTEE ON STATE, VETERANS, & MILITARY AFFAIRS
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| Adopt amendment L.001 (Attachment B) to House Bill Adopt an amendment striking "common law and" on pa Refer House Bill 16-1077, as amended, to the Commi |
PASS Pass Without Objection PASS |
10:11 AM -- HB16-1077
The committee reconvened.
Representative Moreno, sponsor, presented House Bill 16-1077 to the committee. The bill recreates the eight-member statutory revision committee in the Legislative Department and establishes guidelines for committee selection, composition, and procedures. The committee will:
• examine current statutes and judicial decisions for defects and antiquities;
• consider proposed changes to law recommended by the American Law Association and other law associations;
• consider suggestions from justices, judges, legislators, public officials, lawyers, and the public;
• recommend legislation, exempt from the individual five-bill limit, as necessary to modify antiquated, redundant, or contradictory laws; and
• report findings and recommendations from time to time to the Committee on Legal Services and no later than January 15 of each year to the legislature.
10:27 AM -- Debbie Haskins, Office of Legislative Legal Services, discussed the bill and her experience staffing the previous statutory review committee, which was created in 1977 and repealed in 1985.
10:43 AM
Representative Moreno presented amendment L.001 (Attachment B).
15HouseState0120AttachB.pdf
| BILL: | HB16-1077 | |
| TIME: | 10:46:41 AM | |
| MOVED: | Tyler | |
| MOTION: | Adopt amendment L.001 (Attachment B) to House Bill 16-1077. The motion passed on a vote of 8-1. | |
| SECONDED: | Thurlow | |
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Humphrey
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Neville P.
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Yes
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Primavera
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Yes
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Thurlow
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Yes
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Tyler
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Yes
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Wist
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Yes
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Lontine
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Yes
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Ryden
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Yes
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YES: 8 NO: 1 EXC: 0 ABS: 0 FINAL ACTION: PASS
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10:48 AM
Representative Moreno proposed a verbal amendment to page 4, line 16, of the bill, striking "common law and".
| BILL: | HB16-1077 | |
| TIME: | 10:48:55 AM | |
| MOVED: | Wist | |
| MOTION: | Adopt an amendment striking "common law and" on page 4, line 16 of House Bill 16-1077. The motion passed without objection. | |
| SECONDED: | Foote | |
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Wist
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Ryden
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YES: 0 NO: 0 EXC: 0 ABS: 0 FINAL ACTION: Pass Without Objection
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10:50 AM
Representative Moreno wrapped up his presentation of the bill.
| BILL: | HB16-1077 | |
| TIME: | 10:50:58 AM | |
| MOVED: | Lontine | |
| MOTION: | Refer House Bill 16-1077, as amended, to the Committee on Appropriations. The motion passed on a vote of 7-2. | |
| SECONDED: | Primavera | |
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Yes
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Humphrey
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No
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Neville P.
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No
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Primavera
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Yes
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Thurlow
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Yes
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Tyler
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Yes
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Wist
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Yes
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Lontine
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Yes
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Ryden
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Yes
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Final YES: 7 NO: 2 EXC: 0 ABS: 0 FINAL ACTION: PASS
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10:55 AM
The committee adjourned.