HB 84 -- GENERAL ASSEMBLY

SPONSOR:  Wood

COMMITTEE ACTION:  Voted "do pass" by the Special Committee on
General Laws by a vote of 11 to 0.

This bill changes the procedure by which a substitute for a bill
may be adopted by requiring each change made to an introduced
bill or previously adopted substitute to be made by a written
amendment and requiring adoption of the amendment by a recorded
vote.  A legislative sponsor must be designated on the front of
each amendment.

FISCAL NOTE:  No impact on state funds in FY 2010, FY 2011, and
FY 2012.

PROPONENTS:  Supporters say that the bill will achieve
transparency in the legislative process by requiring the
identification of each individual responsible for changing a
bill.  The public should be able to identify how a bill was
modified and who authored the changes.

Testifying for the bill were Representative Wood; and Kathy
Clark, Beverly Thomas, and Paul Halbach, Friends of Table Rock
Lake.

OPPONENTS:  There was no opposition voiced to the committee.

Missouri House of Representatives
95th General Assembly, 1st Regular Session
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