Senate Committee on Business, Labor and Technology (02/22/2006)

Final
STAFF SUMMARY OF MEETING

SENATE COMMITTEE ON BUSINESS, LABOR AND TECHNOLOGY

Date:	02/22/2006	ATTENDANCE

Time:	01:38 PM to 02:09 PM	Evans	X
		Hanna	X
Place:	SCR 354	Kester	*
		Takis	X
This Meeting was called to order by		Wiens	E
	Senator Veiga	Tochtrop	X
		Veiga	X
This Report was prepared by
	Jeanette Chapman
		X = Present, E = Excused, A = Absent, * = Present after roll call

Bills Addressed:		Action Taken:
Conf 06-Board of Assessment Appeals HB06-1048		Favorably Refer to the Full Senate Referred to the Committee of the Whole

01:39 PM -- Confirmation Board of Assessment Appeals

Members of the state Board of Assessment Appeals came to the table to discuss their appointments to the board. A copy of the candidates' materials was provided to the committee (Attachment A). The appointees introduced themselves and responded to questions from the committee.


BILL:	Confirmation Board of Assessment Appeals
TIME:	01:45:06 PM
MOVED:	Tochtrop
MOTION:	Favorably refer candidates for the Board of Assessment Appeals for confirmation by the full Senate. The motion passed 4-0-3.
SECONDED:
		VOTE
	Evans	Excused
	Hanna	Yes
	Kester	Excused
	Takis	Yes
	Wiens	Excused
	Tochtrop	Yes
	Veiga	Yes
Final YES: 4 NO: 0 EXC: 3 ABS: 0 FINAL ACTION: PASS

01:47 PM -- House Bill 06-1048

Senator Takis introduced her bill concerning criminal penalties for disciplining persons in occupations regulated by the Division of Registrations in the Department of Regulatory Agencies. She provided a handout to the committee (Attachment B).

01:52 PM -- Arlene Miles, CHCA, spoke about the bill. She discussed a possible amendment to the committee that would clarify some requirements.

01:56 PM

Senator Takis explained two changes to the bill that had been suggested by other parties. She indicated her interest in having representative from the Office of Legislative Legal Services (OLLS) discuss what any amendments would do and how they would impact the bill.

01:57 PM -- Christy Chase OLLS, discussed a change requested by social workers to the legislation. She then discussed an prepared amendment that would clarify that a person must act knowingly or willfully without a license (Attachment C). She responded to questions from the committee.

02:03 PM -- Rose McCool, Department of Regulatory Agencies, responded to questions from the committee regarding the Department's feelings regarding the proposed amendment.


BILL:	HB06-1048
TIME:	02:05:24 PM
MOVED:	Tochtrop
MOTION:	Amendment L.006 (Attachment C). Senator Tochtrop proposed an amendment to the amendment. Following the vote on the amendment to the amendment, the original motion on the amended amendment failed 2-4-1.
SECONDED:
		VOTE
	Evans	No
	Hanna	No
	Kester	Yes
	Takis	No
	Wiens	Excused
	Tochtrop	Yes
	Veiga	No
Not Final YES: 2 NO: 4 EXC: 1 ABS: 0 FINAL ACTION: FAIL


BILL:	HB06-1048
TIME:	02:06:10 PM
MOVED:	Tochtrop
MOTION:	Amend amendment L.006 to replace "willingly" with "willfully" throughout the amendment. The motion passed without objection.
SECONDED:
		VOTE
	Evans
	Hanna
	Kester
	Takis
	Wiens	Excused
	Tochtrop
	Veiga
Not Final YES: 0 NO: 0 EXC: 1 ABS: 0 FINAL ACTION: Pass Without Objection


BILL:	HB06-1048
TIME:	02:07:23 PM
MOVED:	Takis
MOTION:	Refer HB 1048 to the Committee of the Whole. The motion passed 6-0-1.
SECONDED:
		VOTE
	Evans	Yes
	Hanna	Yes
	Kester	Yes
	Takis	Yes
	Wiens	Excused
	Tochtrop	Yes
	Veiga	Yes
Final YES: 6 NO: 0 EXC: 1 ABS: 0 FINAL ACTION: PASS

02:09 PM

The committee recessed.