2003-04-23                     Senate Journal                      Page 0931
                  First Reading and Reference of House Bills                                     
                                                                                                    
HB 120                                                                                            
CS FOR HOUSE BILL NO. 120(RLS) am BY THE HOUSE RULES                                                
COMMITTEE, entitled:                                                                                
                                                                                                    
          "An Act excluding service contracts from regulation                                       
          as insurance; relating to insurance licensing for motor                                   
          vehicle service contracts and home warranties; and                                        
          providing for an effective date."                                                         
                                                                                                    
was read the first time and referred to the Labor and Commerce                                      
Committee.                                                                                          
                                                                                                    
                                                                                                    
                          Standing Committee Reports                                             
                                                                                                    
SB 177                                                                                            
The State Affairs Committee considered SENATE BILL NO. 177 "An                                      
Act relating to cost-of-living benefits for retired members in the public                           
employees' retirement system and the teachers' retirement system who                                
are called to active military duty; and providing for an effective date."                           
Signing do pass: Senator Gary Stevens, Chair; Senators Cowdery,                                     
Dyson.                                                                                              
                                                                                                    
The following fiscal information was published today:                                               
 Fiscal Note No. 1, zero, Department of Administration                                              
                                                                                                    
The bill was referred to the Finance Committee.                                                     
                                                                                                    
SJR 16                                                                                            
The State Affairs Committee considered SENATE JOINT                                                 
RESOLUTION NO. 16 Encouraging the federal government to end                                         
the federal subsidy of ethanol, and requesting the Congress of the                                  
United States to mandate that land currently used to grow corn for the                              
production of ethanol be returned to its natural state. Signing do pass:                            
Senator Gary Stevens, Chair; Senators Cowdery, Dyson.                                               
                                                                                                    
The following fiscal information was published today:                                               
 Fiscal Note No. 1, zero, Senate State Affairs Committee