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HB 44                                                                                                                         
A message dated May 9 was read stating the Senate passed:                                                                       
                                                                                                                                
    CS FOR SPONSOR SUBSTITUTE FOR HOUSE BILL NO.                                                                                
    44(STA)                                                                                                                     
    "An Act requiring a legislator to abstain from taking or                                                                    
    withholding official action or exerting official influence that could                                                       

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    benefit or harm an immediate family member or certain                                                                       
    employers; and requiring a legislator to request to be excused                                                              
    from voting in an instance where the legislator may have a                                                                  
    financial conflict of interest."                                                                                            
                                                                                                                                
with the following amendment, and it is transmitted for consideration:                                                          
                                                                                                                                
    SENATE CS FOR CS FOR SS FOR HOUSE BILL NO. 44(STA)                                                                          
    "An Act relating to campaign expenditures and contributions;                                                                
    relating to the per diem of members of the legislature; relating to                                                         
    limiting gifts by lobbyists to legislators and legislative employees;                                                       
    requiring a legislator to abstain from taking or withholding official                                                       
    action or exerting official influence that could benefit or harm an                                                         
    immediate family member or certain employers; requiring a                                                                   
    legislator to request to be excused from voting in an instance                                                              
    where the legislator may have a financial conflict of interest; and                                                         
    providing for an effective date."                                                                                           
                                                                                                                                
    (SCR 19 - title change resolution)                                                                                          
                                                                                                                                
CSSSHB 44(STA) is under Unfinished Business.