04/18/2006 04:00 PM House STATE AFFAIRS

SB 250-DOMESTIC VIOLENCE/SEXUAL ASSAULT COUNCIL                                                                               
                                                                                                                                
4:25:36 PM                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
CHAIR SEATON announced  that the committee would  review a letter                                                               
of intent  to accompany SB  250, a  bill that had  already passed                                                               
out of the House State Affairs Standing Committee.                                                                              
                                                                                                                                
The committee took an at-ease from 4:25:45 PM to 4:26:56 PM.                                                                
                                                                                                                                
4:26:57 PM                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
CHAIR SEATON  explained that the  letter of intent  requests that                                                               
the  Council on  Domestic  Violence and  Sexual  Assault draft  a                                                               
strategic plan and  present it to the committee  in January 2007.                                                               
The  second  page  of  the  [letter],  he  indicated,  shows  the                                                               
committee action.  He explained  that committee members must sign                                                               
the same  way they  did when  they signed the  bill packet.   For                                                               
example, if  a member signed "do  pass" on the bill,  he/she must                                                               
sign "do pass" on the letter.                                                                                                   
                                                                                                                                
4:28:15 PM                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
CHAIR  SEATON,  in response  to  a  question from  Representative                                                               
Gruenberg, reiterated his prior  instructions.  He explained that                                                               
the letter of  intent is consistent with [the bill],  but was not                                                               
available at  the time [that  the bill passed out  of committee];                                                               
therefore, it will follow now.                                                                                                  
                                                                                                                                
4:28:37 PM                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
REPRESENTATIVE GARDNER indicated that  it is unfortunate that the                                                               
letter was not available at the  time the bill moved out, because                                                               
it addresses  the concerns she  had regarding the bill  and would                                                               
have changed her signing of the bill to "do pass."                                                                              
                                                                                                                                
4:28:53 PM                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
CHAIR SEATON  admitted that, optimally,  he should have  held the                                                               
bill until the letter of intent was complete.                                                                                   
                                                                                                                                
4:29:01 PM                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
REPRESENTATIVE  GRUENBERG said  he thinks  members will  have the                                                               
opportunity to stand up on the  House floor and announce a change                                                               
of their previous votes, if they so choose.                                                                                     
                                                                                                                                
4:29:37 PM                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
REPRESENTATIVE LYNN moved  to report out of  committee the letter                                                               
of  intent  for  the  previously  moved  HCS  SB  250(STA),  with                                                               
individual  recommendations.    There  being  no  objection,  the                                                               
letter of  intent for HCS  SB 250(STA)  followed the bill  to the                                                               
House Finance Committee.