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HB 40                                                                        
Representative Halcro, Vice-chair, moved that the referral to the Labor        
& Commerce Committee be waived for the following:                              
                                                                               
HOUSE BILL NO. 40                                                             
"An Act combining parts of the Department of Commerce and                     
Economic Development and parts of the Department of                            
Community and Regional Affairs by transferring some of their                   
duties to a new Department of Commerce and Rural Development;                  
transferring some of the duties of the Department of Commerce                  
and Economic Development and the Department of Community                       
and Regional Affairs to other existing agencies; eliminating the               
Department of Commerce  and  Economic Development  and  the                    

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Department of Community and Regional Affairs; relating to the                 
Department of Commerce and Rural Development and the                           
commissioner of commerce and rural development; adjusting the                  
membership of certain multi-member bodies to reflect the transfer              
of duties among departments and the elimination of departments;                
creating the office of international trade and relating to its duties;         
and providing for an effective date."                                          
                                                                               
Representative Brice objected.                                                 
HB 40                                                                        
The question being:  "Shall the Labor & Commerce Committee referral            
for HB 40 be waived?"  The roll was taken with the following result:           
                                                                               
HB 40                                                                          
Waive Labor & Commerce Committee Referral                                      
                                                                               
YEAS:  23   NAYS:  10   EXCUSED:  5   ABSENT:  2                             
                                                                               
Yeas:  Barnes, Bunde, Coghill, Cowdery, Davis, Dyson, Foster, Green,           
Halcro, Harris, Hudson, James, Kohring, Kott, Morgan, Mulder,                  
Murkowski, Ogan, Phillips, Porter, Sanders, Therriault, Whitaker               
                                                                               
Nays:  Berkowitz, Brice, Cissna, Croft, Davies, Grussendorf, Joule,            
Kemplen, Kerttula, Smalley                                                     
                                                                               
Excused:  Austerman, Kapsner, Masek, Rokeberg, Williams                        

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Absent:  Kookesh, Moses                                                        
                                                                               
And so, the Labor & Commerce Committee referral was waived.                    
                                                                               
HB40 is in the Community & Regional Affairs Committee with a                   
further referral to the Finance Committee.