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HB 419                                                                       
Senator Mackie  requested that the reconsideration on SENATE CS                
FOR HOUSE BILL NO. 419(FIN) be taken up. The bill was before                   
the Senate on reconsideration.                                                 
                                                                               
Senator Donley moved that the bill be returned to second reading for           
the purpose of a specific amendment, that being Amendment No. 1.               
Objections were heard, then withdrawn. There being no further                  
objections, the bill was returned to second reading.                           
                                                                               
Senator Donley offered Amendment No. 1 :                                        
                                                                               
Page 11, line 6:                                                               
	Delete "widow or widower, or equally divided among"                       
	Insert "surviving widow or widower, or equally divided                      
	among surviving"                                                            
                                                                               
Senator Donley moved for the adoption of Amendment No. 1.                      
Without objection, Amendment No. 1 was adopted.                                
                                                                               

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HB 419                                                                       
SENATE CS FOR CS FOR HOUSE BILL NO. 419(FIN) am S was                          
automatically in third reading.                                                
                                                                               
The question to be reconsidered: Shall SENATE CS FOR CS FOR                    
HOUSE BILL NO. 419(FIN) am S An Act relating to the weekly                     
rate of compensation and minimum and maximum compensation rates                
for workers compensation; specifying components of a workers                   
compensation reemployment plan; adjusting workers compensation                 
benefits for permanent partial impairment, for reemployment plans,             
for rehabilitation benefits, for widows, widowers, and orphans, and            
for funerals; relating to permanent total disability of an employee            
receiving rehabilitation benefits; relating to calculation of gross            
weekly earnings for workers compensation benefits for seasonal and             
temporary workers and for workers with overtime or premium pay;                
setting time limits for requesting a hearing on claims for workers             
compensation, for selecting a rehabilitation specialist, and for               
payment of medical bills; relating to termination and to waiver of             
rehabilitation benefits, obtaining medical releases, and resolving             
discovery disputes relating to workers compensation; setting an                
interest rate for late payments of workers compensation; providing             
for updating the workers compensation medical fee schedule; and                
providing for an effective date pass the Senate? The roll was taken            
with the following result:                                                     
                                                                               
SCS CSHB 419(FIN) am S                                                         
Third Reading - On Reconsideration                                             
Effective Dates                                                                
                                                                               
YEAS:  20   NAYS:  0   EXCUSED:  0   ABSENT:  0                              
                                                                               
Yeas:   Adams, Donley,  Ellis,  Elton,  Green,  Halford,  Hoffman,             
Kelly Pete, Kelly Tim, Leman, Lincoln, Mackie, Miller, Parnell,                
Pearce, Phillips, Taylor, Torgerson, Ward, Wilken                              
                                                                               
and so, SENATE CS FOR CS FOR HOUSE BILL NO. 419(FIN) am                        
S passed the Senate on reconsideration.                                        
                                                                               
                                                                               

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HB 419                                                                       
Senator Mackie moved and asked unanimous consent that the vote                 
on the passage of the bill be considered the vote on the effective             
date clauses. Without objection, it was so ordered and the bill was            
referred to the Secretary for engrossment.