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2012-04-14 House Journal

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2012-04-14                     House Journal                      Page 2441
SB 89                                                                                                                         
The following was read the second time:                                                                                         
                                                                                                                                
     CS FOR SENATE BILL NO. 89(JUD)                                                                                             
     "An Act clarifying that a legislator or legislative employee is                                                            
     allowed to accept certain compassionate gifts; allowing legislators                                                        
     and legislative employees who are representing persons in an                                                               
     administrative hearing to contact hearing officers and attempt to                                                          
     influence the outcome of the hearing if they are professionals                                                             
     licensed in the state, and allowing legislators and legislative                                                            
     employees who are not professionals licensed in the state to                                                               
     contact hearing officers for the purpose of influencing the                                                                
     outcome of the hearing in certain instances; requiring the Select                                                          
     Committee on Legislative Ethics to maintain a public record of                                                             
     certain ethics disclosures made by legislators and legislative                                                             
     employees; prohibiting a public member of the Select Committee                                                             

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     on Legislative Ethics from disclosing confidential information                                                             
     without authorization; clarifying the ethics disclosure                                                                    
     requirements for tickets to or gifts in connection with charity                                                            
     events; amending disclosure deadlines under the Legislative                                                                
     Ethics Act; relating to requests to refrain from disclosure under                                                          
     the Legislative Ethics Act; relating to the applicability of certain                                                       
     provisions of the Legislative Ethics Act to certain legislative                                                            
     employees, volunteers, and interns; establishing a seat for an                                                             
     alternate public member on the Select Committee on Legislative                                                             
     Ethics; clarifying the requirements related to participation by                                                            
     alternate public members and alternate legislative members in the                                                          
     proceedings of the committee; amending the definition of                                                                   
     'legislative employee' in the Legislative Ethics Act; and repealing                                                        
      a procedure for appointment of alternate legislative members."                                                           
                                                                                                                                
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Representative Austerman moved and asked unanimous consent that                                                                 
the following committee substitute be adopted in lieu of the original                                                           
bill:                                                                                                                           
                                                                                                                                
     HOUSE CS FOR CS FOR SENATE BILL NO. 89(JUD)                                                                                
     (same title)                                                                                                               
                                                                                                                                
There being no objection, it was so ordered.                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
Representative Austerman moved and asked unanimous consent that                                                                 
HCS CSSB 89(JUD) be considered engrossed, advanced to third                                                                     
reading, and placed on final passage.  There being no objection, it was                                                         
so ordered.                                                                                                                     
                                                                                                                                
HCS CSSB 89(JUD) was read the third time.                                                                                       
                                                                                                                                
The question being:  "Shall HCS CSSB 89(JUD) pass the House?"                                                                   
The roll was taken with the following result:                                                                                   
                                                                                                                                

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HCS CSSB 89(JUD)                                                                                                                
Third Reading                                                                                                                   
Final Passage                                                                                                                   
                                                                                                                                
YEAS:  36   NAYS:  0   EXCUSED:  0   ABSENT:  3  VACANT:  1                                                                   
                                                                                                                                
Yeas:  Austerman, Chenault, Cissna, Costello, Dick, Doogan,                                                                     
Edgmon, Fairclough, Feige, Foster, Gara, Gardner, Gruenberg,                                                                    
Guttenberg, Hawker, Herron, Holmes, Johansen, Johnson, Joule,                                                                   
Kawasaki, Keller, Kerttula, Miller, Millett, Neuman, Olson, Pruitt,                                                             
Saddler, Seaton, Stoltze, Thomas, Thompson, Tuck, P.Wilson,                                                                     
T.Wilson                                                                                                                        
                                                                                                                                
Absent:  Lynn, Munoz, Petersen                                                                                                  
                                                                                                                                
And so, HCS CSSB 89(JUD) passed the House.                                                                                      
                                                                                                                                
Representative Johnson later gave notice of reconsideration of the vote                                                         
on HCS CSSB 89(JUD), and reconsideration was taken up then.