01/27/2012 01:30 PM Senate JUDICIARY

                 SB  89-LEGISLATIVE ETHICS ACT                                                                              
                                                                                                                                
1:38:31 PM                                                                                                                    
CHAIR  FRENCH announced  the consideration  of SB  89, and  asked                                                               
Senator Coghill  his intention  with regard  to the  amendment he                                                               
introduced  during the  4/15/11  hearing. [CSSB  89, labeled  27-                                                               
LS0452\T, was before the committee.]                                                                                            
                                                                                                                                
SENATOR COGHILL moved to withdraw Amendment T.1 [27-LS0452\T.1].                                                                
                                                                                                                                
CHAIR FRENCH announced that without  objection, Amendment T.1 was                                                               
withdrawn.                                                                                                                      
                                                                                                                                
CHAIR  FRENCH moved  Amendment  T.3,  labeled 27-LS0452\T.3,  and                                                               
explained  that  it was  an  attempt  to  clarify the  intent  of                                                               
subsection (f) on page 13, lines 2-4.                                                                                           
                                                                                                                                
                         AMENDMENT T.3                                                                                      
                                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                
     OFFERED IN THE SENATE                    BY SENATOR FRENCH                                                                 
          TO:  CSSB 89(STA)                                                                                                     
                                                                                                                                
     Page 13, lines 2 - 4:                                                                                                      
          Delete all material and insert:                                                                                       
               "(f)  A designation under (c) - (e) of this                                                                      
          section shall be treated as confidential to the                                                                       
          same extent that the identity of the subject of a                                                                     
          complaint is required to be kept confidential."                                                                       
                                                                                                                                
1:40:57 PM                                                                                                                    
SENATOR COGHILL stated that he had no objection.                                                                                
                                                                                                                                
CHAIR  FRENCH  announced  without objection,  Amendment  T.3  was                                                               
adopted.                                                                                                                        
                                                                                                                                
SENATOR COGHILL  thanked everyone who  helped make this  a better                                                               
ethics bill,  and noted that  the biggest policy call  related to                                                               
the  alternate  public  member. This  improves  the  process  for                                                               
working with ethics issues.                                                                                                     
                                                                                                                                
SENATOR  PASKVAN thanked  the  sponsor for  wading  into what  is                                                               
always a sticky subject.                                                                                                        
                                                                                                                                
1:42:56 PM                                                                                                                    
SENATOR COGHILL  moved to report  CS for SB 89(STA),  as amended,                                                               
from  committee  with  individual  recommendations  and  attached                                                               
fiscal note(s).                                                                                                                 
                                                                                                                                
CHAIR  FRENCH  announced  that without  objection,  CSSB  89(JUD)                                                               
moved from the Senate Judiciary Standing Committee.