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Major bills (follow action items in Action Map above):
Anti-Squatter Amendment
The 1st non-germane amendment was completely scrapped.
The 2nd amendment 2024-1647h appears to have also been scrapped.
In Senate Commerce committee, our amendment was adopted as 2024-1962s, attached to HB1400, OTPA Vote 5-0, & placed on Consent Calendar for 05/22/2024.
On a separate track, in the House Criminal Justice and Public Safety, we had a meeting with the committee chairman and several stake holders resulting in a clarification needed to ensure that these new provisions will not interfere with existing criminal trespass law. We secured agreement on a change to accomplish that and are waiting for approval from the committee chair on the simple language change.
We are attempting to secure agreement from ... Read More…