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SB 1164 is voted out favorably with Amendment #3 incorporated or whatever the right term is. Sen Duncan voted no.

Interestingly Sen Fraser appears to have asked to have his vote on Amendment #3 changed, knowing it does not affect the outcome. The chair/committee apparently agreed.

elb

Committee Amendment #3 moves implementation date to 1 Sep 2010 to give universities time to "implement."

7 ayes, no noes. Amendment is adopted. This is a terrible idea, IMO!

elb

Committee Amendment #2 is to allow Regents to regulate storage of handguns (all guns?) in residence halls? Ellis just asked Wentworth if this was acceptable to him, Wentworth said he preferred "to leave it to committee."

3 ayes, 6 noes, amendment fails.

Committee amendment #1 (Van Der Putte) just failed by 4 ayes to 5 noes.

This would have allowed Regents to ban CHL carry on campuses, like private institutions are allowed to do in the bill as it currently written.


elb

(some corrections to tidy up typos I made while typing fast...)

Duncan just called on Wentworth with the campus carry bill...

This morning so far I have called Senator Duncan's office (head of Senate State Affairs Comm.), Rep Kuempel's office (he's my rep), and Rep McCall's office. Got an unexpected response at McCall's office.

I expressed my wish to see the Campus Carry bill debated and voted on the floor, and that I had read it was "stalled in Calender Committee," and that others indicated it was pretty much up to McCall as to whether it get out or not (this is true -- when I made my first round of calls a few days ago, at least one of the staffers of a representative on the committee said it was up to the chairman, as to what would even get voted on by the committee. A little buck passing, I think...).

McCall's staffer also insisted that "all representatives get to vote on this." Suspecting that there is a parliamentary procedure somewhere that renders this statement true, but meaningless, I emphasized that it needed to go to the floor to be debated and passed into law. Now here is what was unexpected --- she said that there is a different staff for the Calender's committee, and that I needed to give my message to THEM. (More buck passing -- McCall's office didn't mention this last time I called -- but maybe more effective if the Calender's staff is currently "closer to the throne...")

The Calender's Committee staff number is 512-463-0758. I got a voicemail and left a message. (Called at about 0850 Thursday morning).

Onward...