The House Commerce and Labor Committee adopted an amendment to House Bill 246 from the Attorney General’s office and favorably reported the bill out of committee.

Representative Fisher moved to amend House Bill 246 with Amendment 0524-1, describing it as originating from the Attorney General’s office and "protects the attorney general's office from firing its own clients" and temporarily moves the agency's procurement authority to the Department of Administrative Services (DAS) for a period to penalize noncompliant agencies while avoiding penalties for taxpayers, according to sponsor remarks.

Committee members raised no objections to the amendment and the chair announced the amendment would become part of the bill. Vice Chair Leer moved to favorably report House Bill 246 as amended. The clerk called the roll and the chair recorded affirmative votes from Chair Johnson, Vice Chair Leer, Ranking Member McNally and other named members; the chair announced the bill was receiving the required number of votes and was favorably reported out of committee. The chair asked Legislative Service Commission (LSC) to harmonize the amendment into a sub bill (noted as "sub house bill 246").

The committee did not take further substantive testimony on the bill at this session.