A conference committee on House Bill 1308 voted unanimously to adopt an amendment that adds Representative Davis’s suggested language and gives the Human Trafficking Commission authority to facilitate annual prevention awareness education for students in the state.

The committee adopted amendment 25.0012.0.01006 on a recorded roll call, 6-0-0. Chairman Belt, Representative Davis, Representative Hawley, Senator Powers, Senator Wabamont and Senator Bauschay voted yes.

Senator O'Shea, who walked the committee through the proposed changes, said the amendment incorporates the revisions presented previously and the specific suggestion from Representative Davis, which appears on page 2, lines 8–9 of the amendment package. The amendment also contains further wording changes shown on page 3, lines 1–2, and inserts a shaded section that signals the code reviser to update cross-references if Senate Bill 2330 is enacted.

According to the language the committee reviewed, the Human Trafficking Commission would be provided authority to "facilitate annual prevention awareness education for students on human trafficking and exploitation." Committee legal staff explained that the shaded language is a drafting mechanism: if Senate Bill 2330 becomes law and creates a new code subsection, the code reviser will insert the specific subsection number in place of the temporary reference.

Committee members did not engage in extended debate on the amendment after Senator O'Shea’s explanation. A motion to adopt the amendment was made and seconded; the clerk then called a roll. After the amendment vote, a committee member asked whether a separate motion to pass the bill as amended was required; the group confirmed the amendment vote served as the committee’s official action. The conference committee then dissolved.

The amendment package presented to the committee references House Bill 1308 and contemplates a cross-reference to the statutory language tied to Senate Bill 2330; the transcript notes the temporary citation as "15.1-09" pending final codification. The record does not include the full text of the commission’s new duties beyond the authority to facilitate annual student prevention awareness education, nor does it specify implementation details, funding, or an effective date for the change.

Next steps recorded in the committee: the conference committee was dissolved and the members indicated that a member from the House side, Representative Davis, will be the bill carrier on the House floor; a Senate carrier for the floor was noted as well.