I was reassured that an issue addressed by one of my bills will be amended on to another bill.
That legislation will be voted out of committee today.
It doesn’t matter if a policy change I proposed moves forward in someone else’s legislation, instead of mine.
A change to another bill of mine may weaken its effect.
Since the amendment has been adopted by the full House of Delegates, the Senate is the place where a correction can be made.
I asked the Attorney General’s Office whether the amendment has the effect that the advocates and I believe it does.
That response should be persuasive in the Senate. .
“We can talk about your bill,” a committee chairman told me.
It’s not faring well in subcommittee.
Our conversation could revive it.