Welcome to the Second Special Legislative Session of 2013, where some things never change. We started the day and spent the next 2 hours waiting for the Democrat Majority to decide what they want to do. The first bill we ran was House Bill 2075, which was yet another Estate Tax (Death Tax) bill that passed 53 to 33 with 11 excused. This is the third time we voted on a version of the Death Tax bill this year.
After running the bill the Death Tax bill went to ease and we were told to be back at 2:00 PM. At 4:30 PM we remained at ease and were told to be on the floor at 6:00 PM, only to sit around until 11:20 PM without doing anything.
We finally ran a bill, Senate Bill 5296, to reform the Model Toxics Control Account (MTCA) which has the potential to be a huge economic development tool for local jurisdictions. It only took 137 days in session, but we passed a great"jobs” bill. The bill passed 67 to 18 with 12 excused. All the no votes were Democrats.
We adjourned at midnight. Let’s recap today’s busy day on the House Floor … 15 hours, 2 bills.
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