Senate Committee of Reference Report

Committee on State, Veterans, & Military Affairs

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March 10, 2026

After consideration on the merits, the Committee recommends the following:

SB26-088     be amended as follows, and as so amended, be referred to the Committee of the Whole with favorable recommendation and with a recommendation that it be placed on the consent calendar:

Page 1, Line 1Amend printed bill, page 8, strike lines 10 through 19 and substitute:

Page 1, Line 2"SECTION 3.  Safety clause. The general assembly finds,

Page 1, Line 3determines, and declares that this act is necessary for the immediate

Page 1, Line 4preservation of the public peace, health, or safety or for appropriations for

Page 1, Line 5the support and maintenance of the departments of the state and state

Page 1, Line 6institutions.".