Senate Commerce Agenda 02/06/2003 10:00 AM

Committee:    Senate Commerce
Room:    413
Date:    Thursday, February 6, 2003
Time:    10:00 AM

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         SB 98     revise certain organizational and administrative provisions related to consumer power districts.
             Senator Sutton (Dan) and Representative Rave

         SB 121     revise certain penalties for violations relating to alcoholic beverage licenses.
             Senators de Hueck, Abdallah, Apa, Duenwald, Duniphan, Olson (Ed), Sutton (Dan), and Sutton (Duane) and Representatives Frost, Garnos, Juhnke, Konold, Lintz, McCaulley, Murschel, Nesselhuf, O'Brien, Sigdestad, and Teupel

         SB 135     revise certain provisions relating to the practice of optometry.
             Senators Duenwald, Abdallah, Apa, Dennert, Diedrich (Larry), Duxbury, Kelly, Kleven, Kloucek, Koetzle, Kooistra, Koskan, Moore, Nachtigal, Napoli, Olson (Ed), Reedy, Sutton (Dan), Sutton (Duane), and Vitter and Representatives Sebert, Bartling, Begalka, Burg, Dykstra, Elliott, Fryslie, Garnos, Hanson, Hargens, Haverly, Juhnke, Klaudt, Koistinen, Kraus, Kroger, Lange, McCoy, Murschel, Nesselhuf, Novstrup, O'Brien, Pederson (Gordon), Putnam, Rounds, Schafer, Smidt, Valandra, and Van Gerpen

         SB 136     revise certain format standards for real estate documents filed at the register of deeds.
             Senators Bogue, Dennert, and Kelly and Representatives Deadrick (Thomas) and Gillespie

         SB 139     prohibit the ownership of an auto body repair business by certain insurers and to provide certain requirements and restrictions during the divestiture of any such interest.
             Senators Kloucek, Dennert, and Kooistra and Representatives Elliott, Bartling, Begalka, Bradford, Gassman, Hundstad, Kroger, Putnam, Thompson, Valandra, and Van Gerpen

         SB 148     require prior written notice to policyholders of premium increases for individual health insurance.
             Senators Sutton (Duane), Dennert, Kleven, and Sutton (Dan) and Representatives Frost, Elliott, Hundstad, and Novstrup

NOTE: The above bills will be taken up in this order for a hearing on the date noted. If circumstances do not permit a hearing on this date then a hearing will be held at a future meeting of the committee to be determined by the chair. Action on a bill may come at any time after it has had a hearing.

BILLS FOR POSSIBLE ACTION WHICH HAVE HAD PRIOR HEARING.

SB 109 allow the offer of an individual health benefit plan without certain mandates.
Senators Sutton (Dan), Abdallah, Albers, Apa, Bogue, Diedrich (Larry), Greenfield, Koskan, Moore, Napoli, Olson (Ed), and Sutton (Duane) and Representatives Heineman, Bartling, Garnos, Juhnke, O'Brien, Olson (Mel), Rounds, Sebert, and Solum