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MINUTES OF THE HOUSE BUSINESS AND LABOR
STANDING COMMITTEE
Room 450, State Capitol
February 14, 2013

Members Present:    Rep. Jim Dunnigan, Chair
            Rep. Dixon Pitcher, Vice Chair            
            Rep. Jim Bird                            
            Rep. Derek Brown                            
            Rep. Gage Froerer             
            Rep. Dana Layton             
            Rep. Marc Roberts
            Rep. Jon Stanard            
            Rep. Mark Wheatley
            Rep. Larry Wiley
            Rep. Brad Wilson

Members Absent:    Rep. Jake Anderegg
            Rep. Johnny Anderson
             Rep. Spencer Cox
            Rep. Susan Duckworth
            Rep. Jeremy Peterson

Staff Present:    Mr. Bryant Howe, Assistant Director            
            Ms. Rosemary Young, Committee Secretary

Note:        List of visitors and a copy of handouts are filed with committee minutes .

Vice Chair Pitcher called the meeting to order at 4:17 p.m.

MOTION:    Rep. Wiley moved to approve the minutes of the February 13, 2013 meeting. The motion passed unanimously.

S.B. 54    Licensing of Nursing Care Facility Beds (Sen. C. Bramble)

Sen. Bramble explained the bill to the committee.

MOTION:    Rep. Wilson moved to transmit S.B. 54 with a favorable recommendation. The motion passed unanimously with Rep. Froerer absent for the vote.

MOTION:    Rep. Brown moved to place S.B. 54 on the Consent Calendar. The motion passed unanimously with Rep. Froerer absent for the vote.

H.B. 65    Insurance Beneficiary Changes (Rep. J. Bird)

Rep. Bird presented the bill to the committee. Ted Lewis, American Council of Life Insurers, spoke to the bill.

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MOTION:    Rep. Bird moved to transmit H.B. 65 with a favorable recommendation.

SUBSTITUTE MOTION:    Rep. Wiley moved to replace H.B. 65 with 2nd Substitute H.B. 65. The motion passed unanimously with Rep. Froerer absent for the vote.

MOTION:    Rep. Bird moved to amend 2nd Substitute H.B. 65 as follows:


1.    Page 7, Lines 208 through 211 :    

             208          

{   (3) This section does not apply to the designation of a beneficiary of a life insurance

             209      policy or annuity contract. A policyholder or certificate holder who obtains a divorce or
             210      annulment shall request a beneficiary change in the form required by the insurer in accordance
             211      with Section 31A-22-413 .   }

Renumber remaining sections

The motion passed unanimously with Rep. Froerer absent for the vote.     

MOTION:    Rep. Wiley moved to transmit 2nd Substitute H.B. 65 with a favorable recommendation. The motion passed unanimously with Rep. Froerer absent for the vote.

MOTION:    Rep. Wiley moved to place 2nd Substitute H.B. 65 on the Consent Calendar. The motion passed unanimously with Rep. Froerer absent for the vote.

MOTION:    Rep. Bird moved to adjourn. The motion passed unanimously with Rep. Froerer absent for the vote.

Vice Chair Pitcher adjourned the meeting at 4:57 p.m.







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                         Rep. James Dunnigan, Chair

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