Senate committee approves amendment said to address title insurance concerns and add resident-alien language

A Senate committee approved an amendment to a bill after a presenter outlined textual changes the presenter said would resolve title insurance companies' concerns and add language about resident aliens.

The presenter (Speaker 2) described the amendment as a set of targeted edits. They said the changes were intended to “make those the title insurance companies, amicable to the bill and removed all their, their concerns,” and to keep related code sections consistent. The presenter pointed to specific insertions on page 2 (lines 13–36) and page 3 (lines 1–8); additions on page 6 (lines 20–26 and a passage beginning on line 35) that add or clarify references to resident aliens; and further text on page 7 down to line 17, which the presenter said “cleared up the title issue with the title company.”

Speaker 3 then opened the floor for questions, and when none were raised moved the motion to adopt the amendment. The motion was seconded and approved by voice vote; no roll-call tally or named vote counts were recorded in the transcript. Speaker 3 stated, “Congratulations amendment to pass.”

After the vote the presenter thanked the chair and the meeting was adjourned by Speaker 1.

The transcript does not record the exact motion text, the names of who moved or seconded, or numerical vote counts; those details were not specified.