Senate passes large statutory cleanup bill described by sponsor as "taking out the trash"

The senate on third reading passed the senate substitute for Senate Bill 8 89, a measure described by its sponsor, the Senator from Jefferson, as a statutory cleanup effort to repeal expired, terminated, sunset and obsolete statutes. On the floor the sponsor described it as "a small bill" and then added, "It's just shy of 400 pages. Taking out the trash, get rid of obsolete statutes," before renewing the motion for final passage.

There was no substantive floor debate recorded in the transcript. The secretary read the roll for final passage and the recorded tally in the proceedings shows 28 votes in favor and 1 opposed; the presiding officer declared the bill passed and recorded that titling and perfecting motions were carried.

The transcript supplies the sponsor’s framing of the substitute as housekeeping and does not detail the specific statutes affected on the floor. Staff reports and committee files likely contain the enacted list; the floor record does not provide those specifics.