Senate committee reviews technical DEED statute clean‑up bill

Senator Champion introduced Senate File 3664 as a technical cleanup bill to repeal unfunded and obsolete statutory language in DEED‑related sections and to streamline the statute to match current programs.

Devin Bowdrey, government relations director at DEED, told the committee the bill removes several unfunded or duplicative statutes and listed specific sections under repeal, noting the last legislative activity for some of the provisions dates to 2013. "This is just a cleanup bill of old statutes, unfunded statutes," Bowdrey said, and he offered to take questions from members.

Senators did not press for policy changes; one member welcomed the occasional clearing out of defunct laws. The committee laid the bill over for possible inclusion.

Next steps: the bill will remain on the committee table for further consideration as part of the committee’s package.