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Message: <blockquote data-quote="hrdware" data-source="post: 1760705" data-attributes="member: 24475"><p>The idea of the committee process is so the entire chamber doesn't have to review every bill.  The committee is supposed to fix up any bills it gets and bring to the full floor the best ideas they can come from.  In this case, the senate pub safety committee thought the house bill could be done better so they fixed it up with their committee sub to take to the floor.  The theory is so that it can go to a conference committee and be worked out there the taken back to both chambers for final vote.  With luck, when it gets to the conference committee they will restore the original language and both houses will pass it.</p></blockquote><p></p>