CONCORD — Each week is something new. This week, it was a motion to divide the question and a call to withhold consent.
What is a motion to “divide the question”? For example, in HB 724, one of the Lead Paint bills, a motion was made to divide the question. The bill had four separate parts. Three parts of the bill had to do with requirements for landlords; the other section, Section 2, lowered the blood levels that triggered the need for these actions. The intent is to remove a portion of the bill so that the remainder of the bill has a better chance to pass.
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