HB1156 Victims Rights Bill
 
 I  suspected all along that the Democrat majority would kill my bill. I was quite suprised when it passed both the House and Senate
without one no vote.  At that point it seemed like it would certainly be signed into law.  Well as we know, the Governor is a powerful man.
  
You see, my bill DID NOT have a crossfile. I did that on purpose to prevent this type of game from happening.  As we approached the final two days of session, my Chairman told me that the Senate was holding my bill because he was not going to pass Senator Simonaires bill,  The Chairman agreed to let the Senators bill pass but only if we gutted it and inserted the language of my bill.  That happened and both bills passed out. IT WAS NOT A CROSSFILED BILL.
This link SB189 takes you to the language of the Senator’s bill. All of the strikethroughs are his original bill. Read it and you will see the differences.  MY BILL WAS NOT AMENDED!  It passed as drafted because I had worked on it for two years.
 

You tell me what you think happened. Oh well, I will keep fighting and the Democrat Leaders will keep teaching me lessons