The Senate State Affairs Committee this morning voted to kill HB 620, regarding vertebrate paleontology, a measure from the state Historical Society that would assign responsibility for such finds to the Idaho Museum of Natural History, which has expertise in the area, as additional discoveries are anticipated with federal stimulus-funded construction projects around the state. The bill, which had earlier passed the House on a 50-19 vote, had no opposition, but state Department of Lands Director George Bacon said he was anticipating some future clarifications. Senate President Pro-Tem Bob Geddes, R-Soda Springs, said he didn't like the idea of passing legislation that then would need to be fixed in the future, and moved instead to hold the bill in committee; his motion passed.