Hart immigration bill killed

The House State Affairs Committee has killed HB 497, Rep. Phil Hart’s immigration bill. A motion to amend it instead and remove much of the bill - the section to suspend employers’ licenses for violations - failed on a 6-11 vote, and then a motion to just kill the bill passed on a voice vote. Rep. Ken Andrus, R-Lava Hot Springs, who made the successful motion, said, “The problem is the federal government allowing an adequate work force to come here.”