House Bill 120, Public Municipal Campaigns (taxpayer funded campaigns for city races) was to be heard in the Senate today.  The bill was delayed in the House before they finally passed it and has been postponed for a Senate floor vote twice already. 

Today, the bill was removed from the Senate calendar and sent back to the Senate State and Local Government Committee.  The committee meets on Tuesdays at noon.  

Committee members, who will be considering the bill as early as next week, include:
Co-Chairman    Sen. Ed Jones
Co-Chairman    Sen. Don East
Vice Chairman Sen. Katie G. Dorsett
Members:  Sen. Charles W. Albertson, Sen. Tom Apodaca, Sen. Philip E. Berger, Sen. Floyd B. McKissick, Jr., Sen. Joe Sam Queen, Sen. R. C. Soles, Jr., Sen. Harris Blake, Sen. Julia Boseman, Sen. Don Davis, Sen. Fletcher L. Hartsell, Jr., Sen. Richard Stevens, Sen. David F. Weinstein

For previous Locker Room posts on welfare for politicians see here and here and here.