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"Pending in Committee" essentially means that nothing official has yet been voted on.

In viewing the video you will note that there were some suggested changes/rewording for the bill. The committee will mull all that over and eventually come up with what is called "Committee Substitute". This is the bill, as revised, as it will be voted out of committee. It seems fairly clear that the bill WILL be voted out of committee favorably, and the "committee substitute" will be the new form of the bill which will go to the full Senate.

The video is worth to time to view it. The discussion of hte SB730 lasts about an hour. The video includes the entire committee meeting. The portion dealing with SB 730 runs from about 8:20 minutes to about 1 hour 7:30 minutes in the time stamp.