Here's the rough outline of how the conversation went.
1) The bill is dead as they don't want to set a precedent. My guess would be that the precedent would be that they would simply vote on "amended" bills, never letting the original bill die until they manage to ram something through or waste a ton of time.
2) He believed that the only reason officers can't arbitrarily pull people over and check for license/insurance is because there's a law specifically against it (he didn't sound too sure that that was the case, that was just what he thought).
3) There was already precedence for checking for licenses when doing actively doing something as a game warden can check your permit when fishing/hunting.
4) He doesn't believe the issue of officers being able to check permits will go away next year. He said that he could learn to live with it and that he didn't really see cops abusing it. Basically he said that cops likely wouldn't stop you unless they had a reason because otherwise they would be constantly stopping people and the cops would never get anything done (he also related this to #1 in that even if cops could stop any car they wouldn't because they wouldn't get anything done). He also believed that it would be a real simple/cordial stop where the cop calls you over, you hand him your permit, and then you go on your way.
5) He talked about working on a bill for next year, but he naturally didn't give any specifics. He also said that he doesn't support any of the concerns that were raised even though he could deal with some of them if it meant he could open carry, though I didn't think to ask if he supported everyone being able to carry or only those with a CWL.
My biggest issue is naturally with #4 as I see it being abused by the people who don't support OC. I would also say that he is either a bit naive with what can happen when dealing with cops* as a regular citizen and not as a well known person (especially not as a legislator).
As for #3 I can see what he's saying. The act of carrying a fishing pole doesn't require a permit, but fishing does and so when fishing you could be checked for your permit (as fishing is the act that the permit allows). As the bill would have required one to have a CWL to carry, that means carrying would have been the act that is licensed and so by following the same logic as the fishing stop they could stop you to make sure you're licensed. Basically if fishing=act=check for permit, then OCing=act=check for permit.
cops* I said it like this because I know that a lot of them are fine, but it would be the few bad cops that make most of the harassment stops.