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Senate adopts interim rules changes, combining border and veterans panels and splitting education committees
Summary
Senate Resolution 5, sponsored by Senator Hughes, amends standing committee structure for the interim: it combines border security and veterans affairs into a homeland security and veterans affairs committee, splits education K–16 back into separate education and higher education committees, and returns jurisprudence jurisdiction to state affairs.
The Senate adopted an interim rules change that reshapes several standing committees and will govern committee organization through the interim, senators said.
Senator Hughes, sponsor of Senate Resolution 5, told colleagues the measure would amend rule 11.02 to change standing committee jurisdictions for the interim and take effect until the next full Senate organizes in January 2027.…
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