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Committee advances bill to increase legislator role, transparency in agency rulemaking
Summary
The Senate Committee on Legislative Administration advanced House Bill 126, a proposal to require earlier coordination between agencies and bill sponsors during rulemaking and to post legislators' comments alongside proposed and adopted rules. The committee concurred on the bill after public testimony and committee discussion.
House Bill 126, introduced in the House by Representative David Beatty, was advanced by the Senate Committee on Legislative Administration after testimony and committee discussion. The bill would revise the Montana Administrative Procedure Act to strengthen legislator involvement in agency rulemaking, require agencies to coordinate with bill sponsors before substantive rulemaking, and, when a sponsor objects, post the sponsor’s comments alongside proposed and adopted rule notices.
Representative David Beatty, sponsor and member for House District 86, said the bill “provides for greater legislative…
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