Committee confirms Sarah Clark as secretary of the Agency of Administration

The Government Operations Committee voted to approve and confirm Sarah Clark as secretary of the Agency of Administration following a brief procedural motion during a committee meeting.

A committee member moved, “I would move that we approve and confirm Sarah Clark as the secretary of the Agency of Administration,” and another member seconded the motion. The motion drew no substantive discussion and was put to a roll call, with Senator Clarkson, Senator Hart, Senator Pawlowski, Senator White and Senator Compton each recorded as voting “yes.” The confirmation was approved.

The vote came amid ongoing work on a separate floor amendment. Committee members said they were still awaiting a final review from Legislative Council before presenting the amendment on the Senate floor. A committee speaker said Senator Ron Hinsdale was expected to offer a related floor amendment intended to broaden an election-related provision to include budgets and other issues; the committee reported taking a prior straw poll in favor of that amendment and planned to send the finalized language to the floor.

Committee staff members present — including Laura and Tucker — said editors and Legislative Council would complete the amendment review and distribute the text to committee members and floor leaders before the next business day. Committee members also noted their names would appear on the confirmation paperwork.

The meeting concluded after the procedural actions; committee members indicated the amendment language would be shown to floor leaders before consideration on third reading.