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Committee considers allowing public experts on legislative subcommittees; concerns about voting and staffing raised
Summary
A proposed joint rules resolution would allow legislative subcommittees to include non‑legislators to replicate task‑force expertise. Committee members supported getting outside expertise but raised concerns about non‑legislator voting rights, staff workload, and oversight.
Representative Thurston presented a draft joint rules resolution that would allow legislative subcommittees to include non‑legislators (members of the public) so committees could draw outside expertise without creating separate task forces. “Extending the ability for a subcommittee to allow for members of the public to sit on that subcommittee, would open up the ability for us to get those same … input that we had from experts,” Thurston…
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