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Committee fixes oversight committee timing; elects chair every two years by statute
Summary
Senate Bill 339 was approved to correct a drafting error and restore a two-year cycle for selecting the chair of the Child Maltreatment Investigation Oversight Committee.
The committee unanimously advanced Senate Bill 339 to correct an error in statute and to restore the practice of electing the Child Maltreatment Investigation Oversight Committee chair every two years.
Representative Mary Bentley, sponsor, explained the change: the oversight committee lasts two years and the statute should require selecting a chair every two years rather than annually. She told members the bill "corrects an error" and returns the process "where it originally was."
Members asked for clarification about committee membership; staff and other legislators explained the oversight panel includes agency directors, legislative members appointed and confirmed by committee chairs, and gubernatorial appointees. The sponsor said she would provide the committee with a membership list.
There were no witnesses signed to speak for or against the bill. The committee moved the bill forward on a voice vote.
