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Committee previews amendment to government‑efficiency task force bill (House Bill 14-42); action deferred
Summary
Senate Finance and Taxation members discussed a sponsor amendment to House Bill 14-42 that changes the task force's appointments and deferred action pending a technical clarification from the sponsor.
Members of the Senate Committee on Finance and Taxation discussed a proposed amendment to House Bill 14-42, a bill to create a legislative task force on government efficiency. Senator Rummel summarized the amendment and said Representative Toman, the prime sponsor, expected to file it.
Senator Rummel told the committee the amendment removes the chief information officer from the task force, replaces that seat with two statewide elected officers to be appointed by the governor, and changes one legislative appointment so it is made by Legislative Management rather than the governor. "What the amendment does is just, it straight it, changes the task force slightly," Rummel said, adding that Legislative Management would appoint the member of the legislative assembly rather than the governor.
Rummel said the amendment keeps the committee size roughly the same and that legislative management will select the chairman. He also noted the bill contains an emergency clause and that sponsors wished to begin task force work quickly. Representative Toman subsequently sent a question to Rummel seeking a clarification about how the Legislative Management chair's appointment would operate; the committee agreed to get that clarification and take up the amendment after an afternoon hearing.
No formal amendment was adopted in the committee during the session recorded in the transcript; the committee deferred action to allow sponsor clarification and follow‑up.
Committee members discussed task force scope in general terms: senators asked whether the group would be separate from interim committees and how broadly it would review budgets and operations. Senator Romer said the task force "is to meet as often or as frequently as needed" and described its charge as broad: reviewing executive branch budgets, boards and commissions, and even the Supreme Court for efficiencies.
The committee left the bill pending and scheduled follow-up when the amendment and sponsor clarification are available.
