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Executive Committee appoints nonpartisan Census liaisons; approves bill to suspend 2025 interim committee activity

2518625 · March 4, 2025
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Summary

The Executive Committee designated two nonpartisan liaisons for the U.S. Census redistricting data program and approved bill draft LLS 900 to suspend several interim committees from meeting or recommending legislation during the 2025 interim.

The Executive Committee of the Legislative Council voted to appoint senior attorney Jacob (Jake) Baus of the Office of Legislative Legal Services and Dr. Kate Watkins, the state demographer, as the General Assembly's nonpartisan liaisons to the U.S. Census Bureau for the redistricting data program.

The committee also approved bill draft LLS 900, a proposal that suspends multiple interim committees from meeting, traveling or recommending legislation during the 2025 interim and, in some cases, into 2026.

Director Ed DeCicco of the Office of Legislative Legal Services told the committee the governor agrees with the recommended appointments and that a letter with signature lines would be prepared after the committee made its official determinations. "We recommend and the Governor agrees…

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