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Senate approves wide-ranging boards-and-commissions bill after debate over scope and process
Summary
Senate Bill 2308, a 33-page measure requested by the governor that moves, reassigns or repeals multiple statutory boards and commissions and creates a governor’s board‑review task force, passed the Senate 30–15 after floor debate over hog‑housing sections into a study and several failed procedural amendments.
Senator Roars, carrying Senate Bill 2308, described the measure as a governor‑requested package that reorganizes multiple state boards and commissions, moves some duties to executive agencies and creates a board‑review task force in the governor’s office.
"This bill is requested by the governor with the aim to refocus our efforts in state government to be consumer driven," Senator Roars said on the floor while explaining the bill’s scope and the sections that move duties to departments such as the Department of Environmental Quality, Department of Water Resources, and Information Technology (IT).
Why it matters: the bill dissolves, consolidates or reassigns the statutory duties of multiple advisory boards, commissions and technical committees, aims to reduce duplication and requires a task force to recommend which boards can be combined or eliminated. Sponsors argue the change…
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