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Committee hears bill to limit non-interim committees’ ability to file legislation
Summary
Representative Bill Mercer introduced House Bill 546 to restrict the authority to file committee-sponsored bills to interim legislative committees; committee members questioned whether the change would affect the Criminal Justice Oversight Council and similar bodies. No vote was taken.
Representative Bill Mercer opened a Legislative Administration Committee hearing on House Bill 546, saying the bill would reserve the authority to file committee-sponsored legislation to interim committees rather than ad hoc councils or working groups.
"So this is a really simple bill," Representative Bill Mercer said, explaining that the bill would reverse recent authority that allowed the Criminal Justice Oversight Council to recommend…
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