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Committee debates bill to clarify sponsors’ access to fiscal‑note sources; members ask for broader language
Summary
Representative Daley introduced House Joint Resolution 2 to make information underlying fiscal notes more accessible to sponsors and committees. Members and legislative counsel discussed scope, proprietary limits and a 24‑hour/business‑day timing provision; the committee did not advance the resolution at this meeting.
Representative Daley presented House Joint Resolution 2, a refile aimed at improving sponsors’ access to the information and basis behind fiscal notes produced for bills.
Daley said the resolution responds to instances when sponsors could not obtain the data or reasoning behind fiscal estimates and that the measure was intended to make the basis of fiscal notes more transparent to sponsors, fiscal analysts and committees.
Committee members questioned whether the draft as written limited sponsors’ access by listing only specific topics for…
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