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Committee recommends SJR 6 endorsing state jurisdiction under federalism; one member records opposition
Summary
Committee voted to favorably recommend SJR 6, a joint resolution urging state agencies to review federal regulations for preemption, after debate about the balance between federal regulatory consistency and state sovereignty. The vote recorded one “no.”
A Senate committee voted to send SJR 6 — a joint resolution supporting state jurisdiction under the principle of federalism — to the full Senate with a favorable recommendation; one committee member recorded a “no” vote.
Senator Harper presented the resolution, framing it as a reaffirmation of the Tenth Amendment and saying recent U.S. Supreme Court case law—particularly Loper Bright Enterprises v. Raimondo and the narrowing of the Chevron doctrine—reinforces states’ authority to resist federal…
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