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Senate approves criminal penalty and civil enforcement for PEER subpoenas after debate
2252454 · February 5, 2025
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Summary
Lawmakers approved a bill adding criminal and civil enforcement mechanisms to the state’s PEER (Performance Evaluation and Expenditure Review) committee subpoena power, including a misdemeanor penalty and chancery-court civil enforcement.
The Senate passed legislation that gives the Joint Legislative Committee on Performance Evaluation and Expenditure Review (PEER) enforceable remedies when people fail to comply with PEER subpoenas. Sponsors said the change remedies a longstanding enforceability gap: PEER possessed…
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