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Senate committee backs 10-year extension for Office of Consumer Services advisory committee
Summary
The Senate Transportation, Public Utilities, Energy & Technology Committee voted unanimously to recommend House Bill 71, which moves the sunset date for an advisory committee that advises the Office of Consumer Services by 10 years; the office’s director testified in support and the bill carries no fiscal note.
The Senate Transportation, Public Utilities, Energy & Technology Committee on an unspecified January date favorably recommended House Bill 71 to the full Senate, extending the sunset date of an advisory committee that advises the Office of Consumer Services by 10 years.
Representative Owens, sponsor of the bill, described the change as a simple sunset-date adjustment for the advisory group. Michelle Beck, director of the Office of Consumer Services, told the committee the advisory committee brings geographic and consumer perspectives to the office’s advocacy work and thanked Owens for sponsoring the bill. Beck said the proposal carries no fiscal note.
Senator Winterton moved that the committee favorably recommend House Bill 71 to the full Senate; the motion passed unanimously. The committee recorded no individual roll-call votes in the transcript; members present voiced “aye.”
Because the committee’s action was a recommendation to the full Senate, the bill’s next step is consideration by the Senate chamber. The transcript does not specify a floor date or any amendments beyond the sunset-date change.
Votes at a glance: the committee voted to favorably recommend House Bill 71 to the full Senate by unanimous voice vote; individual vote tallies were not specified in the transcript.
