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JLOSC staff outline oversight process, post-draft policy and schedule focused reviews for February–March
Summary
Committee staff gave an orientation to JLOSC’s oversight process, announced a shift toward focused reviews, said draft bills will be posted with meeting notices, and listed planned review dates including a Feb. 13 presentation on the Lead Poisoning Prevention Program.
Committee staff delivered an orientation to the Joint Legislative Oversight and Sunset Committee on its mission, review types and the committee’s planned schedule for 2025 oversight work.
Amanda Wade McAtee, the committee analyst, and Ben Koel, the other analyst, described two review types: the statutory “full review” of an entire entity and the more targeted “focused review.” McAtee said the committee will lean toward focused reviews this session because they are more efficient and targeted. “This is the preferred review process because it is more efficient and delivers information targeted to the topic of concern,” Koel said.
Staff also explained a new presentation practice incorporated into the rules: draft joint-committee bills will be posted with the meeting notice so the public can access drafts before the meeting and comment when the draft is presented. “What this rule does is require that we'll post draft legislation when we post the notice for the meeting so that everyone interested will have access to that draft before the meeting,” Holly Vaughn Wagner told members while explaining Rule 17.
Staff reviewed the committee’s near-term calendar: a focused review of the Lead Poisoning Prevention Program is scheduled for Feb. 13 (meeting time 11 a.m. to 1 p.m.), with other full and focused reviews planned between early February and the session’s March 6 meeting. McAtee said staff will send scheduling forms to committee members to arrange additional meetings after March 6.
Staff also reminded members of FOIA procedures and said the committee has adopted methodological standards for staff reports, including use of Government Accountability Office / “yellow book” standards and peer-review practices. McAtee noted staffing improvements: the committee’s analyst staff increased from one to two in March 2019 and prior process improvements were codified under Senate Bill 134.
The presentation closed with an invitation for members to submit oversight ideas and guidance on how the committee prioritizes and assigns reviews: staff said adoption of a proposed review requires six votes and that staff will present proposals and scope at future meetings.
The chair set the committee’s next meeting for Jan. 30 at 11 a.m. for a workshop on oversight and confirmed other logistics for February hearings.
