Audit finds gaps in Governor's Regulatory Review Council processes; staff says tracking fixes are in place

An audit by the Arizona Office of the Auditor General found the Governor's Regulatory Review Council lacked formal tracking and documentation for some rule‑review and five‑year review processes, and that executive‑session recordings sometimes omitted required details, an auditor's contractor told the Senate Government Committee on Oct. 12, 2025.

The auditor's presenter, Katie Gribowski of the Arizona Auditor General's office, summarized a contractor report by Sjoberg Evashank Consulting that reviewed the council's performance. "My name is Katie Gribowski, and I'm with the Arizona Auditor General's office," she told the committee, and said the audit examined GURC's handling of proposed rule‑making packages and five‑year rule reviews between 2021 and 2023.

The audit found the council completed reviews of statutory rule‑making packages on average in 54 days and met quorum and voting requirements for rules made effective immediately. But the contractor identified several weaknesses: the council relied on a manual process that monitored a central email inbox rather than a formal tracking system;…