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Committee advances bill to standardize consent calendars; cities’ group backs bill, one city official objects
Summary
Representative Elaine Price introduced House Bill 172 to define consent calendars in state law and to make explicit that any member of a local governing body may remove an item from the consent calendar for separate discussion.
Representative Elaine Price, R‑District 4, introduced House Bill 172 to add a statutory definition of "consent calendar" for local governing bodies and to clarify that a governing‑body member may remove (pull) an item from the consent calendar for separate consideration.
"This is legislation to deal with consent calendars … adding in code some clarity about what a consent calendar is and it is ordinary business done by local boards and councils where they can put several items into 1 motion and pass it through that 1 motion," Price said, referencing draft bill text placed on page 2, lines 1–8. The sponsor said the bill clarifies that a council member may pull items from the consent agenda so they can receive…
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