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Committee advances RS 32,294 to align certain agency director appointments with gubernatorial appointment and Senate advice‑and‑consent
Summary
Senator Doug O'Connellitz introduced RS 32,294, a proposal to make the directors of several executive agencies serve at the pleasure of the governor with Senate advice and consent; the committee voted to send the request to print.
Senator Doug O'Connellitz (R., District 3) introduced RS 32,294 to the Senate State Affairs Committee. The resolution would change the appointment process for several executive‑branch directors — including heads of the Department of Transportation, Department of Fish and Game, Parks and Recreation, and the Department of Correction — so that they serve at the pleasure of the governor and are appointed with the Senate’s advice and consent for four‑year terms. For the Department of Lands director the resolution would add a requirement for advice and consent every four years.
O'Connellitz described the proposal as “an attempt to bring a handful of agencies in line with the way we handle the rest of them.” The committee moved to send the request for statute (RS) to print; a motion to send RS 32,294 to print was offered by Senator Den Hartog and seconded, and the motion carried by voice vote.
What happens next: RS 32,294 was sent to print; if introduced as legislation the proposal would follow the normal committee and floor process for statutory changes affecting appointment authority.
