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Committee adopts amendment and reports substitute for House Bill 767 unanimously
Summary
The House Committee on Government Efficiency voted 17-0 to adopt an amendment and report a house committee substitute for House Bill 767 that revises the committee’s fiscal-note request process.
Chairman Baker moved that House Committee Substitute for House Bill 767 be given a "do pass" recommendation after the committee adopted an amendment combining language from a related bill and clarifying fiscal-note requests.
The amendment, described by the chair as rolling in language from House Bill 868, directs agencies to provide more and clearer information when the committee requests fiscal notes. The chair said the change is intended to make fiscal notes more useful and concise for legislators and staff who regularly request them.
Representative Clemons told the committee the amendment "looks like it would actually do what we wanted to do" and thanked the mover for including more information in the report language. The chair called for a voice vote to adopt the amendment and then moved the amendment into a new committee substitute. Following voice adoption of the substitute, the clerk called the roll on the committee substitute’s "do pass" motion.
The roll call recorded 17 ayes, 0 noes; the chair announced the substitute was carried by a unanimous vote. The committee noted the bill sponsor was present during the amendment discussion but did not identify the sponsor by name on the record.
The committee did not take further public testimony on HB 767 during the segment recorded in the transcript.
No additional committee directions or implementation steps were recorded in the transcript; the matter was reported out of committee for further action by the full chamber.
