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Subcommittee moves to table bill transferring deaf-and-hard-of-hearing program to OPLC; places item on consent calendar
Summary
The House Executive Departments and Administration full subcommittee voted to recommend interim study/tabling (ITL) on House Bill 525, which would have moved administration of the program for the deaf and hard of hearing and the licensure board for interpreters to the Office of Professional Licensure and Certification (OPLC). The motion to ITL was
The House Executive Departments and Administration full subcommittee moved ITL (inexpedient to legislate) on House Bill 525, a proposal to transfer administration of the program for the deaf and hard of hearing and the Board of Licensure of Interpreters for the Deaf, Deaf-Blind and Hard of Hearing to the Office of Professional Licensure and Certification (OPLC). Representative Schmidt moved the ITL motion; Representative Sellers seconded.
Committee members said the bill arose from an apparent COVID-era funding artifact and the original sponsor was no longer pursuing the transfer. The chair said the subcommittee would recess and bring affected community members back with accommodations if anyone wanted the panel to proceed instead of tabling the measure.
The clerk recorded the roll call as 14–0 with two members absent; the committee placed HB 525 on the consent calendar.
The motion was described in the meeting as a tabling/ITL recommendation rather than an approval of any substantive change, and the chair confirmed that if community members asked the subcommittee to reconsider, the panel would reconvene with accommodations for impacted stakeholders.
Action recorded: motion to ITL HB 525 and place on the consent calendar.
