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Lawmakers consider requiring public tracking of enrolled bills between chambers and governor's desk
Summary
A hearing on House Bill 331 examined whether the Secretary of State should post an online status showing where a bill is after final legislative action and before the governor receives it. Sponsors said the change would improve transparency; Secretary of State staff warned of accessibility and fiscal impacts and said current tracking is manual.
Representative Lucy Weber introduced House Bill 331, which would require the Secretary of State’s office to publish a publicly accessible indication of where an enrolled bill is between the legislature’s final chamber action and delivery to the governor.
Weber said the proposal does not change timelines or procedures but would make it easier for the public and stakeholders to “simply go online and see where the bill is.” She described a past incident when an enrolled bill was difficult to locate and recounted conversations with the House Clerk and the Secretary of State…
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