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Committee amends and advances omnibus bill addressing boards, student information system and regulatory cleanup
Summary
Senate Bill 2308 was amended in committee to address cross-references and stakeholder concerns, adopt a Department of Public Instruction technical change and modifications requested by the governor's office; the amended bill passed the committee on a roll call of 11-2-1.
The Government and Veterans Affairs Committee adopted multiple amendments to Senate Bill 2308 and advanced the bill with a committee vote of 11 yes, 2 no and 1 recorded as present/other. Representatives of the governor’s office summarized changes and legal staff described fixes made to cross-references and several agency concerns.
JC Schaffer, Deputy Chief of Staff for Governor Armstrong, told the committee the governor’s office was "good with Superintendent Basler's amendment" and that discussions with Representative Green Knight had covered membership in the Midwest Interstate Passenger Rail Compact; the compact’s dues for the year had been paid and would be effective through Aug. 1 under the committee’s contemplated approach.
Reid Johnson, legal intern for the governor's office, summarized the improvements in the adopted 03/2002 amendment, saying it addressed cross-references, clarified language requested by the pharmacy board (section 10) and fixed references in the student information system provision to the Superintendent of Public Instruction rather than the Information Technology Department. The committee vote adopted the amendment package and then moved the amended bill forward.
Committee discussion also addressed the North Dakota Board of Well Water Contractors. Staff described that the board’s executive officer is already a Department of Water Resources employee, that the board has been running a negative balance and has met infrequently, and that some administrative functions could be absorbed within the department while retaining public input processes.
Representative Veil moved the amended bill; Representative Wolf seconded. The roll call recorded 11 yes votes, 2 no votes and 1 present/other; the motion carried. Committee leaders indicated the bill would be carried forward (Representative Veil named as carrier) and that remaining bills would be worked on in subsequent meetings.
The committee also noted procedural items such as the location and timing of an upcoming field trip. The bill will proceed in the legislative process as the committee’s amended version.
