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House committee adopts bill to update statutes governing Legislative Research Commission committees
Summary
The House State Government Committee adopted a committee substitute for Senate Bill 176 to streamline appointment timing, fill vacancy timelines and clarify appointing authorities for statutory committees overseen by the Legislative Research Commission; committee recommended favorable passage 15-0.
The House State Government Committee adopted a committee substitute for Senate Bill 176, which makes technical and procedural updates to statutes that establish the statutory committees, boards and commissions under the Legislative Research Commission.
Senator Matt Nunn, sponsor of Senate Bill 176, told the committee the bill "is to make various updates to statutes establishing our the various statutory committees within the legislative research commission," and that the package is intended to streamline when appointments are made, establish timelines for filling vacancies and identify appointing authorities for the 13 statutory committees under LRC jurisdiction.
The substitute motion was adopted on a voice vote and the committee then approved the bill by recorded roll call. The committee vote was 15 yes, 0 no; the committee recommended the bill receive a favorable report to the full House.
The changes described by the sponsor are procedural and administrative: they align appointment timelines across multiple statutory committees and designate which appointing authorities fill vacancies. The bill summary presented to the committee described the provisions as a staff-driven effort to reduce the need for repeated amendments and to clarify statutory authority.
Committee members did not raise substantive policy objections during discussion. The committee chair handled the roll call and the secretary recorded votes as the committee moved through adoption of the committee substitute, a title amendment and the final motion to report the bill favorably.
No floor amendments or further action were recorded in the committee meeting; the committee recommended the bill for passage on the House floor.
Votes at a glance: Senate Bill 176 (as adopted by committee substitute) — committee recommendation: favorable; committee vote: 15 yes, 0 no.
