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Judiciary committee hears bill to bar courts from deferring to agency legal interpretations
Summary
The House Judiciary Committee held a hearing on Senate Bill 222, which would prohibit Kansas courts and administrative hearing officers from giving deference to state agencies' interpretations of statutes, rules, regulations or guidance documents and require de novo interpretation when fundamental constitutional rights are implicated.
March 6 — The House Committee on Judiciary heard testimony on Senate Bill 222, which would bar state courts and administrative hearing officers from deferring to a state agency’s interpretation of a statute, rule, regulation or document that has the force of law and would require de novo interpretation where fundamental constitutional rights are implicated.
Committee members heard a bill brief from Jason Thompson of the Revisor’s Office, who said the measure arrives on the committee floor as amended by the Senate and incorporates definitions from the Kansas Judicial Review Act. He noted the Senate passed the bill, 31-9.
Support testimony came from Jim Manley, state policy…
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