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Senate committee adopts amendment letting commission members request rule discussions
Summary
After debate over who may initiate rulemaking, the Senate Committee on Agriculture and Natural Resources adopted an amendment to Senate Bill 211 that lets commission members ask that rule or regulation discussion be added to a meeting agenda and would allow the commission, by majority vote, to direct the secretary to research or develop rules.
At a meeting of the Senate Committee on Agriculture and Natural Resources, senators debated and adopted an amendment to Senate Bill 211 that changes how members of an unnamed commission can raise rules and regulations for consideration.
The adopted amendment strikes language that would have required commission members to take certain actions and instead allows members to submit proposed rules and regulations to the commission. Senator Shane later read additional language into the record: "The commission may, by majority vote, direct the secretary to research, assess, develop, or change any existing or potential rule and regulation." The committee adopted the amendment after discussion and amendments.
The change was pitched by Senator Francisco as a way to make the process more…
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