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Committee approves changes to out-of-state travel reimbursement policy for members

2138530 · January 22, 2025
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Summary

A legislative expense oversight committee voted unanimously to approve revisions that lift an early-registration restriction and allow members to attend multiple conferences subject to a per-member budget and speaker preapproval.

The House and Senate Expense Oversight Committee approved changes to its out-of-state lodging, meal and transportation reimbursement procedures, voting unanimously to allow members greater flexibility to attend conferences while retaining several controls.

The changes remove a prior restriction that limited registration reimbursement to "early-bird" rates and instead make early registration "highly encouraged," while preserving requirements for receipts and preapproval of conferences by the speaker. Committee members approved the change by voice vote; a separate motion to approve the…

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