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Committee moves fiscal‑impact requirement from statute to joint rules; bill passes committee
Summary
House Bill 1080, which moves a fiscal‑impact requirement (related to the EBD budget) from statute into the legislature's joint rules, passed the committee by voice vote. Sponsor argued joint‑rules placement is stronger because each legislature votes on rules.
House Bill 1080 passed the Senate State Agencies & Governmental Affairs committee after the sponsor explained the measure relocates a statutory fiscal‑impact requirement to the legislature's joint rules.
Sen. Hester told the committee the statute requiring fiscal‑impact studies for items affecting the EBD budget is being repealed in favor of putting that language into joint rules. "One legislature cannot bind the next legislature," Hester said, so placing the requirement in joint rules — which the body votes on each session — provides ongoing force through the rules adoption process.
Senator Clark asked whether repealing the statute meant the law was effectively unenforceable; Hester responded that one legislature cannot bind the next and that the joint‑rules approach instead expects successive legislatures to adopt the rule. No outside testimony opposed the measure in committee. The chair recognized a motion to pass (motion by Senator Peyton, second by Senator Dodson) and the bill passed on a voice vote. Hester said the language will appear in the joint rules the body votes on later that day.
The transcript did not include a roll‑call tally; committee passage was by voice vote. The sponsor framed the change as procedural — moving a requirement from permanent statute into an item the legislature re‑adopts via joint rules each session.
