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Committee Hears Bill to Limit Oversight Councils’ Authority to File Committee Bills
Summary
Representative Bill Mercer told the Legislative Administration Committee that House Bill 546 would reserve the ability to file committee bills to interim legislative committees, arguing large oversight councils with few legislators lack institutional memory; the committee took no executive action and deferred further action.
Representative Bill Mercer, sponsor of House Bill 546, told the Legislative Administration Committee the bill was "really simple" and intended to narrow which bodies can originate committee-style legislation. Mercer said the proposal would reserve the ability to file committee bills to interim legislative committees rather than placing that power with large oversight councils that include only a handful of legislators.
Mercer said the Criminal Justice…
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