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Beard proposes citizen complaints, governor oversight after agencies enforce rules not found in code
Summary
Senator Todd Beard told the committee that agencies sometimes enforce requirements he could not find in law, and he proposed SB 22-58 to require agencies to identify the specific statute or rule they rely on and to allow the governor's office to investigate and report violations to the Administrative Rules Committee.
Senator Todd Beard, sponsor of Senate Bill 22-58, told the committee he introduced the bill after discovering a childcare licensing practice that agencies had been enforcing although no corresponding rule existed.
Beard described the example in which training hours for licensed child care providers were not counted during a 90‑day renewal window; he said he could not find a rule supporting that enforcement and told…
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