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Senate Government Operations Committee reviews reports due for five‑year repeal, defers decisions pending staff input
Summary
The Senate Committee on Government Operations reviewed a spreadsheet of reports subject to Title 2's five‑year repeal process, flagged several reports to retain (including IT/cybersecurity and the State Ethics Commission) and postponed final determinations while awaiting staff clarifications; members must return a survey by Jan. 23.
The Senate Committee on Government Operations met Thursday to review reports that state law requires be evaluated every five years to determine whether they should be repealed, retained temporarily or kept permanently.
Unidentified Speaker 1, presiding over the committee, told members the General Assembly "established an intent to repeal certain reporting requirements after 5 years" and that "the failure to respond by January 23 will be taken to mean the report requirement should be repealed." The committee was reviewing an Office of Legislative Counsel spreadsheet listing reports from 2017 to 2028 that fall within the committee's jurisdiction.
Members repeatedly noted they had not read many of the…
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