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Bill would require ethics and financial training for boards reviewed by Sunset Committee

Senate Committee on Fiscal Responsibility and Economic Development · January 22, 2026

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Summary

SB 104 requires members of agencies and boards that appear before the Sunset Committee to complete a five‑hour course within 150 days of appointment, developed by the Department of Public Accounts in consultation with the attorney general; committee members and a former board member supported the measure.

Senator Kelly presented SB 104, which would require members of any agency or board that comes before the Sunset Committee to complete a five‑hour curriculum within 150 days of appointment. He said the course would be administered by the Department of Public Accounts and developed in consultation with the attorney general.

A former board member told the committee that lacking training led to inadvertent misuse of funds during his service on a soil and water conservation committee, and he urged favorable action. "Once we took that and put it in the bank, it became taxpayer money," he said, recounting that lack of ethics and financial training produced compliance problems when audits occurred.

Committee members expressed support and moved the bill favorably without objections recorded in the excerpt. Sponsors and supporters framed the measure as basic training and ethics to reduce unintentional mismanagement of taxpayer funds.