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Committee unanimously backs reporting requirements for state protection and advocacy agency

Senate Judiciary, Law Enforcement, and Criminal Justice Committee · February 9, 2026
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Summary

The committee favorably recommended a second substitute to SB154, which would require the state's protection and advocacy agency to hold at least three public meetings annually across the state and provide a written annual report to interim committees; the Disability Law Center said it is not opposed but urged the Legislature to avoid diverting scarce advocacy resources.

Sponsor presented the second substitute to Senate Bill 154, modeled in part on a North Carolina law, requiring the state protection and advocacy (P&A) agency to hold at least three public meetings annually across the state and to submit a written report by Aug. 31 each year to the Judiciary Interim Committee and the Health and Human Services Interim Committee. The bill aligns…

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