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Committee unanimously adopts cleanup bill clarifying DGO responsibilities and cabinet titles

Government Operations Committee · February 12, 2026
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Summary

House Bill 384 (first substitute) was adopted and favorably recommended unanimously; the bill clarifies Department of Government Operations responsibilities (including Office of Data Privacy and auditing practices) and standardizes cabinet-level titles so the governor may refer to cabinet heads as 'commissioners.'

Representative Norm Thurston presented House Bill 384, a statute-cleanup package for the Department of Government Operations (DGO). Thurston said the substitute corrects statutory vestiges from prior reorganizations, clarifies that the Office of Data Privacy and other functions are part of DGO, and aligns statutory language to current practice, including audit practices (sampling rather than auditing every payment) and oversight of…

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