Committee reports House Bill 5067 to full Senate after counsel explains interagency agreement and appeals change

A legislative committee voted to report House Bill 5067 to the full Senate after counsel described the measure as codifying an existing memorandum of understanding and altering where certain administrative appeals are heard.

Counsel told the committee, “Pending before this committee is House Bill 50 67. This bill comes in the same form as it left the house. This bill codifies the existing memorandum of understanding between the Division of Administrative Services within the Department of Homeland Security and the other law enforcement offices within the DHS.” Counsel said the bill also "allows the Director of Administrative Services to facilitate the application for federal law enforcement grants" and that appeals from the subcommittees of the government's committee on crime, delinquency and correction would be heard by the office of administrative hearings rather than by the deputy secretary of DHS.

The vice chair moved that House Bill 5067 be reported to the full Senate with the recommendation that it do pass; the motion was approved by voice vote and the chair declared the motion adopted. The committee did not record roll-call vote totals in the transcript.

Why it matters: The bill formalizes interagency roles for applying for federal law enforcement grants and redirects an internal appeals path to an administrative hearings office, changes that shift administrative oversight and appeal procedures away from a deputy secretary to a separate hearings office.

The committee reported the bill to the full Senate; no fiscal note or further detail on implementation timing was recorded during this meeting.