Subcommittee grants Inspector General exclusion, accepts State Library report and hears updates on outstanding 2023 rules

The Rules Subcommittee voted to grant the Department of Inspector General an exclusion from a reported rulemaking requirement under what the packet labels the Research and Education Protection Act. Samantha Blassingame, chief counsel for the Inspector General, told the committee the statute "defines all the critical terms ... sets out the limited exceptions and sets out what the department should review," and that the department therefore does not believe additional implementing rules are necessary. A motion to approve the exclusion was made, seconded and carried on an "aye" vote.