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Committee hears overhaul bill to consolidate dozens of boards and move building-code adoption to DHS
Summary
The House Government and Regulatory Reform Committee heard testimony on House Bill 1003, a wide-ranging proposal to merge and sunset dozens of state boards and to transfer building-code adoption to the Department of Homeland Security; stakeholders praised efficiency goals but warned about technical oversight and the effect on public safety.
At a hearing of the House Government and Regulatory Reform Committee, members reviewed House Bill 1003, a multi-year package designed to streamline nearly 300 state boards and commissions and to change how Indiana adopts building and fire codes. The committee considered three related amendments as a single motion and took the amendments by consent; the bill was not voted out of committee today.
Representative Bartels, the bill sponsor, described Amendment 1 as a ‘‘strip-and-insert’’ that removes highlighted sections from the original draft and said the result is an amended bill that reflects decisions informed by an executive-branch survey. ‘‘Amendment 1 is the bill,’’ Bartels said, urging members and the public to review the highlighted packet that shows deletions.
Bartels also outlined a separate amendment clarifying a…
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