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Senate Government Operations committee reexamines H.907 reporting changes, seeks DPS and OEO input
Summary
The committee reviewed H.907, which converts or repeals multiple agency reporting requirements; members objected to repealing a law-enforcement drone-use report and debated whether consolidated temporary-employee data can be obtained from an open-data portal rather than a statutory report. The committee agreed to seek testimony from DPS and OEO and to consider adding weatherization metrics to the bill.
The Senate Committee on Government Operations on March 24 reopened consideration of H.907, a bill that would change how multiple state reports are handled, including converting some reports into budget testimony and repealing others. Chair Oliver said legislative counsel Tucker Anderson and outside witnesses would help the committee probe whether the proposed changes would weaken legislative oversight.
Anderson told the committee he had checked the reports database and "I was able to confirm that it was filed 1 time in 2011," and that some session-law reporting language is being codified elsewhere in the bill. He said the Treasurer's local investment advisory committee report remains permanently required in the House-passed text (section 19), but the House proposed repealing the annual law-enforcement drone-use report (listed…
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