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Senate Government Operations committee weighs removing county references from HB 762, considers extending study deadline
Summary
Committee members debated an amendment to House Bill 762 that would remove references to county governments from a county and regional governance study committee; Senator Ruth Hardy urged keeping counties in scope and an administration witness cautioned about federal coordination and potential added costs. The committee discussed extending the report deadline into late 2027.
The Senate Committee on Government Operations on Tuesday considered an amendment to House Bill 762 that would strip references to county governments from a proposed county and regional governance study committee and discussed pushing the committee's report deadline into late 2027.
For the record, Senator Ruth Hardy (Addison District) urged the committee not to remove county government from the study, saying counties are the constitutionally prescribed regional governance units and must be part of any recommendation about regional restructuring. "I think it's really important that county stay part of the conversation," Hardy said, arguing that counties do not simply disappear without major statutory or constitutional change.
A staff member summarized differences between draft 1.1 and draft 1.2, saying the most recent amendment searches the bill text and removes multiple…
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