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Senate Government Operations committee debates reactivating Government Accountability Committee; subpoenas stripped from draft
Summary
Senate Government Operations members discussed attaching S.3.24 to H.67 to revive a Government Accountability Committee, agreed in markup to remove subpoena and deposition authority and to strip a state grant-processing mandate, and debated membership, selection criteria and funding thresholds for issues of "significant public concern."
The Senate Committee on Government Operations on May 7 took up S.3.24, a draft bill to revive a Government Accountability Committee (GAC), and discussed whether to attach its provisions to the live vehicle H.67.
Committee members focused early debate on structure and scope. "I think creating a joint oversight committee on government accountability makes the most amount of sense," a committee member said, urging a joint legislative body similar to existing oversight panels. Members considered an eight-member panel (four senators and four representatives) with additional ex officio participation from the chief performance officer.
Several members pushed to narrow or remove enforcement powers from the draft during the markup. Chair Jane Taylor said the panel would "delete the ability for subpoena," and the group signaled agreement…
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