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Sponsor offers voluntary option to centralize board administrative tasks; regulated boards and providers warn of power shift
Summary
Senator Elliot presented SB227, which would let the Sunset Committee move a board’s administrative functions to an office run by the Secretary of Workforce and an executive director. Board members and regulated providers warned the change could transfer rule- and fee-making powers to an unelected executive and urged stronger safeguards; the committee held a public hearing and took no vote.
Senator Elliott, the bill’s sponsor, told the House committee that Senate Bill 227 is an 11-page “option” intended to help the Sunset Committee and struggling occupational licensing boards by centralizing administrative duties under an entity overseen by the Secretary of Workforce and led by an executive director. “The purpose of the bill is to give the Sunset Committee the option” to address recurring administrative failures—missing money, failure to post public notices and minutes—while leaving substantive rulemaking with boards, Elliott said.
Supporters framed the measure as targeted and permissive. Elliott said participation would be determined through the Sunset Committee and would require a separate legislative act to transfer any board’s administrative functions. He told members that the governor and the Secretary of Workforce support the approach as a way to professionalize purchasing, meeting notices and…
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