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Legislative counsel: H 907 contains no appropriations and targets obsolete legislative reports for repeal
Summary
Legislative counsel Tim Devlin told the committee that bill H 907 contains no appropriations and would remove or alter a set of periodic reporting requirements, extend review on some reports until 2030, and exempt a subset from routine review.
Tim Devlin, legislative counsel, told the Standard Appropriations meeting on May 12 that bill H 907 contains no appropriations and is intended to remove or reform a set of legislative reporting requirements. "For the record, my name is Tim Devlin, legislative counsel," he said before outlining the bill.
Devlin said the bill is a product of the Office of Legislative Council's periodic review of reports that have passed a statutory five-year review window. He described the draft (noted in the transcript as draft 3.2) as divided into several parts: full repeal of some reporting mandates; extensions of review for a subset of reports until 2030; exemptions for certain reports from routine review; and modifications to others that would reduce frequency or change content.
Devlin referenced the statutory mechanism that triggers review (transcript: "BSA section 20") and said his office compiles planning lists each year to show committees which reports have aged past the five-year window. He told members the bill reflects the House Government Operations Committee's consideration of that list and recommended removals.
On appropriations, Devlin confirmed to the committee that there are no appropriations contained in H 907. He also noted a historical reference in the statutory text to an appropriation from 2010 adjacent to one report but said that reference did not indicate an active funding obligation for this bill.
Committee members asked procedural questions about how reports would be removed or retained. The transcript records a procedural remark suggesting a motion (transcribed as "I moved to Delphi") and a comment about reporting the bill "without recommendation." The transcript does not record a clear motion text, second, or a formal vote tally or final committee action on H 907.
What happens next: Devlin's overview was presented for committee consideration; the transcript does not record a formal referral, adoption, or vote outcome. Committee staff or members would need to confirm next steps and the final list of reports to be repealed or modified in the bill text.
