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Votes at a glance: July 15 Government Operations Committee — all seven rule packets advance
Summary
The joint committee issued positive recommendations for seven rule packets on July 15, 2026, including medical licensing, agriculture preservation, securities, probation services, physical therapy, environmental health (bedding materials repeal) and psychology rule changes.
The joint Government Operations Committee on July 15 moved seven rule packets out of committee with positive recommendations. Highlights and formal outcomes:
- Board of Medical Examiners: Emergency licensure rules for anesthesiologist assistants; positive recommendation (senate roll call recorded six ayes; House voice vote recorded "Ayes have it").
- Department of Agriculture: Voluntary farmland preservation and consolidated dairy/administrative rules; positive recommendation (senate recorded ayes; House voice vote "Ayes have it"). Department cited a $25 million fund and said applications are expected to open Sept. 1 with a 200-point scoring system and a 130-point eligibility threshold.
- Private Probation Services Council (Commerce & Insurance): Updates aligning in-service requirements with statute and adding attestations per a 2024 Comptroller audit; positive recommendation (senate roll call recorded six ayes).
- Department of Commerce & Insurance — Securities: Reorganization of securities chapters, net-capital increases for some broker-dealers and investment advisers, and new prohibited-practice language; positive recommendation (senate roll call recorded six ayes). Lawmakers pressed department staff about FINRA/ID.me biometric verification for some registration paths.
- Board of Physical Therapy: Clerical updates, supervised clinical hours exemptions for experienced out-of-state licensees, CAPTE-graduate exemptions; positive recommendation.
- Department of Health — Environmental Health: Repeal of bedding-materials rule to reflect 2025 Public Chapter 400; positive recommendation.
- Board of Examiners in Psychology: Rules implementing endorsement licensure for experienced out-of-state psychologists and establishing technician supervision; positive recommendation. The board plans to repeal a contested continuing-education section and refile in September.
All seven packets received positive recommendations and will proceed to the next steps in the administrative process.
