After nearly striking out in what was a priority of top lawmakers, the House passed and sent to the Senate a bill that would create a new oversight committee, but scaled back the scope of its investigative authority.
The Joint Committee on Governmental Oversight proposed by HB175 would no longer act as an investigator of cities, counties and school board as originally proposed. Instead, executive branch agencies would be the focus of the committee’s investigations and studies.
The committee would have the power to take up executive branch actions and rulemaking. The state agency or governor could ask the committee to vet a proposed rule before the rule takes effect under the bill that’s now in the Senate.