Committee advances clean rule‑review bill to Committee of the Whole

The Committee on Legal Services voted to send a rule‑review measure to the Committee of the Whole with a favorable recommendation on a roll call vote recorded as 8 yes and 2 excused.

Michael Doar of the Office of Legislative Legal Services told the committee the bill is a routine rule‑review measure that “just extends all of the agency rules that were adopted in the last cycle, without any changes.” The chair opened the item as “Senate Bill 83.” In the motion recorded on the floor, the mover referred to “Senate Bill 26,083.” The committee approved the motion as recorded in the meeting transcript.

The chair asked whether anyone in the room or online wished to testify; no witnesses rose and the chair closed the witness‑testimony phase. Vice Chair Fazel moved to send the item to the Committee of the Whole with a favorable recommendation; the motion was seconded and carried on a roll call. The roll call recorded yes votes from Representative Camacho, Senator Carson, Representative Joseph, Senator Roberts, Representative Soper, Senator Weissman, the vice chair and the chair; Senators Gonzales and Luck were excused.

Doar characterized the measure as a clean extension of existing rules and offered no proposed substantive changes. The committee took no public testimony and gave the item a favorable recommendation to the Committee of the Whole.