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Thursday, April 16, 2026·9m·▶ Watch / Listen

The Committee on Legal Services rubber-stamped a rare 'clean' rule-review bill with no agency rules rejected, then turned to a litigation docket that added a fresh lawsuit and showed roughly $60,000 left to defend the legislature this fiscal year.

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·Rule Review BillNo vote

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This year, as you know, there were no rule issues that were brought before the committee in which the committee voted not to extend those rules. So this is a clean rule review bill this year. It just extends all of the agency rules that were adopted in the last cycle without any changes.

Michael Dohr (Office of Legislative Legal Services) · witnessExplains why the annual rule-review vehicle was routine this cycle — no agency rules were rejected, so it simply re-authorizes all rules adopted in the prior cycle.

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Okay. The committee will come to order. Ms. Chapman, please call the roll. Representative Camacho? Here. Senator Carson. Present. Senator Gonzalez. Excuse. Representative Joseph? Right here. Representative Luck. Excused. Senator Roberts. I'm here. Representative Soper. Excused. Senator Weissman. Good morning, Madam vice chair. Present. Mr. Chair. Here. All right, members, we have Senate Bill 83, the Rural Review bill. We're going to get a litigation update after that, but let's dive right into Senate Bill 83, Mr. Doar. Thank you, Mr. Chair. Michael Doer, the Office of Legislative Legal Services. The rule review bill is simple. This year, as you know, there were no rule issues that were brought before the committee in which the committee voted not to extend those rules. So this is a clean rule review bill this year. It just extends all of the agency rules that were adopted in the last cycle without any changes. Okay. Any questions for Mr. Doar? Any discussion on the clean Roe review bill? I promise there would be in the House Judiciary Committee. I'm sorry, Ed. Were you trying to get my attention? Oh. Is there anyone in the room or online who would like to testify on Senate
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