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• Refer to the Committee on Licensing Administrative Procedures.
• Refer to the Committee on Licensing and Administrative Procedures.
• HB 1891 by Cook Ruling.
• HB 1967 by Lopez-AB ruling.
• , Sheriff's Office rule, counsel's office, and rules, prosecutor's salary assistance grant programs for

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• the necessity of hiring a lawyer, where the rules of evidence and procedure are relaxed, where you can
• Rules of Civil Procedure are very clear in 4.9.
• Basically, as the gentleman said, the rules of evidence and procedure are relaxed.
• Basically, as the gentleman said, the rules of evidence and procedure are relaxed.
• And it's a new trial, except now the rules of evidence and procedure are strict.

Bills: HR2 , HR37 , HR61 , HCR11 , HCR64 , HB89 , HB183 , HB341 , HB371 , HB451 , HB480 , HB520 , HB541 , HB579 , HB597 , HB816 , HB1004 , HB1064 , HB1165 , SB44

Committee: House Judiciary

Keywords: transparency, accountability, Justice Department, FBI, Jeffrey Epstein, victim protection, investigation, public trust, HR37, House Resolution 37, Honduras veterans, Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal, military medal, veteran recognition, Congress memorialization, U.S. veterans, foreign deployment, 1981 to 1992, military service awards, combat support

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• </c><00:17:45.360><c> and</c> went through the ordinary procedure and went through the ordinary procedure
• ,</c> we're going to do this procedure, we're going to do this procedure, there's<00:18:18.080><c> very
• following Rules in our caucus room.
• ><c> meet</c><00:19:59.919><c> uh</c> rules committee uh will meet uh rules committee uh will meet uh
• </c> following rules in our caucus room. following rules in our caucus room.

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• The chair hears none, and the rules are suspended.
• The chair hears none, and the rules are suspended.
• ...rule relating to internal legislative procedures, not a law, and is therefore not improperly introduced
• And whereas the Senate, House, and joint rules govern the same procedures set forth in the petition,
• Order that, notwithstanding Senate Rule 7 or any other rule to the contrary, Senate Bill 2720, the bill

Summary: The Senate opened with the Pledge of Allegiance and several ceremonial items, including introductions of championship Tri-County High School football and boys’ cross-country teams and adoption of a resolution honoring Auburn and the Robert and Esther Goddard Centennial Committee for the 100th anniversary of the first liquid-fueled rocket launch. The chamber then gave final passage to several local bills, including measures authorizing payment by the City of Revere, adjusting Wellesley’s senior property tax deferral income threshold, amending the Hopedinton/Hopkinton town charter regarding library trustees, and other local matters, all of which were passed to be enacted and sent to the Governor. The Senate also suspended Joint Rule 12 to refer House petitions to committees and took up several local bills from the Orders of the Day. These included bills enhancing the powers of the Cotuit Fire District’s Board of Water Commissioners, authorizing the Cotuit Fire District to raise money for the Historical Society of Santuit and Cotuit, further regulating the Salem licensing board, and validating the results of Bourne’s May 20, 2025 annual election. Each was advanced by unanimous consent, read a third time, and passed to be engrossed. A major portion of the session focused on two orders from Senator Friedman requesting advisory opinions from the Supreme Judicial Court on initiative petitions. One concerned a public records proposal that would extend public records law to the General Court and Governor’s office; the other concerned a legislative stipends proposal that would alter internal legislative procedures and compensation rules. Senator Feeney argued the requests were needed to clarify constitutional issues before the Legislature acts on the initiatives, and both orders were adopted. The Senate also received a Ways and Means report on Senate Bill 2720, a bill banning the retail sale of dogs, cats, rabbits, and pet sharks, with a new draft, Senate No. 3014, recommended. The chamber adopted an order placing the bill on the Orders of the Day for second reading on March 19, 2026, with amendments in order, and then adopted a separate order to adjourn until Monday at 11 a.m., dispensing with the printing of a calendar.

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• So my question for Emily is, would it be procedurally okay if Legislative Management considered a rule
• The rules also revise committee structure. So, for the procedural committees...
• So, for the procedural committees, you'll see a lot of overstrike in that rule change to eliminate all
• And really pare that down just to the remaining procedural committees of the Rules Committee, the Employment
• When I went over which procedural committees were still around—the Rules Committee, the Employment Committee—you'll

Summary: The committee first discussed security and member contact procedures, with several members emphasizing the need for formal security training at the start of each session and clearer procedures for knowing where legislators are staying during session for welfare checks and emergency contact. Members also raised concerns about the disclosure of home addresses in other public records and forms, and Legislative Council was asked to prepare a background memo on possible training, best practices, and related legislative or rule changes. The committee then took up a bill draft to reduce the number of paper copies of state publications sent to the State Library from eight to two. Legislative Council explained the cost savings and the move toward digital distribution, but the State Librarian testified that the library still needs paper copies for circulation, archives, and depository libraries, and requested a minimum of three copies. After discussion, the committee amended the draft to require three copies instead of two and passed the motion. The committee also approved a related House and Senate Rules amendment reducing the number of bound journals distributed, and a separate rule change removing the requirement that legislators’ home addresses be printed in the rule book and allowing a lower print run based on request and need. The committee next reviewed data on bill pre-filing and legislative workload. After hearing testimony that agency bills tend to arrive in a late-year rush and that staff workload is especially heavy around organizational session and the holidays, the committee voted to move the agency pre-filing deadline to the Wednesday before Thanksgiving. It also amended the deadline for constitutional amendments and study resolutions, moving them earlier so they would occur before crossover, and adjusted the reporting deadline accordingly. Members discussed whether these changes should be handled in special session or organizational session, and staff explained that the agency deadline change could be made effective for the next regular session through a permanent rules change. Finally, the committee reviewed proposed special session rules. Staff explained that the special session would use joint appropriations and joint policy committees, with expedited bill processing, limited bill introduction routes, and remote participation allowed for members and public testimony with approval. The committee also resolved a House appropriations membership issue by keeping the House side at 23 members and giving the House majority leader authority to appoint a replacement for the vacant seat, while increasing the Senate dollar threshold to match the House. Members then discussed the upcoming rural health special session process, including how the interim rural health group would differ from the actual special session committees, the timing of committee work and the governor’s address, and whether remote participation would be permitted in the special session.

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• Endoscopy Procedure Room Renovation, this increases an existing MOF to modernize this procedure room
• to accommodate advanced procedures.
• I don't feel warm and fuzzy about your procedure.
• It's always a lack of procedure is what causes it.
• I don't feel warm and fuzzy about your procedure. I don't think you still have a good procedure.

Committee: All ALC-REVIEW

Summary: The committee met to review a supplemental agenda item, procurement rule revisions, methods of finance, discretionary grants, contracts, reports, and a member disclosure. The supplemental agenda was accepted, and the Office of State Procurement’s rule revisions were approved after Jessica Patterson explained they were driven by 2025 legislative changes, including Act 782, CASO Consulting recommendations, and updates to sole source, bid, protest, and debarment provisions. The methods of finance and discretionary grants were also approved, covering a range of university capital projects, health and human services grants, historic preservation awards, and tobacco prevention and cessation programs. The committee then reviewed RFQs and six ratifications. The ratifications included a Workforce Connections payment to ACT WorkKeys for services provided during a contract gap, a Department of Health ratification for water-leak repairs, a large Department of Public Safety ratification for Motorola’s Arkansas Wireless Information Network upgrade, a Veterans Affairs HVAC ratification, an ADFA medical services ratification, and a UA Little Rock painting contract ratification. Members questioned the Public Safety ratification at length about why the expired Motorola contract was not caught sooner and why it took months after discovery to come forward; agency officials said the work was tied to bond funding and was not tracked in ASIS, and the chair urged agencies to develop better monitoring procedures. The committee approved a large slate of construction, intergovernmental, out-of-state, and in-state contracts, including many recurring service agreements for DHS, higher education institutions, corrections, health agencies, and state support functions. Several members asked about specific contracts, including aerial application services for correctional farms and a Southern Arkansas University custodial contract, and staff or agency representatives provided brief explanations. The meeting concluded with review of reports and approval of a member disclosure involving Representative Andrew Collins’ investment interest in a company leasing property to Arkansas Rehabilitation Services.

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• There's actually even already a rule in the Idaho Rules of Family Law Procedure, Rule 816, that specifically
• Pantera mentioned, there's already an enforcement procedure in our family law rules, and that's Idaho
• Rule of Family Law Procedure 816, which addresses parenting time that's been interfered with or denied
• Idaho Rule of Family Law Procedure 816 provides a swift procedure to address the denial or interference
• Under Idaho Rule of Family Law Procedure 1002, which is the Parenting Coordinator provision of the family

Committee: House Judiciary, Rules and Administration

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• This rule will be reviewed and approved. This rule will be reviewed and approved.
• The third rule I have for you is a follow-up permanent rule to a previously approved rule through emergency
• The first rule I have today is the rule concerning adverse decisions. This rule is pursuant to...
• The first rule I have today is the rule concerning adverse decisions. This rule is pursuant to.
• Thank you. ...on which to base some rules, we will indeed promulgate rules.

Committee: All ALC-ADMINISTRATIVE RULES

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• under the Administrative Procedures Act.
• rules for the purposes of the APA.
• Than rule.
• It's just that that process ought to be solidified as a rule.
• It could recommend suspension of the rule, although we don't have a rule here specifically to suspend

Summary: The Joint Administrative Rules Review Committee (JARC) met on July 31, 2026 to consider a citizen petition challenging the Washington State Charter School Commission’s April 2026 continuity of operations policy. Staff explained JARC’s authority under the Administrative Procedures Act and framed the issue as whether the Commission was using a policy in place of a rule, and whether that policy was within legislative intent. Staff also reviewed the Charter School Commission’s statutory framework, including limits on charter terms, transfer provisions involving the State Board of Education, and the Commission’s new process for identifying nonprofit operators to assume existing charter contracts when schools close or contracts are surrendered, revoked, or not renewed. The petitioner, Cesar Harrison, argued the Commission had created a new transfer mechanism through policy rather than rulemaking, potentially bypassing statutory procedures and extending charter authority beyond the five-year framework. Commission Executive Director Marcus Hardin responded that the policy was only a procedural framework for evaluating proposals, not a transfer of contracts or creation of new authority, and said the Commission had used similar discretionary processes before. Public testimony from the Washington Education Association supported the petition, emphasizing that the policy should have gone through formal rulemaking for transparency and public input. After discussion, committee members asked staff about the statute’s silence on contract continuation and the relationship between the Commission’s practice and legislative authorization. The committee then voted 7-0, with two members excused, to find that the Charter School Commission is using a policy or interpretive statement in place of a rule and that it is not within the intent of the Legislature as expressed by the statute. Staff explained that the finding will be sent to the agency, which must hold a hearing and then notify JARC of its intended action; JARC may later object to that action or take further steps. The committee then adjourned.

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• the rules.
• the rules.
• These rules were not adopted as emergency rules.
• And a lot of what you see in your packet there is simply restructuring of procedures and rules that have
• been previously appeared in front of the administrative, ...of procedures and rules that have been previously

Summary: The committee first approved the December 3 minutes, then heard a request from the Board of Clinical Laboratory Practice to amend its proposed rule on exempt test methods to add certain closed-system DNA/RNA tests, including rhinovirus. After testimony explaining that the board had considered late comments from BioMérieux and wanted the rule record to reflect that review, the committee agreed to a limited amendment and passed the motion unanimously. The Department of Agriculture then outlined broad rule updates affecting dairy, eggs, poultry, pesticides, animal health, environmental mitigation, and the Egg Product Utilization Commission. The commissioner said the changes mostly clarified existing requirements, updated references, and reduced some burdens, such as easing dairy hauler training/licensing timing and clarifying out-of-state grade A milk language. Members asked about dairy industry decline, the APUC scoring system, and the rationale for the milk-hauler and out-of-state milk provisions. The State Board of Dental Examiners presented extensive rule changes tied to recent legislation and workforce issues, including a new professional health program for dentists, expanded duties for assistants and hygienists, broader local anesthetic authority for hygienists, and fee increases to fund the program and cover administrative costs. Testimony from Dr. Edward May strongly supported the professional health program based on his own recovery experience. The committee also heard from Game and Fish on rules easing some guide/outfitter experience requirements, allowing electronic exams, and modifying boating safety equipment rules, with no public comment and no fiscal impact. Later, Health and Human Services received approval for an extension to update tattoo/body art rules and a separate motion to repeal an obsolete nurse aide training chapter. HHS also described nursing facility rule updates, lodging sanitation revisions, and related clarifications on licensing, safety, pest control, and fire requirements. The Department of Environmental Quality received an extension for septic-system installer rules, and also presented rules for above-ground storage tanks and water/wastewater operator certification, including new fees and third-party testing options. The Industrial Commission’s oil and gas division described multiple rule changes, some withdrawn after comments, including drilling unit flexibility, site stability, wildfire authority, and streamlined transport/reporting procedures. Finally, DPI began presenting several rule packages, including school construction loan limits, school bus standards, cooperative agreements, special education rules for public charter schools, and new math curriculum and intervention requirements.

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• That resolution becomes HR 3 and, under the rules, lies over.
• Bernard Parish, jurisdiction procedures. House Bill 44. The Fisher.
• House Bill by Representative Wright, Administrative Procedure Act; promulgation rules; procedures; expiration
• of agency rules; legislative oversight, 709.
• The resolution becomes H.R. 12 and lies over under the rules. Announcements: Mr.

Summary: The House convened with a quorum, opened with prayer and the Pledge of Allegiance, and then received and processed multiple resignation notices and special-election proclamations for vacant seats. The chamber later recognized and swore in newly elected members Doyle Boudreaux, Reese Broussard, Chassity Verrett-Martinez, and Edwin Murray after no objections were raised to their qualifications. The House also appointed committees to notify the Senate and the governor that it was ready to conduct business for the 2026 regular session, and it adopted the proposed standing committee meeting schedule and referred prefiled bills to committee without objection. The bulk of the meeting was devoted to the introduction and reading of a very large number of House bills and resolutions across many subject areas. Measures included the annual appropriations bill, a proposed constitutional convention, carbon dioxide sequestration and pipeline permitting, retirement-system changes, criminal justice and public safety proposals, education and workforce measures, local government and district creation bills, insurance and liability reforms, and numerous commemorative resolutions. Several prefiled bills were withdrawn, and many introduced measures were assigned to committees or allowed to lie over under the rules. The House then entered a joint session with the Senate for the governor’s address. Governor Jeff Landry outlined his administration’s priorities and praised recent legislative actions on taxes, insurance reform, transportation, education, and fiscal discipline. He urged support for Amendment 3 on teacher pay and retirement, called for further workforce and health initiatives, defended insurance and transportation reforms, and pressed for judicial reform, especially in Orleans Parish, citing the death of Jacob Carter and failures in electronic monitoring as examples. He also promoted replacing the vehicle inspection sticker with a QR code system and highlighted economic growth, lower taxes, and infrastructure investments. The joint session also included a presentation of the colors by the Louisiana National Guard and a Distinguished Flying Cross ceremony for Technical Sergeant Adam W. Brister, recognizing his 2018 rescue mission in Alaska. After the governor’s remarks and the military honor presentation, the joint session concluded and the House resumed introducing additional bills, continuing to file measures on topics such as health care, education, ethics, elections, local districts, and constitutional amendments.

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• </c><00:03:14.040><c> were</c> they weren't doing Stu the rules were they weren't doing Stu the rules
• </c> they just want to make the rule they just want to make the rule statute<00:05:31.680><c> this</c
• He could have done that procedure.
• For example, if it's a very low-risk procedure, then maybe it's going to be 10 procedures.
• Two are in states that allow this procedure. These are not very frequent procedures, right?

Summary: The committee held public hearings on House Bill 144 and House Bill 145, both related to professional licensing for dietitians and dental hygienists. HB 144 was described as a technical fix to align statute with existing Board of Dental Examiners rules allowing dental hygienists to administer nitrous oxide and local anesthesia, with supporters saying the bill would add needed training and examination requirements to statute. A dentist and dental society representative testified that the practice is already being done safely within scope, and committee members discussed whether nitrous oxide is still used and whether the bill was mainly to keep the paperwork and law consistent. The committee moved HB 144 forward on a 12-0 vote and placed it on consent. HB 145 would join New Hampshire to a dietitian licensure compact and add a criminal history check for initial licensure to match compact language. The sponsor and board witnesses said the compact would improve portability, support telehealth, help military families and spouses, and maintain public safety by ensuring qualified practitioners and information-sharing among member states. Committee members asked about withdrawal from the compact, the difference between single-state and compact licensure, and why a background check was included; the witness said the compact is not yet active, with four states enacted and seven needed, and that the background check is required by the compact language. Additional testimony from a private-practice dietitian supported the bill, citing continuity of care, rural access, and workforce mobility, while some members raised concerns about telehealth across state lines and the practical effect of the background check.

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• Sorry, first off, I forgot the rules.
• these procedures and for safety.
• There's not multiple elaborate procedures every day.
• We have committee rules. Sorry, we're going to follow the rules. Yeah. Damien Carpenter.
• And we even have different rules for adults sometimes.

Bills: HB2049 , HB2050 , HB2051 , HB2072 , HB2082 , HB2085 , HB2177 , HB2178 , HB2179 , HB2183 , HB2195

Committees: House Health & Human Services , House House Health & Human Services Committee of Reference

Keywords: radiation therapy, particle accelerator, critical access hospitals, patient care, rural healthcare, radiologic technologist, radiologist assistant, radiology, imaging, x-ray, diagnostic x-ray, fluoroscopy, mammography, computed tomography, CT technologist, nuclear medicine technologist, bone densitometry, radiation safety, radiation licensing, scope of practice

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• The rule is suspended. The petitions were referred to the respective committees.
• The chair hears none, and the rules are suspended.
• The chair hears none, and the rules are suspended.
• And whereas the Senate, House, and joint rules govern the same procedures set forth in the petition,
• Order that, notwithstanding Senate Rule 7 or any other rule to the contrary, the Senate bill banning

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• I'm going to make the ruling. I'm going to rule the motion out of order.
• attorney can come back, I'm— pending the rules attorney's advice I know you're ruling her out order
• Okay, and just for clarity, if the Rules Attorney rules that it's germane, then we can move forward with
• Yes, the Rules Attorney. Yeah, not the Attorney General. The Rules Attorney.
• I'm ruling your amendment out of order. You cite it, Chair, okay? Okay. Based on what rule, Mr.

Committee: Joint Joint Legislative Audit Committee

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• We have also heard that for nearly the past 30 years, CTE rules and procedures have not been updated,
• </c><00:07:06.960><c> been</c> rules and procedures have not been rules and procedures have not been
• need to require that rule making and procedures<00:07:17.200><c> be</c><00:07:17.400><c> reviewed</c>
• for CTE every 5 years and updates the rules and procedures as deemed necessary following that review
• rules and procedures as and updates the rules and procedures as deemed<00:10:58.640><c> necessary</c

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• This increases an existing MOF to modernize this procedure room to accommodate advanced procedures.
• Finally, they offer the rules report, which you all have heard the rules and just voted to review.
• Finally, they offer the rules report, which you all have heard the rules and just voted to review.
• And finally, they offer the rules report, which you all have heard the rules, and just voted to review
• It's always a lack of procedure that causes it.

Committee: All ALC-REVIEW

Summary: The committee met to review a supplemental agenda, procurement rule revisions, methods of finance, discretionary grants, contracts, and a member disclosure. The Office of State Procurement presented rule changes tied to 2025 legislative changes, including Act 782, with updates to sole-source definitions, unrealistic bids, protest requirements, debarment procedures, and recodification references; the committee voted to accept the supplemental agenda and approve the rules. Members also approved eight methods of finance covering university repairs, equipment replacement, property purchase, and capital projects, along with a large slate of discretionary grants for courts, health, DHS, historic preservation, and tobacco prevention programs. The committee then reviewed RFQs and six ratifications. The ratifications included a Workforce Connections payment to ACT WorkKeys, Department of Health costs from an ice-storm-related water leak, a large Department of Public Safety ratification for Motorola’s Arkansas Wireless Information Network upgrade, Veterans Affairs HVAC and medical-service payments, and a UA Little Rock painting contract. The Department of Public Safety ratification drew extended questioning about why the expired Motorola contract had not been renewed sooner and why the issue took months to reach the committee; agency officials said the project was bond-funded, had not been tracked in ASIS, and involved ongoing negotiations and system updates. Despite concerns, the committee approved the ratifications. Members also reviewed a long list of construction, intergovernmental, out-of-state, and in-state contracts, including numerous university, DHS, health, corrections, and state agency agreements. Several contracts were discussed in more detail, including an SAU custodial contract question about sales tax and transparency reporting, and Department of Corrections aerial application contracts for Tucker and Cummins farms, which officials said served separate facilities in different parts of the state. The committee approved the contract lists, reviewed reports, and accepted a disclosure from Representative Andrew Collins regarding his investment interest in a company leasing property to Arkansas Rehabilitation Services before adjourning.

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• It becomes H.R. 3 and, under the rules, lies over.
• Bernard Parish; jurisdiction, procedures.
• House Bill by Representative Wright, Administrative Procedure Act; promulgation rules, procedures, expiration
• of agency rules, legislative oversight.
• Rule 887. Transportation.

Summary: The House convened with a quorum, received and accepted multiple resignation notices from members representing Districts 37, 39, 60, 69, 97, and 100, and then recognized the election and qualification of the members-elect who filled those vacancies: Doyle Boudreau, Reese Broussard, Chasity Verrett-Martinez, and Edwin Murray. Each member-elect was sworn in, and the House also appointed committees to notify the Senate and the governor that it was ready to conduct business for the 2026 regular session. The chamber then handled a large number of procedural actions related to prefiled legislation. By motion and without objection, the House suspended rules to refer prefile bills to committee and introduced a broad slate of House bills and resolutions. Topics included the state budget and appropriations, retirement system changes, carbon capture and sequestration, criminal justice and bail, public safety, education, health care, local government matters, transportation, and several memorial or commemorative resolutions. Several resolutions and bills were noted as lying over, and some prefiled bills were withdrawn from the files. The House also received a Senate message that SCR 1 had been adopted, and the resolution was taken up without objection. The chamber then recessed for a joint session with the Senate to hear the governor’s address and a presentation honoring Technical Sergeant Adam W. Brister with the Distinguished Flying Cross. In his remarks, Governor Jeff Landry highlighted his administration’s priorities, including education, tax reform, workforce development, health and nutrition, insurance reform, transportation infrastructure, fiscal discipline, and criminal justice reform, while urging support for his agenda and several related bills and constitutional amendments.

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• Repealing Section 54-933, Idaho Code, relating to injunction procedures.
• Repealing Section 54-241, Idaho Code, relating to injunction procedures.
• Repealing Section 54-39, Idaho Code, relating to injunction procedure.
• Repealing Section 54-309, Idaho Code, relating to injunction procedure.
• Repealing Section 54-09, Idaho Code, relating to injunction procedure.

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• Last, we have on the agenda docket number 62-0101-2501, Idaho Rules of Administrative Procedure, pending
• The pending rules before you are some updates to the existing Idaho Rules of Administrative Procedure
• The current rules of administrative procedure were promulgated and went into effect July 1, 2024.
• That set of rules replaced the prior rules of administrative procedure, which originally had been promulgated
• The rules of administrative procedure, administrative procedure, yeah.

Committee: Senate Judiciary and Rules