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CS/CS/HB 1225: Division of Administrative Hearings

GENERAL BILL by Government Accountability Committee ; Oversight, Transparency and Administration Subcommittee ; Fitzenhagen

Division of Administrative Hearings; Revises positions that are exempt from Career Service System; requires Administration Commission to appoint DOAH director from full-time administrative law judges employed with DOAH; requires Governor & Cabinet to appoint administrative law judges from nominees recommended by statewide nominating commission; specifies composition & term lengths of members of commission; requires Governor & Cabinet to take certain action regarding judge after commission review.

Effective Date: 7/1/2017
Last Action: 5/5/2017 Senate - Died in Governmental Oversight and Accountability
Bill Text: PDF
Senate Committee References:
  1. Governmental Oversight and Accountability (GO)
  2. Judiciary (JU)
  3. Appropriations (AP)



Bill History

Date Chamber Action
3/3/2017 House • Filed
3/7/2017 House • Introduced -HJ 128
3/10/2017 House • Referred to Oversight, Transparency and Administration Subcommittee; Government Operations and Technology Appropriations Subcommittee; Government Accountability Committee -HJ 349
3/16/2017 House • On Committee agenda-- Oversight, Transparency and Administration Subcommittee, 03/20/17, 3:30 pm, Morris Hall
3/20/2017 House • CS by Oversight, Transparency and Administration Subcommittee; YEAS 12 NAYS 3 -HJ 452
3/22/2017 House • Pending review of CS under Rule 7.18(c)
3/23/2017 House • CS by Oversight, Transparency and Administration Subcommittee read 1st time -HJ 448
3/24/2017 House • Now in Government Operations and Technology Appropriations Subcommittee -HJ 458
3/31/2017 House • On Committee agenda-- Government Operations and Technology Appropriations Subcommittee, 04/04/17, 8:00 am, Morris Hall
4/4/2017 House • Favorable by Government Operations and Technology Appropriations Subcommittee; YEAS 9 NAYS 4 -HJ 564
• Now in Government Accountability Committee -HJ 564
4/17/2017 House • On Committee agenda-- Government Accountability Committee, 04/19/17, 8:00 am, Morris Hall
4/19/2017 House • CS/CS by- Government Accountability Committee; YEAS 18 NAYS 5 -HJ 785
4/20/2017 House • Pending review of CS -under Rule 7.18(c)
• Placed on Calendar -HJ 784
• Placed on Special Order Calendar, 04/25/17
• CS/CS by Government Accountability Committee read 1st time -HJ 781
4/25/2017 House • Read 2nd time -HJ 816
• Placed on 3rd reading
4/26/2017 House • Read 3rd time -HJ 853
• CS passed; YEAS 86 NAYS 28 -HJ 854
4/26/2017 Senate • In Messages
• Referred to Governmental Oversight and Accountability; Judiciary; Appropriations -SJ 494
• Received -SJ 494
5/5/2017 Senate • Indefinitely postponed and withdrawn from consideration
• Died in Governmental Oversight and Accountability