A membership voice vote on Jan. 14 approved the committee's new leadership and adopted updated committee rules for the next two years.

The action matters because the committee oversees review of state administrative rules and the rules of procedure determine how members add or request reviews of agency rulemakings.

A committee member nominated Representative Chad Ingalls to serve as chair for the upcoming year; the nomination was approved by voice vote. The committee then adopted the procedural rules presented at the meeting by voice vote. The chair announced members may revisit or amend the rules at any time.

Committee staff said the rules package contains marked changes, some reflecting statutory changes since the previous rules were written. Staff repeatedly told members that where statute and committee rules conflict, statute prevails. The staff also said the committee does not have to adopt the rules immediately and can return to them later with suggested changes.

Members asked specifically about whether the committee should add a formal process for "special review" of rules outside the usual bulletin window. A member noted that procedures for requesting or scheduling special reviews had not been formalized in past rules. Committee staff described current practice: members informally contact the chair and vice chair to request scheduling of reviews for rules outside the usual two- to three-bulletin review window. Staff said they would return with proposed language if the committee wants to formalize that process.

The meeting record shows the chair will assemble and distribute a clean copy of the adopted rules (without tracked changes) before the next meeting. Members also agreed on a tentative standing meeting date (the second Tuesday-monthly practice) with a likely meeting on Monday, Feb. 10, 2025; the final scheduling details were left to leadership.

The meeting adjourned after the committee completed procedural business and a lengthy review of agency rule filings.

Looking ahead, staff said minutes from December would be delayed and that members should expect two sets of minutes for the next meeting because of that delay.