Sen. S. , Co-Chair Rep. David Bentz, Chair Sen. Rep. Andria L. Bennett Sen. Stephanie L. Hansen Rep. Sherry Dorsey Walker Sen. Ernesto Lopez Rep. Jeffrey N. Spiegelman Sen. John Walsh Rep. Lyndon D. Yearick

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JOINT LEGISLATIVE OVERSIGHT AND SUNSET COMMITTEE

Orientation Minutes – January 21, 2020

1 Chair Bentz called the meeting to order at 12:02 p.m. Committee members present included 2 Co-Chair Lockman; Representatives Bennett, Dorsey Walker, Spiegelman, and Yearick; Senators 3 Delcollo, Hansen, Lopez, and Walsh. Staff present included Mark Brainard, Jr. and Amanda 4 McAtee, JLOSC Analysts; Holly Vaughn Wagner, Legislative Attorney for the JLOSC and 5 Deputy Director of the Division of Research; Natalie White, Administrative Specialist; Jeff 6 Chubbs, Legislative Fellow. A quorum was met.

7 Chair Bentz welcomed the members of the committee to the orientation meeting for the Joint 8 Legislative Oversight and Sunset Committee (“JLOSC”) of the 150th General Assembly, Second 9 Session, and called for Committee and staff introductions. Amanda McAtee introduced two new 10 employees present to observe the committee, Joel Rudnick, Legislative Librarian, and Cara 11 Wilson, legislative drafting attorney for the Division of Research.

12 Chair Bentz moved to item 3 on the Agenda, the approval of the June 13, 2019 meeting minutes. 13 Representative Spiegelman motioned to approve the June 13, 2019 minutes as written, and 14 Representative Yearick seconded the motion. The motion carried 8-0, with Senators Lockman, 15 Hansen, Lopez, and Walsh, and Representatives Bentz, Bennett, Spiegelman, and Yearick, voting 16 in favor, no opposed, 2 not present at the time of the vote, Representative Dorsey Walker and 17 Senator Delcollo.

18 Amanda McAtee, Mark Brainard, and Holly Vaughn Wagner presented the Committee’s annual 19 orientation and provided brief updates regarding 2019 holdover entities, 2020 reviews, and the 20 ongoing cleanup project with the Governor’s office. Amanda McAtee provided an overview of 21 JLOSC reporting process updates and Mark Brainard explained the upcoming 2020 meeting 22 schedule. After discussion, the Committee agreed on holdover and presentation meeting dates, 23 with other meeting dates to be discussed and determined at a later date.

24 The meeting concluded at 12:50 p.m.

25 Respectfully prepared by:

26 Amanda McAtee and Mark Brainard, JLOSC Analysts, Joint Legislative Oversight and Sunset 27 Committee.

28 Access to the audio recording of this proceeding is available upon request.

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