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American Samoa

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Arizona

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Arkansas

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California

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Colorado

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Connecticut

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Delaware

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District of Columbia

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Florida

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Georgia

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Guam

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Hawaii

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Idaho

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Illinois

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Indiana

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Iowa

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Kansas

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Kentucky

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Louisiana

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Maine

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Maryland

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Massachusetts

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Michigan

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Minnesota

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Mississippi

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Missouri

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Montana

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Nebraska

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Nevada

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New Hampshire

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New Jersey

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New Mexico

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New York

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North Carolina

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North Dakota

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Northern Mariana Islands

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Ohio

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Oklahoma

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Oregon

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Pennsylvania

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Puerto Rico

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Rhode Island

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South Carolina

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South Dakota

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Tennessee

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Texas

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U.S. Virgin Islands

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Utah

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Vermont

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Virginia

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Washington

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West Virginia

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Wisconsin

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Wyoming

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Joint Legislative Auditing Committee #

Website #

Membership; meeting schedule, agendas, documents, and videos; referred bills; subcommittees; and reports available on website.

Purpose/Jurisdiction #

“[T]o provide for the auditing of each department, institution, board, commission, office, and agency of the state government for the purpose of furnishing the General Assembly with information vital to the discharge of its constitutional duties” (A.C.A. 10-3-407).

Subcommittees #

  • Counties and Municipalities
  • Educational Institutions
  • Executive
  • Medicaid
  • State Agencies

Joint Performance Review Committee #

Website #

Membership; meeting schedule, agendas, documents, and videos; referred bills; and reports available on website.

Purpose/Jurisdiction #

“This committee makes random and periodic performance reviews of specific governmental programs and agencies; conducts investigations into specific problem areas of the administration of state government as may be brought to the attention of the committee; refers specific problems regarding the operation of state government to appropriate interim committees of the General Assembly for continuing study; conducts hearings on citizen complaints and views regarding the operation of state government; serves as a forum for citizens to air their complaints and suggestions regarding the operation of state government; reviews the expenditures of the various agencies, departments, and programs of state government to assure that they are being administered in accordance with legislative intent and are being administered in such manner as to provide the taxpayers with the greatest service at the lowest reasonable cost; and makes reports and recommendations to the Governor, the General Assembly, and the Legislative Council as the committee deems necessary or appropriate to promote more effective and efficient operation of state government. (A.C.A. 10-3-902)” (committee website).


Legislative Council #

Website #

Membership; meeting schedule, agendas, documents, and videos; referred bills; subcommittees; and reports available on website.

Rules of the Arkansas Legislative Council #

Purpose/Jurisdiction #

“The Legislative Council was established by Act 264 of 1949 to collect data and information upon which legislative decisions will be made during regular session of the General Assembly. The Bureau of Legislative Research of the Legislative Council is a service agency within the legislative department of government. All members of the General Assembly have access to the Bureau of Legislative Research. The Legislative Council is the supervisory committee for the Bureau of Legislative Research, and the council coordinates the activities of the various interim committees and through the various committees provides legislative oversight of the executive branch of government. The council consists of 36 regular members – 20 House members and 16 Senators. In addition, there are 24 ex-officio voting members and 5 ex-officio non-voting members.(A.C.A. 10-3-301)” (committee website).

Subcommittees #

  • Administrative Rules
  • Charitable, Penal, and Correctional Institutions
  • Claims Review/Litigation Reports Oversight
  • Employee Benefits Division Oversight
  • Executive
  • Game & Fish/State Police
  • Higher Education
  • Highway Commission Review and Advisory
  • Hospital and Medicaid Study
  • Lottery Oversight
  • Medical Marijuana Oversight
  • Occupational Licensing Review
  • PEER
  • Personnel
  • Policy Making
  • Review
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Updated on February 3, 2025
Committee Oversight AuthorityNon-Standing Committees Focused on Oversight
Table of Contents
  • Joint Legislative Auditing Committee
    • Website
    • Purpose/Jurisdiction
    • Subcommittees
  • Joint Performance Review Committee
    • Website
    • Purpose/Jurisdiction
  • Legislative Council
    • Website
      • Rules of the Arkansas Legislative Council
    • Purpose/Jurisdiction
    • Subcommittees
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