2025 Regular Session - Day 25 - Comments on SB 84, Rep. Jason Petrie

we are elected we are the closest to the people in the Commonwealth of Kentucky by their consent and ongoing consent laws are made to make sure they're bound and supported and helped by those same laws people who are in an administrative agency serve a valuable function but it is not Universal and all-encompassing nor are they elected by the citizens of Kentucky nor are they held accountable by the citizens of Kentucky as we are this will be a more efficient system much like at the federal level when Chevron Defence is put to the side and we've seen what filtering what Ripple effects have occurred and the government still continues on but hopefully it's getting better at the state level it doesn't necessarily introduce confusion I think that it will increase Clarity when you have an administrative agency that pushes the envelope based on their EXP expertise that's beyond what their statutory authorization is or it's a matter of preference to continue to push the envelope on an interpretation sometimes despite what industry input might be we can receive that input we can respond with statutory Guidance the courts can look at denovo tightly and accurately and appropriately tightly made administrative regulations that are in accord with statutory directives not their own directives this will increase efficiencies in this system it will get better decisions faster and it bols out of this Mr Speaker do we trust experts I'm not sure what that means but experts to run state government or do we as Representatives elected by the people run state government that's your central question I support this bill and I hope everyone else does thank you