Bill
SR 77
Confirms the governor’s nominee to lead the Department of Environmental Quality, authorizing leadership, rulemaking oversight, and agency administration.
Status summary
- Bill number: SR 77 (senate resolution)
- Title: Confirm governor's appointee for director of the department of environmental quality
- Classification: Resolution (confirmation)
- Introduced: September 2, 2025
- Principal sponsor listed in the resolution text: Senator Waggoner
- Status highlights (legislative actions recorded): Received by Secretary of the Senate 2025-09-02; Read & adopted 2025-09-04; Reported enrolled and transmitted to Secretary of State 2025-09-04.
Purpose and intent
- SR 77 is a Senate resolution whose stated purpose is to approve (confirm) the governor’s nominee to serve as Director of the Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ). Its intent is to provide the legislature’s consent so the nominee may assume leadership of the DEQ.
Key provisions and effects
- Confirmation only: The measure is a simple resolution to confirm the governor’s appointee; it does not amend statutes or create new regulatory authority.
- Effect of adoption: If adopted by the Senate according to chamber rules, the nominee is confirmed and may exercise the duties of DEQ director (rulemaking leadership, enforcement oversight, budget and personnel direction, permitting decisions, policy priorities).
- No policy text: The resolution does not set policy, appropriate funds, or alter regulatory programs — its practical effect is personnel/leadership recognition and authorization.
Who is affected
- The nominee: enables the individual to assume the director position.
- Department of Environmental Quality: leadership transition/continuity affects agency priorities, permitting, enforcement, and program administration.
- Regulated entities and stakeholders: industries, municipalities, environmental groups and the public may expect changes or continuity in enforcement priority, rule development, and permitting timetables depending on the director’s agenda.
- Legislature and governor: completes an executive appointment process requiring legislative consent.
Procedural / timeline notes
- This is a resolution (confirmation-type) rather than a statute; adoption is an internal legislative approval process.
- Recorded legislative actions show introduction (9/2/2025) and rapid action with read/adopted and enrollment on 9/4/2025.
- For the definitive nominee name, start date, and any conditions of confirmation, consult the enrolled resolution text on the Secretary of the Senate/Secretary of State website or contact the Governor’s office; the publicly provided document excerpts include multiple unrelated texts sharing the SR 77 label in other jurisdictions — those are not part of this confirmation resolution.
If you want, I can:
- Locate and cite the enrolled resolution text (including nominee name) from the Secretary of State or Senate website, or
- Provide likely impacts based on the nominee’s background (if you supply the nominee’s name and bio).
Compiled from official sources — confirm details with the bill’s official record.
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