HB1232 — establish principles for a state agency to consider when formulating or implementing a program that has the potential of affecting tribal members on a reservation.
What changed between bill versions as it moved through the Legislature.
The amendment broadens the bill's scope by changing it from requiring state agencies to document their consideration of principles when implementing policies or rules with "direct implications" for tribes, to instead requiring the state to affirmatively consult with tribal governments and recognize guiding principles for any program with "the potential of affecting" tribal members on reservations. This shift strengthens tribal consultation requirements by making them more proactive and expansive, while adding a clarification that the principles do not create enforceable legal rights.
This amendment converted the bill from its engrossed (pre-passage) form to its enrolled (final, approved) form by replacing working document headers and markup with official legislative certification pages and signature blocks. The substantive policy language establishing tribal consultation principles remained unchanged; this is a procedural finalization rather than a policy modification.