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This resolution would change the internal rules that lawmakers follow when drafting new legislation. It would require the lead sponsor of a bill to work with the Office of Legislative Research and General Counsel to identify the specific problem the bill is meant to solve and to state a policy goal, along with one or more measurable objectives to judge whether the law is working, if such objectives are applicable to that bill. The Office of Legislative Research and General Counsel would be required to help sponsors develop this policy thinking and make sure it's included in the formal instructions used to draft the bill's legal language. Additionally, the Office of the Legislative Auditor General would be allowed to request this policy information when conducting audits of state laws, in order to evaluate whether those laws are achieving their intended effects.