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Joint Rules Committee elects chair, adopts crossover calendar
Summary
The Committee on Joint Rules elected Speaker Krowinski as chair and President Pro Tempore as vice chair, and approved standard crossover dates for policy and money committees during its organizational meeting Wednesday, Jan. 22.
The Committee on Joint Rules elected Speaker Krowinski as chair and President Pro Tempore as vice chair and approved crossover dates for the legislative session at its organizational meeting Wednesday, Jan. 22.
For context: the committee is responsible for adopting procedures that govern joint legislative business, including a schedule that sets when bills must clear policy committees and, if applicable, money committees before crossover.
Beth Gordon Brass, clerk of the House, opened the meeting and recited the committee’s formation "pursuant to joint rules 5 through 7." The committee then accepted nominations and elected Speaker Krowinski to chair the joint committee by voice vote; the clerk called the question on the voice vote. President Pro Tempore was elected vice chair, also by voice vote.
Members next reviewed and approved the committee’s standard crossover dates tied to town meeting week. The adopted schedule sets the last day for policy committees to report bills as Friday, March 14, and sets Friday, March 21, as the deadline for bills that must be reported out of the Appropriations and Finance committees. A motion to adopt those dates carried, 8-0. Senators and representatives recorded as voting yes during the roll call were: Sen. Bruce; Sen. Beck; Rep. Dolan; Sen. Rob Hinsdale; Rep. Houghton; Sen. Lyons; and Rep. McCoy. The clerk reported the motion carried 8-0.
Committee members indicated that rules for remote participation remain unresolved. Members said the House Rules Committee must first meet to set its remote-participation rules; the joint committee will schedule a follow-up meeting to consider joint rules on remote participation after the House committee completes that work.
Near the end of the meeting a member said they were "forming what feels like a new ethics and discrimination [group]" and asked to coordinate with committee staff. Staff responded that the issue is outside the joint rules committee’s purview but offered to assist in convening the appropriate parties. That request prompted no formal action during the meeting.
The meeting concluded after the roll call and the committee indicated it will set any outstanding organizational items at a future date.
