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Committee drafts concurrent resolution honoring Southern State Correctional Facility debate team
Summary
Members discussed final wording for a House concurrent resolution congratulating the Southern State Correctional Facility debate team for a National Prison Debate Week victory over Wake Forest University and agreed to send copies to corrections leadership and participants; the resolution will be placed on the concurrent consent calendar.
The Corrections & Institutions Committee discussed and refined a draft House concurrent resolution congratulating the Southern State Correctional Facility debate team for its reported victory over Wake Forest University during National Prison Debate Week.
Committee members reviewed Draft 1.2 of the resolution and debated whether to include the names of the participants. A committee member (Speaker 1) said the Department of Corrections advised against adding debaters’ names. The committee agreed to send copies of the resolution to the commissioner of corrections, the superintendent of the facility, each member of the winning team and to relevant correctional staff.
The committee assigned follow-up tasks: Connor was asked to contact Michael Turner and coordinate with Haley to obtain participant and staff names where the committee wants personalized cards; James was asked to bring official postcards for committee members to sign. Speaker 1 said the committee could prepare small printed cards with an emblem and have members sign them for presentation to participants and staff.
The resolution will be placed on the concurrent calendar, which committee members described as the weekly concurrent consent packet that typically moves without a separate floor roll call. The committee did not record a formal vote on the draft during this meeting; members described this as a drafting and scheduling step.
The committee requested quick follow-up to finalize names and the card text so the resolution and accompanying materials can be included with the concurrent packet.
