House Election Integrity Committee adopts rules and regular meeting time

The House Committee on Election Integrity adopted its committee rule and a regular meeting schedule during its organizational meeting.

Chair Smith, chair of the House Committee on Election Integrity, opened the session and read a letter from the speaker appointing members of the 103rd legislature to the committee. The committee then voted to adopt the committee rule “as prescribed in chapter 4 of the House rules,” and later approved Room 307 of the Anderson House Office Building on Tuesdays at 9 a.m. as the committee’s normal meeting day, time and location. Both motions were moved by Representative Fox and passed by recorded votes of 9 yeas, 0 nays, 0 passes.

The actions finalize the committee’s governing rule source and an agreed regular meeting slot. Chair Smith, who identified herself as a former township clerk, thanked local election clerks and stakeholder organizations and said, “I am excited for the work that this committee is going to do,” adding that she is “grateful for our committee members, all the hard work that our local clerks do.”

Roll-call votes on both motions showed unanimous support from the nine members present. The clerk verified that a quorum was present at the start of the meeting. No further substantive business or policy debates were recorded; the committee adjourned after adopting the rule and schedule.

The organizational steps give the committee a procedural framework and a standing time and place for hearings and work during the term. The committee did not take other legislative actions, introduce bills, or request staff reports at this meeting.