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House committee backs study of personal staff for part-time legislators
Summary
The House Finance and Taxation Committee voted to give a "do pass" recommendation to House Concurrent Resolution 3,033, which would create a study on whether legislators should have personal staff or other resources. Supporters said staff or an allocation could help new members and ease workloads; opponents called it government growth.
Representative Steve Vetter introduced House Concurrent Resolution 3,033 and asked the House Finance and Taxation Committee to “consider studying” options to provide legislators with personal staff or allocations to hire assistance.
The committee voted to give the resolution a do-pass recommendation after a period of testimony and discussion that ranged from staff-role definitions to concerns about expanding government.
Nut graf: The resolution would create a study — not an immediate structural change — to examine options such as an allocation of funds to each legislator, shared regional staff models, or other approaches that states use to support legislators who serve in part-time bodies. Supporters said the study is intended to prepare for incoming legislators under term limits; opponents…
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