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Committee rejects resolution removed from consent calendar; sponsor calls action partisan
Summary
HJR 52, a resolution that had been removed from the consent calendar, received a negative recommendation from the House Naming and Designating Committee after the sponsor criticized the committee for partisan treatment and control over recognitions; the committee vote was 3 ayes, 6 nos.
Representative Bent, the sponsor, said HJR 52 — a bipartisan, non-controversial resolution intended to honor a community member — had been removed from the consent calendar and sent to the committee "not for cause, not for correction, but for control." Bent characterized the action as partisan and said the committee's handling "is what absolute power looks like."
The sponsor urged the committee to consider the measure as a routine recognition, saying the consent calendar exists for bipartisan, noncontroversial items. Committee members recorded votes against the measure; the clerk announced a tally of three ayes and six nos, and the committee returned HJR 52 to the State and Local Government Committee with a negative recommendation.
The transcript does not include specifics about the honoree or the reasons the measure was pulled from the consent calendar; the sponsor framed the removal as politically motivated.
