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Committee weighs rule to post sponsor handouts on bill pages; amendment allows portrait format but resolution fails
Summary
At a Feb. 26 Senate Rules Committee meeting, Representative Thurston proposed a rule to post sponsor handouts directly on bill pages to improve transparency. The committee adopted an amendment to allow portrait or landscape formats, but a subsequent motion to advance the resolution failed after opposition from several senators.
Representative Thurston sought to change committee practice so that sponsor handouts prepared for committee meetings would be posted directly on each bill or resolution page, making them easier for legislators and the public to find.
The proposal would let sponsors provide a one- or two-page PDF handout to staff for inclusion on the bill page; once posted it could not be replaced or modified except to correct factual errors. Thurston said the change would “standardize where those handouts are collected” and make sponsor intent available earlier in the process to committees, staff and the public.
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