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House Committee on Rules approves amendments to House rules, lowers proxy threshold for medical absences
Summary
The House Committee on Rules voted to move House Bill 5007 Sub A to the floor after reconsidering House Resolution 5007. Changes include reducing the proxy-voting threshold for medical absences from five to three consecutive meetings and a requirement that committee hearings be recorded with audio.
January 23, 2025 — The House Committee on Rules voted Thursday to advance changes to the chamber’s internal rules that shorten the proxy-voting threshold for medical absences and require that committee hearings include audio recording.
Chairwoman Fogarty opened the committee’s review and described the proposed changes as “just a few changes in the house rules this year,” noting date updates for filing and a provision extending study-commission bill introductions. She summarized specific changes to recording and proxy voting before the committee took several votes that ultimately sent House Bill 5007 Sub A to…
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