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House committee approves rule to designate a 'designated survivor' during full‑chamber events
Summary
A proposed house rule requires the Speaker to designate a senior member to be physically away from the chamber during events when the full government is present, so that an experienced legislator can serve as acting speaker and help restore the legislature if a catastrophic loss occurred.
Representative Terry Meeks told the Rules Committee he wrote a house rule requiring the Speaker to name a "designated survivor" any time the entire central government assembles in the House chamber, such as during the state‑of‑the‑state address. "What this resolution would require is that whenever we have one of these meetings ... the speaker of the House will designate a designated survivor," Meeks said, describing the measure as continuity planning.
Under the resolution, the speaker would…
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