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Senate Judiciary Committee adopts written rule on amendments, sets meeting schedule and hears agency introductions
Summary
At an organizational meeting in Room 171, the Senate Judiciary Committee adopted its committee rules (including language allowing limited verbal technical amendments), set regular meeting days and heard agency and association representatives introduce staff who will attend hearings this session.
Senator Alan Clark, chair of the Senate Judiciary Committee, opened the committee's organizational meeting in Room 171 and the panel adopted its rules, set its regular meeting schedule and heard introductions from prosecutors, public defenders and other agency and advocacy representatives.
The committee approved its rules following a brief motion and second. "All amendments to bills must be in writing. Verbal amendments are not permitted," Clark said, noting the committee's rule expressly allows "minor technical verbal amendments" in practice. The motion to approve the rules was seconded by Senator Matt McKee and carried on a voice vote; the transcript records the action as "motion carried" but does not record a roll-call tally.
Adopting the rules establishes the committee's…
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