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House Legislative Administration Committee adopts rules and authorizes proxy process
Summary
The House Legislative Administration Committee adopted its committee rules by voice vote and approved using proxies, assigning each party's vice chair custody of proxies, allowing individual members to designate who holds their proxy.
The House Legislative Administration Committee adopted its committee rules and approved a proxy process during its Oct. 12, 2025, meeting in Helena.
The action matters because it establishes how the panel will operate during the 2025 session, including who may cast votes when members are absent.
The committee first moved to adopt the House committee rules as written; Vice Chair Walsh moved the motion and the chair took a voice vote. “All those in favor of adopting rules for the legislative administration committee, say aye,” the chair said; members responded, and the chair announced, “The ayes have it.”
Committee members next debated whether to allow proxies. The committee voted by voice to permit the use of proxies in committee business; the chair again announced that “the ayes have it.”
The committee then decided how proxies would be held. The committee voted by voice to have each party’s vice chair hold that party’s proxies, while allowing individual members to designate who may hold their assigned proxy on a given day. The chair announced the motion passed by voice vote.
Committee members discussed practical arrangements for proxies during the meeting; Representative Falk asked whether members could name alternates or leave proxies blank, and Vice Chair Walsh said he typically leaves proxies blank and notifies his vice chair about any desired assignment before a meeting. The committee clerk reminded speakers that testimony and sign-in information are public record.
No roll-call votes were taken during these actions; the committee used voice votes for the three procedural motions. The committee meeting then continued to scheduled bill hearings.
