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Legislative Procedure committee recommends adopting House and joint rules for 100th session; several procedural motions carry
Summary
The House Committee on Legislative Procedure reported recommendations to adopt House and joint rules for the 100th legislative session; the session also approved a memorial-service arrangements report, approved the journal and adjourned to reconvene at a scheduled time.
The House Committee on Legislative Procedure reported that it recommends adopting the House rules of the 99th legislative session as the House rules for the 100th session and recommended adopting the joint rules of the 99th session as the joint rules for the 100th session with changes printed in the journal, the committee’s chair said on the floor.
John Hansen, chair of the House Committee on Legislative Procedure, presented the committee’s report to the full House and said copies of the joint-rule changes would be placed on members’ desks by the end of the day. The committee’s report was delivered as a formal communication to the chamber; the transcript excerpt does not record a subsequent roll-call or voice vote adopting the new rules on the floor.
House floor business recorded several procedural actions: the journal of the second day was approved by voice vote after the Committee on Legislative Procedure told the House that typographical errors were duly marked in the temporary journal for correction; a motion by Representative Odenbach to adopt the report of the joint select committee arranging a memorial service for the 100th legislative session was made and carried by voice vote; and Representative Odenbach’s separate motion that when the House adjourned it would reconvene at 1 p.m. Friday, Jan. 17 was made, seconded and carried by voice vote.
Temporary committee appointments were also announced on the floor: the speaker announced the temporary appointment of Representative Garcia to the House Committee on Transportation and Representative Duffy to the House Committee on Taxation, and that Representative Vazgard was appointed as vice chair of the House Committee on Transportation.
Why it matters: House and joint rules determine committee jurisdiction, amendment procedures and floor decorum; committee recommendations are the usual first step toward adoption but require explicit action by the full House to become the chamber’s rules. The other procedural actions — approval of the journal, committee communications, temporary appointments and the reconvening schedule — set the immediate workflow for the legislature.
Looking ahead: The committee-reported rule changes and the printed joint-rule modifications will be available on members’ desks as stated; the transcript excerpt does not show any final floor adoption of the rules during this session, so their formal adoption date and any changes to the printed text are not specified here.
