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House Business Committee opens session, sets procedural rules and deadlines
Summary
At its Jan. 9 organizational meeting, the House Business Committee reviewed filing deadlines, public testimony procedures and committee logistics, including a paperless OneDrive workflow and IT support; the chair urged sponsors to submit draft bills before requesting RS numbers and discouraged "call for the question" motions.
House Business Committee Chairman Clow opened the committee's Jan. 9 organizational meeting at 1:30 p.m., reviewed legislative deadlines and laid out preferred committee procedures for the 2025 session, including a paperless OneDrive workflow and an IT support period immediately after the meeting.
Clow emphasized schedule and filing deadlines that matter to sponsors: a request-for-service (RS) deadline to get drafts to the Legislative Services Office on Feb. 3, a Feb. 10 cutoff for introducing legislation without special permission from the speaker, a Feb. 28 target for the committee's rules-review report, and a March 3 transmittal target for legislation moving between the chambers. He also referenced Joint Finance-Appropriations Committee (JFAC) target dates in early March tied to the legislature's goal of…
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