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Committee reviews 15 procedural issues and votes to open three bill files to implement changes
Summary
After a staff-led review of about 15 procedural and technical issues affecting session operations, the Legislative Process Committee voted to open three bill files — a house resolution, a senate resolution and a joint resolution — to draft the proposed rule changes.
The Legislative Process Committee reviewed a list of procedural and technical issues collected by staff and the chairs and voted to open three bill files to draft rule language implementing the proposed fixes.
Megan Bolen of the Office of Legislative Research and General Counsel walked members through the list of approximately 15 items, saying staff collect issues that arise during session and the interim “where rules are applied inconsistently or maybe the rules aren't as clear.” The items included: a cutoff for placing bills on the consent calendar after the 41st day of general session; clarifications on how bill files and priority requests transfer when legislators change chambers or resign; a change to numbering practice so committee bills are numbered first then bills are numbered in order of approval regardless of…
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