Joint Technology Committee reelects chair, elects vice chair and adopts senate rules; sets regular meeting time

The Joint Technology Committee completed several procedural items at the end of its session: members nominated and re-elected the chair, elected a vice chair, adopted Senate rules for committee procedure going forward, and set a recurring meeting time.

Chair nomination: Senator Marchman nominated the existing chair to continue; members seconded the nomination and the roll call recorded unanimous support for the chair to remain in place.

Vice chair: Senator Rodriguez nominated Senator Marchman for vice chair and the roll-call vote resulted in passage by a 5–1 margin. Recorded votes on the vice-chair motion included a single dissent (Weinberg) and five recorded affirmative votes (Bazely, Marchman, Paschal, Rodriguez and another recorded aye on the roll).

Adopted rules and schedule: The committee voted unanimously to adopt Senate rules for moving forward (to reduce the need to second routine motions) and agreed to meet weekly on Wednesdays at 8 a.m. in the same room as the committee’s in-person meetings, with flexibility to adjust as needed for caucus and scheduling conflicts.

Legislative counsel staff and committee staff also outlined upcoming agenda items and prioritization work ahead of capital IT prioritization; members directed staff to reserve the two weeks prior to prioritization for committee discussion.