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Senate Commerce and Human Resources committee adopts practical rules approach, sets weekly planning with Senator Foreman
Summary
In its first meeting, the Senate Commerce and Human Resources Committee—led by the acting chair in Senator Foreman’s absence—decided not to assign individual rules packets, agreed to a weekly chair/Foreman planning meeting and scheduled an initial rules review tomorrow.
The Senate Commerce and Human Resources Committee convened its first meeting with the acting chair presiding in Senator Foreman’s absence and set internal procedures including how members will handle committee rules packets and agenda planning.
The acting chair said Foreman was double-booked and that the chair would run the meeting in his stead. The committee agreed not to assign individual copies of the rules packet to specific members; instead, members will be responsible for the packet as a whole. “What we’re not going to do is assign in the interest of everybody’s sanity…I’m not going to assign specific packets to specific people,” the acting chair said.
The committee confirmed that the chair and Senator Foreman will meet weekly to plan the agenda for coming weeks; the acting chair said those planning meetings occur once a week. The committee also indicated a rules review is scheduled to begin tomorrow, and staff (Linda) will keep members informed about scheduling.
Members asked procedural questions about presentations and scheduling. Senator Burtt asked whether the chair and Foreman would schedule presentations from state agencies and departments; the acting chair and staff confirmed that scheduling presentations is the typical practice.
The committee distributed 25 packets and clarified that, for simplicity, members will share responsibility rather than each being assigned a numbered packet. No formal motions or votes were recorded during the discussion.
The discussion was procedural and focused on how the committee will operate during the upcoming weeks, including packet handling, planning meetings between the chair and Senator Foreman, and staff notification about schedules.
