House Education Committee chair outlines paperless meetings, remote testimony and vote procedures

Chairman Doug Pickett outlined ground rules for the Idaho House Education Committee’s session at the panel’s organizational meeting, saying the committee will operate paperless, allow remote testimony with limits and require respect for sponsors’ confidential RS materials until introduction.

The rules cover how bill hearings will proceed, how testimony will be handled and how the committee expects members to conduct debate. “I intend to allow remote testimony in this committee. However, I would like to give preference to those who attend,” Pickett said. He said remote testimony will be limited to two minutes per person for bill hearings.

Pickett reviewed time limits for hearings: bill presenters will have five minutes to present a bill,…