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Committee recommends speaker pro tempore succession rule to full assembly
Summary
The standing committee voted to recommend Proposed Resolution 2025-11, which codifies that the delegate who has served the longest (or, if tied, the oldest among them) will serve as speaker pro tempore when both the speaker and deputy speaker are unavailable. The committee approved the measure by roll call and will send it to the full assembly.
On Oct. 22 the Cape Cod Regional Government Assembly of Delegates' standing committee on government affairs and rules voted to recommend Proposed Resolution 2025-11, which amends the assembly's manual of governance and procedures to codify a line of succession for presiding over meetings.
The resolution specifies that when both the speaker and deputy speaker are absent, unable or unavailable to preside, the delegate present who has served on the assembly the longest will serve as speaker…
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