Rules Committee adopts May 1 calendar and requires prefiling for amendments

The Rules Committee adopted a calendar designating Thursday, May 1 for consideration of several bills and established a prefiling requirement for amendments to those bills, the committee announced at the start of its meeting.

The calendar lists: Senate File 03/1945 (state government budget bill); House File 1837 (state government policy bill); House File 2098 (local government policy bill); House File 1290 (roadside AED signage bill); and House File 2130 (ignition interlock modification). Committee business opened with approval of the minutes from Monday, April 28.

Representative Hollins moved to approve the April 28 minutes, saying, "Yes, I I've reviewed the minutes and I move their approval." The minutes were adopted by voice vote. Later, the committee moved to adopt the calendar for the day "pursuant to rules 1.21 and 3.33," and the motion to designate Thursday, May 1 for consideration of the listed bills and to establish a prefiling requirement for amendments was approved by voice vote.

Representative Coulter asked for clarification whether the prefiling requirement would apply to so-called "rogue amendments," saying, "New chair, new day. Just wanna make sure that it's also your understanding that this pre filing requirement applies to rogue amendments as well." The committee chair replied, "It is my understanding that pre filing requirement applies to all amendments." That exchange is recorded as committee guidance clarifying the scope of the prefiling requirement.

The meeting was brief: approval of minutes and adoption of the calendar were completed by voice votes with no recorded roll-call tallies in the transcript. The committee adjourned after adopting the calendar.

Copies of the calendar and the listed bill numbers were placed on the record during the meeting; details of amendment deadlines, filing instructions, or vote counts were not specified in the transcript.