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Conferees disagree on timeline, party residency and committee makeup in vacancy-appointment bill
Summary
Conferees negotiating language for a bill tied to filling legislative vacancies debated whether the legislature should have a short window to call itself back to weigh in, how long an appointee must have been a member of the vacancy-holder’s party, and the partisan balance of the selection panel. No formal vote was recorded in the excerpt.
Legislators negotiating conference language on a bill addressing how legislative vacancies are filled discussed three main disputes: the time allowed for the legislature to call itself into session to weigh in on gubernatorial appointments, how long an appointee must have been a member of the departing official’s party, and the partisan composition of the panel that vets nominees.
The primary conferee, identified in the transcript as Legislator 1, said the group’s “position is we'd like the shortest time possible and the least cumbersome method” for handling vacancies and that the conferees preferred to “stick with our underlying position.”
A second conferee, Legislator 2, described a proposal that would allow the legislature a short window during the panel impaneling process to decide whether to call itself back into session to submit affidavits and participate in selections that would later go to…
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