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Senate contingent of joint rules approves Blanca Pacheco as chair, appoints Leo Lopez as chief administrative officer
Summary
The Senate members of the Joint Rules Committee voted unanimously to select Assemblymember Blanca Pacheco as chair and to appoint Leo Lopez as chief administrative officer in a brief, procedural meeting that cited Joint Rule 40.
The Senate contingent of the Joint Rules Committee voted to select Assemblymember Blanca Pacheco as chair of the joint committee on rules and to appoint Leo Lopez as chief administrative officer, the contingent’s presiding member said during a brief meeting to satisfy the committee’s procedural requirements.
The meeting, called to establish a quorum and act under Joint Rule 40, combined the two items into a single motion that passed by an 11-0 vote, the presiding member said. "We have a quorum," the presiding member said at the start of the discussion. "We have 11 votes. That motion passes. That completes our business."
The motion to approve both appointments was moved by Senator Grove; no second was recorded in the transcript. The roll call reflected affirmative votes from 11 members, and the presiding member said there was no need to hold the roll open. The committee’s stated purpose was limited to approving the chair of the joint rules committee and the chief administrative officer pursuant to Joint Rule 40.
Committee members who registered affirmative votes during the roll call include Laird, Cabaldon, Caballero, Cortese, Gonzales, Grove, Jones, Limon, Maguire, Volodarus and Weiner. The presiding member noted the rules committee had already approved the presiding member’s appointment as vice chair at the start of the two-year session. There was no substantive debate recorded on the appointments and no amendments or conditions attached to the approvals.
After the vote the presiding member dismissed the contingent and asked members of the joint committee to disperse so the full rules committee could convene at its scheduled time. "Thanks everybody for attending this weighty meeting," the presiding member said before adjourning the contingent session.
The action recorded in this meeting affects internal leadership of the Joint Rules Committee; the contingent’s approvals take effect according to the committee’s internal rules and any further confirmation steps required by the joint committee process (not specified in the transcript).
