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Human Relations & Aging committee adopts 2025–26 rules; quorum raised to eight
Summary
The Human Relations & Aging Committee adopted its 2025–26 committee rules, including a change that raises the quorum from seven to eight members. A motion to add a 24‑hour digital notice requirement for bills was proposed and not adopted.
The Human Relations & Aging Committee voted to adopt its 2025–26 committee rules, including one change that raised the quorum from seven members to eight.
The rules were approved after a motion to adopt was made and seconded during the meeting. A separate proposal to add a requirement that committee members receive digital notice of any bill to be heard or voted on at least 24 hours in advance was raised during debate but not added to the rules.
The committee chair announced the rules and described them as largely unchanged from the prior biennium, with “some minor tweaks.” During discussion a member asked what the tweaks were; the chair answered that the only substantive change was raising the quorum from seven to eight. Later, Representative (not specified) moved to add a 24‑hour notice requirement for bills so members would have time to review. The chair declined to entertain that amendment to the committee rules, saying the leadership‑recommended rules were already in place and assuring members that they would receive bills 24 hours in advance when possible.
After the chair called the question, the motion to adopt the rules was approved. The chair called for ayes; members responded. The chair then called for opposed and recorded one nay. The meeting then proceeded to the day’s Department of Community Health presentation.
The adopted rules are recorded in the committee’s official packet as the “2025–2026 Human Relations & Aging Committee Rules.” The committee did not record a named mover or seconder for the adoption on the public transcript.
