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Committee opens three bill files to address multiple procedural clarifications ahead of session
Summary
The Legislative Process Committee voted to open three bill files to draft rule changes covering consent calendar timing, bill numbering, sponsor changes after numbering and other procedural clarifications discussed at the meeting.
The Legislative Process Committee voted to open three bill files to capture a package of drafting and procedural clarifications discussed during the meeting. The motion to open the files passed by voice vote.
Staff described a long list of proposed clarifications and fixes that chairs had discussed with counsel, many of which staff said resulted from limitations in the legislature’s new drafting system or from statutory ambiguities encountered during the last election cycle. Topics the chairs asked staff to prepare language for include:
- Prohibiting standing committees from recommending legislation for the consent calendar after the 41st day of the general session, to avoid placing bills on consent when the requisite hold period would extend past adjournment. Committee members discussed how consent items…
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