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Joint rules committee adopts change to budget-amendment timing to give public more review time
Summary
The Joint Rules Committee approved an amendment to Joint Rule 14-1M that requires budget amendment ideas be submitted earlier to legislative attorneys and adds a one-day gap in the mirror budget schedule so approved amendments can be posted for public review before second reading.
The Joint Rules Committee on Monday adopted an amendment to Joint Rule 14-1M that requires proposed amendments to the mirror budget bill be submitted to the respective House or Senate attorneys by the conclusion of committee of the whole and adds one day between committee of the whole and second reading so approved amendments can be posted for public review.
The change, presented by Matt Obrecht, director of the Legislative Service Office, establishes that amendment ideas for the mirror budget must be received by legislative attorneys by the end of the committee of the whole (a two-day process), and that amendments approved by the 10 a.m. deadline the…
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