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Rules committee backs changes to joint rules including automatic companion bills, cross-house cosponsorship
Summary
The Rules Standing Committee recommended favorably on the second substitute of HJR 1, which renames the daily journal a 'draft journal,' defines 'minority party' for three-party chambers, allows automatic opening of companion statute bills for constitutional proposals, permits cross-house cosponsorship, and clarifies pay for nonmember attendance. The recommendation passed by unanimous voice vote.
The Utah Legislature Rules Standing Committee on Jan. 30 recommended favorably the second substitute of HJR 1, a joint-rules package of procedural changes that sponsors said will streamline legislative processing and adapt rules to a changing chamber composition.
Representative Dunnegan, the sponsor, told the committee the resolution makes several targeted changes to joint rules, including replacing references to a "final journal" with a "draft journal" to reflect the practice of keeping a daily journal that is later edited. "We're calling that the draft journal instead of the final journal," Dunnegan said.
Dunnegan outlined other key changes: the bill defines "minority party" and "minority leader" to account…
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