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Rules committee approves HJR 2 to classify citations vs resolutions; one member objects to immediate effective date
Summary
The committee favorably recommended first substitute HJR 2 to clarify citations versus binding resolutions and to empower the rules committee as an enforcement mechanism; Representative Ryan Wilcox was the lone recorded nay on making the rule immediately effective.
The House Rules Standing Committee voted to favorably recommend the first substitute to House Joint Resolution 2, a joint‑rules change that tightens the distinction between nonbinding citations and formal resolutions and authorizes the rules committee to hold back resolutions that should be handled as citations.
Representative Cal Roberts, sponsor of the first substitute, said the change "gives the rules committee…
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