Senate Conduct Committee accepts investigator's report but declines to find Rule 27 violation; recommends facilitated conversation

The Senate Committee on Conduct on Feb. 25 accepted an independent investigator's report into a complaint by Representative Shelly Bossard Davis alleging that a respondent interrupted and intimidated her during a June 20, 2025 Joint Committee on Transportation hearing.

Christela Delgado Daniel, an attorney retained by the Legislative Equity Office to investigate the complaint, told the committee she interviewed the complainant, the respondent and four witnesses, reviewed OLIS footage and documentary evidence, and concluded under a preponderance-of-evidence standard that the respondent interrupted and raised his voice toward the complainant, who she found was "reasonably shocked, embarrassed, and intimidated" and did not speak further that day. Delgado Daniel's written report concluded the respondent's conduct did not constitute discrimination under Rule 27 but did violate the legislature's respectful workplace policy.

Tracy Yee, the legislative branch's human resources director, told the committee that although typical employee-discipline tools (written warnings, personnel files, progressive discipline) do not…