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Special committee finds no legislative misconduct in complaints over floor photograph but flags procedural departures
Summary
The House's Special Investigative Committee reported that complaints against Representatives Mike Yin and Carly Provenza did not rise to legislative misconduct; the committee dismissed the complaints but said Provenza departed from procedural guidelines and urged attention to Joint Rule 22 and decorum.
Chairman Harrelson read the Special Investigative Committee's findings to the House on March 11, concluding that the complaints against Representatives Mike Yin and Carly Provenza did not constitute legislative misconduct under the cited constitutional provisions and joint rules. The committee recommended dismissal of the complaints but described departures from expected procedures, particularly in how a photograph taken on Feb. 9 was handled and later provided to the press.
Harrelson recited the committee's factual findings: a private citizen had…
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