Chair sets time limits and places four House bills on Thursday calendar

The Chair called the Calendar Rules Committee to order and, after a roll call confirmed a quorum, moved to place four bills on Thursday’s regular calendar.

Under Rule 49 the committee set a 34-minute limit for House Bill 7002, which the Chair and others clarified would be divided as 17 minutes per side. The Chair also announced a 20-minute limit for House Bill 7001 with time evenly split between the majority and minority caucuses. House Bill 705, identified as an appropriations item, was placed on the Thursday calendar after a motion and second. For House Bill 7003 the committee set an extended 94-minute limit, again to be evenly divided between the majority and minority caucuses.

Throughout the proceedings the Clerk called the roll and confirmed members present. The Chair used a voice vote to carry motions onto the calendar: after questions were called the Chair said, “All in favor, say aye,” and the committee audibly assented. The Chair closed business by calling for adjournment and the committee adjourned.

These scheduling actions set when each bill will be considered and how much floor time proponents and opponents will have under the committee’s Rule 49 allocations. The meeting record did not specify who moved or seconded each motion by name, and no recorded roll-call vote tallies were entered in the transcript.