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Committee clears bills to allow proclamations and lying in state for deceased legislators
Summary
Two bills by Representative Miller would let the governor proclaim statewide days of mourning for current or former General Assembly members and give families the option to request that a member lie in state. The committee advanced both measures to full committee without recorded opposition.
Representative Miller introduced two ceremonial measures. HB 15 31 would allow the governor to proclaim a statewide day of mourning and order the flag at half‑staff for a current or former member of the General Assembly, except when the former member had a felony conviction; the governor would not be required to act in every case. "The governor is not required to take action under the this section," the sponsor said.
HB 15 32 would allow families of current and former legislators to petition the governor, lieutenant governor and the speaker to request that the deceased member lie in state for a day. Committee members asked for clarification on how family requests would be handled; the bills were advanced to full committee (each reported 6 ayes, 0 nos).
