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Chairman Mike Ekaski proposes routing sine die resolutions through Rules Committee
Summary
Chair Mike Ekaski told the House Rules Committee a proposed change to Rule 5.16 would send sine die resolutions to the Rules Committee for consideration before they appear on the House calendar, aiming to prevent last-day filings that interrupt full debate; the committee adopted the committee resolution unanimously, 13–0.
Chairman Mike Ekaski said the committee is considering a change to Rule 5.16 that would send sine die resolutions first to the Rules Committee rather than placing them immediately on the calendar for full House consideration. "This rule would send a sine die resolution to this committee," Ekaski said, adding the committee would take up the resolution and, if voted out favorably, it would then appear on the calendar for debate and possible amendments.
Ekaski framed the proposal as a response to what he described as misuse of the last-day process. "We saw, last year... folks abusing that process to put a signed resolution on the desk on the last day, which interrupts debate," he said, and called the change "a more deliberative process to arrive at a resolution." Committee members asked whether such resolutions would still be amendable on the floor; Ekaski confirmed they would be.
The committee moved and voted to adopt the committee resolution forwarding the proposed rules changes. The motion to adopt the committee resolution was moved by Representative Lee Hewitt and, after roll call, "By a unanimous vote of 13 to 0... the motion is adopted," Ekaski announced. The committee's action sends the Rule 5.16 proposal to the next stage of the House process as a committee-reported item.
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