Senate Has New Tasks For Temporary Committee
July 16, 2009
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ISSUE:
- Rules
Along with new rules, the Temporary Committee on Rules and Administration Reform tasked with reporting by December 1, 2009, on: reducing the total number of standing committees, which require changes in the Legislative Law; creating subcommittees in areas of relatively narrow jurisdiction; limiting the number of standing committees on which members serve; requiring members to be physically present to vote in committee; and recording attendance.