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H. 4348
STATUS INFORMATION
House Resolution
Sponsors: Reps. Gunn, Ballentine, Haley, Hart, Millwood, Parker, Allison and T.R. Young
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Introduced in the House on January 14, 2010
Currently residing in the House Committee on Rules
Summary: House of Representatives
HISTORY OF LEGISLATIVE ACTIONS
Date Body Action Description with journal page number ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1/14/2010 House Introduced HJ-555 1/14/2010 House Referred to Committee on Rules HJ-555 1/20/2010 House Member(s) request name added as sponsor: T.R.Young
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VERSIONS OF THIS BILL
TO AMEND RULE 4.5, RULES OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, RELATING TO MEETINGS OF COMMITTEES, SO AS TO REQUIRE MINUTES OF FULL COMMITTEES AND SUBCOMMITTEES BE RECORDED BY MEANS OF AN AUDIO RECORDER, ARCHIVED FOR A FIVE-YEAR PERIOD, AND AVAILABLE ONLINE, AND TO REQUIRE YEAS AND NAYS ON ALL FULL COMMITTEE AND SUBCOMMITTEE ACTIONS BE TAKEN BY NAME USING A ROLL CALL VOTE.
Be it resolved by the House of Representatives:
That Rule 4.5 of the Rules of the House of Representatives is amended to read:
"4.5 All meetings of all committees shall be open to the public at all times, subject always to the power and authority of the Chairman to maintain order and decorum with the right to go into Executive Session as provided for in the South Carolina Freedom of Information Act, Title 30, Chapter 4 of the 1976 Code of Laws of South Carolina, as amended. Provided, a legislative caucus as defined by Section 2-17-10 of the 1976 Code of Laws of South Carolina, as amended, and its meetings are not subject to the provisions of Title 30, Chapter 4 of the 1976 Code of Laws of South Carolina, as amended.
No committee shall file a report unless the committee has met formally at an authorized time and place with a quorum present. All standing committees of the House shall prepare and make available for public inspection, in compliance with Section 30-4-90 of the 1976 Code of Laws of South Carolina, as amended, the minutes of full committee and subcommittee meetings. Such minutes need not be verbatim accounts of such meetings but shall include those matters required by the above mentioned Freedom of Information Act.
In addition to the requirements for minutes in this rule, all full committees and subcommittees shall record their proceedings by use of an audio recorder. All votes in full committees and subcommittees must be taken by roll call with yeas and nays and recorded by name. Audio recordings must be archived for five years and be available to the public online within twenty-four hours after each meeting."
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