A house RESOLUTION

TO AMEND RULE 4.2 OF THE RULES OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, RELATING TO STANDING COMMITTEES AND THEIR MEMBERSHIPS, SO AS TO REQUIRE STANDING COMMITTEES TO BE COMPOSED OF MEMBERS OF THE MAJORITY POLITICAL PARTY IN PROPORTION TO THE NUMBER OF REPRESENTATIVES OF EACH SUCH POLITICAL PARTY AS NEARLY AS POSSIBLE ENSURING THAT THE MAJORITY POLITICAL PARTY CONTAINS A MAJORITY OF THE MEMBERSHIP WITHIN EACH STANDING COMMITTEE.

Be it resolved by the House of Representatives:

That the first paragraph of Rule 4.2 of the Rules of the House of Representatives is amended to read:

            4.2       As soon as practicable after the members have been sworn in and have taken their seats, the following Standing Committees, except the House of Representatives Legislative Ethics Committee, and the House of Representatives Committee on Operations and Management, shall be appointed with the indicated number of members appointed thereto:below. The total membership of each of these Standing Committees shall be composed of members of the majority and minority political parties in proportion to the number of Representatives of each such political party as nearly as possible and ensuring that the majority party contains a majority of the membership within each Standing Committee. For purposes of determining committee composition, percentages shall be rounded as follows: percentages of .49 or below shall be rounded down and percentages of .50 and above shall be rounded up. The Speaker shall make adjustments to committee membership upon adoption of this rule and during each organizational session thereafter.

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