Bill Amendment: TX HR4 | 2021-2022 | 87th Legislature
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Bill Title: Adopting the rules of the House for the 87th Legislature.
Status: 2021-01-15 - Reported enrolled [HR4 Detail]
Download: Texas-2021-HR4-House_Amendment_H_2_5-Slaton.html
Bill Title: Adopting the rules of the House for the 87th Legislature.
Status: 2021-01-15 - Reported enrolled [HR4 Detail]
Download: Texas-2021-HR4-House_Amendment_H_2_5-Slaton.html
Amend HR 4 (adopting the permanent rules of the house) in Rule 4, Section 2, (page 55, lines 10-11) by amending Subsection (a), Subdivision (7) to read as follows:
(7) The speaker shall designate the chair and vice-chair from the total membership of the committee. If, at the time the speaker designates the chair, members of one political party represent a majority of the seats in the house, the speaker shall appoint a chair who is a member of the majority party.
