Joint Committee Committee on Legislative Council (04/21/2009)

Final
STAFF SUMMARY OF MEETING

COMMITTEE ON LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL

Date:	04/21/2009	ATTENDANCE

Time:	08:37 AM to 08:47 AM	Balmer
		Boyd
Place:	HCR 0112	Gardner C.
		Isgar
This Meeting was called to order by		Kerr A.
	Senator Groff	Kopp
		May
This Report was prepared by		Middleton
	Katey McGettrick	Penry
		Scanlan
		Scheffel
		Shaffer B.
		Spence
		Stephens
		Tochtrop
		Weissmann
		Carroll T.
		Groff
		X = Present, E = Excused, A = Absent, * = Present after roll call

Bills Addressed:		Action Taken:
Prioritization of Interim Study Committees		-

08:37 AM -- Prioritization of Interim Study Committees

President Groff, called the committee to order. The committee had been in recess since its previous meeting on Monday, April 20, 2009.

08:40 AM

The committee took a brief recess.

08:43 AM

The committee came back to order.

08:46 AM

The committee decided to allow each member to have three votes in the prioritization process. The committee voted by a show of hands as follows:

SB 09-281: Worker Safety and Injury Compensation Study Group: 6 votes;
HB 09-1064: Economic Opportunity Poverty Reduction Task Force: 7 votes;
HB 09-1343: Early Childhood and School Readiness Legislative Oversight Commission: 2 votes;
HJR 09-1017: Interim Committee on Hospice and Palliative Care: 7 votes;
HJR 09-1020: Interim Committee on School Finance: 9 votes;
HJR 09-1025: Interim Committee on School Safety Issues: 0 votes;
HJR 09-1026: Interim Committee on the Developmental Disability Waiting List: 0 votes; and
A proposed, but not introduced Senate Joint Resolution to create an interim committee on state fiscal stability: 5 votes.

The committee decided to prioritize and fund the three studies that received the highest number of votes as follows:
HJR 09-1020: Interim Committee on School Finance: 9 votes;
HJR 09-1017: Interim Committee on Hospice and Palliative Care: 7 votes; and
HB 09-1064: Economic Opportunity Poverty Reduction Task Force: 7 votes.

08:47 AM

The committee adjourned.