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1   State of Arkansas
 2   93rd General Assembly
 3   Fiscal Session, 2022                                                                HR 1020
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 5   By: Representative McKenzie
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 7                                   HOUSE RESOLUTION
 8                  TO AMEND THE RULES OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF
 9                  THE NINETY-THIRD GENERAL ASSEMBLY; AND TO AMEND THE
10                  PROCESS FOR SELECTION OF CHAIRPERSONS AND VICE
11                  CHAIRPERSONS OF STANDING AND SELECT COMMITTEES OF THE
12                  HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.
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16                          TO AMEND THE RULES OF THE HOUSE OF
17                          REPRESENTATIVES OF THE NINETY-THIRD
18                          GENERAL ASSEMBLY.
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21   BE IT RESOLVED BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE NINETY-THIRD GENERAL
22   ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ARKANSAS:
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24          SECTION 1.       Section 54.(c)(1) of the Rules of the House of
25   Representatives of the Ninety-Third General Assembly, concerning selection of
26   committee chairpersons and vice chairperson, is amended to read as follows:
27          54.(c)(1)       With the exception of the House Budget Committee, The the
28   Speaker of the House of Representatives shall appoint a chairperson and a
29   vice chairperson of each standing committee and each select committee who
30   shall serve at the pleasure of the Speaker of the House of Representatives.
31   Selection of a chairperson and vice chairperson of each standing committee
32   and the House Budget Committee shall occur during the committee selection
33   process, wherein positions on standing committees available for selection
34   shall include the positions of chairperson and vice chairperson.               Only a
35   member of the majority party may serve as the chairperson of a standing
36   committee and the House Budget Committee.             The Speaker, in consultation with
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 1   the chairperson of each standing committee, shall appoint from the membership
 2   of each permanent subcommittee, a chairperson and vice chairperson provided
 3   however that the vice chairperson of the standing committee may be the
 4   chairperson of a permanent subcommittee. No member of the House of
 5   Representatives, with the exception of each House standing committee vice
 6   chairperson, shall be chairperson or vice chairperson of more than one (1)
 7   standing committee, select committee, or permanent subcommittee.
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