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F I S C A L I M P A C T R E P O R T
SPONSOR Foley
DATE TYPED 01/28/05 HB HR 3
SHORT TITLE Base Committee Appointments on Seniority
SB
ANALYST Ford
APPROPRIATION
Appropriation Contained Estimated Additional Impact Recurring
or Non-Rec
Fund
Affected
FY05
FY06
FY05
FY06
NFI
(Parenthesis ( ) Indicate Expenditure Decreases)
Conflicts with
HR 2
SOURCES OF INFORMATION
LFC Files
SUMMARY
Synopsis of Bill
House Resolution 3 would amend House Rule 9-1 by requiring that appointments to committees
be based on members’ preferences and seniority.
Significant Issues
House Rule 9-1 currently provides that the speaker shall appoint all committees created by the
house, except those where the members are designated in the motion creating them. House
Resolution 3 would amend this rule to read:
The speaker shall appoint all committees created by the house based on members’ prefer-
ences and seniority, except those committees where members are designated in the mo-
tion creating them, and all appointments shall be announced in open session and made a
matter of record in the journal. Seniority is measured by current continuous service in the
New Mexico house.