HOUSE RESOLUTION 1

52nd legislature - STATE OF NEW MEXICO - second session, 2016

INTRODUCED BY

Jeff Steinborn

A RESOLUTION

AMENDING THE RULES OF THE HOUSE TO PROVIDE FOR THE ARCHIVING OF VIDEO AND AUDIO STREAMS OF HOUSE PROCEEDINGS AND COMMITTEE PROCEEDINGS.

     WHEREAS, House Rule 24-1 provides that the rules of the house may be amended by a two-thirds' vote of the members of the house or by a majority vote of the members of the house upon the recommendation of the house rules and order of business committee;

     NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE STATE OF NEW MEXICO that House Rule

9-5-8 be amended to read:

"9-5-8    During any session of the forty-ninth legislature, live audio streams and, during any session of the fiftieth and subsequent legislatures, live audio and video streams, of house standing committee proceedings shall be accessible through the legislature's [web site] website in a manner befitting the house of representatives, including an appropriate user interface. A stream shall begin as soon as practicable after the chair has called the meeting to order and shall terminate as soon as practicable after the committee has recessed or adjourned or upon order of the chair. [The streams shall not be archived] No later than the beginning of the first session of the fifty-third legislature and subject to the financial capability of the house, the streams shall be publicly available through the legislature's website for five years following the adjournment of the relevant session. A stream shall carry a notice to the effect that the stream is being produced for the benefit of the public and any political use is prohibited and that the stream is not an official record of the house's proceedings."; and

     BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that House Rule 23-8-1 be amended to read:

"23-8-1   A live audio and video stream of the house floor proceedings shall be accessible through the legislature's [web site] website in a manner befitting the house of representatives, including an appropriate user interface, subject to the following:

(a) the stream shall begin as soon

as practicable after the speaker has announced a quorum is present and shall terminate as soon as practicable after a motion to recess or adjourn has carried, or upon the order of the speaker;

(b) during the prayer, the pledge

of allegiance, reading of the journal,

introduction of legislation, reports of committees, introduction of guests, messages from the governor, the senate or other state officers and announcements and miscellaneous business, the live video image shall be of the entire chamber or the rostrum from the perspective of the rear of the chamber except as provided in Paragraph (d) of this rule;

(c) during third reading of

legislation, the live video image shall be of the member who has been recognized and is speaking, [except when a member will be speaking for such a short period of time that the live video image should instead be of the member who previously spoke] of the members who are debating the question or of the entire chamber from the perspective of the rear of the chamber;

(d) during any order of business

when the debate is substantial, the live video image shall be as if the house of representatives were on third reading of legislation;

(e) at no time shall the live video

image be of the gallery or of any material on a member's desk, computer monitor or similar device such that the material can be read or viewed except as would otherwise be possible with [a] an unaided eye;

                     (f) [the live stream shall not be    archived] no later than the beginning of the first session of the fifty-third legislature and subject to the financial capability of the house, the stream shall be publicly available through the legislature's website for five years following the adjournment of the relevant session;

(g) the provisions of this rule

shall apply when the house of representatives is meeting in the committee of the whole or in joint session with the senate and when any standing committee of the house of representatives is meeting in the chamber; and

(h) the stream shall carry a notice to the effect that the stream is being produced for the benefit of the public and any political use is prohibited and that the stream is not an official record of the house's proceedings.".

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