Inside the Legislative Process Committee Minutes 9/2002

Last revised October 2002

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Inside the Legislative Process Committee

(Minutes - September 2002)

The Inside the Legislative Process Committee met Monday, September 23, 2002 at the Portland Hilton in Portland, Oregon. The meeting was called to order by Millie MacFarland, Chair. The following members and other interested parties were present:

Russell Humphrey, TN
Jeff Finch, VA
Tara Perkinson, VA
Barbara Regen, VA
Jackie Scott, VA

Diane Keetch, ?
Jacqueline Sneddon, NV
JoAnn Hedrick, DE
Nancy Alliegro, TX
Vicki Goff, TX
Eleanor Ringel, WV

An overview was presented by the Chair regarding the activities of the committee from the prior year and the status of the Inside the Legislative Process surveys. It was reported that approximately 50 chambers had returned their surveys.

The follow-up assignments for the survey were reviewed and the following list indicates the responsibilities for those chambers that have not returned their survey as of September 15, 2002:

State	Chamber(s)	Staff Follow-up Assignment
Alabama	House	Ann Marie Sweeney
Arkansas	House	Millie MacFarland
California	House	Jacque Sneddon
Colorado	House/Senate	Jeff Finch
Connecticut	House/Senate	Millie MacFarland
Delaware	Senate	Millie MacFarland
Georgia	House	Russell Humphrey
Illinois	House	Ann Marie Sweeney
Indiana	Senate	Jeff Finch
Iowa	Senate	Tara Perkinson
Kansas	Senate	Millie MacFarland
Maine	Senate	Millie MacFarland
Maryland	House/Senate	Tara Perkinson
Massachusetts	Senate	Millie MacFarland
Michigan	House	Russell Humphrey
Mississippi	Senate	Russell Humphrey
Montana	House/Senate	Joan Barilla
New Hampshire	Senate	Millie MacFarland
New Jersey	House/Senate	JoAnn Hedrick
New Mexico	House	Jeff Finch
New York	House/Senate	Laura Clemens
North Carolina	Senate	Jeff Finch
Oklahoma	House/Senate	Linda Hopkins
Oregon	House	Millie MacFarland
Rhode Island	House	Ann Marie Sweeney
South Carolina	House/Senate	Ann Marie Sweeney
South Dakota	House/Senate	Joan Barilla
Tennessee	House	Russell Humphrey
Vermont	House	Millie MacFarland
Washington	House	Jeff Finch
Wisconsin	House	Laura Clemens
American Samoa	House/Senate	Joan Barilla
District of Columbia	Council	Joan Barilla
Guam	Senate	Joan Barilla
Northern Mariana Islands	House/Senate	Joan Barilla
Puerto Rico	House/Senate	Joan Barilla
Virgin Islands	Senate	Joan Barilla

The process for writing the narrative of the survey results was discussed and committee staff volunteered to be responsible for these four assignments. The following is a list of committee staff and their respective survey section that they will review the results and write the narrative.

Committee/Floor Survey	Resolutions
Jeff Finch and Barbara Regen	Jackie Scott

Prayers	Prefiling
Vicki Goff and Linda Hopkins	Tara Perkinson and Linda Hopkins

The Chair also pointed out the subcommittee of Jeff Finch and Laura Clemens will continue to explore the format of the Inside the Legislative Process report and offer suggestions whether the format should be changed and if so what options are available for the presentation of the information.

Last, Jacque Sneddon pointed out that there were a variety of items discussed at the committee’s initial December 2001 meeting in Las Vegas and that those issues should be brought back for discussion at a future meeting, e.g. providing references to ASLCS listserv topics in the Inside the Legislative Process publication, and thoroughly reviewing the publication to see what new information is needed and which sections need to be updated or deleted.

There being no further business, the meeting was adjourned.

Respectfully submitted,

Jeff Finch
Associate Vice-Chair

For more information about ASLCS, write or call:

Joan Barilla
National Conference of State Legislatures
7700 East First Place
Denver, CO 80230
Phone: 303/856-1349
FAX: 303/364-7800
E-mail: joan.barilla@ncsl.org