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Rules Committee, Utah House of Representatives
The Rules Committee is a standing committee of the Utah House of Representatives.
Per the House Rules, the Rules Committee is assigned by the Speaker of the House. The exact timing of committee assignments is not specified in the rules. A quorum is defined as a majority of the standing committee's members.[1]
See rules: House Rules
Function
According to the House Rules, the Rules Committee performs the following functions:
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(a) receive introduced legislation from the House and recommend that the legislation be assigned to a House standing committee or to the House third reading calendar; (b) receive legislation from the House that has been sent back to the House Rules Committee from the third reading calendar, and recommend to the House which legislation should be assigned to the third reading calendar and the order in which it should be heard; and (c) function as a standing committee or interim committee when reviewing Joint Rules, Interim Rules, House Rules, or other legislation.[2][3] |
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Membership
2023-2024 legislative session
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House Rules Committee, 2023-2024 |
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| Democratic members (2) | Republican members (5) | Third-party members(0) |
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2021-2022 legislative session
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House Rules Committee, 2021-2022 |
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| Democratic members (2) | Republican members (5) | Third-party members(0) |
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Robert Spendlove (R, Vice chair) left this committee on November 27, 2021. [Source]
2019-2020 legislative session
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House Rules Committee, 2019-2020 |
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| Democratic members (2) | Republican members (4) | Third-party members(0) |
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John Knotwell (R) left this committee on October 26, 2019.
Logan Wilde (R) left this committee on April 16, 2020.
2017 legislative session
The following table describes committee membership at the beginning of the 2017 legislative session.
| Rules Members, 2017 | ||||
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| Democratic members (2) | Republican members (6) | |||
| • Rebecca Chavez-Houck | • Michael Noel, Chair | |||
| • Carol Moss | • Jon Stanard, Vice chair | |||
| • Justin Fawson | ||||
| • Val Peterson | ||||
| • Mike Schultz | ||||
| • Christine Watkins | ||||
2015 legislative session
The following table describes committee membership at the beginning of the 2015 legislative session.
| Rules Members, 2015 | ||||
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| Democratic members (2) | Republican members (6) | |||
| • Brad King | • Michael Noel, Chair | |||
| • Carol Moss | • Jon Cox, Vice-Chair | |||
| • Jake Anderegg | ||||
| • Gage Froerer | ||||
| • John Knotwell | ||||
| • Mike Schultz (Utah) | ||||
2013-2014
The following table describes committee membership at the beginning of the 2013 legislative session.
| Rules Members, 2013 | ||||
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| Democratic members (2) | Republican members (9) | |||
| • Brian King | • Dean Sanpei, Chair | |||
| • Larry Wiley | • Derek Brown, Vice chair | |||
| • Eric Hutchings | ||||
| • Ken Ivory | ||||
| • John Mathis | ||||
| • Curtis Oda | ||||
| • Lee B. Perry | ||||
| • Val Peterson | ||||
| • Paul Ray | ||||
2011-2012
The following table describes committee membership for the 2011 legislative session.
| Rules Members, 2011 | ||||
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| Democratic members (2) | Republican members (5) | |||
| • Jackie Biskupski | • Wayne Harper, Chair | |||
| • Larry Wiley | • Ryan Wilcox, Vice chair | |||
| • Jim Bird | ||||
| • Michael Morley | ||||
| • Bill Wright | ||||
2009-2010
The following table describes committee membership for the 2009 legislative session.
| Rules Members, 2009 | ||||
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| Democratic members (3) | Republican members (7) | |||
| • Jackie Biskupski | • Ben Ferry, Chair | |||
| • Neal Hendrickson | • Gregory Hughes, Vice chair | |||
| • Larry Wiley | • Ronda Menlove | |||
| • Michael Morley | ||||
| • Michael Noel | ||||
| • Patrick Painter | ||||
| • Carl Wimmer | ||||
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ Utah State Legislature, "House Rules (Title HR3)," accessed Feb. 25, 2021
- ↑ Utah State Legislature, "House Rules (HR3-1-101)," accessed Feb. 25, 2021
- ↑ Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
