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                                    THIRD READING


          Bill No:  SR 23
          Author:   Steinberg (D)
          Amended:  As introduced
          Vote:     21

           
          WITHOUT REFERENCE TO COMMITTEE OR FILE


           SUBJECT  :    Senate Rule 12:  standing committees

           SOURCE  :     Author


           DIGEST :    This resolution revises Senate Rule 12 relative to  
          standing committees by changing the numerical membership of  
          various standing committees.

           ANALYSIS  :    Senate Rule 12 provides for the numerical  
          membership and the subject matters of each of the Senate  
          standing committees.  The current numerical membership pursuant  
          to Senate Rule 12 of the standing committees is as follows:

           Agriculture - 7 members;
           Appropriations - 9 members;
           Banking and Financial Institutions - 7 members;
           Budget and Fiscal Review - 16 members;
           Business, Professions and Economic Development - 9 members;
           Education - 11 members;
           Election and Constitutional Amendments - 5 members;
           Energy, Utilities and Communications - 11 members;
           Environmental Quality - 7 members;
           Governance and Finance - 9 members;
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           Governmental Organization - 13 members;
           Health - 9 members;
           Human Services - 7 members;
           Insurance - 8 members;
           Judiciary - 5 members;
           Labor and Industrial Relations - 7 members;
           Natural Resources and Water - 9 members;
           Public Employment and Retirement - 5 members;
           Public Safety - 7 members;
           Rules - 5 members;
           Transportation and Housing - 9 members; and 
           Veterans Affairs - 7 members.

          This resolution changes the numerical membership of the  
          following standing committees to reflect the current membership  
          done procedurally by the Senate Rules Committee:

           Agriculture - decreases from 7 members to 5;
           Appropriations - decreases from 9 members to 7;
           Banking and Financial Institutions - increases from 7 members  
            to 9;
           Business, Professions and Economic Development - increases  
            from 9 members to 10;
           Education - decreases from 11 members to 9;
           Environmental Quality - increases from 7 members to 9;
           Governance and Finance - decreases from 9 members to 7;
           Governmental Organization - decreases from 13 members to 11;
           Human Services - decreases from 7 members to 6;
           Insurance - increases from 8 members to 10;
           Judiciary - increases from 5 members to 7;
           Labor and Industrial Relations - decreases from 7 members to  
            5; and
           Transportation and Housing - increases from 9 members to 11.

           FISCAL EFFECT  :    Fiscal Com.:  No



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