Resolved, That Rule of Order 12(d) of the House of Deputies be amended to read as follows:
(d) No hearing by a Committee shall be held upon any matter before it unless notice of the time and place of hearing and the matter to be heard is posted no later than at least four hours before the matter is scheduled to be heard. Each day the Chair or the Secretary of each Committee shall deliver to the Secretary of the House (at the office of the Secretary of the House) a written notice signed by the Chair or by the Secretary. Such notice shall state the time (both date and hour) and the place of the proposed hearing and shall identify by number (and Blue Book page reference, if available) the proposition or propositions to be considered at the next session of the Committee. The Secretary of the House shall post a copy of each notice received on a bulletin board at or near the chamber and easily accessible to the members of the House and to the public and in such other places or manners as may enhance the giving of actual notice of the hearing. If the notice contains a request that the notice be read to the House prior to adjournment, the Secretary of the House shall do so.
EXPLANATIONIt is incumbent on the House leadership to take reasonable steps to provide notice to as many deputies and interested parties as possible. There may be methods other than, and in addition to, posting on the bulletin board that will accomplish this goal.