Explanation

This amendment clarifies the submission deadlines for committee reports on resolutions, aligning it with the new process for earlier committee work. Previously, the absence of a deadline for committee reports led to delays in the publication and calendaring of resolutions. Consequently, deputies faced challenges in accessing timely information.

This represents a compromise to concerns we heard in the drafting process. The focus is to encourage most work to be conducted in advance, so time at convention can be focused on considering resolutions. But at the same time it allows the Committee themselves to defer consideration of a resolution to the Convention to meet in person if the Committee feels that the resolution needs and in-person hearing.

There is a tension between doing work in advance and leaving it for the in person period at Convention. What has been clear is that there is a limited time at the Convention and the House has a strong tradition of an open process.