House Committee on House Administration

Committee Jurisdiction

• Administrative operation of the house and its employees.
• Adoption of policies and procedures for appropriate workplace conduct under Rule 15 and the housekeeping resolution, including training of members, officers, and employees.
• The general house fund, with full control over all expenditures from the fund.
• All property, equipment, and supplies obtained by the house for its use and the use of its members.
• All office space available for the use of the house and its members.
• The assignment of vacant office space, vacant parking spaces, and vacant desks on the house floor to members with seniority based on cumulative years of service.
• All admissions to the floor during sessions of the house.
• All proposals to invite nonmembers to appear before or address the house or a joint session.
• All radio, television, and Internet broadcasting, live or recorded, of sessions of the house.
• The electronic recording of the proceedings of the house and the custody of recordings of testimony before house committees.
• All witnesses appearing before the house or any committee thereof in support of or in opposition to any pending legislative proposal.
• The Rules of Procedure of the House of Representatives, Joint Rules of the House and Senate, and all proposed amendments.
• Other matters concerning the rules, procedures, and operation of the house assigned by the speaker.
• The following state agency: the State Preservation Board.

The committee must vote to adopt the annual budget for each house department.

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