| TO: | Honorable David Swinford, Chair, House Committee on State Affairs |
| FROM: | John S. O'Brien, Deputy Director, Legislative Budget Board |
| IN RE: | HJR13 by Branch (Proposing a constitutional amendment to require each house of the legislature to take a record vote on final passage of a bill and to publish the record vote on the Internet.), As Introduced |
Both the House and the Senate estimate there would be some costs to publish record votes, but neither can quantify the costs.
The cost to the state for publication of the resolution is $66,497.
The joint resolution requires a record vote by either house of the legislature on final passage of a bill including votes on concurrence of the other house's amendments and votes on the adoption of conference committee reports. Record votes shall be published in the journals of each house and on the Internet or accessible successor electronic communications system.
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| LBB Staff: | JOB, SR, SD, WP
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