Amend HR 4 (adopting the permanent rules of the house) in Rule 4, Section 2 (page 55, lines 10-11), by amending Subsection (a), Subdivision (7), to read as follows:

(7)  The speaker shall designate the chair and vice-chair from the total membership of the committee. If, at the time the speaker designates the chair, members of one political party represent a majority of the seats in the house, the speaker shall appoint a chair who is a member of the majority party.