We urge the Legislature to make the following changes to the House and Senate Rules in advance of the 2025 Legislative Session
1. Testimony Transparency: Each committee shall make all testimony it receives immediately available for public review – at least 22 hours before the hearing, and at least 2 hours before hearing for “late” testimony;
2. Committee Vote Transparency: Each committee shall vote on the disposition of all bills referred to the committee and shall not use “deferrals,” as a means of hiding committee member positions on bills;
3. Amendment Transparency: Amendments to bills must be in the possession of all committee legislators before the amended version of the bill can be voted on;
4. Streamlined Bill Referrals: Bills that do not create or expend funds (non-fiscal bills) shall not be referred to Finance or Ways and Means committees, to curtail the outsized power of these committee chairs; and
5. Chair and Leadership Term Limits: Enact term limits on Chair and Leadership Positions to curb the outsized and corrupting power that such positions can accumulate over time.

Policy: We further urge the Legislature to pass the following laws during the 2025 Legislative Session
1. Resource Campaign Spending Enforcement: Fully fund the Campaign Spending Commission to ensure they have sufficient resources and discrete staff to both adequately support grassroots candidates and enforce violations;
2. Enact Full Publicly Financed Elections: Enact a viable, comprehensive full public financing option for candidates and update the partial public financing amounts to meet the demands of modern campaigns;
3. End Pay-to-Play: Prohibit campaign contributions from officers, owners, and senior staff of government contractors, and those persons’ immediate family members;
4. Stop Candidate Interference In Campaigns: Prohibit the transferring of campaign contributions to other candidate campaigns; and
5. Automatic Voter Registration: Enact true automatic voter registration by switching to an “opt-out” system to remove another barrier to voting and increase participation.