House Administration Committee

Committee Members

Chair

Metcalf

Rep. Metcalf,
Will

Vice Chair

Cole

Rep. Cole,
Sheryl

 

Anchía

Rep. Anchía,
Rafael

 

Harless

Rep. Harless,
Sam

 

Harris

Rep. Harris,
Cody

 

Kuempel

Rep. Kuempel,
John

 

Landgraf

Rep. Landgraf,
Brooks

 

Moody

Rep. Moody,
Joe

 

Orr

Rep. Orr,
Angelia

 

Walle

Rep. Walle,
Armando

 

Zwiener

Rep. Zwiener,
Erin

Jurisdiction:

Sec. 16. HOUSE ADMINISTRATION (PROCEDURAL). (a) The committee shall have 11 members, with jurisdiction over:
(1) administrative operation of the house and its employees;
(2) the adoption of policies and procedures for appropriate workplace conduct under Rule 15 and the housekeeping resolution, including policies and procedures relating to the training of members, officers, and employees;
(3) the general house fund, with full control over all expenditures from the fund;
(4) all property, equipment, and supplies obtained by the house for its use and the use of its members;
(5) all office space available for the use of the house and its members;
(6) 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 in the house, except that the committee may make these assignments based on physical disability of a member where it deems proper;
(7) all admissions to the floor during sessions of the house;
(8) all proposals to invite nonmembers to appear before or address the house or a joint session;
(9) all radio, television, and Internet broadcasting, live or recorded, of sessions of the house;
(10) the electronic recording of the proceedings of the house of representatives and the custody of the recordings of testimony before house committees, with authority to promulgate reasonable rules, regulations, and conditions concerning the safekeeping, reproducing, and transcribing of the recordings, and the defraying of costs for transcribing the recordings, subject to other provisions of these rules;
(11) all witnesses appearing before the house or any committee thereof in support of or in opposition to any pending legislative proposal;
(12) the Rules of Procedure of the House of Representatives, Joint Rules of the House and Senate, and all proposed amendments;
(13) other matters concerning the rules, procedures, and operation of the house assigned by the speaker; and
(14) the following state agency: the State Preservation Board.
(b) The committee must vote to adopt the annual budget for each house department.