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By: Olympia Meola
Published: March 12, 2010 2:56 PM
Lt. Gov. Bill Bolling today released a memo to members of the Senate stating that under his interpretation of the chamber rules, Senate subcommittees do not have the authority to take final action on any bill or resolution referred to them.
In case you haven’t been following the ins and outs of this session, Bolling’s memo comes on the heels of Sen. Henry L. Marsh III, D-Richmond, creating a special subcommittee to hear a slew of gun bills sent over from the House of Delegates.
Marsh appointed one Republican and three Democrats to the subcommittee, plus himself. Few of the major gun bills made it out alive.
Bolling, a Republican, said in his memo that a subcommittee “can consider such bills and resolutions, but ultimately, the subcommittee is only empowered to make recommendations to the full committee.
“The ultimate authority of taking final action on such bills and resolutions rests solely with the full committee.”
Rules in the House of Delegates specifically allow for legislation to die there.
Sen. Jill Vogel asked during yesterday’s floor session that Bolling dispense guidance on the matter.
Guidance, by the way, is all it is.
The responsibility for enforcing the rules when the bill is in committee rests with the committee chairman—in this case, Marsh chairs the full Senate Courts of Justice Committee—and despite Bolling’s take on the rules, he cannot compel the chairman to do so.
For more on how the subcommittee came to be, check out Jim Nolan’s story in today’s T-D.
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