[LWVNM Action] Additional discussion piece for LWVNM Action Zoom - April 8th at 6 pm

[Barbara Calef]

For people watching the committee meetings on Zoom, any announcement by the
chair should be posted at the top of the Chat.  For instance, sometimes the
chair announces that a bill has been rolled or that the order of the agenda
has changed.


On Tue, Apr 7, 2026 at 12:57 PM Akkana Peck via Action <
action at mailman.swcp.com> wrote:

> I started my list for legislative transparency. I'm sure I've forgotten
> many of the issues we groused about during the session, but here's what I
> have so far:
>
> Wishlist for Legislative Transparency
>
> Committee Schedules:
>   - There should only be one schedule for each committee, not three
>     different schedules that don't agree.
>   - Bills discussed in a committee should reflect what's on the
>     committee schedule, approximately in order, not taken in random order
>     or ignored entirely. (It's understood that sometimes bills will need
>     to be postponed because a legislator or key speaker isn't available.)
>
> Zoom meetings:
> - should show which bill is currently being discussed: a few
>   committees do this with a header at the top of the screen, but most
> don't,
>   and even the ones that do sometimes don't keep it up to date.
> - should show which legislator is speaking, so the public can get some idea
>   what different legislators' positions are.
>
> Website:
> - Committees should have a page like the chambers do, showing which bill
>   is being discussed, and, more important what the vote was on each bill
>   and whether a bill was tabled, postponed or what.
> - There should be a way to see if a bill has been tabled
> - Quicker updates of bill status
>
> Amendments:
>   It should be required that amendments be published on the website
>   before they can be discussed in a committee, preferably with a time
>   constraint, like a minimum of 2 hours before the committee meets.
>
> Dummy Bills:
>   They continue to be a problem.
>   In 2026, some dummy bills got discussed without their titles or text
>   ever being changed, so there was no way for the public to know
>   what was going to be discussed.
>
> Minutes:
>   Even inaccurate AI transcripts would be better than nothing, and are
>   very cheap to implement. Of course, accurate minutes would be better.
>
>         ...Akkana
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