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1998 SESSION
HB 476 Governor's cabinet; appointment.
Introduced by: Franklin P. Hall | all patrons ... notes | add to my profiles
SUMMARY:
Governor. Provides for the formal creation of the Governor's Cabinet. The bill also (i) specifies that Deputy Secretaries are to be appointed by the Governor, (ii) clarifies that a majority of both houses of the General Assembly is required for confirmation of gubernatorial appointees, (iii) requires criminal record checks on Cabinet appointees, (iv) requires the preparation of certain transition materials to be prepared by the outgoing gubernatorial administration for the succeeding administration and (v) authorizes the Secretary of Education to employ office staff, a power currently enjoyed by all other Cabinet Secretaries.
FULL TEXT
- 01/19/98 House: Presented & ordered printed 981480829 pdf
- 02/14/98 House: Printed as engrossed 981480829-E pdf
AMENDMENTS
HISTORY
- 01/19/98 House: Presented & ordered printed 981480829
- 01/19/98 House: Referred to Committee on General Laws
- 01/22/98 House: Assigned to General Laws sub-committee: 5
- 02/12/98 House: Reported from General Laws with amds. (17-Y 9-N)
- 02/12/98 House: Read first time
- 02/13/98 House: Passed by for the day
- 02/14/98 House: Read second time
- 02/14/98 House: Committee amendments agreed to
- 02/14/98 House: Engrossed by House as amended
- 02/14/98 House: Printed as engrossed 981480829-E
- 02/15/98 House: Read third time and passed House (67-Y 33-N)
- 02/15/98 House: VOTE: PASSAGE (67-Y 33-N)
- 02/15/98 House: Communicated to Senate
- 02/16/98 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed
- 02/16/98 Senate: Referred to Committee on General Laws
- 03/04/98 Senate: Continued to 1999 in General Laws (14-Y 1-N)