How to be an effective committee chair.
State Legislatures › Vol. 22 Nbr. 1, January 1996
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Summary
The bulk of legislative work is done in legislative committees. As such, the performance of the committee chair largely determines the amount of work that is accomplished. A chairperson should take firm control of the committee and ensure that all members are utilized effectively to achieve set goals. A chairperson should also be fair, open, honest and results-oriented.
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How to be an effective committee chair.
The legislative committees are where the basis work of the legislature gets done - or not done. The performance of the committee chair is crucial to the product.
Despite significant differences in legislative organization among the states, the committees are the arenas for critical decisions. They control how individual bills are crafted, amended and moved to the larger legislative realm, the floor of the chamber, for a vote by the body. Committees act as "mini legislatures" with the chair acting as speaker. Contending views are aired, and compromise is facilitated. In those states where the committee has significant discretion, bills are screened and amended. When this is done competently, the legislature as a whole comes to rely on committee work, and the cale...See the full content of this document
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