SF3833

Purpose

• Establish a new body, the Legislative Commission on Legislative Security, to study the security needs of state legislators and staff while they are in a legislative district, and to review proposed legislation that affects security for elected officials and staff.

Main Provisions

• Creates the Legislative Commission on Legislative Security with defined duties to study, research, and analyze security-related issues for legislators and staff in legislative districts.
• Requires the commission to review and make recommendations on proposed legislation that impacts security for elected officials and staff.

Membership and Governance

• The commission has 14 members: 7 senators and 7 members of the House of Representatives.
• Appointments are made by the Senate Subcommittee on Committees of the Senate Rules and Administration and by the Speaker of the House; no more than five members from each chamber may come from the majority caucus.
• Members serve two-year terms beginning January 16 of the first year of each regular session, and continue until their successors are appointed.
• Vacancies during a legislative session are filled like regular appointments; when the legislature is not in session, vacancies are filled by the last Subcommittee on Committees (Senate) or by the last Speaker (House), with provisions if the Speaker is not available (last chair of the House Rules Committee).

Officers

• The commission elects a chair and may elect other officers as needed.
• The chair role alternates between a senator and a representative in January of each odd-numbered year.

Staffing

• The commission may hire professional and technical staff or assistants as necessary to perform its duties.

Changes to Existing Law

• Creates a new statutory body and framework (the Legislative Commission on Legislative Security) with defined membership, leadership, staffing, and duties.
• Establishes specific processes for appointments, term lengths, and vacancy filling related to this new commission.

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