House orders parliamentary inquiries and responses entered into the journal

The Texas House ordered that requests for parliamentary inquiry and the chair’s responses be reduced to writing and entered into the House journal. Representative Money moved the motion on the floor; the chair announced no objection and ordered the motion carried.

The action followed several members’ parliamentary inquiries, including Representative Toth’s questions about the identity and role of the parliamentarian and Representative Alcoff’s questions about whether the House would consider House Resolution 3 and whether members would vote on changes to the operational budget. Representative Luther later asked whether the House had previously always adopted a housekeeping resolution; the chair said the membership was not advised on that point.

After the chair ordered the motion to record parliamentary inquiries and responses, members continued with announcements and adjourned. The clerk will place the written inquiries and responses in the journal as ordered by the chair.