Executive Committee of the Legislative Council

Since the last policy and then you can move forward. I think a high level overview would be great. And then if we have questions, we'll take those. Thank you. Okay, great. So the change in the policy from the current policy to what's before you is to expand the ability for remote participation in joint committee meetings that occur during the legislative session. The current policy applies only to joint committee meetings occurring during the interim. There's there's been some confusion about whether and how and what rules apply to members sitting on joint committees that are meeting during the legislative session. This policy makes it clear about the ability of members to participate and the process for doing remote participation in joint committees that occur during the legislative session. It is still the preference of this committee and of the legislature for members to participate in person at meetings. But under certain circumstances when a member can show that they meet the qualifications spelled out in the policy, they've had a child and they need to be absent for a period of time and participate remotely. Other qualifications, if they meet those, the chair of the committee could…