HJM 4021 - DIGEST

Requests that the two major political parties in the House of Representatives are not given veto power over investigating their caucus members; urges that meetings of the Ethics Committee of the House of Representatives be open to the public; supports the House of Representatives adopting a "Three Strikes and You Are Out" ethics rule denying voting privileges for the remainder of his or her term to any House member that has been admonished by the Ethics Committee three times in the course of a year; and urges that the House of Representatives adopt a rule disqualifying members of the Ethics Committee from voting in matters involving the conduct of any House member to whose legal defense fund they have contributed, either personally or through a political action committee under their control.