HR 4608 -
By Representative Wilcox
FAILED 02/01/2013
After subsection (D)(10) of Rule 24, insert the following:
"(E) RIGHT OF HEARING. Each member may, as a matter of right,
receive one hearing per session on any one measure of his or her
choosing in the committee to which that bill has been referred after
first reading. Members shall request such a hearing by providing
written notice to the Chief Clerk, who will then forward that request
to the appropriate committee. The committee shall honor that request
and hold a hearing on that bill prior to the next applicable cutoff
date."