The Roles of a Committee Chair


By: Tyler Snipes


The roles are you must recognize the person who wants to speak before they can speak, we must announce that the bill is either being debated, voted on, passed, or vetoed. they must keep the meeting in order and on topic. They should keep their paper work in order between passed and vetoed bills. Committee Chairs have a very important role because they are what keeps the debates and conversations going, they make sure everyone gets to say their opinion or ask their questions unless someone make a motion to end the debate and vote on the bill. Committee Chairs bring the Bill Patrons, Lobbyist, and Delegates all together so that they can make new friends and speak out about what they think even if they are scared and don’t want to. They make sure that no one gets too scared to mess up and just stop their explaining the bill so that later down the road when they are required to get up in front of a big group of people they won’t be too scared anymore.  Bill Patron from Nandua “There can be little to no order in a senate or house without a Committee Chair”. Committee Chair Louvina Ball “We are the functioning part in the MGA process”. Bill Patron from Chilhowie “The Committee Chair is the main part of the MGA prosses of the passing of the bill”. 

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