Rep. Joseph Cervantes’ proposal to open conference committees to the public was unanimously approved today by the House Health and Governmental Affairs Committee, the Associated Press is reporting.
House Bill 297 must pass two more committees – judiciary, of which Cervantes is vice chair, and appropriations – before going before the full House.
A companion bill sponsored in the Senate by Dede Feldman, D-Albuquerque, has not yet been heard in its first committee, the Rules Committee. It would also have to be approved by the Public Affairs Committee before going before the full Senate.