Spring Meeting Schedule for Executive Committee and Legislative Staff Coordinating Committee

JW MARRIOTT DENVER AT CHERRY CREEK 150 Clayton Lane| Denver, CO| Phone: (303) 316-2700

SCHEDULE OF MEETINGS (Updated as of 5/2/2018 – Subject to changes in times and events) Thursday, May 10

5:30–7 p.m. RECEPTION AT THE HOTEL Fireside & West Patio

NCSL gratefully acknowledges SGAC for its support of this reception.

9–10:15 p.m. NCSL FOUNDATION FOR STATE LEGISLATURES DESSERT Moxy Hotel Beer RECEPTION Garden

Please join the NCSL Foundation board of directors for dessert and networking. All attendees are invited to attend.

Friday, May 11

8–9 a.m. BREAKFAST Fireside & West Patio

9–10:15 a.m. LSCC WORK GROUPS Staff Section Officers Aster Standing Committees Rose Strategic Planning Bluebell Membership, Mentorship and Development Special Work Presidential Suite, Group Room 1113 10:15–10:30 a.m. BREAK

10:30–11:45 a.m. LSCC SUBCOMMITTEES Legislative Institution Aster Information Technology, Social Media, E-Learning and Rose Outreach Programs and Professional Development Bluebell

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Noon–1:15 p.m. LUNCH Fireside & West Patio

1:15–2:30 p.m. FULL LSCC MEETING Salon 1&2

2:30–3:30 p.m. BREAK

3:30–4:30 p.m. THE ART OF PERSUASION (OPTIONAL PROFESSIONAL Aster/Rose DEVELOPMENT FOR LSCC MEMBERS – PLEASE RSVP)

What does the latest research tell us about how people make decisions? You might be surprised by the answer! Attend this session to learn how to make your points most effectively and gain vital support for your ideas.

Presenter: Curt Stedron, NCSL

5:30–7 p.m. RECEPTION AT NCSL’S OFFICE AT 7700 EAST FIRST PLACE, DENVER, COLORADO

Saturday, May 12

7:30–8:30 a.m. BREAKFAST Fireside & West Patio

8:30–10 a.m. NCSL BUDGET AND DUES DISCUSSION Grand Ballroom

10–10:15 a.m. BREAK

10:15–11:15 a.m. NCSL STAFF PRESENTATIONS Grand Ballroom

11:15 a.m.–12:15 p.m. LUNCH Fireside & West Patio

12:15–3 p.m. FULL EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE (INCLUDING MEMBER Grand Ballroom OUTREACH AND COMMUNICATIONS SUBCOMMITTEE AND BUDGET, FINANCE AND RULES COMMITTEE)

4:30–6 p.m. RECEPTION AT THE HOTEL Fireside & West Patio

The next Executive Committee meeting will be held July 29 in conjunction with the 2018 Legislative Summit, July 29 – August 2 in Los Angeles, California.

The Fall Executive Committee meeting will be held September 7-8 at the Westin Downtown in Portland, Maine.

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Executive Committee Meeting Saturday, May 12, 2008 12:15 – 3 p.m. Grand Ballroom JW Marriott Denver at Cherry Creek

AGENDA

Call to Order, Roll Call and Recognition of Guests

Executive Committee Meeting Minutes from ...... 1

Executive Director’s Report ...... 7

State-Federal Affairs Report ...... 8

FY 2018 Appropriations to Date ...... 20

FY 2019 Appropriations ...... 22

NCSL Budget

Revenues and Expenses by Conference Programs as of March 31, 2018 ...... 24

NCSL Comparative Income Statement as of March 31, 2018 ...... 26

NCSL Comparative Balance Sheet as of March 31, 2018 ...... 27 Proposed Budget for FY 2019

NCSL Dues Schedule for Fiscal Years 2020 and 2021 ...... 28

Grant and Contract Report ...... 30

Legislative Summit ...... 36

2018 Host Committee Report

Summit Schedule

State Networking Event

AGENDA CONTINUED

Outreach and Communications Activities ...... 37

Public Affairs ...... 38

Standing Committees ...... 45

Policy Working Groups

Legislative Staff Coordinating Committee ...... 56

Report on Quebec National Assembly/NCSL International Trade Conference

NCSL Foundation for State Legislatures Report ...... 76

NCSL Bylaws and Rules of Procedure ...... 82

The Executive Committee will be held July 29 in conjunction with the 2018 Legislative Summit, July 29 – August 2 in Los Angeles, California

Executive Committee 2017 - 2018 Member Roster (Last update April 25, 2018) NCSL OFFICERS President Staff Chair Senator Deb Peters Chuck Truesdell State Senator – District 9 Legislative Fiscal Analyst South Dakota Legislature Office of Budget Review 705 North Sagehorn Drive Legislative Research Commission Hartford, SD 57033-2380 General Assembly (605) 321-4168 Room 136, Capitol Annex [email protected] 702 Capitol Avenue Year 4 Frankfort, KY 40601 (502) 564-8100 EXT 578 [email protected] Year 4

President-Elect Staff Vice Chair Senator Toi Hutchinson Jon Heining State Senator General Counsel Illinois General Assembly Texas Legislative Council Capitol Building, Room 121-C Texas Legislature 301 South Second Street PO Box 12128 Springfield, IL 62706 Austin, TX 78711-2128 (217) 782-7419 (512) 463-1151 [email protected] [email protected] Year 2 Year 4

Vice President Immediate Past Staff Chair Speaker Raúl Burciaga Wisconsin Legislature Director State Capitol Legislative Council Service PO Box 8953 Legislature Madison, WI 53708-8953 490 Old Santa Fe Trail, Suite 411 (608) 266-9171 Santa Fe, NM 87501 [email protected] (505) 986-4671 Year 4 [email protected] Year 5

Immediate Past President Senator Dan Blue Senate Democratic Leader Years served as an NCSL officer or ex- North Carolina General Assembly Legislative Building, Room 1129 officio member do not count toward the 16 West Jones Street Raleigh, NC 27601-2808 three-year maximum on the NCSL (919) 715-2880 [email protected] Executive Committee. Year 2 AT LARGE MEMBERS

Senator Ralph Alvarado Representative Al Carlson Kentucky Legislature House Majority Leader Capitol Annex, Suite 229 North Dakota Legislative Assembly 702 Capitol Avenue State Capitol Frankfort, KY 40601 600 East Boulevard Avenue (502) 564-8100 Bismark, ND [email protected] (701) 371-1440 Year 1 [email protected] Year 2

Speaker Joe Aresimowicz Charlotte Carter-Yamauchi Speaker of the House Director Connecticut General Assembly Legislative Reference Bureau 248 Lower Lane State Capitol, Room 446 Berlin, CT 06037 415 S Beretania Street (860) 371-6887 Honolulu, HI 96813 [email protected] (808) 587-0666 Year 3 [email protected] Year 1

Representative Representative Sarah House Minority Caucus Chair Copeland-Hanzas Vermont Legislature Kansas State Capitol State House 300 SW Tenth Avenue, Room 451-S 115 State Street Topeka, KS 66612-1504 Montpelier, VT 05633-5501 (785) 296-7697 (802) 828-2228 [email protected] [email protected] Year 1 Year 1

Senator David Blount Senator Bill Cowsert Mississippi Legislature Senate Majority Leader State Capitol Georgia General Assembly PO Box 1018 State Capitol Jackson, MS 39215-1018 206 Washington Street, Room 236 (601) 359-3232 Atlanta, GA 30334 [email protected] (404) 463-1366 Year 1 [email protected] Year 3

Assemblymember Irene Senator Andre Cushing Bustamante Adams Maine Legislature Speaker Pro Tem 3 State House Station Nevada Legislature State House Legislative Building, Room 3156 Augusta, ME 04333 401 South Carson Street (207) 745-6776 Carson City, NV 89701 [email protected] (775) 684-8803 Year 2 Irene.Bustamanteadams @asm.state.nv.us Year 2 AT LARGE MEMBERS, cont’d

Senator Aaron Ford Assemblymember Adam Gray Senate Majority Leader California Legislature Nevada Legislature PO Box 942849 Legislative Building Sacramento, CA 94249-0021 401 South Carson Street (916) 319-2021 Carson City, Nevada 89701 assemblymember.gray@ (702) 772-5544 assembly.ca.gov [email protected] Year 4 Year 2

Greg Fugate Senator Legislative Audit Manager Utah Legislature Office of the State Auditor State Capitol, Suite 320 1525 Sherman Street, 7th Floor 350 North State Street Denver, CO 80203-1700 , UT 84114 (303) 869-2839 (801) 538-1035 [email protected] [email protected] Year 1 Year 3

Susan Furlong Lauren Hieger Chief Clerk of the Assembly Communications Director Nevada Legislature 401 S. Carson Street, Room 1109 201 W. Capitol Ave., 424B Carson City, NV 89701 Jefferson City, MO 65101 (775) 684-8556 (573) 751-7266 [email protected] [email protected] Year 2 Year 1

Sonia Gavin Senator Legislative Librarian Senate President Pro Tempore Legislative Services Division Idaho Legislature Montana Legislature State Capitol Building PO Box 201706 PO Box 83720 Helena, MT 59620 Boise, ID 83720-0081 (406) 444-4848 (208) 356-7495 [email protected] [email protected] Year 3 Year 3

Joseph James *J.J.* Gentry, Esq. Counsel, Ethics Committee South Carolina General Assembly PO Box 142 Columbia, SC 29202 (803) 212-6306 [email protected] Year 2 AT LARGE MEMBERS, cont’d

Representative Ellie Hill Smith Wendy Jackson Montana Legislature Administrative Services Manager PO Box 200400 Legislative Reference Bureau Helena, MT 59620 Wisconsin Legislature (406) 444-4800 One East Main Street, Suite 200 [email protected] Madison, WI 53703 Year 2 (608) 266-9983 [email protected] Year 3

Senator Sara Howard Senator Neville James Legislature Majority Leader District 9, State Capitol U.S. Virgin Islands Legislature PO Box 94604 Capitol Building Lincoln, NE 68509-4604 PO Box 1690 (402) 471-2723 St. Thomas, VI 00804 [email protected] (340) 712-2212 Year 3 [email protected] Year 3

Senator Representative Jay Kaufman Ohio General Assembly Massachusetts General Court Senate Building State House, Room 34 One Capitol Square, Room 125 24 Beacon Street Columbus, OH 43215 Boston, MA 02133-1099 (614) 466-7584 (617) 722-2320 [email protected] [email protected] Year 1 Year 6

Russell A. Humphrey Wayne Kidd Chief Clerk, Senate Audit Supervisor Tennessee General Assembly Legislative Auditor General's Office Second Floor, State Capitol Utah Legislature Nashville, TN 37243 W315 State Capitol Complex (615) 741-2730 Salt Lake City, UT 84114 [email protected] (801) 538-1033 Year 3 [email protected] Year 3

Jennifer Jackson Senator David Long Legislative Counsel Senate President Pro Tempore Texas Legislative Council Indiana General Assembly Robert E. Johnson Building State House, Room 3A-N P.O. Box 12128, Capitol Station 200 West Washington Street Austin, TX 78711-2128 Indianapolis, IN 46204-2785 (512) 463-1155 (317) 232-9416 [email protected] [email protected] Year 1 Year 1 AT LARGE MEMBERS, cont’d

Senator Anna MacKinnon Katy Proctor Alaska Legislature Director, Majority Research Staff State Capitol Arizona Legislature 120 Fourth Street, Room 516 House of Representatives, Rm 049 Juneau, AK 99801-1182 1700 W Washington Street (907) 465-3777 Phoenix, AZ 85007 [email protected] (602) 926-3649 Year 3 [email protected] Year 1

Senator Ryan McDougle Joel Redding General Assembly Chief Information Officer General Assembly Building Kentucky General Assembly PO Box 396 Room 26 Annex Richman, VA 23218 702 Capitol Avenue (804) 730-1026 Frankfort, KY 40601 [email protected] (502) 564-8100 ext. 460 Year 2 [email protected] Year 2

Senator Holly Mitchell Speaker California Legislature Hawaii Legislature State Capitol, Room 5080 Room 431 1303 Tenth Street Hawaii State Capitol Sacramento, CA 95814-4900 415 South Beretania Street (916) 651-4030 Honolulu, HI 96813 [email protected] (808) 586-8485 Year 1 [email protected] Year 3

G. Paul Nardo Charles Sallee Clerk of the House and Keeper of the Deputy Director for Program Rolls of the Commonwealth Evaluation Virginia House of Delegates Legislative Finance Committee State Capitol, 3rd Floor State Capitol North PO Box 406 325 Don Gaspar, Suite 101 Richmond, Virginia 23218-0406 Santa Fe, NM 87501 (804) 698-1619 (505) 986-4550 EXT 4528 [email protected] [email protected] Year 2 Year 1 AT LARGE MEMBERS, cont’d

Speaker Martha R. Wigton General Assembly Director – House Budget and Legislative Hall Research Office 411 Legislative Avenue Georgia General Assembly Dover, DE 19901 412 Coverdell Legislative Office (302) 744-4351 Building [email protected] 18 Capitol Square Year 2 Atlanta, GA 30334 (404) 656-5050 [email protected] Year 3

Jason Simmons Representative Jennifer Principal Fiscal Analyst Williamson Legislative Research Council House Majority Leader 500 East Capitol Avenue Oregon Legislature Pierre, SD 57501 State Capitol, Room H-283 (605) 773-3251 Salem, OR 97301 [email protected] (503) 922-0271 Year 1 [email protected] Year 2

Representative Julie Stokes Louisiana Legislature State Capitol PO Box 94062 Baton Rouge, LA 70804 (225) 342-6945 [email protected] Year 3

EX-OFFICIO MEMBERS Co-Chairs, Standing Committees

Delegate Sally Jameson Representative Joyce Peppin Maryland General Assembly House Majority Leader Lowe House Office Building, Minnesota Legislature 6 Bladen Street, Room 231 State Office Building, Room 459 Annapolis, MD 21401 100 Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King (410) 841-3337 Jr. Boulevard [email protected] St. Paul, MN 55155-1298 Year 2 (651) 296-7806 [email protected] Year 3

Staff Co-Chairs, Standing Committees

Jonathan Ball John Snyder Director – Office of the Legislative Committee Staff Administrator Fiscal Analyst Legislative Research Commission Utah Legislature Kentucky General Assembly W310 State Capitol Complex Room 014, Capitol Annex Box 145310 702 Capitol Avenue Salt Lake City, UT 84114 Frankfort, KY 40601 (801) 538-1034 (Main) (502) 564-8100, ext. 478 [email protected] [email protected] Year 2 Year 1 Chair, Council of State Governments International Affiliate

Senator Kelvin Atkinson François Ouimet Nevada Legislature Vice President Room 2158 Quebec National Assembly Legislative Building 1020 rue des Parlementaires 401 South Carson Street Quebec, QC G1A 1A3 Carson City, NV 89701-4747 Canada (775) 684-6522 (418) 643-7391 Kelvin.Atkinson@sen. [email protected] state.nv.us Year 4 Year 2

CSG REGIONAL MEMBERS Eastern Region Midwestern Region

Representative Helene Keeley Senator Wally Horn Delaware General Assembly Iowa General Assembly Legislative Hall 101 Stoney Point Road, SW 411 Legislative Avenue Cedar Rapids, IA 52404 Dover, DE 19901 (319) 396-3131 (302) 744-4351 [email protected] [email protected] Year 2 Year 5

Southern Region Western Region

Speaker Senator Randi Becker Georgia General Assembly Washington Legislature State Capitol, Room 332 Irving R. Newhouse Building 206 Washington Street P.O. Box 40402 Atlanta, GA 30334 Olympia, WA 98504 (404) 656-5020 (360) 786-7602 [email protected] [email protected] Year 2 Year 2 NCSL Advisory Committee (Past Officers still in legislative service)

Michael P. Adams Sharon Crouch Steidel John B. Phelps Director, Strategic Planning Director, Information Services Staff Director/ Senate Rules House of Delegates Committee P. O. Box 396 P. O. Box 406 404 South Monroe Street Richmond, VA 23218 Richmond, VA 23218 Tallahassee, FL 32399-1100 (804) 698-7405 (804) 698-1561 (850) 487-5350 [email protected] [email protected] [email protected]

Terry Anderson Nancy Cyr Patsy Spaw Director, Legislative Research Council Director, Legislative Research Office Secretary of the Senate Wisconsin Legislature Texas Legislature PO Box 2536 PO Box 94604 PO Box 12068 Madison, WI 53701-2536 Lincoln, NE 68509-4604 Austin, TX 78711 (608) 266-1304 Capitol (402) 471-0077 (512) 463-0100 [email protected] [email protected] [email protected]

Senator Curt S. Bramble John Martin Alfred W. (Butch) Speer Senate President Pro Tempore State Representative Clerk of the House Utah Legislature Maine Legislature State Capitol - PO Box 44281 3663 North 870 E. 2 State House Station Baton Rouge, LA 70804 Provo, UT 84604 Augusta, ME 04333-0002 (225) 342-7259 Capitol (801) 361-5802 / (801) 376-8297 (207) 287-1430 [email protected] [email protected] [email protected]

Susan Clarke Schaar Patrick J. O'Donnell John W. Turcotte Clerk of the Senate Clerk of the Legislature Director, Program Evaluation P. O. Box 396 State Capitol, Room 2018 Division Richmond, VA 23218 Lincoln, NE 68509 300 N. Salisbury Street (804) 698-7400 (402) 471-3353 Raleigh, NC 27603-5925 [email protected] [email protected] (919) 301-1399 [email protected] Minutes National Conference of State Legislatures Executive Committee Meeting January 27, 2018 Charleston, South Carolina

NCSL President Senator Deb Peters called the meeting to order. The following officers and members were present: Officers Senator Deb Peters, South Dakota Senator Toi Hutchinson, Illinois Speaker Robin Vos, Wisconsin Senator Dan Blue, Senate Democratic Leader, North Carolina Chuck Truesdell, Fiscal Analyst, Office of Budget Review, Legislative Research Commission, Kentucky Jon Heining, General Counsel, Legislative Council, Texas

Executive Committee Members

Representative Barbara Ballard, Kansas Wendy Jackson, Wisconsin Senator David Blount, Mississippi Senator Neville James, U.S. Virgin Islands Assemblymember Irene Bustamante Adams, Nevada Delegate Sally Jameson, Maryland Representative Sarah Copeland-Hanzas, Vermont Representative Jay Kaufman, Massachusetts Senator Bill Cowsert, Georgia Representative Helene Keeley, Delaware Senator Andre Cushing, Maine Wayne Kidd, Utah Greg Fugate, Colorado Senator David Long, Indiana Susan Furlong, Nevada Senator Ryan McDougle, Virginia J.J. Gentry, South Carolina Senator Holly Mitchell, California Senator Wayne Harper, Utah Representative Joyce Peppin, Minnesota Lauren Hieger, Missouri Joel Redding, Kentucky Senator Sara Howard, Nebraska Speaker Peter Schwartzkopf, Delaware Senator Matt Huffman, Ohio Jason Simmons, South Dakota Russell Humphrey, Tennessee John Snyder, Kentucky Jennifer Jackson, Texas Martha Wigton, Georgia

A quorum was present with 36 members in attendance.

NCSL President Senator Deb Peters opened the meeting with announcements. J.J. Gentry (SC) welcomed members and outlined the events during the meeting. Senator Holly Mitchell (CA) described the host state events planned for the NCSL Legislative Summit in Los Angeles including the event planned at Paramount Studios and other activities including sporting events and the Science Center. Senator Andre Cushing (ME) reminded members of the upcoming NCSL Executive Committee meeting in Maine, September 7-8, 2018. Guy Ouellette, Member of the National Assembly (MNA) of Quebec, promoted the first international trade legislative conference hosted by NCSL and the Quebec National Assembly, March 15-18, 2018.

1 Approval of Minutes Senator Peters called for a motion to approve the minutes from the NCSL Executive Committee held in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, on October 14, 2017. The minutes were approved.

Executive Director’s Report Bill Pound reported that it has been a very busy fall with lots of action in legislatures. NCSL has been inundated with questions and requests for assistance on the sexual harassment issue. NCSL staff has provided testimony or training in a number of states. The Conference is producing a video on the issue and will be co-hosting a webinar with the Society for Human Resources Management in February. NCSL staff put together a webinar on the impact of federal tax change on the states that connected to more than 500 sites.

The NCSL Task Force on Insurance has held two very successful meetings. There currently are two resolutions for Executive Committee consideration. The first resolution by a task force member proposes supporting the 2018 National Retirement Planning Week, April 9-12, 2018. The goal is to encourage retirement savings. The second resolution, put forth by Representative George Kaiser (ND), examines the impact of air ambulance business practices on states and its residents. The lack of regulation on air ambulances and resulting high costs are a concern to task force members. Both resolutions were approved unanimously.

Bill Pound discussed the NCSL survey of legislators and legislator staff that was just completed by iCitizen. The survey, a follow-up to one completed in 2011, focuses on NCSL and services it provides to constituents. Bruce Starr with iCitizen reported the online survey received 381 responses from legislators and 900 responses from legislative staff. With only a small margin of error, there is a good comparison in results from the two surveys. Mr. Starr pointed out that legislators and legislative staff find NCSL to be very valuable. Gains were seen in the views of legislators on how NCSL is serving the needs of legislators. NCSL is viewed positively in comparison with similar organizations. There was a notable increase among legislators in how frequently they request information and speak to or email someone at NCSL. There is more of this day-to-day direct outreach with NCSL than in the past. There are marked increases among legislators and staff alike in what share of them finds NCSL publications valuable in doing their jobs. The most important services include information requests, conducting research and the website according to legislators and staff. Similarities among legislators and staff exist in ranking the services that were least important including the monthly magazine, social networking and lobbying. The top-rated services were research, the Legislative Summit, training and networking for legislators. Legislative staff find research, staff support and the website indispensable.

Strategic Plan Senator Peters talked about the Strategic Plan and the officers’ activities. Senator Peters encouraged executive committee members to identify priorities now since the strategic initiatives need to be included in the FY 2018 budget. She noted that the biggest changes occur in the member outreach and communications department. Senator Peters said discussions have focused on the magazine, professional development and information services. Senator David Long (IN) said there needs to be a strong link in training new legislators after the election. Senator Long noted that this type of training is especially valuable for new legislators. Senator Peters agreed and highlighted a few policies that have been worked on. These include allowing states to create an account to help fund travel and training. Senator Kaufman (MA) suggested that a one-shot approach isn’t necessarily the only approach and suggested that a program for new legislators should include the Legislative Summit the following year and possibly an event after. Senator Cushing (ME) agreed that the opportunity to immerse people in the

2 organization is when they are new legislators. Senator Cushing suggested NCSL offer more orientation presentations where current or former board members can address the legislature and consider a number of follow-ups to new members during session. Delegate Sally Jameson (MD) suggested NCSL do some things on a regional basis. Senator Ballard (KS) suggested NCSL could do more work on constituent relations for new legislators. Senator Peters said the new and continuing initiatives would be included in the proposed budget for FY 2019 that will be considered at the May meeting.

State and Federal Affairs Report Representative Joyce Peppin (MN) talked about NCSL activity in Washington, D.C. NCSL staff continues to work on transportation and infrastructure, drones, autonomous vehicles, education, marijuana policy, broadband deployment, small cell deployment, and sports betting. NCSL hosted a meeting in Washington, D.C. for chairs and vice chairs of state legislative intergovernmental relations committees.

In early November, the group led by Senator Peters sat down with members of the U.S. House’s Task Force on Intergovernmental Affairs to discuss ways to restore balance between the states and the federal government. Speaker Paul Ryan and Democratic Leader announced the creation of the bipartisan task force back in May, and NCSL was named a member of an advisory counsel to the task force. NCSL took the opportunity to make several recommendations to the task force and identified potential action items for NCSL as well. NCSL is creating a federalism curriculum that can be used by state legislatures to help educate people on the importance of the issue.

Senator Deb Peters stated that South Dakota vs. Wayfair, Inc. has been picked up by the U.S. Supreme Court. The legislation went into effect basically May 1, 2016 and hopefully by the end of April 2018, the case will be before the U.S. Supreme Court. Senator Peters noted it is one of the fastest cases ever to make it to the U.S. Supreme Court. She noted that states have waited over 25 years for Congress to act so it is exciting that the Supreme Court will hear the case.

FY 2018 Appropriations Bill Pound reported that collections are about 71% and anticipates NCSL will end the year with over 90% collected. The functional expense report for the period ending December 31, 2017, was reviewed by the committee. Revenues and expenses are in line for Fiscal Year 2018. Mr. Pound noted that the current financial statement includes all amendments made at the October Executive Committee meeting. The Executive Committee will consider the FY 2019 proposed budget at the May meeting.

Grant and Contract Report Laura Tobler, NCSL’s Director of State Policy Research, presented the three grants for Executive Committee approval: 1) Elections and Redistricting Program Support Grant ($420,000 – Democracy Fund), 2) Developing Legislative Capacity to Improve High-Quality Postsecondary Education Outcomes ($289,839 – Laura and John Arnold Foundation, and 3) State Legislative Tools for Addressing Mental Health and Addiction ($125,500 – Alkermes Inspiration Grant – Not Funded). Laura noted the third grant was not funded prior to the meeting but wanted members to know staff members are actively pursuing grants in areas where there are funding gaps. Behavioral health, mental health and substance abuse are areas with gaps at NCSL. The proposals were unanimously approved. Ms. Tobler updated Executive Committee members on the status of previously approved grants.

Legislative Summit Nancy Rhyme presented the issue forums selected for the Legislative Summit program. She said committee and staff section programming is currently underway. Executive Committee members are

3 encouraged to provide feedback and suggestions on the programming. This year’s Summit will feature a networking reception so that state legislators and legislative staff have the opportunity to get together at the beginning of the week. Ms. Rhyme reviewed the meeting schedule which starts officially at 1:30 on Monday afternoon. Pre/post meeting events will occur on Sunday, Monday and Thursday. Senator Hutchinson’s President-elect’s reception will occur on Sunday evening. Senator Peters reminded members that the business meeting has been renamed the states’ policy setting meeting. She encouraged Executive Committee members to get colleagues to attend the priority setting meeting.

Outreach and Communications Nancy Rhyme described NCSL outreach in the states including the media guide for state legislators and staff. NCSL’s Legislator’s Guide to Parliamentary Procedure also is a very popular publication.

Mick Bullock reported on the media plan that was executed for the Capitol Forum. Compared to 2016, NCSL was cited a little over 3,000 more times during the 2017 reporting period. NCSL engages its audience with Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and LinkedIn. Mick described the seven Facebook Live videos recently produced with a total viewing audience of 2,654. NCSL regularly watches numbers and metrics to make sure outreach is effective. Mick added that the tweeter award for the NCSL Capitol Forum using the #ncslorg, goes to Senator Deb Peters for being engaged with NCSL over 163 times.

Audit of the Communications Program Gil Rudowsky with Ground Floor Media gave a quick overview about the communications assessment: why it was completed, the results and some recommendations/action items that resulted. Ground Floor Media was hired by NCSL to complete an objective, third-party review of NCSL’s marketing, communications and outreach functions.

Mr. Rudowsky told committee members there were six overarching recommendations. All are based on the pulse of the legislatures: What are you thinking? What kind of information do you want - planning, marketing and communication fundamentals, social media, metrics, and organizational structure. An organization the size and breadth of NCSL needs to have a communications plan to guide what the staff are doing. NCSL needs to look at branding. Are all the products branded appropriately? Thoughtful planning is occurring in the area of social media. What needs to be accomplished at this point is to tie social media into other aspects of communications. Metrics use in the organizations needs to be expanded. Are people opening messages? What are they clicking on? All groups responsible for media within the organization need to be brought together. This currently is underway within the organization. Moving forward, everything will ladder up to an overarching NCSL strategic plan.

A number of executive committee members commented on NCSL’s communications. It was pointed out that NCSL did a good job unifying the message during legislative staff week in December. Senator Cushing said he was impressed with the information NCSL is collecting. The only observation he would make is that NCSL should exclusively chase current issues because by the time the information is posted, it can be yesterday’s news. Senator Peters commented that we want to drive the news. NCSL needs to be the media driver.

Report on the Standing Committees Speaker Robin Vos explained the process that has occurred in the review of the NCSL standing committees. Over the course of the last four meetings, the working group worked with NCSL staff to figure out how best to ensure that we reflect the wishes of all legislators and staff involved in NCSL and those who are back home. The goal was to figure out how to take the standing committees with

4 between 400 to 7,600 members who are appointed and make the committees into something where people can build relationships, where legislators and staff feel invested in the process and hopefully over time become more involved in NCSL.

The working group recommends developing a policy working group for each standing committee. Each working group would have 40 members: 10 legislative staff members and 30 legislators split evenly between Democrats and Republicans. The duties of the policy working groups would be: to review the existing policy directives and resolutions; to develop new policy directives, resolutions and amendments to the existing policy directives; to develop potential model legislation pertaining to the implementation of federal statutes at the request of the Executive Committee; and recommend to the Executive Committee issues for consideration for the state/federal priorities and the major state issues. The working groups would also develop work products such as standing committee reports, best practices, statements of principles, and educate the other members of the standing committee on the actions being recommended by the policy working groups. The goal is to have the smaller core group really work on developing priorities and take these back to the larger standing committees. Delegate Jameson added that 2018 will be a pilot year for the policy working groups.

Speaker Vos asked executive committee members to provide names of individuals they think might be interested in getting more involved in a policy working group. He noted it is important to reach out to ensure every region of the country, every party, is represented on all the policy working groups. Senator Peters added that the working groups need to be balanced to have a balanced approach when NCSL deals with issues for the states.

Report of the Legislative Staff Coordinating Committee Chuck Truesdell, NCSL Staff Chair, reported on the LSCC meeting which began with a briefing on NCSL’s legislative staff services program and a Myers-Briggs type indicator self-assess professional development. This professional development opportunity was very useful and will be continued at future meetings starting in Denver.

The Legislative Staff Management Institute (LSMI) is now in its 29th year. This year’s program will be held in mid-August shortly after the Legislative Summit. LSCC members heard a briefing from the co- directors of LSMI on the 2018 program and the proposed budget which was approved. The NCSL Foundation for State Legislatures funds $55,000 of the LSMI budget. Applications are currently being accepted for the program. Forty-six states have sent staff to LSMI since its founding.

The Legislative Institution subcommittee discussed ways to promote the work and contributions of legislative staff to the institution. The subcommittee is looking at three different productions for a legislative success story: how the capitol police and security in North Carolina helped manage protestors; impeachment proceedings and a process to make sure everything happened smoothly in Alabama, or a statewide rural initiative to help improve life for the people in southern rural Georgia.

The Inaugural Legislative Staff Week, December 4-8, was a great success as it spread across different platforms in NCSL’s communication structure. There was a strong presence of staff profiles and stories on social media, the magazine, website and blog. Legislative staff and their contributions to the institution will be highlighted twice a year.

A priority over the next year and into the future is the creation of a staff certificate program to boost professional development in a focused way for legislative staff. A proposal will be ready for

5 implementation at the Los Angeles Legislative Summit. This subcommittee also has been working on programming for the Legislative Summit. The Salute to Legislative Staff will be Amy Trask, the first female CEO of an NFL team, the Oakland Raiders.

Legislative staff outreach continues to be a priority. The IT subcommittee has been working on a preference center for NCSL’s website. The center will be ready to go with the launch of NCSL’s new association management system. There will be additional outreach to staff directors and a program will be developed to provide additional training for this group. The name for NCSL’s legislative staff sections is changing to “professional staff associations” as a branding exercise and way to market these professional groups to all legislative staff.

Mr. Truesdell reported that this Executive Committee meeting provided an opportunity to raise funds for The Fisher House Foundation which provides essentially a home-away-from-home for military families when their military service member or veteran is receiving medical care. Executive Committee members are asked to contribute. Members at the last Executive Committee meeting raised almost $2,000 for the American Cancer Society. It is hoped that current contributions will approach the level raised in October.

Mr. Truesdell announced the formation of the staff nominating committee and the focus on recruiting legislative staff to run for the Executive Committee. He asked members to talk with legislative staff who might be interested in serving on the NCSL Executive Committee. Senator Peters add that the legislator side of the Executive Committee will have at least 11 openings. She encouraged Executive Committee members to reach out to legislators who might be interested in serving on the committee.

Foundation for State Legislatures Senator Dan Blue reported that the Foundation had a clean audit with no exceptions. The Foundation has a $2.6 million fundraising goal for Fiscal Year 2018. The Foundation is well ahead of performance last year. The Foundation has picked up a good number of new sponsors. There are 33 platinum sponsors - up from 25 platinum sponsors at this same time last year. The Foundation has 16 new sponsors, and that is up from 11 new sponsors this time last year.

The Foundation has a new public/private partnership on smart communities. Senator Blue encouraged any organizations or companies that are interested in the Foundation to contact Caroline Carlson or Samantha Nuechterlein.

Next Meeting Senator Deb Peters mentioned that the next Executive Committee meeting will be held May 11-12 in Denver.

The meeting was adjourned.

6 Deb Peters Senator – District 9 South Dakota President, NCSL

Chuck Truesdell Fiscal Analyst Memorandum Office of Budget Review Legislative Research Commission Kentucky To: Members of the NCSL Executive Committee Staff Chair, NCSL William T. Pound Date: April 30, 2018 Executive Director

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In addition to the Agenda Book, you will receive a Budget Book which contains a proposed budget for FY2019 and alternative dues schedules for FY2020 and 2021. The dues schedule is adopted on a two-year cycle. The budget and dues schedule are recommended by the Executive Committee and must be adopted at the Annual Business Meeting held at the Legislative Summit.

Legislative Summit in Boston, dues collection close to the projected level, about 92%, and a positive outlook for indirect cost recovery.

The strategic plan has been prioritized by the NCSL Officers and the priorities are in the proposed budget, though a number of them have been started with funds in the this is improving and expanding outreach to legislators and legislative staff, expanded training and state assistance and enhancement of both digital, social media and print communication. NCSL staff have visited 35 states in 2018 and have provided 59 technical assistance programs to legislatures since January 1.

South Dakota v. Wayfair, the collection of remote state sales taxes was heard by the U.S. Supreme Court in April, with a decision expected by late June. It has taken twenty years of work by NCSL and its members to get this issue to the C Task Force on State and Local Taxation has led the effort to simplify collection and remove the barriers to the collection of sales tax on remote purchases. NCSL President, Senator Deb Peters, deserves credit for her efforts in simplification and getting the issue heard by the U.S. Supreme Court.

Registration for the Legislative Summit is similar to recent years at this point. As a result of attendee suggestions, there are some variations in the schedule in Los Angeles. The NCSL Executive Committee will meet on Sunday, July 29.

The decision of the Executive Committee to establish Policy Working Groups in each of the Standing Committees has been implemented with a favorable response from members and staff asked to participate. The Working Groups will shape the Standing Committee agenda for the Legislative Summit.

Denver Washington 7700 East First Place 444 North Capitol Street, N.W. Suite 515 Website www.ncsl.org Denver, Colorado 80230-7143 Washington, D.C. 20001 Email [email protected] Phone 303.364.7700 Fax 303.364.7800 Phone 202.624.5400 Fax 202.737.1069 7 Deb Peters Senator – District 9 South Dakota President, NCSL

Chuck Truesdell To: NCSL Executive Committee Fiscal Analyst Office of Budget Review Legislative Research Commission From: Molly Ramsdell, Director, Washington Office Kentucky Neal Osten, Director, Washington Office Staff Chair, NCSL William T. Pound Executive Director Date: May 12, 2018

Subject: Update on State-Federal Activities

This report summarizes NCSL’s state-federal activities since the January 27, 2018 Executive Committee meeting in Charleston, S.C.

Sales Tax Wars: The States Strike Back in the U.S. Supreme Court On April 17, the U.S. Supreme Court held oral arguments in South Dakota v. Wayfair, which could very well be the largest tax case of this millennium. At stake is the constitutionality of S.B. 106 which was introduced in 2016 by Sen. Deb Peters of South Dakota, now NCSL President. The bill required any out of state seller to collect and remit sales taxes on purchases to South Dakota if they have more than $100,000 in sales or more than 200 sales in a year to residents of the state. The decision to bypass Congress and go through the Supreme Court was initiated in the NCSL Executive Committee Task Force on State and Local Taxation. The long-awaited online sales tax case will determine whether states can require out-of-state retailers to collect and remit a state's sales taxes. Predicting how justices will vote has never been an easy thing to do, and following the oral arguments, many legal experts are even more unsure of how the court will rule.

Uncertainty stems from whether the court's 1992 decision in Quill v. North Dakota, which prohibits a state from requiring out-of-state sellers to collect and remit the state's sales tax, stands the test of time. Some of the justices last week stated that this ruling failed to predict the rise of internet shopping, which hurts both state governments' bottom lines and the brick-and- mortar businesses that are forced to collect sales taxes, while their competitors are not. NCSL President, Sen. Deb Peters joined by NCSL staff Mick Bullock and Max Behlke. Justices Anthony Kennedy and Neil Gorsuch strongly suggested the court had erred in the 1992 case that was originally meant to deal with only mail-order companies. Gorsuch even went as far as to say the ruling was "antiquated."

Denver Washington 7700 East First Place 444 North Capitol Street, N.W. Suite 515 Website www.ncsl.org Denver, Colorado 80230-7143 Washington, D.C. 20001 Email [email protected] 8 Phone 303.364.7700 Fax 303.364.7800 Phone 202.624.5400 Fax 202.737.1069 Meanwhile, some of the justices, including Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, expressed annoyance with Congress' failure to address the issue in the previous 26 years. While many observers of the case believed South Dakota had a good position heading into arguments, some thought that the line of questioning from a few of the justices raised doubts about the court's willingness to overturn Quill. The Supreme Court is expected to issue its opinion in mid-to-late June and it is likely the court will rule in one of three ways:

1. In favor of South Dakota with a full repeal of Quill v. North Dakota. 2. In favor of South Dakota, upholding solely the state's law forcing out-of-state retailers to collect taxes if they meet certain thresholds. 3. In favor of Wayfair, which would uphold the precedents set by Quill v. North Dakota.

Whichever way the court rules, there will most definitely be lasting effects on how states will need to think about how to structure their tax codes. The decision could mean tens of billions of dollars of revenue for the states, or, on the flip side, could mean that sales tax collections will continue to decline as more consumers shop online.

If the states lose in the Supreme Court, NCSL will continue to pursue passage of the Marketplace Fairness Act/Remote Transaction Parity Act in Congress. We will spend another Lobby Day during the NCSL Capitol Forum advocating for sales tax parity.

FAA Reauthorization On April 27, the House approved, 393-13, H.R. 4, the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Reauthorization Act of 2018. NCSL was joined by other organizations representing state and local elected officials on a letter to House leadership concerning an unwarranted expansion of federal pre-emption of state and local authority over the operation of drones. In particular, Section 45510 aims to establish an FAA process for drones to be certified as “air carriers.” Per the 1978 Airline Deregulation Act, states are exempt from regulating the routes of “air carriers.” Such a pre-emption could result in states having no legislative or regulatory recourse over where and when hundreds of thousands of drone flights operate. The bill includes an NCSL-supported amendment that would codify a drone pilot program, recently announced by DOT. The pilot program aims to accelerate drone integration plans by working to solve technical, regulatory, and policy challenges that includes the ability for states to set reasonable time, manner, and place limitations on low altitude drone operations. NCSL staff met with numerous members’ offices leading up to the vote and will continue to work to preserve state authority.

Farm Bill and the Protect Interstate Commerce Act of 2018 NCSL joined with several local groups to oppose the Protect Interstate Commerce Act of 2018 (H.R. 4879), which was adopted as an amendment to the House version of the 2018 Farm Bill. H.R. 4879 creates a new type of federal pre-emption where state laws and statues could potentially be nullified if another state or locality had enacted a different law or statue covering the same agriculture production process, and challenges the law. NCSL will continue to fight this battle in the Senate and through conference. Since 2013, NCSL has successfully blocked similar legislation from being enacted.

9 NCSL Attends Reagan Institute Summit on Education (RISA) NCSL was represented by Massachusetts Rep. Alice Peisch (D), co-chair of NCSL’s Education Committee, at a meeting hosted by the Ronald Reagan Presidential Foundation and Institute on the 35th anniversary of the landmark report, “A Nation at Risk.” The report, released by President Ronald Reagan’s National Commission on Education in 1983, called for the complete overhaul of America’s public schools’ standards.

Peisch was a panelist on a session, States Leading the Way, which was a conversation on state ESSA plans with state education chiefs including Louisiana’s John White and Mississippi’s Carey Wright. The summit culminated with a reflective and predictive conversation between former U.S. Secretaries of Education Rod Paige, Margaret Spellings, Arne Duncan and John B. King, Jr. Massachusetts Rep. Alice Peisch at RISA meeting.

NCSL State-Federal Relations Office Working for You Jan. 5 – April 30, 2018

How Many? Item Topics

49 Coalition Meetings Big 7, Broadband, Education, Immigration, Cybersecurity, Environment, Emergency Management, Pensions, Data Privacy, Law Enforcement, Supreme Court.

45 Administration Meetings Opioids, Marijuana, Telecommunications, Budget, Education, NAFTA, Licensing/Credentialing, Health People 2030, Broadband, Federal Tax Reform, BDAC, and FEMA.

44 Hill Meetings Criminal Justice Reform, Opioids, King Amendment, Commercial Hemp, Nuclear Waste, Infrastructure, Broadband, Online Sales Tax, Drones/FAA Reauthorization, Autonomous Vehicles, Passenger Family Charge, PREPARE Act, Commerce/Counterfeit Goods, and Pensions.

44 Media Quotes King Amendment, Net Neutrality, Drones, FAA reauthorization, Federal Tax Reform, Sports Betting, Remote Sales Tax, Cybercurrencies.

10 How Many? Item Topics

State-Federal Newsletters NRI, HHS, Labor, Education, Law Criminal 25 Justice and Public Safety, Cybersecurity, Labor and Economic Development.

State-Federal Blogs WOTUS, Infrastructure, Transportation, Census, 22 FEMA, School Security, Criminal Justice Reform, Marijuana, SCOTUS and Internet Tax Case, Foster Care Prevention, and Commerce/Counterfeit Goods.

15 Issues of Capitol to Capitol Produced weekly and sent to all state legislators (10,000+ recipients) and staff.

14 Letters/Comments to the Hill or Pre-emption in FAA Reauthorization, Hemp Administration Farming Act, FIX NICS Act, Mitigation, BDAC, GHG Emission, Immigration, Protect Interstate Commerce Act, Autonomous Vehicles, Lead and Copper Rule.

13 Alerts Budget Agreement, Infrastructure, Drones, GHG Emissions, Farm Bill, CMS Rules, and Clean Air Act.

Recent NCSL Letters, Comments and Alerts January 5 – April 30, 2018

▪ NCSL, NGA, NACo, NLC and NASAO Joint Letter Re: Pre-emption in FAA Reauthorization Act of 2018 (April 23, 2018) ▪ NCSL letter to co-sponsors of the Hemp Farming Act of 2018. (April 18, 2018) ▪ NCSL Letter to Senate Leaders urging the Senate to Support the Passage of S.2135, the “Fix NICS Act of 2017.” (March 14. 2018) ▪ Big 7 Letter to Congress on the Unfunded Mandates Information and Transparency Act. (March 13, 2018) ▪ NCSL Letter to Chief Counsel of the Regulatory Affairs Division regarding Draft National Mitigation Investment Strategy. (March 9, 2018) ▪ NCSL Letter to EPA in Response to its January Federalism Consultation on Proposed Regulatory Revisions to the Lead and Copper Rule. (March 6, 2018)

11 ▪ NCSL Letter to the Federal Highway Administration on its "Automated Driving Systems" Request for Information. (March 5, 2018) ▪ NCSL Joint letter with NACo, NLC and ICMA to House Agriculture Committee Leadership, voicing opposition to the Protect Interstate Commerce Act. (Feb. 28, 2017) ▪ NCSL letter to EPA responding to the Advanced Notice of Proposed Rulemaking for State Guidelines for Greenhouse Gas Emissions from Existing Electric Generating Units. (Feb. 20, 2018) ▪ NCSL Letter to U.S. Senate regarding Federal Immigration Policy. (Feb. 7, 2018) ▪ NCSL Letter to FCC Chairman regarding BDAC State and Local Model Code and Removing State and Local Regulatory Barriers (GN Docket No. 17-83). (Feb. 9, 2018) ▪ NCSL letter to DOE responding to its RFI for assistance in identifying potential changes to its Process Rule. (Feb. 7, 2018) ▪ NCSL Letter to U.S. Senate in support of Vice Chairman 's amendment to the Senate's fiscal year 2018 appropriations legislation restricting the U. S. Department of Justice (DOJ) from unnecessarily interfering with state marijuana laws. (Jan. 18, 2018) ▪ NCSL letter to Chairman Conaway and Ranking Member Peterson in opposition to H.R. 3599, The Protect Interstate Commerce Act. (Jan. 8, 2018)

12 Washington, DC Advocacy Activities Report January 6, 2018 – April 30, 2018

Chamber Date Individual Office NCSL Staff Other in Attendance Topic of Discussion or Agency Susan Frederick, Karmen Hanson, Kate Federal Blackman, Sarah 1/03/2018 Agency Kevin Heslin AHRQ/HHS Brown Opioids Haley Nicholson, Abbie Gruwell, HHS Region 8 Director Karmen Hanson, Kate Met with new HHS Region 8 Brian E. Shiozawa, MD Blackman, Martha Director and Region 8 and SAMSHA Region King, Sydne Enlund, SAMHSA. General introduction Federal 8 Director Charles Margaret Wile, Tahra of our teams and our policy 1/04/2018 Agency Smith HHS and SAMHSA Johnson, Laura Tobler work and priorities. Follow up call about holding Federal Haley Nicholson Healthy People 2030 Session 1/05/2018 Agency Ayanna Johnson (OS/OASH) Abbie Gruwell for 2018 NCSL Summit. Representatives of the other Federal Intergovernmental/ Big 7 organizations / Other Proposed Revisions to the Lead 1/08/2018 Agency Office of Water EPA Kristen Hildreth Relevant Stakeholders and Copper Rule. Federal Marshall Flight Center 1/08/2018 Agency Team NASA Joan Wodiska Education Went to discuss upcoming House Energy and Opioid Fellows meeting and to Kristen Shatynski and Commerce Haley Nicholson get a sense of E&C priorities for 1/11/2018 House Caleb Graff (Majority) Abbie Gruwell hearings, etc. for the year. Jess Berry, Susan Frederick 1/11/2018 Senate appropriations staff Sen. Leahy Lucia Bragg Marijuana appropriations rider. Federal US Department of Education 1/16/2018 Agency Intergovernmental Education Joan Wodiska Federal US Department of Education 1/16/2018 Agency Intergovernmental Education Federal Lauren Goldschmidt, Susan Frederick Sessions’ marijuana memo 1/17/2018 Agency Policy Advisor DOJ Lucia Bragg implementation. 13 Chamber Date Individual Office NCSL Staff Other in Attendance Topic of Discussion or Agency Cheri Pascale, Professional Staff; 14 Sydney Peters, LA; Christian Fjeld, Professional Staff; Senate Commerce Caroline Sevier (NGA), Joung Ioana Gorecki, Majority and Lee (AASHTO) and Russ 1/17/2018 Senate Professional Staff Minority Ben Husch Martin (GHSA) Autonomous Vehicles Discussed priorities for the committee and what aspects of Haley Nicholson opioid policy they would be 1/17/2018 Senate Laurel Sakai Senate HELP Abbie Gruwell focusing on. Caroline Sevier (NGA), Joung Kristine O'Brien, LA Sen. Charles Lee (AASHTO) and Russ 2/1/2018 Senate and Nick Dhimitri, LD Schumer Ben Husch Martin (GHSA) Autonomous Vehicles Sen. Diane Autonomous Vehicles and 1/25/2018 Senate Trevor Higgins, LA Feinstein Ben Husch Drones Federal US Department of Education 1/25/2018 Agency Intergovernmental Education Joan Wodiska King Amendment/Protect Ben Husch Interstate Commerce Act of 1/29/2018 House Tracey Chow, LA Rep. Jeff Denham Kristen Hildreth 2018 Mark Fowler, Ben Husch 1/30/2018 House Legislative Assistant Rep. Peter Welch Lucia Bragg Commercial Hemp Caroline Sevier (NGA), Joung Sen. Edward Lee (AASHTO) and Russ 2/01/2018 Senate Daniel Greene, LA Markey Ben Husch Martin (GHSA) Autonomous Vehicles Federal 2/02/2018 Agency IAC and FCC strategy FCC Danielle Dean Telecom Nuclear Waste Policy 2/06/2018 House Ben Rosenbaum, LA Rep. Dana Titus Ben Husch Amendment Act (NWPAA) Haley Nicholson, Abbie Gruwell, Karmen Hanson, Kate Blackman, Martha Federal SAMHSA Regional King, Sydne Enlund, State-federal work and policy 2/07/2018 Agency Administrators SAMHSA Margaret Wile priorities. Sen. Richard Joung Lee (AASHTO) and 2/07/2018 Senate Anna Yu, LA Blumenthal Ben Husch Russ Martin (GHSA) Autonomous Vehicles Federal Susan Frederick 2/12/2018 Agency DOJ staff DOJ Lucia Bragg Budget Briefing Lorissa Bounds, Chief Telecom bills - hearing and 2/12/2018 House of Staff Rep. Greg Walden Danielle Dean omnibus Chamber Date Individual Office NCSL Staff Other in Attendance Topic of Discussion or Agency Federal 2/13/2018 Agency Stewart Young USTR Jon Jukuri NAFTA House Committee Bill Pound, Molly on Transportation Ramsdell, Neal Osten, Discussion on White House Collin McCune, and Infrastructure Ben Husch, Max Representatives of the other infrastructure plan and a path 2/13/2018 House Director of Coalitions (Majority) Behlke Big 7 organizations forward. Senate Committee Bill Pound, Molly on Environment Ramsdell, Neal Osten, Discussion on White House Richard Russell, Staff and Public Works Ben Husch, Max Representatives of the other infrastructure plan and a path 2/13/2018 Senate Director (Majority) Behlke Big 7 organizations forward. Federal US Department of Education 2/13/2018 Agency Intergovernmental Education Joan Wodiska Quarterly Federal Intergovernmental Other Intergovernmental Orgs 2/14/2018 Agency Meeting EPA Kristen Hildreth (Big 7, etc.) Update - PFAS Federal IGPAC Members, 2/16/2018 Agency USTR USTR IGPAC Jon Jukuri NAFTA Special Briefing Federal FCC and Legislative Telecom priorities in agency 2/20/2018 Agency Staff FCC Danielle Dean and Congress. Federal Marshall Flight Center Joan Wodiska Education 2/21/2018 Agency Team NASA Federal IGPAC Members, 2/22/2018 Agency USTR USTR IGPAC Jon Jukuri NAFTA Special Briefing Federal Marshall Flight Center Joan Wodiska Education 2/22/2018 Agency Team NASA Federal US Department of Joan Wodiska Education 2/27/2018 Agency Intergovernmental Education King Amendment/Protect Ben Husch Interstate Commerce Act of 2/28/2018 House Tracey Chow, LA Rep. Jeff Denham Kristen Hildreth 2018 Meet and greet. Discussed upcoming budget deal and Amy Hall and Morna House Ways and Haley Nicholson funding for opioid issues and 3/1/2018 House Miller Means (Minority) Abbie Gruwell Families First Prevention Act. 3/1/2018 House Pat Malloy Rep. Cuellar Danielle Dean Broadband King Amendment/Protect Chelsie Keys, Senate Agriculture Ben Husch Interstate Commerce Act of 3/06/2018 Senate Professional Staff (Majority) Kristen Hildreth 2018 Federal Susan Frederick 3/07/2018 Agency FEMA staff FEMA Lucia Bragg Budget Briefing Federal Labor, Employment Veterans 15 3/07/2018 Agency Matthew Miller DOL VETS Jon Jukuri Affairs, Licensing/Credentialing Chamber Date Individual Office NCSL Staff Other in Attendance Topic of Discussion or Agency Federal Marshall Flight Center Joan Wodiska Education 3/07/2018 Agency Team NASA 16 Compact of Free Association Federal Nations, 3/08/2018 Agency Ted Diaz Veterans Affairs Jon Jukuri Licensing/Credentialing 3/08/2018 House Ben Cantrell Rep. Womack Max Behlke Online Sales Tax Follow up call on Healthy Federal People 2030 Summit Session 3/09/2018 Agency Ayanna Johnson (OS/OASH) Haley Nicholson logistics. Federal Marshall Flight Center Joan Wodiska Education 3/09/2018 Agency Team NASA Federal US Department of Joan Wodiska Nationwide call for Members Education 3/09/2018 Agency Intergovernmental Education Joan Wodiska, Education, possible program in Molly Ramsdell, Laura Huntsville. Federal Marshall Flight Center Tobler and Stacy 3/12/2018 Agency Team NASA Householder Licensing/Credentialing, Veterans Housing, Federal Employment, Military Family 3/12/2018 Agency Kirk Harris DoD Jon Jukuri Transitions, REPI Program. King Amendment/Protect Brandon Honeycutt, Ben Husch Interstate Commerce Act of 3/12/2018 House LA Rep. Jimmy Panetta Kristen Hildreth 2018 King Amendment/Protect Rep. Tom Ben Husch Interstate Commerce Act of 3/12/2018 House Paul Babbit, LA O'Halleran Kristen Hildreth 2018 King Amendment/Protect Ben Husch Interstate Commerce Act of 3/12/2018 House Thomas Mills, LA Rep. Kelly Kristen Hildreth 2018 Monalisa Duque, Deputy Chief Counsel, House Judiciary Keenan Keller, Sr. Committee Susan Frederick 3/12/2018 House Counsel Minority staff Lucia Bragg Criminal justice reform issues Casey Higgins, Speaker NAFTA, USTR IGPAC, 3/12/2018 House Ryan's Office Speaker's Office Jon Jukuri Quebec Conference Federal Department of Labor 3/13/2018 Agency Staff DOL VETS Jon Jukuri Acveto Members Veterans King Amendment/Protect Ben Husch Interstate Commerce Act of 3/13/2018 House Jeff Kratz, LA Rep. Bacon Kristen Hildreth 2018 Chamber Date Individual Office NCSL Staff Other in Attendance Topic of Discussion or Agency King Amendment/Protect Matt MacKenzie, House Agriculture Ben Husch Interstate Commerce Act of 3/13/2018 House Professional Staff (Minority) Kristen Hildreth 2018 Discussed possibility of Remote Sales Tax legislation being Speaker of the included in Omnibus Budget 3/13/2018 House Derick Dockery, staff House Max Behlke Bill. Commerce, shipping, 3/13/2018 Senate Jack Crampton Sen. Cassidy Ethan Wilson counterfeit goods Federal US Department of Joan Wodiska Education 3/13/2018 Agency Intergovernmental Education King Amendment/Protect Ted Verrill, Legislative Ben Husch Interstate Commerce Act of 3/14/2018 House Assistant Rep. Abraham Kristen Hildreth 2018 3/14/2018 Senate Joel Wellum, LA Sen. Mike Lee Ben Husch Cian Cashin (AAMVA) Autonomous Vehicles Federal NTIA- Dept. of 3/15/2018 Agency Katherine Bates Commerce Danielle Dean Broadband Acting Deputy, DOJ Office of Federal Violence Against Susan Frederick State funding and federal 3/19/2018 Agency Katie Sullivan Women Lucia Bragg agenda Kathy Dedrick, Staff Director; Ward House T&I McCarragher, Senior Highways and 3/22/2018 House Counsel Transit Minority Ben Husch Infrastructure Funding Max Behlke 3/25/2018 Senate Miriam Wheatly Sen. Durbin Neal Osten Online Sales Tax Follow up to previous meeting with Greg Hunt to receive updates on HHS IGA priorities for remainder of the year, and Greg Hunt, Lee collaboration opportunities for Federal Stephens and Darcie Haley Nicholson HHS and NCSL at upcoming 3/27/2018 Agency Johnson HHS-IGA Abbie Gruwell meetings. Federal Max Behlke, Arturo Discussed state and local impact 3/29/2018 Agency Divya Bali GAO Perez, Erica MacKellar of federal tax reform. Federal USTR Staff & Cleared NAFTA and KORUS Trade 4/01/2018 Agency Advisors USTR Jon Jukuri Negotiations Updates House T&I Holly Woodruff Lyons, Aviation Staff Director; Naveen Subcommittee FAA Reauthorization and 17 4/03/2018 House Rao, Counsel Majority Ben Husch Britney Kohler (NLC) Drones Chamber Date Individual Office NCSL Staff Other in Attendance Topic of Discussion or Agency Workforce Development, Federal Apprenticeship, Licensing, 18 4/04/2018 Agency Rosemary Lhasky DOL ETA Jon Jukuri ACVETEO Mike Reyonlds, Policy Director; Jaclyn Keshian, Professional Staff; Isaiah Wonnenberg, Research Assistant; Mohsin Syed, Professional Staff; Lawrence Senate Commerce Wildgoose, Majority and FAA Reauthorization and 4/05/2018 Senate Professional Staff Minority Staff Ben Husch Britney Kohler (NLC) Drones Jack Crampton, Maria Sierra, David Mills, Commerce, shipping, 4/05/2018 Senate Elizabeth Fitzgerald Sen. Cassidy Ethan Wilson counterfeit goods Federal US Department of Joan Wodiska Education 4/5/2018 Agency Intergovernmental Education 4/06/2018 House Andrew Giancinni, LA Rep. Jason Lewis Ben Husch Britney Kohler (NLC) Drones Trevor Higgins, Sen. Diane Autonomous Vehicles and 4/06/2018 Senate Legislative Assistant Feinstein Ben Husch Drones Quentin Scholtz and Potential support for Leader Katelyn Conner (LA Majority Leader Ben Husch McConnell's bill on commercial 4/11/2018 Senate and LD McConnell Kristen Hildreth hemp. PREPARE Act, adjusting Jeremy Marcus (Dep. language to include state 4/13/2018 House Chief of Staff/LD) Rep. Cartwright Lucia Bragg legislators Federal 4/17/2018 Agency IAC FCC Danielle Dean BDAC proposals Transportation and Infrastructure 4/17/2019 House Naveen Rao, Counsel Committee Ben Husch Britney Kohler (NLC) Drones - Air Carrier Preemption NAFTA, State Trade Committees, future Federal engagements, consultation and 4/18/2018 Agency Amelia Breinig USTR Jon Jukuri meetings Patrick Schilling, 4/18/2018 House Legislative Assistant Rep. Perry Ben Husch Britney Kohler (NLC) Drones - Air Carrier Preemption FEMA/NCSL collaboration Federal Lucia Bragg, Susan (DRRA, emergency mgmt., 4/20/2018 Agency Bob Nadeau FEMA Frederick, Kim Tyrrell convening, webinar, etc.) Chamber Date Individual Office NCSL Staff Other in Attendance Topic of Discussion or Agency Kathy Dedrick, Staff Director; Patrick Rep. DeFazio and 4/20/2018 House O'Grady Rep. Massie Ben Husch Passenger Facility Charge Trevor Higgins, Sen. Diane Autonomous Vehicles and 4/20/2018 Senate Legislative Assistant Feinstein Ben Husch Drones 4/23/2018 House Andrew Giancinni, LA Rep. Jason Lewis Ben Husch Drones Ryan Ethington, 4/24/2018 House Legislative Director Rep. Sessions Ben Husch Drones Federal US Department of Joan Wodiska Education 4/24/2018 Agency Intergovernmental Education 4/24/2018 Senate Education LA Senator Durbin Joan Wodiska Education Federal Marshall Flight Center Joan Wodiska Education 4/25/2018 Agency Team NASA Federal US Department of Joan Wodiska Education 4/27/2018 Agency Intergovernmental Education 19 National Conference of State Legislatures Appropriations Schedule FY2018 Current as of April 30, 2018

Scheduled / Received Not Billed to Date Remaining Anticipated Anticipated Alabama $ 191,938 $ 191,938 $ - $ - $ - Alaska 123,849 107,000 16,849 - 16,849 Arizona 224,475 224,475 - - - Arkansas 160,859 160,859 - - - California 650,000 - 650,000 650,000 - Colorado 201,812 201,812 - - - Connecticut 170,983 170,983 - - - Delaware 127,278 119,500 7,778 7,778 - District of Columbia 122,755 122,755 - - - Florida 446,614 75,000 371,614 371,614 - Georgia 280,439 280,439 - - - Hawaii 135,303 135,303 - - - Idaho 138,993 138,993 - - - Illinois 324,148 162,074 162,074 162,074 - Indiana 221,032 221,032 - - - Iowa 163,267 - 163,267 163,267 - Kansas 159,759 159,759 - - - Kentucky 184,768 184,768 - - - Louisiana 188,827 188,827 - - - Maine 133,613 121,751 11,862 - 11,862 Maryland 210,898 210,898 - - - Massachusetts 223,919 223,919 - - - Michigan 275,610 192,927 82,683 - 82,683 Minnesota 202,358 202,358 - - - Mississippi 161,093 161,093 - - - Missouri 212,175 212,175 - - - Montana 128,716 128,716 - - - Nebraska 142,980 142,980 - - - Nevada 159,416 159,416 - - - New Hampshire 133,634 133,634 - - - New Jersey 259,671 184,000 75,671 - 75,671 New Mexico 146,102 127,100 19,002 19,002 - New York 438,757 436,370 2,387 2,387 - North Carolina 277,596 277,596 - - - North Dakota 124,155 111,740 12,416 12,416 - Ohio 303,549 303,549 - - - Oklahoma 176,279 165,080 11,199 - 11,199 Oregon 178,223 178,223 - - - Pennsylvania 323,198 171,220 151,978 151,978 - Puerto Rico 169,055 169,055 - - - 129,101 129,101 - - - South Carolina 192,552 192,552 - - - South Dakota 125,832 125,832 - - - Tennessee 220,712 220,712 - - - 20 National Conference of State Legislatures Appropriations Schedule FY2018 Current as of April 30, 2018

Scheduled / Received Not Billed to Date Remaining Anticipated Anticipated Texas 565,552 565,552 - - - Utah 161,152 - 161,152 161,152 - Vermont 121,992 121,992 - - - Virgin Islands 113,399 113,399 - - - Virginia 250,169 250,169 - - - Washington 230,131 - 230,131 230,131 - West Virginia 142,120 71,060 71,060 - 71,060 Wisconsin 207,014 207,014 - - - Wyoming 121,332 106,772 14,560 - 14,560 American Samoa 22,319 - 22,319 22,319 - Guam 24,197 24,197 - - - Northern Marianas 22,285 - 22,285 22,285 - Quebec 36,788 36,788 - - - Scotland 10,000 - 10,000 - 10,000 Grand Total $ 11,294,743 $ 9,024,457 $ 2,270,286 $ 1,976,403 $ 293,884 per cent of total Billed 100.0% 79.9% 20.1% 17.5% 2.6%

Northern Marianas FY'17 21,877 - - - Illinois FY17 319,727 - Grand Total with Prior Year Payments $ 11,294,743 $ 9,366,061 $ 2,270,286 $ 1,976,403 $ 293,884

21 National Conference of State Legislatures Appropriations Schedule FY2019 Current as of April 30, 2018

Scheduled / Received Not Billed to Date Remaining Anticipated Anticipated Alabama $194,817 $ - $ 194,817 $ 194,817 $ - Alaska 125,707 - 125,707 125,707 - Arizona 227,842 - 227,842 227,842 - Arkansas 163,272 - 163,272 163,272 - California 650,000 - 650,000 650,000 - Colorado 204,840 - 204,840 204,840 - Connecticut 173,548 - 173,548 173,548 - Delaware 129,187 - 129,187 129,187 - District of Columbia 124,596 - 124,596 124,596 - Florida 453,313 - 453,313 453,313 - Georgia 284,646 - 284,646 284,646 - Hawaii 137,333 - 137,333 137,333 - Idaho 141,078 - 141,078 141,078 - Illinois 329,010 - 329,010 329,010 - Indiana 224,347 - 224,347 224,347 - Iowa 165,716 - 165,716 165,716 - Kansas 162,156 - 162,156 162,156 - Kentucky 187,540 - 187,540 187,540 - Louisiana 191,659 - 191,659 191,659 - Maine 135,617 - 135,617 135,617 - Maryland 214,061 - 214,061 214,061 - Massachusetts 227,278 - 227,278 227,278 - Michigan 279,744 - 279,744 279,744 - Minnesota 205,393 - 205,393 205,393 - Mississippi 163,509 - 163,509 163,509 - Missouri 215,357 - 215,357 215,357 - Montana 130,646 - 130,646 130,646 - Nebraska 145,125 - 145,125 145,125 - Nevada 161,807 - 161,807 161,807 - New Hampshire 135,639 - 135,639 135,639 - New Jersey 263,566 - 263,566 263,566 - New Mexico 148,293 - 148,293 148,293 - New York 445,338 - 445,338 445,338 - North Carolina 281,760 - 281,760 281,760 - North Dakota 126,017 - 126,017 126,017 - Ohio 308,103 - 308,103 308,103 - Oklahoma 178,923 - 178,923 178,923 - Oregon 180,896 - 180,896 180,896 - Pennsylvania 328,046 - 328,046 328,046 - Puerto Rico 171,591 - 171,591 171,591 - Rhode Island 131,038 - 131,038 131,038 - South Carolina 195,440 - 195,440 195,440 - South Dakota 127,720 - 127,720 127,720 - Tennessee 224,022 - 224,022 224,022 - Texas 574,035 - 574,035 574,035 - Utah 163,569 - 163,569 163,569 -

22 National Conference of State Legislatures Appropriations Schedule FY2019 Current as of April 30, 2018

Scheduled / Received Not Billed to Date Remaining Anticipated Anticipated Vermont 123,822 - 123,822 123,822 - Virgin Islands 115,099 - 115,099 115,099 - Virginia 253,922 - 253,922 253,922 - Washington 233,583 - 233,583 233,583 - West Virginia 144,251 - 144,251 144,251 - Wisconsin 210,119 - 210,119 210,119 - Wyoming 123,152 - 123,152 123,152 - American Samoa 22,960 - 22,960 22,960 - Guam 24,838 - 24,838 24,838 - Northern Marianas 22,926 - 22,926 22,926 - Quebec 36,788 36,788 - - - Scotland 10,000 - 10,000 10,000 - Grand Total $ 11,454,600 $ 36,788 $ 11,417,812 $ 11,417,812 $ - per cent of total Billed 100.0% 0.3% 99.7% 99.7% 0.0%

23 NATIONAL CONFERENCE OF STATE LEGISLATURES GENERAL FUND REVENUES AND EXPENSES BY CONFERENCE PROGRAM FOR THE PERIOD ENDING 3/31/2018

FY'18 ADJUSTED PRIOR PERIOD YTD BUDGET BALANCE ACTUAL PERCENT

GENERAL FUND REVENUE Appropriations $ 10,619,009 $ 8,390,552 $ 8,959,105 84.37 Legislative Summit 2,580,000 3,001,843 3,003,918 116.43 Legislative Summit Exhibit Revenue 475,000 486,353 486,353 102.39 Publications Revenue 280,000 108,575 126,488 45.17 Capitol Forum 260,000 289,842 288,782 111.07 Seminars & Meetings 27,047 29,150 29,150 107.78 Staff Section PDS Meetings 332,953 348,551 348,551 104.68 Interest Income 40,000 53,238 68,904 172.26 Central Services 150,000 127,928 136,698 91.13 Information Technology/Online Services 1,267,047 936,327 1,049,912 82.86 Indirect Cost Recovery 1,500,000 998,367 1,111,379 74.09 Occupancy Cost Allocation 1,115,205 738,505 830,819 74.50 Miscellaneous Revenue 110,000 94,024 101,412 92.19

TOTAL REVENUES $ 18,756,261 15,603,253 $ 16,541,472 88.19

STATE POLICY RESEARCH Children, Youth & Families 118,553 20,673 30,696 25.89 Criminal Justice 126,592 72,681 78,761 62.22 Environment, Energy & Transportation 178,964 96,969 105,590 59.00 Education 179,656 112,279 130,507 72.64 Health Services 251,367 134,049 159,504 63.45 Employment, Labor & Retirement 126,200 23,245 33,222 26.33 Director of State Policy Research 319,066 227,460 252,891 79.26 Division Totals 1,300,398 687,356 791,171 60.84

STATE SERVICES Fiscal Affairs 638,447 421,013 472,306 73.98 Legislative Staff Services 772,720 516,694 581,965 75.31 Elections & Redistricting 114,493 81,729 89,561 78.22 Center on Legislative Strengthening 222,145 168,619 183,565 82.63 Leaders' Center & Legislative Training 365,301 235,752 261,708 71.64 Director of State Services 344,843 227,742 254,391 73.77 Division Totals 2,457,949 1,651,550 1,843,496 75.00

OUTREACH & COMMUNICATIONS Member Services & Outreach 510,318 283,063 333,961 65.44 Digital Communications 559,676 365,130 407,959 72.89 Legislative Summit 1,684,953 1,692,940 1,692,940 100.47 Exhibits 380,502 359,986 359,986 94.61 Stipends & Strategic Plan Initiatives 214,000 168,286 168,286 78.64 Meetings & Seminars 190,903 138,743 153,841 80.59 Staff Section PDS Meetings 332,953 348,551 348,551 104.68 Publications 965,145 625,799 710,978 73.67 Division Totals 4,838,450 3,982,497 4,176,503 86.32

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FY'18 ADJUSTED PRIOR PERIOD YTD BUDGET BALANCE ACTUAL PERCENT

EXECUTIVE MANAGEMENT Office of Executive Director 1,022,538 708,756 854,708 83.59 Officers & Executive Committee 260,950 155,338 158,322 60.67 International Programs 400,381 290,943 329,148 82.21 Division Totals 1,683,869 1,155,037 1,342,179 79.71

OPERATIONS Central Services 147,296 101,312 111,091 75.42 Information Technology/Online Services 1,267,047 936,327 1,049,913 82.86 Finance & Accounting 1,343,137 822,559 915,838 68.19 Building Operating Account 1,115,205 782,859 873,368 78.31 Director of Operations 678,968 478,464 549,232 80.89 Division Totals 4,551,653 3,121,521 3,499,441 76.88

STATE-FEDERAL RELATIONS Federal Budget & Taxation 1,127,094 750,623 846,922 75.14 Human Services 411,357 255,086 295,528 71.84 Capitol Forum 187,800 286,872 287,444 153.06 Public Affairs 373,330 236,314 263,717 70.64 Director of State-Federal Relations 1,674,507 1,111,729 1,249,908 74.64 Division Totals 3,774,088 2,640,624 2,943,518 77.99

Merit Pool - - - - . TOTAL EXPENDITURES 18,606,407 13,238,585 14,596,308 78.45

REVENUE OVER EXPENDITURES $ 149,854 2,364,669 1,945,164 n/m

5/1/2018 25 26 National Conference of State Legislatures Comparative Statement of Revenues, Expenses and Change in Net Assets

March 31, 2018 December 31, FY17 March 31, 2017 FY16 FY15 (unaudited) 2017 (unaudited) Audited (unaudited) Audited Audited Operating Revenue:

State Appropriations $ 8,959,105 $ 7,996,401 $ 9,755,532 $ 8,516,496 $ 9,764,057 $ 9,665,160 Grants and contracts 10,181,756 7,079,714 13,171,564 9,426,724 12,715,623 11,051,323 Meeting registration fees 2,946,491 2,948,298 2,336,767 2,321,647 2,473,473 1,912,479 Private contributions 4,670,586 4,049,578 3,198,625 2,730,826 3,890,611 3,486,359 Sales of publications and exhibits 628,992 762,497 667,517 629,027 692,889 740,057 NCSL Foundation` services 95,020 62,038 75,153 84,385 79,373 73,690 Other revenue 316,712 213,086 342,661 232,658 348,803 289,937

Total Operating Revenue 27,798,660 23,111,612 29,547,819 23,941,763 29,964,829 27,219,005

Operating Expenses:

Salaries 9,553,779 6,391,240 12,434,641 9,382,026 11,831,193 11,081,467 Travel and conferences 6,084,695 5,045,222 5,262,492 4,355,195 5,493,226 4,786,353 Employee benefits 3,146,475 2,084,367 4,274,036 3,095,664 5,067,759 3,853,701 Consultants and contract services 4,364,486 3,396,378 4,161,189 3,042,280 3,990,647 3,821,247 Rent and property maintenance 1,040,884 568,038 1,214,590 896,788 1,152,052 1,452,989 Office expenses 563,230 585,284 571,795 585,804 664,528 587,722 Printing, publications and film 329,297 240,121 516,885 376,604 533,410 563,907 Electronic data services 342,450 264,708 410,631 287,314 366,258 138,465 Depreciation 266,376 184,617 370,389 274,392 474,698 555,703 Other 66,155 67,519 58,232 113,395 105,523 59,706

Total Operating Expenses 25,757,827 18,827,494 29,274,880 22,409,463 29,679,294 26,901,260

Operating Income $ 2,040,833 $ 4,284,118 $ 272,939 $ 1,532,301 $ 285,535 $ 317,745

Non-operating Income and Expenses

Interest and dividend income 68,904 53,437 48,121 35,220 38,861 35,867 Interest expense (164,573) (111,528) (248,356) (185,047) (259,336) (290,245) Total Non-operating Income and Expenses (95,669) (58,090) (200,235) (149,827) (220,475) (254,378)

Increase in Net Assets 1,945,164 4,226,027 72,704 1,382,474 65,060 63,367

Total Net Assets, beginning of period 2,851,044 2,851,044 2,778,340 2,778,340 2,713,280 2,649,913

Total Net Assets, end of period $ 4,796,208 $ 7,077,072 $ 2,851,044 $ 4,160,814 $ 2,778,340 $ 2,713,280

4/20/2018 National Conference of State Legislatures Comparative Balance Sheets

3/31/2018 12/31/2017 June 30, 2017 March 31, 2017 June 30, 2016 June 30, 2015 (Unaudited) (Unaudited) Audited (Unaudited) Audited Audited Assets

A01 Cash and cash equivalents $ 1,148,782 $ 1,277,590 $ 304,344 $ 1,389,955 $ 209,140 $ 139,913 A02 Short-term investments 5,706,082 6,069,128 6,107,295 3,770,004 5,653,732 6,122,220 A03 Receivables from grants and contracts, net 1,098,251 1,345,204 1,345,204 1,429,806 1,405,079 913,218 A04 Trade receivables, net 74,462 281,471 78,376 121,448 81,115 61,607 A05 Appropriations receivable - - 55,873 - - - A06 Due from the NCSL Foundation 212,850 965,991 - - - A07 Other receivables 2,317 5,507 75,102 38,154 72,858 13,218 A08 Prepaid expenses 667,507 583,285 1,561,133 590,484 1,058,151 1,222,790 A09 Deposits 197,096 108,002 366,251 133,627 310,362 615,419 Total current assets 9,107,347 10,636,180 9,893,578 7,473,477 8,790,437 9,088,385

A10 Restricted cash held by trustee 1,794,953 1,534,651 1,116,482 1,768,873 1,115,719 1,115,153 A11 Capital assets, net 8,506,485 8,588,244 8,752,312 8,843,976 8,997,584 9,445,261 317,688 317,688 Total non-current assets 10,301,437 10,122,895 9,868,794 10,930,537 10,113,303 10,560,414

Total Assets $ 19,408,784 $ 20,759,074 $ 19,762,372 $ 18,404,013 $ 18,903,740 $ 19,648,799

Deferred Outflows of Resources A12 Other assets - amortizable issuance costs 63,831 71,732 87,074 96,355 124,196 166,151

Total Assets and Deferred Outlfows of Resources $ 19,472,615 $ 20,830,806 $ 19,849,446 $ 18,500,368 $ 19,027,936 $ 19,814,950

Liabilities

L01 Current portion of bonds payable $ 835,000 $ 835,000 $ 835,000 790,000 $ 790,000 $ 755,000 L02 Accounts payable 113,919 438,230 1,052,406 138,968 907,921 1,161,081 L03 Accrued liabilities 1,310,587 1,354,012 1,279,106 1,281,393 1,272,062 1,167,295 L04 Deferred revenue 8,330,543 7,027,749 9,503,602 7,194,700 8,167,185 7,911,917 L05 Other current liabilities 255,651 250,617 224,690 197,087 245,840 291,207 A06 Due to the NCSL Foundation - - 221,651 - 67,809 133,904 Total current liabilities 10,845,700 9,905,608 13,116,455 9,602,148 11,450,817 11,420,404

L07 Bonds payable, net of current portion 3,690,000 3,690,000 3,690,000 4,525,000 4,525,000 5,315,000 L08 Bond premium 140,710 158,127 191,947 212,405 273,779 366,266 Total long term liabilities 3,830,710 3,848,127 3,881,947 4,737,405 4,798,779 5,681,266

Total liabilities 14,676,409 13,753,734 16,998,402 14,339,553 16,249,596 17,101,670

Net assets L09 Invested in capital assets, net of related debt 3,904,606 3,976,849 4,122,439 3,412,925 3,533,001 3,175,146

27 L10 Restricted cash held by trustee 1,794,953 1,534,651 1,116,482 1,768,873 1,115,719 1,115,153 L11 Unrestricted (903,353) 1,565,572 (2,387,877) (1,020,983) (1,870,380) (1,577,019) Total net assets 4,796,206 7,077,072 2,851,044 4,160,814 2,778,340 2,713,280

Total Liabilities and Net Assets $ 19,472,615 $ 20,830,806 $ 19,849,446 $ 18,500,368 $ 19,027,936 $ 19,814,950

4/20/2018 National Conference of State Legislatures Dues Proposal - Scenario 1 equally distributed to base and population

FY20 and FY21: Increase of 3% equally to base and population Move from 2015 to 2017 Census figures

Formula: $116,722 and $120,223 plus $17.27 and $17.79 per thousand population

Exhibit A STATES 2017 pop FY2019 FY2020 FY2021 Alabama 4,875 $ 194,817 $ 200,924 $ 206,951 Alaska 740 125,707 129,500 133,385 Arizona 7,016 227,842 237,914 245,052 Arkansas 3,004 163,272 168,615 173,673 California 39,537 650,000 650,000 650,000 Colorado 5,607 204,840 213,575 219,982 Connecticut 3,588 173,548 178,701 184,062 Delaware 962 129,187 133,337 137,337 District of Columbia 694 124,596 128,709 132,570 Florida 20,984 453,313 479,187 493,563 Georgia 10,429 284,646 296,869 305,775 Hawaii 1,428 137,333 141,380 145,621 Idaho 1,717 141,078 146,379 150,770 Illinois 12,802 329,010 337,852 347,988 Indiana 6,667 224,347 231,878 238,835 Iowa 3,146 165,716 171,058 176,190 Kansas 2,913 162,156 167,040 172,052 Kentucky 4,454 187,540 193,659 199,469 Louisiana 4,684 191,659 197,635 203,564 Maine 1,336 135,617 139,797 143,991 Maryland 6,052 214,061 221,262 227,899 Massachusetts 6,860 227,278 235,212 242,268 Michigan 9,962 279,744 288,802 297,466 Minnesota 5,577 205,393 213,047 219,438 Mississippi 2,984 163,509 168,266 173,314 Missouri 6,114 215,357 222,321 228,991 Montana 1,050 130,646 134,867 138,913 Nebraska 1,920 145,125 149,887 154,384 Nevada 2,998 161,807 168,507 173,562 New Hampshire 1,343 135,639 139,916 144,113 New Jersey 9,006 263,566 272,277 280,445 New Mexico 2,088 148,293 152,789 157,373 New York 19,849 445,338 459,582 473,370 North Carolina 10,273 281,760 294,175 303,001 North Dakota 755 126,017 129,770 133,663 Ohio 11,659 308,103 318,102 327,645 Oklahoma 3,931 178,923 184,620 190,158 Oregon 4,143 180,896 188,280 193,929 Pennsylvania 12,806 328,046 337,913 348,050 Puerto Rico 3,337 171,591 174,365 179,596 Rhode Island 1,060 131,038 135,025 139,076 South Carolina 5,024 195,440 203,508 209,613 South Dakota 870 127,720 131,743 135,696 Tennessee 6,716 224,022 232,728 239,709 Texas 28,305 574,035 605,630 623,799 Utah 3,102 163,569 170,300 175,409 Vermont 624 123,822 127,494 131,319 Virgin Islands 105 115,099 118,534 122,090 Virginia 8,470 253,922 263,025 270,916 Washington 7,406 233,583 244,642 251,981 West Virginia 1,816 144,251 148,087 152,530 Wisconsin 5,795 210,119 216,828 223,332 Wyoming 579 123,152 126,728 130,530 Total: State Formula 329,161 $ 11,337,091 $ 11,722,241 $ 12,054,408

increase 320,613 332,167 2.83% 2.83% % Total Increase FY20 3.00% %Total Increase FY21 3.00% % Growth Increase FY20 3.00% % Growth Increase FY21 3.00% Base Year FY19 $ 113,322 $/1000pop $ 16.77 % Base Increase FY20 3.00% FY20 $ 116,722 $/1000pop $ 17.27 % Base Increase FY21 3.00% F21 $ 120,223 $/1000pop $ 17.79

American Samoa (population in thousands) 57 21,959 22,617 23,296 Guam (population in thousands) 169 23,636 24,345 25,075 North Marianas (population in thousands) 55 21,877 22,534 23,210 Quebec 8 36,788 37,892 39,028 Total: Other 8.28 104,260 107,387 110,609

Grand Total 329,170 $ 11,441,350 $ 11,829,629 $ 12,165,017

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5/1/2018 9:40 AM National Conference of State Legislatures Dues Proposal - Scenario 2 equally distributed to base and population

FY20 and FY21: Increase of 4% equally to base and population Move from 2015 to 2017 Census figures

Formula: $117,855 and $122,569 plus $17.44 and $18.14 per thousand population

Exhibit A STATES 2017 pop FY2019 FY2020 FY2021 Alabama 4,875 $ 194,817 $ 202,874 $ 210,989 Alaska 740 125,707 130,757 135,988 Arizona 7,016 227,842 240,224 249,833 Arkansas 3,004 163,272 170,252 177,062 California 39,537 650,000 650,000 650,000 Colorado 5,607 204,840 215,648 224,274 Connecticut 3,588 173,548 180,436 187,653 Delaware 962 129,187 134,632 140,017 District of Columbia 694 124,596 129,958 135,157 Florida 20,984 453,313 483,840 503,193 Georgia 10,429 284,646 299,752 311,742 Hawaii 1,428 137,333 142,752 148,462 Idaho 1,717 141,078 147,800 153,712 Illinois 12,802 329,010 341,132 354,778 Indiana 6,667 224,347 234,130 243,495 Iowa 3,146 165,716 172,719 179,627 Kansas 2,913 162,156 168,662 175,409 Kentucky 4,454 187,540 195,539 203,361 Louisiana 4,684 191,659 199,553 207,536 Maine 1,336 135,617 141,154 146,800 Maryland 6,052 214,061 223,410 232,346 Massachusetts 6,860 227,278 237,496 246,995 Michigan 9,962 279,744 291,606 303,270 Minnesota 5,577 205,393 215,115 223,720 Mississippi 2,984 163,509 169,900 176,696 Missouri 6,114 215,357 224,480 233,459 Montana 1,050 130,646 136,176 141,623 Nebraska 1,920 145,125 151,343 157,396 Nevada 2,998 161,807 170,143 176,949 New Hampshire 1,343 135,639 141,274 146,925 New Jersey 9,006 263,566 274,921 285,917 New Mexico 2,088 148,293 154,272 160,443 New York 19,849 445,338 464,044 482,606 North Carolina 10,273 281,760 297,032 308,913 North Dakota 755 126,017 131,030 136,271 Ohio 11,659 308,103 321,190 334,038 Oklahoma 3,931 178,923 186,412 193,869 Oregon 4,143 180,896 190,108 197,713 Pennsylvania 12,806 328,046 341,194 354,841 Puerto Rico 3,337 171,591 176,058 183,100 Rhode Island 1,060 131,038 136,336 141,789 South Carolina 5,024 195,440 205,484 213,703 South Dakota 870 127,720 133,023 138,343 Tennessee 6,716 224,022 234,987 244,386 Texas 28,305 574,035 611,510 635,970 Utah 3,102 163,569 171,953 178,831 Vermont 624 123,822 128,732 133,881 Virgin Islands 105 115,099 119,684 124,472 Virginia 8,470 253,922 265,579 276,202 Washington 7,406 233,583 247,017 256,898 West Virginia 1,816 144,251 149,525 155,506 Wisconsin 5,795 210,119 218,933 227,690 Wyoming 579 123,152 127,959 133,077 Total: State Formula 329,161 $ 11,337,091 $ 11,829,739 $ 12,276,928

427 ,484 427,484 447,190 3.77% 3.78% % Total Increase FY20 4.00% %Total Increase FY21 4.00% % Growth Increase FY20 4.00% % Growth Increase FY21 4.00% Base Year FY19 $ 113,322 $/1000pop $ 16.77 % Base Increase FY20 1.00% FY20 $ 117,855 $/1000pop $ 17.44 % Base Increase FY21 1.00% F21 $ 122,569 $/1000pop $ 18.14

American Samoa (population in thousands) 57 21,959 22,837 23,751 Guam (population in thousands) 169 23,636 24,581 25,564 North Marianas (population in thousands) 55 21,877 22,752 23,663 Quebec 8 36,788 38,260 39,790 Total: Other 8.28 104,260 108,430 112,767

Grand Total 329,170 $ 11,441,350 $ 11,938,169 $ 12,389,695

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5/1/2018 9:41 AM Grant and Contract Report

Grant and Contract Report, May 2018

NCSL Grant Solicitation Guidelines

1. NCSL's primary objective in fund raising is to pursue grants on issues that are important to legislators. Among the measures of importance are information requests, requests for technical assistance, currently filed legislation, a federal initiative to which states must respond, priorities set by the Executive Committee, or a topic that NCSL staff foresee coming to center stage.

2. NCSL will consider topics that enhance established strengths of the organization to provide greater depth to legislators as they consider increasingly complex facets of an issue.

3. Where the issue is new to the organization, staff will consider how quickly it can develop expertise to ensure sustainability should future grant funding end.

4. NCSL will focus its fund raising on topics where reliable and impartial sources of information are not readily available to legislators to avoid duplication of efforts. Where credible resources exist, NCSL will serve as a broker to facilitate access to information.

5. NCSL will not accept funding from a source unless it agrees that:

• NCSL will not advocate the funder's position on an issue (unless it is consistent with NCSL policy adopted under NCSL bylaws); and • NCSL will maintain total direction and editorial control over the operation and work produced under the grant.

Despite being able to ensure that these guarantees are in place, NCSL understands that there may be a perceived conflict of interest in pursuing grant funding from certain sources. Staff must thoroughly assess these risks and be confident that it can justify any such funding to NCSL's Executive Committee, which retains final authority to approve or reject any grant proposal, before proceeding with negotiations.

6. In negotiating final grant conditions, NCSL and the funder must agree to the scope and timing of the proposal, project deliverables and budget.

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New Projects Requiring Executive Committee Approval 1. Strengthen Public Health Systems and Services Through National Partnerships to Improve and Protect the Nation’s Health Source: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Amount: $500,000 Direct/Indirect Costs: $419,738 – Direct Costs; $80,262 – Indirect Costs (@ 52.70% of salaries) Description: This project will help state legislators nationwide make more informed decisions about strengthening public health systems by conducting activities and developing products designed specifically for legislators and staff, and by partnering with other national organizations to foster collaboration among respective members to improve and protect the nation’s health. Time Period: August 1, 2018 to July 31, 2023 Deliverables: One database for legislative tracking; one focus group; one national seminar; and six publications. Submitted to EC: May 12, 2018

2. Legislative Negotiation Source: William and Flora Hewlett Foundation Amount: $425,000 – FUNDED at $425,000 Direct/Indirect Costs: $379,904 – Direct Costs; $45,060 – Indirect Costs (@ 12% of direct costs) Description: This project provides training/development for state legislatures on negotiation and related topics. Using negotiation materials developed by the Harvard Negotiation Project, NCSL will customize high-quality products and programs for state legislators and legislative staff. Time Period: March 15, 2018 to March 14, 2021 Deliverables: One pilot meeting, train the trainer programs, Legislative Summit sessions and in-state trainings. Submitted to EC: May 12, 2018

3. Child Welfare Fellows Program Source: Ballmer Group Amount: $173,600 – FUNDED at $173,600 Direct/Indirect Costs: $157,818 – Direct Costs; $15,782 – Indirect Costs (@ 10% of directs) Description: The Child Welfare Legislative Fellows program is a year-long program designed to support legislators and legislative staff who are experienced or emerging leaders in child welfare policy. Activities are geared toward chairs or members of legislative human services, children and families, and/or human services budget/appropriations committees. Time Period: April 1, 2018 to March 31, 2019 Deliverables: Two meetings, two webinars and three technical assistances. Submitted to EC: May 12, 2018

4. Supporting State Maternal and Child Health Policy Innovation Program Source: Maternal and Child Health Bureau, Health Resources & Services Administration Amount: $400,000 –FUNDED AT $189,400; Balance to be awarded by 9/30/2018 Direct/Indirect Costs: $329,751 – Direct Costs; $70,249 – Indirect Costs (@ 52.7% of salaries) Description: This project will support innovative state-level policy initiatives by educating state legislators to help them make more informed decisions around mental health, substance misuse, childhood obesity and other issues identified by key legislators. Time Period: May 1, 2018 to April 30, 2023 Deliverables: Focus group; Policy Fellows Program; publications; and legislative tracking/database. Submitted to EC: May 12, 2018 31 Grant and Contract Report

5. Workforce Development in Indiana Source: Fairbanks Foundation Amount: $359,862 Direct/Indirect Costs: $327,148 – Direct Costs; $32,714 – Indirect Costs (@ 10% of direct costs) Description: NCSL will organize statewide meetings and conversations for policymakers, educators and the business community to facilitate the creation of action steps toward creating a strong workforce. This work will build on Senate Bill 50 that created the Governor’s Workforce Cabinet in 2018. Time Period: June 1, 2018 to May 31, 2019 Deliverables: Statewide summit; half-day meeting; communication tools; case study Submitted to EC: May 12, 2018

Status of Previously Approved Projects: Changes in status since the last report are shown in BOLD CAPITALS. 6. Quality of medication treatment for opioid use disorder in Medicaid-enrollees; the effects of state policies and initiatives Source: RAND Corporation Amount: $109,500 @ 50% Likelihood of Funding Direct/Indirect Costs: $87,793 – Direct Costs; $21,707 – Indirect Costs (@ 53.5% of salaries) Description: Identify state policy and activity that addresses medication-assisted treatment for opiate addiction. Time Period: April 1, 2018 to September 30, 2022 Deliverables: 50-state survey; and small focus group. EC Approval Date: August 5, 2017

Status of Renewals 7. School Leadership Communications Partnership Source: Wallace Foundation Amount: $400,000 – FUNDED at $400,000 Direct/Indirect Costs: $363,636 – Direct Costs; $36,364 – Indirect Costs (@ 10% of direct costs) Time Period: January 1, 2018 to December 31, 2019 Deliverables: Six meetings/meeting sessions; six other dissemination events; ten written and video products; and online dissemination (web, social media and bill tracking). Reported to EC: May 12, 2018

8. Three Branch Institute Toolkit and Legislative Outreach Source: Casey Family Programs Foundation Amount: $150,220 – FUNDED at $150,220 Direct/Indirect Costs: $150,220 – Direct Costs; $0 – Indirect Costs (@ 0% of salaries) Description: NCSL will collaborate with the National Governors Association and Casey Family Programs to develop a toolkit document to help states collaborate across branches to address child-safety and well-being. This will include developing an Advisory Committee Focus Group to inform the toolkit. Time Period: January 1, 2018 to December 31, 2018 Deliverables: One toolkit; one advisory group meeting; four newsletters; and one policy analysis and tracking. Reported to EC: May 12, 2018

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9. Alzheimer’s Project Source: Biogen Amount: $50,000 – FUNDED at $50,000 Direct/Indirect Costs $45,454 – Direct Costs; $4,545 – Indirect Costs (@ 10% of direct) Description: NCSL Alzheimer’s Project will communicate to state legislators and legislative staff the latest research, health promotion and prevention strategies, and Alzheimer’s treatment policy options that legislators may consider when planning for the increasing demands for services. Time Period: May 1, 2018 to May 1, 2019 Deliverables: LegisBrief; web page; State Legislatures magazine article; and Legislative Summit session. Reported to EC: May 12, 2018

10. Electric Bicycles State Legislative Programming and Research Source: Electric Product Suppliers Association and PeopleForBikes Amount: $14,000 – FUNDED at $14,000 Description: NCSL will convene a Transportation Program dinner on July 29 and an approximately one- hour Natural Resources and Infrastructure (NRI) committee session on electric bicycles. Time Period: April 2, 2018 to February 28, 2019 Deliverables: One exhibit hall booth; one NRI session; one dinner; and webpage update. Reported to EC: May 12, 2018

11. Educating State Legislators on Issues Affecting Military-Community Relations Source: U.S. Department of Defense Amount: $84,054 – FUNDED at $84,054 Direct/Indirect Costs $67,624 – Direct Costs; $16,429 – Indirect Costs (@ 52.7% of salaries) Description: This project shares best practices and innovations concerning the role of state legislatures in assisting military service members and veterans, and in cooperating with military installations on issues that cross jurisdictional lines, including sustaining the nation’s military installations. Time Period: March 30, 2018 to March 29, 2019 Deliverables: Two task force meetings; one legislation database and four written deliverables. Reported to EC: May 12, 2018

12. Child Support Enforcement State Legislative Support Project Source: U.S. DHHS, Office of Child Support Enforcement Amount: $80,750 – FUNDED at $80,750 Direct/Indirect Costs $61,536 – Direct Costs; $19,214 – Indirect Costs (@ 52.7% of salaries) Description: This project will enable NCSL to track the changes and innovations in states’ child support programs and help legislators identify ways they can strengthen their child support systems while still maintaining concern for privacy and state flexibility. Time Period: May 6, 2018 to May 5, 2019 Deliverables: One session; web briefs; legislative database; and quarterly newsletter. Reported to EC: May 12, 2018

13. Elections Security: States Teaming Up Source: The Joyce Foundation Amount: $75,000 Direct/Indirect Costs $68,452 – Direct Costs; $6,845 – Indirect Costs (@ 10% of direct) Description: This is a two-part project: the first part is a meeting for state teams from Great Lakes states to learn more about elections security followed by research and information dissemination. Time Period: May 15, 2018 to December 3, 2018 33 Deliverables: One regional meeting; and one report. Grant and Contract Report

Reported to EC: May 12, 2018

14. The Census and the States: Year 2 Source: New Ventures Amount: $68,227 Direct/Indirect Costs $62,024 – Direct Costs; $6,202 – Indirect Costs (@ 10% of direct) Description: This proposal is to continue work focusing on the foundational importance of the 2020 Census. Time Period: September 1, 2018 to August 31, 2019 Deliverables: Ninety-nine state-specific census profile packets; two briefings at NCSL meetings; offer four briefings to NCSL-affiliated groups; and six research and writing projects. Reported to EC: May 12, 2018

15. Bursting the Water Policy Silos: Governors and State Legislatures Advancing Integrated Water Management Source: TBD, possible foundations including The Joyce Foundation, Mott and Pisces Amount: $61,000 Direct/Indirect Costs $58,500 – Direct Costs; $2,500 – Indirect Costs (@ 10% of salaries) Description: The National Governors Association and NCSL are partnering to create awareness of integrated water management practices for governors’ staff and state legislators/legislative staff through a one-day state workshop in Minnesota for two Great Lakes states, and developing a report for all states suggesting state policy options for IWM. Time Period: May 1, 2018 to April 30, 2019 Deliverables: One workshop; two state retreats; and one policy options report. Reported to EC: May 12, 2018

16. State Policy Options and Opportunities to Improve Oral Health Source: DentaQuest Foundation Amount: $59,462 Direct/Indirect Costs $51,706 – Direct Costs; $7,756 – Indirect Costs (@ 15% of direct) Description: With support from the DentaQuest Foundation (DQF), the National Conference of State Legislatures (NCSL) will be able to highlight effective policies and practices and share lessons learned among state decision makers. Time Period: April 1, 2018 to December 31, 2018 Deliverables: One oral health preconference; and one webinar. Reported to EC: May 12, 2018

17. Ingredient Disclosure Project Source: Ecolab Amount: $50,000 Direct/Indirect Costs $45,500 – Direct Costs; $4,500 – Indirect Costs (@ 10% of direct) Description: A project to inform legislators about recent state actions on ingredient disclosure protocols and how states and industry can work together to inform state policymaking and highlight safer chemical innovations. Time Period: April 2, 2018 to June 28, 2019 Deliverables: One meeting session; one LegisBrief; web resources; and one State Legislatures magazine article. Reported to EC: May 12, 2018

18. Preparing Youth with Disabilities for a Career Source: Association of University Centers on Disabilities Amount: $44,037 34 Grant and Contract Report

Direct/Indirect Costs $38,293 – Direct Costs; $5,744 – Indirect Costs (@ 15% of direct) Description: This project will inform state legislators and legislative staff about innovative and effective approaches to preparing youth with disabilities with the career skills needed to compete in the 21st century job market. Time Period: July 2, 2018 to August 15, 2019 Deliverables: One policy brief; one session at an NCSL-sponsored meeting; and one summit site visit. Reported to EC: May 12, 2018

19. Task Force on Veterans and Military Affairs with the Veterans Campaign Source: Veterans Campaign Amount: $7,500 Description: NCSL will plan a session/reception at the Legislative Summit with this funding for NCSL’s Task Force on Military and Veterans Affairs. Time Period: May 1, 2018 to December 31, 2018 Deliverables: One meeting session/reception. Reported to EC: May 12, 2018

35 NCSL LEGISLATIVE SUMMIT | Los Angeles, California | July 30-August 2, 2018

SUNDAY 7/29 MONDAY 7/30 TUESDAY 7/31 WEDNESDAY 8/1 THURSDAY 8/2 36 Registration: 7 a.m.-5:30 p.m. Registration: 7 a.m.-5 p.m. Registration: 7 a.m.-5 p.m. Registration: 7:30-10 a.m.

Exhibit Hall 1-4 p.m. Exhibit Hall: 8:30 a.m.-3:30 p.m. Exhibit Hall: 10 a.m.-3:30 p.m.

8 a.m.-3:30 p.m. 7:30 a.m.-Noon 7:30-8:45 a.m. 8-9:45 a.m. 8-9:30 a.m. Task Forces Pre-Conferences Legislative Staff Breakfast Setting the States’ Agenda General Session/ ½ NCSL Task Forces Republican/ Democratic Breakfasts (Business) Meeting Breakfast Nashville Kickoff Breakfast Noon-3 p.m. Legislative Staff Noon-1:15 pm 9-10 a.m. 8:45 -9:45 a.m. 9:45-11 a.m. Coordinating Committee Policy Working Groups General Session Professional Staff Associations 11:15 a.m.-12:30 p.m. New Attendee Orientation Issue Sessions 2 p.m.-5 p.m. 10:15 a.m.-Noon 10-11:30 a.m. Deep Dives International Registration 1 – 1:15 p.m. Sessions/Legislative Staff University Issue Sessions NCSL Steering Committee 1/3 Committee Business Meetings 1:30-5 p.m. 3:15-5 p.m. Noon-1:45 p.m. Post Conferences Full Executive Committee 1:30-2:45 p.m. 12:15-1:15 p.m. Salute to Legislative Staff Luncheon Task Forces General Session All Attendee/Committee Lunch Exhibit Hall Luncheon Ancillary Meetings

3-5:15 p.m. 1:30-2:45 p.m. 2-3:15 p.m. Sessions Sessions 3:30-4:45 p.m. Professional Staff Associations 1/3 Committee Business Meetings Issue Sessions 1/3 Committee Business Meetings Deep Dives 3-5 p.m. Sessions 5-5:45 p.m. Professional Staff Associations Ancillary Meetings

5:15-6:30 p.m. Ancillary Meetings

International Reception Networking Reception States’ Night Social Event 5-6:30 p.m. at L.A. Live at Paramount Studios 5:30-7 p.m. 6:30-9 p.m. President-elect Reception 6-8 p.m.

5/2/18 NCSL Outreach Activities All figures for January - April 2018

13 113 In-person meetings State visits, technical assistance visits, in-state trainings and testimonies. 110 legislator attendees (65 Republicans, 45 Democrats) NCSL connected with more than 1,313 94 legislative staff attendees legislators and legislative staff during 34 state visits, and 2,643 legislators 1,240 and legislative staff on 79 technical Information requests answered and training visits. from legislators and legislative staff

13,573 4,224,438 Outreach packets mailed to Visits to the NCSL website legislators (7,485) and legislative staff 6,088( ) featuring policy and 94 professional development resources. Blogs posted 25 109,446 Webinars Blog views 100 legislator attendees (62 Democrats, 38 Republicans) 1,480 legislative staff

4,617 Downloads of the NCSL podcast, Our American States. 1,358 30 Peak subscribers to Legislators quoted in 23 the podcast State Legislatures Printed reports magazine and LegisBriefs 37 Public Affairs Summary Report Mick Bullock, Public Affairs Director Berkeley Teate, Public Affairs Specialist January 01 – April 27, 2018

Media Overview The beginning of 2018 was very successful in generating media attention from national and regional newspapers and magazines, broadcast stations, social media and websites. This coverage has had a positive impact on the extent to which the public today recognizes NCSL as a major source for valuable information from the states.

Public affairs assisted with numerous media inquiries disseminating nine releases during this time. A number of the releases were used for targeted audiences in the Washington, D.C. area and others.

The below graphs will depict how often NCSL was mentioned, the potential reach of those mentions and in what way our constituents saw our information.

NCSL was mentioned more than 26,000 times (Media mentions from Jan – April 27)

NCSL had a reach rate of more than 76.90M (Reach is the number of people in the Media Market that will likely be exposed to one Spot)

Denver Washington 7700 East First Place 444 North Capitol Street, N.W. Suite 515 Website www.ncsl.org Denver, Colorado 80230-7143 Washington, D.C. 20001 Phone 303.364.7700 Fax 303.364.7800 Phone 202.624.5400 Fax 202.737.1069 38 How people see NCSL information: 62.4% online consumer (Includes news sites, searches, etc.)

Social Media Overview We’ve focused our priorities this year, starting in January 2018, on program growth by analyzing metrics of each platform and prioritizing NCSL information by monthly themes [or topic]. Platforms NCSL uses is Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, Instagram and Medium. During this reporting period we’ve seen ample success in our numbers by followers, impressions and reach by platform, and active audience engagement.

Comparison to Like Organizations [by Followers]:

20000 18966 18000 16000 14000 12000 13245 10000 8000 7102 5507 6000 5087 4000 2129 1971 3485 2000 2862 4671 9544 2170 357407 0 0 10 20 0 0 0 Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Instagram Medium

NCSL NGA CSG NaCo

*This information is based on numbers pulled between January 8, 2018 and April 27, 2018

39 Progress by Followers since January 2018:

20000 18966 17500 18331 15000 +635

12500

10000

7500 +380 7102 6541 +808 5000 5087 4279 2500 +110 247 357 0 Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Instagram

April-18

*This information is based on numbers pulled between January 8, 2018 and April 27, 2018

Top Posts by Platform since January 2018:

Facebook: Facebook LIVE Video:

Date: Tuesday, April 3, 2018 Date: Tuesday, April 17, 2018 Program: Education Program: Federal Tax and Budget Type: Interactive Database , “School Safety Measures” Type: Post – Supreme Court SD v. Wayfair Interview Reach: 1,147 followers Reach: 2,719 followers Impressions: 7,457 views Total Views: 901 Total Engagements: 1,279

40 Twitter: LinkedIn:

Date: Wednesday, February 21, 2018 Date: Monday, February 5, 2018 Program: Elections & Redistricting Program: Women’s Legislative Network Type: Report, “The Price of Democracy” Type: Webpage, Women’s Legislators & Leadership Impressions: 7,457 views Impressions: 3,227 views

Instagram: Medium:

Date: Thursday, April 5, 2018 Date: Monday, February 5, 2018 Program: NCSL Denver Office Program: Women’s Legislative Network Type: Volunteer Day Type: Blog, “Women Cross 25% Threshold” Impressions: 360 views Reach: 311 views

*This information based on metrics pulled following 7 calendar days after original post [for equal shelf-life].

41 Priority Topic Focus since January 2018 (As set-fourth by Exec. Comm.)

January: About State Legislatures February: About State Legislators/Legislative Staff Date: Thursday, April 5, 2018 Date: Monday, February 5, 2018 Platform: Twitter Platform: Medium Type: State Legislative Sessions Type: Blog, Legislative Staff Spotlight Topic: First State Sessions Convening Topic: Theresa Holst, Visitor Services, Colorado House

March: Elections and Redistricting April: Remote Sales Tax and State Budgets Date: Thursday, March 5, 2018 Date: Tuesday, April 17, 2018 Platform: Facebook Platform: Instagram Type: Webpage, Election Technology Type: Event, South Dakota v. Wayfair Topic: 10 Takeaways on Election Costs Topic: Discussion with Sen. Deb Peters (SD)

42 Public Affairs and member engagement:

We expanded our engagement methodology beyond basic social media tactics [tagging, responses and interactions] which we’ve fully integrated into our short and long – term plans. Please see the pictures below showcasing our new engagement efforts.

Graphic Design:

We are working to move past “stock imagery” and “screen captures” to integrated posts featuring quotes, NCSL logo and more, as seen above. The metrics we’ve pulled show significantly higher engagement by our audience. It has been successful for holidays, such as National Day of Service, as well as Press Statements, such as the South Dakota v. Wayfair Supreme Court announcement(s).

Advocacy Work:

We have worked diligently with our Federal NCSL staff to publicly promote our federal events and letters to Capitol Hill and Federal Agencies on behalf of NCSL and State Legislatures.

In this example, our Federal Committee Director for Natural Resources and Infrastructure worked with our Public Affairs program and Sen. McConnell’s Press Office to jointly promote our letter support the Hemp Farming Act of 2018. See post and “re-tweet” by his staff above.

43 In this example, our Senior Federal Counsel for Education worked with our Public Affairs program and the Reagan Institute on Education to promote Rep. Alie Peisch, who represented NCSL at the RISE 2018 Summit in Washington, D.C.

44 Deb Peters Senator – District 9 South Dakota President, NCSL

Chuck Truesdell To: NCSL Standing Committee Officers Fiscal Analyst Office of Budget Review Legislative Research Commission From: Bill Pound, Executive Director Kentucky Staff Chair, NCSL

William T. Pound Date: April 20, 2018 Executive Director

Subject: Policy Working Groups

In the fall of 2016, the NCSL Executive Committee established a Working Group on the Standing Committees to review the NCSL’s Standing Committees, and make recommendations for improving their structure and process. It is a standard practice for the Executive Committee to review the Standing Committees every two or three years.

The Executive Committee Working Group (ECWG) was co-chaired by Speaker Robin Vos of Wisconsin and Delegate Sally Jameson of Maryland, the co-chairs of the NCSL Standing Committees and Jonathan Ball of Utah and John Snyder of Kentucky, the legislative staff co- chairs of the Standing Committees. The Working Group started its review in January of 2017 and completed its work at the January 2018 Executive Committee meeting.

The ECWG determined that the Standing Committee process was hampered by the number of legislators and legislative staff appointed to serve on each committee. For instance, as of April 2018, the average Standing Committee membership exceeds 450 members. The Natural Resources and Infrastructure Committee has the largest membership of any with over 600 members. Despite these high numbers, some committees have difficulties in achieving a quorum in order to conduct business, especially for Standing Committee meetings held during the NCSL Capitol Forum each December.

Several legislative leaders on the ECWG argued that because each Standing Committee has a large membership there is less prestige in being a member. As a result, committee members feel less obligated to actively participate in the committee meetings. Many members of the ECWG were concerned that because different members attended each committee meeting, it is difficult to build upon the work from the previous meeting. This lack of consistency in committee attendance has made it difficult for Standing Committees to fulfill their work requirements as outlined in NCSL’s Rules of Procedure.

Over the last few years, several NCSL committees created small groups of members, including the committee officers, to plan future meetings and work products for the committee. The ECWG reviewed these ad hoc efforts and decided to formalize them by establishing a “Policy Working Group” for each Standing Committee. Denver Washington 7700 East First Place 444 North Capitol Street, N.W. Suite 515 Website www.ncsl.org Denver, Colorado 80230-7143 Washington, D.C. 20001 Email [email protected] Phone 303.364.7700 Fax 303.364.7800 Phone 202.624.5400 Fax 202.737.1069 45 April 20, 2018 p. 2

To be clear, the Policy Working Groups will not replace the Standing Committees and the role they play at NCSL. All policy directives, amendments to policy directives and resolutions that a committee’s Policy Working Group developed are still required to be approved by the full Standing Committee.

I have attached the Policy Working Group Guidelines as adopted by the NCSL Executive Committee in January. Below is a brief summary of a Policy Working Group and how they operate.

POLICY WORKING GROUPS OVERIEW

Purpose

The purpose of a Policy Working Group for each Standing Committee is to allow for a dedicated number of Standing Committee members to be a guiding force for the work of the Standing Committee.

Members

Each Policy Working Group will have 40 members, 30 legislators and 10 legislative staff. The co- chairs and vice chairs of each Standing Committee are automatically a member of the Policy Working Group. Legislators and legislative staff can only serve on one Policy Working Group. The officers of the Standing Committee shall serve as the officers of the Policy Working Group.

The legislator members of the Policy Working Group shall be equally divided by political party and shall be representative of every region in the country. The legislator appointments to each Policy Working Group shall be made the President and President-elect of NCSL and the legislative staff appointments shall be made the Staff Chair of NCSL. All members shall serve a two year term.

Responsibilities

• Review existing policy directives and resolutions. Develop new policy directives, new resolutions, and amendments to existing policy directives. The Policy Working Group will recommend policy directives, resolutions and amendments to existing policy directives to the Standing Committee for approval at either the Legislative Summit or NCSL Capitol Forum.

• Develop model legislation pertaining to the implementation of federal statutes, and when necessary, develop model legislation to forestall federal pre-emption of state authority. The NCSL Executive Committee shall issue a request for model legislation to be developed before a Policy Working Group can undertake such action.

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• Recommend to the NCSL Executive Committee issues for its consideration in determining the Conference’s Major State Federal Priorities and Major State Issues.

• Develop work products such as Standing Committee reports, best practices, statement of principles pertaining to major state issues.

• Work with the members of the Standing Committee on the items to be considered by the Policy Working Group, and to educate members of the Standing Committee and others on the actions taken by the Policy Working Group.

Meetings

The meetings of the Policy Working Groups may occur through conference calls, video conference calls, and in person meetings. Quorum for Policy Working Group meetings shall be 10 states. The co-chairs of a Standing Committee shall preside at meetings of a Policy Working Group.

Members of a Policy Working Group can appoint a proxy to represent them if they are unable to attend a meeting, the legislator or legislative staff person must be a member of the same Standing Committee.

Effective Date

The NCSL national officers have selected the members of each Policy Working Group and they are being notified of their appointments. I would urge you as you prepare for the NCSL 2018 Legislative Summit to work with your colleagues on the Policy Working Group for your Standing Committee. We have scheduled a lunch meeting for each Standing Committee Policy Working Group at the start of the 2018 NCSL Legislative Summit on Monday July 30, Noon-1:15pm.

The staff directors for the NCSL Standing Committees are available to answer your questions about the Policy Working Groups. Please contact them with your questions and concerns.

Neal Osten Molly Ramsdell Laura Tobler 202-624-8660 202-624-3586 303-856-1545 [email protected] [email protected] [email protected]

Thank you.

47 Budgets & Revenue Policy Working Group

Senator Robert Dvorsky , Iowa, Co-Chair Esther Van Mourik, Colorado, Legislative Staff Co-Chair Representative Julie Stokes, Louisiana, Co- Chair Krista Lee, Tennessee, Legislative Staff Co- Chair Senator Anna MacKinnon, Alaska, Vice Chair Nandana Kalupahana, Hawaii, Legislative Staff Representative Sylvia Luke, Hawaii, Vice Chair Vice Chair Representative , Rhode Island, Jim Landers, Indiana, Legislative Staff Vice Vice Chair Chair Senator John Kavanagh, Arizona Mary Cleary, Michigan, Legislative Staff Vice Assemblymember Ken Cooley, California Chair Representative Daniel Pabon, Colorado Anthony Sammons, Oklahoma Legislative Staff Council Member Anita Bonds, District of Vice Chair Columbia Martha Wigton, Georgia Senator Brent Hill, Idaho Megan Moore, Montana Delegate Anne Healy, Maryland Jonathan Ball, Utah Senator Sal DiDomenico, Massachusetts Stephanie Barrett, Vermont Senator Frederick Moore, Montana Senator Jim Smith, Nebraska Assemblyman Michael Sprinkle, Nevada Senator Jeff Van Drew, New Jersey Senator Clemente Sanchez, New Mexico Senator Dwight Cook, North Dakota Representative Gary Scherer, Ohio Senator Roger Thompson, Oklahoma Senator Richard Devlin, Oregon Senator Hugh Leatherman, South Carolina Representative Kevin Brooks, Tennessee Senator , Utah Representative Janet Ancel, Vermont Senator Ryan McDougle, Virginia Representative Maralyn Chase, Washington Delegate Eric Nelson, West Virginia Representative John Macco, Wisconsin

48 Communications, Financial Services & interstate Commerce Policy Working Group Richard Corbett, New Jersey, Legislative Staff Representative Brian Patrick Kennedy, Rhode Co-Chair Island, Co-Chair Sean Donaldson, Kentucky, Legislative Staff Senator Wayne A. Harper, Utah, Co-Chair Vice Chair Senator Rosalyn Baker, Hawaii, Vice Chair Luke Gustafson, Tennessee, Legislative Staff Senator Brian Feldman, Maryland, Vice Chair Vice Chair Representative Kelly Fajardo, New Mexico, Lisa Wallmeyer, Virginia, Legislative Staff Vice Vice Chair Chair Senator David Carlucci, New York, Vice Chair Patricia Murdo, Montana Representative Stephen Meeks, Arkansas Celia Ludi, New Mexico Assemblymember Jacqui Irwin, California Andrea Chiapella, Oregon Representative Tracy Kraft-Tharp, Colorado Cynthia Gonzalez, Texas Representative Don Parsons, Georgia Ian Shaw, Wyoming Representative Diane St. Onge, Kentucky Representative Thomas Carmody, Louisiana Representative , Massachusetts Representative Joe Hoppe, Minnesota Senator Kelvin Atkinson, Nevada Representative David Danielson, New Hampshire Senator Ginny Burdick, Oregon Representative Christopher Sainato, Pennsylvania Senator Eric Correa Rivera, Puerto Rico Senator Thomas Alexander, South Carolina Representative Spencer Hawley, South Dakota Representative Dan Flynn, Texas Senator Janette Millin Young, US Virgin Islands Senator Adam Ebbin, Virginia Representative Mary Dye, Washington Representative Kevin Petersen, Wisconsin Representative Dan Zwonitzer, Wyoming

49 Education Policy Working Group

Representative Robert Behning, Indiana, Co- Chair Pad McCracken, Montana, Legislative Staff Co- Chair Representative Alice Hanlon Peisch, Massachusetts, Co-Chair Jessica Ozalp, Wisconsin, Legislative Staff Co- Chair Senator , Delaware, Vice Chair Josh Abram, Colorado, Legislative Staff Vice Senator Michelle Kidani, Hawaii, Vice Chair Chair Representative Wendy Horman, Idaho, Vice Julie Pelegrin, Colorado, Legislative Staff Vice Chair Chair Senator Peggy Lehner, Ohio, Vice Chair Mary Guerriero, Michigan, Legislative Staff Representative Terry Collins, Alabama Vice Chair Senator Joyce Elliott, Arkansas Edgar Cabral, California Representative Bruce Cozart, Arkansas Cortney Gillham, Georgia Assemblymember Kevin McCarty, California Rachel Hise, Maryland Senator Nancy Todd, Colorado Liz Mahn, New Jersey Representative Richard Farnsworth, Maine Rachel Gudgel, New Mexico Senator , Nevada Representative Mary Stuart Gile, New Hampshire Representative Terry Wolf, New Hampshire Senator , New Jersey Senator , New Mexico Representative Hugh Blackwell, North Carolina Representative Gene Whisnant, Oregon Representative Jake Wheatley, Pennsylvania Senator Roger Picard, Rhode Island Representative Thomas Holmes, South Dakota Representative Harry Brooks, Tennessee Representative Geanie Morrison, Texas Senator Howard Stephenson, Utah Representative Kathryn Webb, Vermont Representative Sharon Tomiko Santos, Washington Senator Robert Plymale, West Virginia Senator Luther Olsen, Wisconsin Senator Paul Barnard, Wyoming

50 Health & Human Services Policy Working Group

Representative Dave Heaton, Iowa, Co-Chair Lonnie Edgar Jr., Mississippi, Legislative Staff Representative Joni Jenkins, Kentucky, Co- Co-Chair Chair Mark D. Andrews, Utah, Legislative Staff Co- Representative Jonathan Singer, Colorado, Chair Vice Chair Miriam Fordham, Kentucky, Legislative Staff Representative Diane Franklin, Missouri, Vice Vice Chair Chair Drew Murray, Louisiana, Legislative Staff Vice Senator Emmet Hanger Jr., Virginia, Vice Chair Chair Representative William J. Lippert, Vermont, Anna Broome, Maine, Legislative Staff Vice Vice Chair Chair Representative Ivy A. Spohnholz, Alaska Barry L. Denk, Pennsylvania, Legislative Staff Representative Jeff Wardlaw, Arkansas Vice Chair Representative Joseph Miro, Delaware Tamara Dodge, Wisconsin, Legislative Staff Vice Chair Senator Renee S. Unterman, Georgia Casey Kline, Indiana Senator Jean Breaux, Indiana Charles Sallee, New Mexico Representative Barbara Ballard, Kansas Nolan Langweil, Vermont Delegate Ana Sol Gutierrez, Maryland Representative , Massachusetts Senator Sara Howard, Nebraska Senator Julia Ratti, Nevada Representative Neal Kurk, New Hampshire Assemblymember Herb Conaway, New Jersey Representative Elizabeth Thomson, New Mexico Senator Louis Pate, North Carolina Senator , North Dakota Representative Mark J. Romanchuk, Ohio Senator A.J. Griffin, Oklahoma Senator Sara Gelser, Oregon Senator Harvey Peeler, South Carolina Senator Deb Soholt, South Dakota Representative James A. Dunnigan, Utah Senator Luz Escamilla, Utah Representative Ruth L. Kagi, Washington Representative Tyler Vorpagel, Wisconsin

51 Law, Criminal Justice & Pubic Safety Policy Working Group Joe Ayala, California, Legislative Staff Co-Chair Senator Gerald Malloy, South Carolina, Co- Charles Douglas Williams, South Carolina, Chair Legislative Staff Co-Chair Representative Timothy Johns, South Dakota, Katy Proctor, Arizona, Legislative Staff Vice Co-Chair Chair Senator Michael Crider, Indiana, Vice Chair Erica Warren, Kentucky, Legislative Staff Vice Senator Delores Kelley, Maryland, Vice Chair Chair Senator , North Dakota, Vice Chair Monique Appeaning, Louisiana, Legislative Staff Vice Chair Representative Eric Hutchings, Utah, Vice Chair Patrick Guinan, Nevada, Legislative Staff Vice Representative Roger Goodman, Washington, Chair Vice Chair Matthew Duehning, Oklahoma, Legislative Senator Vivian Figures, Alabama Staff Vice Chair Senator Cam Ward, Alabama Michael Queensland, Wisconsin, Legislative Representative , Arkansas Staff Vice Chair Representative Pete Lee, Colorado Chandler Lewis, Texas Councilwoman Brianne Nadeau, District of Michelle Childs, Vermont Columbia Representative Wendell Willard, Georgia Representative Scott Nishimoto, Hawaii Representative Thomas Dayley, Idaho Representative Elgie Sims, Illinois Representative , Kansas Senator Whitney Westerfield, Kentucky Senator Michael Moore, Massachusetts Senator Briggs Hopson, Mississippi Representative Kevin Corlew, Missouri Representative Barry Ushe, Montana Senator , Nebraska Senator Aaron Ford, Nevada Representative Robert Cushing, New Hampshire Representative Cisco McSorley, New Mexico Senator Stewart Greenleaf, Pennsylvania Representative Jennifer Williamson, Oregon Senator David Marsden, Virginia Del. John Shott, West Virginia

52 Labor & Economic Development Policy Working Group

Assemblymember Maggie Carlton, Nevada, Co- Jon Clark, New Mexico, Legislative Staff Co- Chair Chair Senator Terri Haverly, South Dakota, Co-Chair Lisa Manini Widener, South Carolina, Representative Jimmy Pruett, Georgia, Vice Legislative Staff Co-Chair Chair Christopher M. Shea, New Hampshire, Delegate Talmadge Branch, Maryland, Vice Legislative Staff Vice Chair Chair Joyce Manchester, Vermont, Legislative Staff Representative Monica Youngblood, New Vice Chair Mexico, Vice Chair Konrad Jackson, Alsaka Senator Kevin Bacon, Ohio, Vice Chair Greg Williams, New Jersey Representative Rafael Anchia, Texas, Vice Barry Boardman, North Carolina Chair Ken Levine, Texas Representative Mathew Pitsch, Arkansas Andrea Wilko, Utah Representative Dafna Michaleson, Colorado Amigo Wade, Virginia Representative Mark Nakashima, Hawaii Representative Lance Clow, Idaho Senator Phil Boots, Indiana Representative , Kansas Representative Alice Kerr, Kentucky Representative Patrick O. Jefferson, Louisiana Senator Andre Cushing, Maine Representative Dillon Bates, Maine Representative Paul Brodeur, Massachusetts Representative Clem Smith, Missouri Senator John McCollister, Nebraska Assemblymember Felix Ortiz Jr, New York Representative Jim Kasper, North Dakota Senator James Leewright, Oklahoma Senator Reginald Tate, Tennessee Senator Anne Milner, Utah Representative William Botzow, Vermont Senator Richard Saslaw, Virginia Representative Sue Wilson, Wyoming

53 Natural Resources & Infrastructure Policy Working Group

Representative Curt McCormack, Vermont, Co- Representative Jeff Morris, Washington Chair Representative Hans Hunt, Wyoming Representative Ed Orcutt, Washington, Co- Chair Representative Dan Saddler, Alaska, Vice Chair Hope Stockwell, Montana, Legislative Staff Co- Chair Representative Mary Mushinsky, Connecticut, Vice Chair Gene Hogan, South Carolina, Legislative Staff Co-Chair Senator Rita Hart, Iowa, Vice Chair Brandon White, Kentucky, Legislative Staff Representative Andrew Mclean, Maine, Vice Vice Chair Chair Sean Hamel, North Carolina, Legislative Staff Senator Tyson Larson, Nebraska, Vice Chair Vice Chair Representative Chuck McGrady, North Jason Powell, Virginia, Legislative Staff Vice Carolina, Vice Chair Chair Senator Justin Cronin, South Dakota, Vice Chair Larry Konopacki, Wisconsin, Legislative Staff Representative Jack Fortner, Arkansas Vice Chair Representative Jenifer Arndt, Colorado Matt Becker, Colorado Representative John Kowalko, Delaware Kate Gaul, Nebraska Senator Audrey Gibson, Florida Eric Bugaile, Pennsylvania Senator Lorraine Inouye, Hawaii Jennifer Jones, Texas Representative Thomas Dayley, Idaho Gary Wilburn, Washington Representative Marcus Evans, Illinois Representative Ed Soliday, Indiana Representative , Kansas Delegate Tawanna Gaines, Maryland Senator Marc Pacheco, Massachusetts Representative Rick Hansen, Minnesota Representative Charles Busby, Mississippi Senator Brian Munzlinger, Missouri Representative John O’Connor, New Hampshire Senator , New Mexico Representative Al Carlson, North Dakota Representative Brian Clem, Oregon Senator Mike Bell, Tennessee Representative Stephen Handy, Utah Senator Terrance Nelson, US Virgin Islands 54 Redistricting & Elections Policy Working Group

Senator John Murante, Nebraska, Co-Chair Jeff Wice, New York, Legislative Staff Co-Chair Senator Daniel Ivey-Soto, New Mexico, Co- Frank Strigari, Ohio, Legislative Staff Co-Chair Chair Sheri Thomas, Arkansas, Legislative Staff Vice Senator Cheryl Kagan, Maryland, Vice Chair Chair Senator Devin LeMahieu, Wisconsin, Vice Chair Jessica Karls-Ruplinger, Wisconsin, Legislative Senator Jamescita Peshlakai, Arizona Staff Vice Chair Representative Kenneth Ferguson, Arkansas Karin Mac Donald, California Representative Mike Weissman, Colorado Tim Mapes, Illinois Senator , Connecticut Stan Ward, Maryland Senator , Delaware James (Ted) Booth, Mississippi Senator Karl Rhoads, Hawaii Rachel Weiss, Montana Senator Greg Walker, Indiana John Bjornson, North Dakota Representative Keith Esau, Kansas Senator Albert Robinson, Kentucky Representative Kelly Fenton, Minnesota Senator David Blount, Mississippi Representative Shamed Dogan, Missouri Senator Dee Brown, Montana Representative Barbara Griffin, New Hampshire Senator Vernon Sykes, Ohio Senator Nathan Dahm, Oklahoma Representative Gary Clary, South Carolina Senator Jim Bolin, South Dakota, South Dakota Senator Ken Yager, Tennessee Senator , Utah Representative Rebecca Chavez-Houck, Utah Senator Christopher Pearson, Vermont Senator L. , Virginia Senator Sam Hunt, Washington

55 Legislative Staff Coordinating Committee

Friday, May 11, 2018 1:15 – 2:30 p.m. JW Marriott Denver at Cherry Creek – Salon 1 & 2

AGENDA

1. Welcome and Introductions

2. NCSL Executive Director’s Report

3. Reports from LSCC Subcommittees

a. Legislative Institution

b. Programs and Professional Development

c. Information Technology, Social Media, E-Learning and Outreach

4. Reports from LSCC Work Groups

a. Staff Section Officers

b. Standing Committees

c. Strategic Planning

d. Membership, Mentorship and Development

5. Preview of 2018 Legislative Summit Programming

6. 2018 Legislative Staff Nominating Committee and Deadlines

a. June 1 - Declaration deadline for vice chair candidates (60 days)

b. June 15 - Declaration deadline for executive committee candidates (45 days)

c. July 15 - Deadline for all support letters (15 days)

7. Overview upcoming Legislative Staff Week (May 14-18, 2018)

8. Other Business

56 Legislative Staff Coordinating Committee 2017 - 2018 (As of April 25, 2018)

EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE OFFICERS AT LARGE MEMBERS

Chuck Truesdell Charlotte Carter-Yamauchi NCSL Staff Chair Director Legislative Fiscal Analyst Legislative Reference Bureau Office of Budget Review Hawaii Legislature Legislative Research Commission (808) 587-0666 Kentucky General Assembly [email protected] (502) 564-8100 EXT 578 –Legislative Institution Subcommittee-Vice [email protected] Chair –Membership, Mentorship & Development Special Work Group

Jon Heining Greg Fugate NCSL Staff Vice Chair Legislative Audit Manager General Counsel Office of the State Auditor Texas Legislative Council Colorado General Assembly Texas Legislature (303) 869-2839 (512) 463-1151 [email protected] [email protected] –Legislative Institution Subcommittee –Strategic Planning Work Group-Chair –Strategic Planning Work Group

Raúl Burciaga Susan Furlong NCSL Immediate Past Staff Chair Chief Clerk of the Assembly Director Nevada Legislature Legislative Council Service (775) 684-8556 [email protected] (505) 986-4671 –Strategic Planning Work Group [email protected] –Programs and Professional Development Subcommittee

Sonia Gavin Legislative Librarian Legislative Services Division Montana Legislature (406) 444-4848 [email protected] –Information Technology, Social Media, E- Learning and Outreach Subcommittee-Vice Chair –Membership, Mentorship & Development Special Work Group

57 AT LARGE MEMBERS (CONTINUED) AT LARGE MEMBERS (CONTINUED)

Joseph James “J.J.” Gentry Wayne Kidd Counsel, Ethics Committee Audit Supervisor Legislative Auditor General's Office South Carolina General Assembly Utah Legislature (803) 212-6306 (801) 538-1033 [email protected] [email protected] –Information Technology, Social Media, E- –Programs and Professional Learning and Outreach Subcommittee- Development Subcommittee-Vice Chair Chair –Membership, Mentorship & –Strategic Planning Work Group Development Special Work Group-Vice Chair

Lauren Hieger G. Paul Nardo Communications Director Clerk of the House and Keeper of Senate the Rolls of The Commonwealth of Missouri General Assembly Virginia House of Delegates (573) 751-7266 Virginia General Assembly [email protected] (804) 698-1619 –Information Technology, Social Media, E- [email protected] Learning and Outreach Subcommittee –Information Technology, Social Media, E- –Membership, Mentorship & Development Learning and Outreach Subcommittee Special Work Group –Membership, Mentorship & Development Special Work Group

Russell A. Humphrey Katy Proctor Chief Clerk of the Senate Director, Majority Research Staff Tennessee General Assembly Arizona Legislature (615) 741-2730 (602) 926-3649 [email protected] [email protected] –Legislative Institution Subcommittee –Information Technology, Social Media, E- –Membership, Mentorship & Learning and Outreach Subcommittee Development Special Work Group –Membership, Mentorship & Development Special Work Group

Jennifer Jackson Joel Redding Legislative Counsel Chief Information Officer Texas Legislative Council Kentucky General Assembly Texas Legislature (502) 564-8100 ext. 460 (512) 463-1155 [email protected] [email protected] –Legislative Institution Subcommittee –Legislative Institution Subcommittee –Strategic Planning Work Group –Membership, Mentorship & Development Special Work Group

Wendy Jackson Charles Sallee Administrative Services Manager Deputy Director for Program Legislative Reference Bureau Evaluation Wisconsin Legislature Legislative Finance Committee (608) 266-9983 New Mexico Legislature [email protected] (505) 986-4550 x 4528 –Programs and Professional [email protected] Development Subcommittee-Chair –Programs and Professional –Strategic Planning Work Group Development Subcommittee –Membership, Mentorship & Development Special Work Group

58 AT LARGE MEMBERS (CONTINUED) DISCRETIONARY APPOINTMENTS

Jason Simmons Michael Adams Principal Fiscal Analyst Director of Strategic Planning Legislative Research Council Senate of Virginia South Dakota Legislature (804) 698-7400 (605) 773-3251 [email protected] [email protected] –Membership, Mentorship & Development –Legislative Institution Subcommittee Special Work Group-Chair –Membership, Mentorship & Development –Information Technology, Social Media, E- Special Work Group Learning and Outreach Subcommittee

Martha R. Wigton Melody DeBussey Director – House Budget and Director Research Office Senate Budget and Evaluation Office Georgia General Assembly (404) 657-4602 (404) 656-5050 [email protected] [email protected] –Programs and Professional Development –Legislative Institution Subcommittee- Subcommittee Chair –Strategic Planning Work Group –Strategic Planning Work Group

Aurora Hauke House Majority Leader Caucus Staff Alaska Legislature (907) 465-5051 [email protected] –Programs and Professional Development Subcommittee –Strategic Planning Work Group

Karen Lenertz Deputy Revisor Minnesota Legislature (651) 297-2838 [email protected] –Information Technology, Social Media, E- Learning and Outreach Subcommittee –Membership, Mentorship & Development Special Work Group

Jim Tamburro Human Resources Administrator Connecticut General Assembly (860) 240-0100 [email protected] –Programs and Professional Development Subcommittee –Membership, Mentorship & Development Special Work Group

59 EX-OFFICIO MEMBERS EX-OFFICIO MEMBERS (CONTINUED)

Jonathan Ball Jennifer Jones Staff Co-Chair, NCSL Standing Vice Chair, NCSL Standing Committees Committee Director, Office of the Legislative Deputy Director Fiscal Analyst Sunset Advisory Commission Utah Legislature Texas Legislature (801) 538-1034 (512) 463-1291 [email protected] [email protected] –Standing Committees Work Group-Staff –Standing Committees Work Group- Co-Chair Staff Vice Chair –Programs and Professional –Legislative Institution Subcommittee Development Subcommittee

John Snyder Marsheilah Lyons Staff Co-Chair, NCSL Standing Vice Chair, NCSL Standing Committees Committees Chief Principal Research Analyst Committee Staff Administrator Legislative Counsel Bureau Legislative Research Commission Nevada Legislature Kentucky General Assembly (775) 684-6825 (502) 564-8100 x 478 [email protected] [email protected] –Standing Committees Work Group- –Standing Committees Work Group-Staff Staff Vice Chair Co-Chair –Programs and Professional –Programs and Professional Development Subcommittee Development Subcommittee

Rachel Gudgel Phillip D. McCarthy Vice Chair, NCSL Standing Vice Chair, NCSL Standing Committees Committee Senior Legislative Analyst Director Office of Policy & Legal Analysis Legislative Education Study Maine Legislature Committee (207) 287-1670 New Mexico Legislature [email protected] (505) 986-4330 –Standing Committees Work Group- [email protected] Staff Vice Chair –Standing Committees Work Group- –Information Technology, Social Media, E- Staff Vice Chair Learning and Outreach Subcommittee –Programs and Professional Development Subcommittee

60 PROFESSIONAL STAFF ASSOCIATIONS PROFESSIONAL STAFF ASSOCIATIONS (CONTINUED)

American Society of Legislative Clerks and Secretaries Legislative Information and Communications Staff Section (ASLCS) (LINCS) NCSL Liaison: Holly South NCSL Liaison: Jane Andrade Robert Haney Jeff Fossett President, ASLCS Chair, LINCS Chief Clerk Video Communications Specialist Texas House of Representatives Legislative Research Commission (512) 463-0845 Kentucky General Assembly [email protected] (502) 564-8100 x 599 –Staff Section Officers Work Group [email protected] –Information Technology, Social Media, –Staff Section Officers Work Group E-Learning and Outreach Subcommittee –Information Technology, Social Media, E-Learning and Outreach Subcommittee

D. Patrick Harris Tim Bommel President-Elect, ASLCS Vice-Chair, LINCS Secretary Photojournalist Missouri House of Representatives (334) 242-7803 (573) 751-4043 [email protected] [email protected] –Staff Section Officers Work Group –Staff Section Officers Work Group –Legislative Institution Subcommittee –Legislative Institution Subcommittee

Leadership Staff Section (LSS) Legislative Research Librarians Staff Section (LRL) NCSL Liaison: Megan McClure NCSL Liaison: Megan McClure Charity Stowe Julia Covington Chair, LSS Chair, LRL Legislative Assistant/ Deputy Reference Librarian Director of Legislator Affairs Legislative Library House Democratic Caucus North Carolina General Assembly Indiana House of Representatives (919) 733-9390 (317) 232-0243 [email protected] [email protected] –Staff Section Officers Work Group –Staff Section Officers Work Group –Information Technology, Social Media, –Programs and Professional E-Learning and Outreach Subcommittee Development Subcommittee

Tom Krause Betsy Haugen First Vice-Chair, LSS Vice-Chair, LRL Chief of Staff to Senate Majority Head of Reference Services Leader Bill Cowsert Legislative Reference Library Georgia Senate Minnesota Legislature (404) 463-1366 (651) 296-7857 [email protected] [email protected] –Staff Section Officers Work Group –Staff Section Officers Work Group –Programs and Professional –Legislative Institution Subcommittee Development Subcommittee

61 PROFESSIONAL STAFF ASSOCIATIONS (CONTINUED) PROFESSIONAL STAFF ASSOCIATIONS (CONTINUED)

National Association of Legislative Fiscal Offices (NALFO) National Legislative Program Evaluation Society (NLPES) NCSL Liaison: Erica MacKellar NCSL Liaison: Brenda Erickson Jim Landers Linda Triplett President, NALFO Chair, NLPES Director Performance Accountability Director Fiscal & Management Analysis Legislative PEER Committee Legislative Services Agency Mississippi Legislature Indiana General Assembly (601) 359-1226 (317) 233-0696 [email protected] [email protected] –Staff Section Officers Work Group-Vice –Staff Section Officers Work Group Chair –Information Technology, Social Media, E- –Programs and Professional Development Learning and Outreach Subcommittee Subcommittee

Patrick Goldsmith Shunti Taylor President-Elect, NALFO Vice-Chair, NLPES Director Audit Manager House Fiscal Division Department of Audits and Accounts Louisiana House of Representatives Georgia General Assembly (225) 342-2440 (404) 651-8866 [email protected] [email protected] –Staff Section Officers Work Group –Staff Section Officers Work Group –Legislative Institution Subcommittee –Information Technology, Social Media, E- Learning and Outreach Subcommittee

National Association of Legislative Information National Legislative Services and Security Association Technology (NALIT) (NLSSA) NCSL Liaison: Pam Greenberg NCSL Liaison: Diane Chaffin Kyle Forster Anthony (Steve) Pike Chair, NALIT President, NLSSA Information Technology Manager Chief of Police Legislative Council Virginia Capitol Police North Dakota Legislative Assembly Virginia General Assembly (701) 328-4261 Washington Building [email protected] (804) 786-5035 –Staff Section Officers Work Group [email protected] –Information Technology, Social Media, E- –Staff Section Officers Work Group Learning and Outreach Subcommittee –Information Technology, Social Media, E- Learning and Outreach Subcommittee

Cindy O'Dell Martin Brock Vice-Chair, NALIT Vice-President, NLSSA Service and Support Manager Chief of Legislative Police Computer & Information Technology North Carolina General Assembly Legislative Research Commission (919) 733-2159 Kentucky General Assembly [email protected] (502) 564-8100 x 767 –Staff Section Officers Work Group cindy.o’[email protected] –Legislative Institution Subcommittee –Staff Section Officers Work Group –Programs and Professional Development Subcommittee

62 PROFESSIONAL STAFF ASSOCIATIONS (CONTINUED)

Research, Editorial, Legal and Committee Staff (RELACS) NCSL Liaison: Kae Warnock Thomas Vaughn Chair, RELACS Associate General Counsel Utah Legislature (801) 538-1032 [email protected] –Staff Section Officers Work Group-Chair –Information Technology, Social Media, E- Learning and Outreach Subcommittee

Anne Sappenfield Vice-Chair, RELACS Special Assistant to the State Auditor Legislative Audit Bureau Wisconsin Legislature (608) 266-2818 [email protected] –Staff Section Officers Work Group –Programs and Professional Development Subcommittee

63 Legislative Staff Coordinating Committee Meeting Summary Charleston, South Carolina January 26, 2018

Welcome and Introductions

Chuck Truesdell, NCSL Staff Chair, called the meeting to order. The following LSCC members were present:

Jon Heining, NCSL staff vice chair, Texas

Tim Bommel, Missouri Wendy Jackson, Wisconsin Martin Brock, North Carolina Jennifer Jones, Texas Jeff Fossett, Kentucky Wayne Kidd, Utah Kyle Forster, North Dakota Tom Krause, Georgia Greg Fugate, Colorado Cindy O’Dell, Kentucky Susan Furlong, Nevada Joel Redding, Kentucky J.J. Gentry, South Carolina Anne Sappenfield, Wisconsin Pat Harris, Alabama Jason Simmons, South Dakota Betsy Haugen, Minnesota John Snyder, Kentucky Lauren Hieger, Missouri Shunti Taylor, Georgia Russell Humphrey, Tennessee Linda Triplett, Mississippi Jennifer Jackson, Texas Martha Wigton, Georgia

64 NCSL Executive Director’s Report

Bill Pound, NCSL’s Executive Director, welcomed LSCC members to Charleston, S.C. and updated the committee about a few priorities of the conference. The strategic plan was discussed by the officers in the fall. It has three parts: 1) Legislature Capacity, Professional Development and Information Services; 2) Strong State Involvement and Engagement; 3) Federalism. Part two of the strategic plan will be discussed on Saturday at the Executive Committee meeting.

Pound shared that the Executive Committee will hear a report and analysis of a survey of legislator and legislative staff views of NCSL. The last time this survey was deployed was in 2011 and the 2017 survey had a larger response rate than the one in 2011. There are some positive aspects from the survey along with some heartburn, but overall the survey indicates greater awareness and satisfaction with NCSL services.

Pound then summarized legislator and staff attendance at the 2017 Capitol Forum in Coronado Island, Calif. and discussed the 2018 Legislative Summit in Los Angeles, Calif. He shared that the LSCC will meet from noon to 3 p.m., Saturday, July 29, and there’s always pressure on the length of the meeting while offering more programming. Finally, he shared that NCSL is receiving many requests to testify about sexual harassment policies and for sexual harassment prevention training. He thanked staff vice chair Jon Heining for agreeing to lead a sexual harassment prevention training for Wyoming legislators and for NCSL staff.

Reports from LSCC Subcommittees

Legislative Institution

Martha Wigton, chair, stated that the subcommittee had a great meeting. The subcommittee reviewed three topics for a staff success stories video—Georgia’s Rural Development Council, North Carolina’s Capitol Security and Alabama’s recent impeachment proceedings. The subcommittee also discussed exploring research options about state impeachment processes and procedures and creating a blueprint for staff success story videos that can be used by future subcommittees.

Wigton and the subcommittee also discussed a major priority for Chair Truesdell, which is the creation of staff directors’ group and offering engaging programming and networking for these administrators. Wigton then listed the three “Tools of the Trade” articles that legislative staff will write for State Legislatures magazine: managing conflict, what budget writers want you to know and tools for a well- managed office. Finally, she and the subcommittee discussed the highlights from the inaugural Legislative Staff Week (Dec. 4-8, 2017).

Programs and Professional Development

Wendy Jackson, chair, said that the subcommittee had a very full agenda with eight agenda items and, fortunately, the subcommittee got through them all. The subcommittee discussed staff programming for

65 the 2018 Legislative Summit in Los Angeles, Calif. While there was a long list of potential speakers, not all of them were available during the meeting. The subcommittee agreed to pursue Marianne Jennings, who speaks about ethical leadership and culture for the Legislative Staff Breakfast and either Frank Barrett (author of “Yes to the Mess”) or Daryl Dixon (speaker about workplace diversity) for Legislative Staff University. The subcommittee also brainstormed programming ideas for LSCC-sponsored webinars.

Jackson shared that the subcommittee discussed the staff certificate program proposal. The goal is to have a final proposal to present to the Legislative Staff Coordinating Committee at the summer LSCC meeting in Los Angeles. The subcommittee also reviewed the “Ways to Get Involved” document created during the 2016-2017 conference year. This document will be included into the new “NCSL and You: Legislative Staff” brochure. The subcommittee then reviewed the Legislative Staff Management Institute (LSMI) Request for Proposal (RFP) timeline and RFP process, as the current LSMI contract ends in 2019. The subcommittee then heard a presentation about the 2018 LSMI curriculum, budget and marketing plan.

Jackson then asked Chair Truesdell to recognize Paul Danczyk and Steve Boilard, co-directors of the LSMI program. Danczyk shared that the 29th annual LSMI program will be in Sacramento, Calif., Aug. 11-18, 2018. He then shared highlights of the curriculum for the eight-day leadership program and reviewed the budget for the 2018 LSMI.

Upon the motion of Wendy Jackson, and seconded by Martha Wigton, the 2018 budget for LSMI was approved.

Information Technology, Social Media, E-Learning and Outreach

J.J. Gentry, chair, shared that the subcommittee had a very busy meeting and received presentations from NCSL staff about website updates and projects. The development of a preference center on NCSL’s website—where legislators and legislative staff can share with NCSL topics that interest them—is a high priority for the subcommittee. Gentry mentioned that the hope is to have the preference center developed in 2019. In addition, he shared that certain documents on the website are being archived in order to remove outdated documents on the webpage. These archived webpages will be available to both legislators and legislative staff on a separate website. Finally, the subcommittee heard about the new meeting app.

Reports from the LSCC Work Groups

Staff Section Officers

Linda Triplett, vice-chair, stated that the work group members discussed language to describe staff sections. The work group agreed to now call the staff sections, “professional staff associations.” This term better describes these staff groups. Triplett also mentioned that members of the work group discussed best practices in terms of fundraising, marketing, recruitment and use of e-learning funds for

66 each professional staff association. She stated that it’s important to share these best practices and for the groups to learn from each other.

Triplett shared that most of the workgroup meeting was spent discussing the feasibility of a “Super” Professional Development Seminar (PDS) in 2020. The last “Super” PDS meeting was in 2012. She stated that the group established goals for the “Super” PDS, including: the ability to cross-pollinate, increase overall meeting attendance, learn about other staff functions and have fun. Another big goal would be to create synergy among all the professional staff associations. Most groups are considering participating in the meeting and each officer will discuss further with their board after the Charleston meeting.

Standing Committees

John Snyder, co-chair, stated that the workgroup discussed a few items, including best practices for onboarding new staff officers of the standing committees and an effort to reach out to staff directors about making appointments to the standing committees and cleaning up current lists. Snyder also shared that the workgroup reviewed the attendance numbers from the Capitol Forum in Coronado Island and this meeting offered a great professional development program, led by the co-directors of the Legislative Staff Management Institute (LSMI). The workgroup also discussed voting boards for the standing committees and are working with IT staff in Kentucky on a pilot program for the 2018 Legislative Summit.

Strategic Planning

NCSL staff vice chair Jon Heining shared that the group had remote participation at their meeting and he recognized Aurora Hauke (Alaska), who participated via conference call at 5 a.m. in Alaska. The workgroup discussed the “NCSL and You: Legislative Staff” brochure and the hope is to have updated copy by the LSCC meeting in May. Heining stated that one of his goals is to create continuity within the LSCC and across conference years. With the assistance of NCSL staff, he’s seeking electronic solutions with the NCSL binders that were created in the 2012-2013 conference year by past staff chair Patsy Spaw.

Membership, Mentorship and Development

Wayne Kidd, vice-chair, summarized the discussions of the work group and shared that the workgroup will look at holding a “blended meeting” at the Spring LSCC meeting, which will give attendees an opportunity to use a platform that supports remote participation. The group also reviewed a very thorough document intended to be shared with legislative staff interested in running for the Executive Committee. Finally, Kidd shared that the work group would like to have a mentoring “meet and greet” at the Fall 2018 LSCC meeting.

67 Other Business

Brian Weberg discussed a new feature in State Legislatures magazine about innovations in state legislatures. He invited staff to write for the magazine to showcase an innovation in their state legislature. Contact him if you have ideas at [email protected].

Chair Truesdell mentioned the Legislative Staff Services program briefing and the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI) program that was offered to LSCC members on Thursday. The purpose of this professional development program was to give staff more “bang for their buck” in participating with LSCC and to incentivize attendance. Truesdell hopes to offer another professional development opportunity for LSCC members in Denver and welcomes feedback on how to improve this effort.

With no other business to discuss, Chair Truesdell adjourned the meeting.

68 LSCC Staff Section Officers Work Group

Friday, May 11, 2018 9:00 – 10:15 a.m. JW Marriott Denver at Cherry Creek – Aster

AGENDA

1. Welcome and Introductions

2. Further discussion and decision about Super Professional Development Seminar in 2020

3. Staff association programming at the Legislative Summit

4. Fall 2018 Staff Professional Development Seminars

5. Other Business

Members Chair: Thomas Vaughn, Utah, RELACS Tom Krause, Georgia, LSS Vice Chair: Linda Triplett, Mississippi, NLPES Jim Landers, Indiana, NALFO Robert Haney, Texas, ASLCS Patrick Goldsmith, Louisiana, NALFO D. Patrick Harris, Alabama, ASLCS Kyle Forster, North Dakota, NALIT Julia Covington, North Carolina, LRL Cindy O’Dell, Kentucky, NALIT Betsy Haugen, Minnesota, LRL Shunti Taylor, Georgia, NLPES Jeff Fossett, Kentucky, LINCS Anthony “Steve” Pike, Virginia, NLSSA Tim Bommel, Missouri, LINCS Martin Brock, North Carolina, NLSSA Charity Stowe, Indiana, LSS Anne Sappenfield, RELACS

NCSL Staff: Diane Chaffin, Kristin Shassetz

69 LSCC Standing Committees Work Group

Friday, May 11, 2018 9:00 – 10:15 a.m. JW Marriott Denver at Cherry Creek – Rose

AGENDA

1. Welcome and Introductions

2. Review Final Materials for Recruitment of New Staff to the Standing Committees

3. Standing Committee Policy Working Group Update

4. Resources for 2018-2019 Overall Staff Officers

5. Voting Board Update

6. Review Staff Officer Survey

7. Other Business

Members Co-Chair: Jonathan Ball, Utah Co-Chair: John Snyder, Kentucky Vice Chair: Rachel Gudgel, New Mexico Vice Chair: Jennifer Jones, Texas Vice Chair: Marsheilah Lyons, Nevada Vice Chair: Phillip McCarthy, Maine

NCSL Staff: Neal Osten, Molly Ramsdell, Laura Tobler

70 LSCC Strategic Planning Work Group

Friday, May 11, 2018 9:00 – 10:15 a.m. JW Marriott Denver at Cherry Creek – Bluebell

AGENDA

1. Welcome and Introductions

2. Review NCSL & You: The Legislative Staffer

3. LSCC year-to-year continuity

4. LSCC projects and initiatives

5. Other business

Members: Jon Heining, Chair, Texas Aurora Hauke, Alaska Melody DeBussey, Georgia Wendy Jackson, Wisconsin Greg Fugate, Colorado Joel Redding, Kentucky Susan Furlong, Nevada Martha Wigton, Georgia JJ Gentry, South Carolina

NCSL Staff: Nancy Rhyme, Tim Storey

71 LSCC Membership, Mentorship and Development Special Work Group

Friday, May 11, 2018 9:00 – 10:15 a.m. JW Marriott Denver at Cherry Creek – Presidential Suite, Room 1113

AGENDA

1. Welcome and Introductions 2. Review work of the Workgroups a. Recruitment Workgroup b. Remote Participation and Mentorship Workgroup c. Bylaws 3. Actions Items and Next Steps

Members Chair: Michael Adams, Virginia Karen Lenertz, Minnesota Vice Chair: Wayne Kidd, Utah G. Paul Nardo, Virginia Charlotte Carter-Yamauchi, Hawaii Katy Proctor, Arizona Sonia Gavin, Montana Charles Sallee, New Mexico Lauren Hieger, Missouri Jason Simmons, South Dakota Russell Humphrey, Tennessee Jim Tamburro, Connecticut Jennifer Jackson, Texas

NCSL Staff: Angela Andrews

72 LSCC Legislative Institution Subcommittee

Friday, May 11, 2018 10:30 – 11:45 a.m. JW Marriott Denver at Cherry Creek – Aster AGENDA 1. Welcome and Introductions

2. Legislative Staff Directors group—post conference at Legislative Summit and survey.

3. "Legislative Success Stories" videos—preview a. Pending: Preview draft of video on Georgia’s Rural Development Council; Update on North Carolina’s Capitol Security video project; Discuss other options for Alabama’s work on impeachment. b. Create blueprint for “success stories” work

4. E-discovery – group discussion

5. Model Code of Conduct – feedback and discussion

6. Pending State Legislatures magazine articles a. Update on pending articles on Managing Conflict (Martin), A Well Managed Office (Wayne, Jennifer) and What Budget Writers Want you to Know (Martha, Jason)— b. New ideas

7. Legislative Staff Week is May 14-18: update on planned activities.

8. Other Business

Members Patrick Goldsmith, Louisiana Chair: Martha Wigton, Georgia D. Patrick Harris, Alabama Vice Chair: Charlotte Carter-Yamauchi, Betsy Haugen, Minnesota Hawaii Russell Humphrey, Tennessee Tim Bommel, Missouri Jennifer Jackson, Texas Martin Brock, North Carolina Jennifer Jones, Texas Greg Fugate, Colorado Joel Redding, Kentucky Jason Simmons, South Dakota NCSL Staff: Tim Storey, Laura Tobler

73 LSCC Programs and Professional Development Subcommittee

Friday, May 11, 2018 10:30 – 11:45 a.m. JW Marriott Denver at Cherry Creek – Bluebell

AGENDA

1. Welcome and Introductions 2. Summit Update a. Legislative Staff University b. Legislative Staff Breakfast c. Salute to Legislative Staff Lunch 3. Young and New Professionals (YNP) update 4. LSCC Service Project for 2018 5. LSMI 6. Staff Certificate Program Proposal 7. Brainstorming for LSCC-sponsored e-learning/webinars for 2018 8. Programs and services for partisan staff

Members Chair: Wendy Jackson, Wisconsin Marsheilah Lyons, Nevada Vice Chair: Wayne Kidd, Utah Cindy O’Dell, Kentucky Jonathan Ball, Utah Charles Sallee, New Mexico Melody DeBussey, Georgia Anne Sappenfield, Wisconsin Susan Furlong, Nevada John Snyder, Kentucky Rachel Gudgel, New Mexico Charity Stowe, Indiana Aurora Hauke, Alaska Jim Tamburro, Connecticut Tom Krause, Georgia Linda Triplett, Mississippi

NCSL Staff: Angela Andrews and Nancy Rhyme

74 LSCC Information Technology, Social Media, E-Learning and Outreach Subcommittee

Friday, May 11, 2018 10:30 – 11:45 a.m. JW Marriott Denver at Cherry Creek – Rose

AGENDA

1. Welcome and Introductions

2. Report on Fonteva implementation (NCSL’s new association management system)

3. NCSL Legislative Summit Meeting App Preview

4. Report on 2018 E-learning Programs: Webinars and Summit Programming

5. NCSL Website, Blog and Podcast Statistics

6. Outreach Activities

7. Other Business

Members Chair: JJ Gentry, South Carolina Jim Landers, Indiana Vice Chair: Sonia Gavin, Montana Karen Lenertz, Minnesota Michael Adams, Virginia Phillip McCarthy, Maine Julia Covington, North Carolina G. Paul Nardo, Virginia Kyle Forster, North Dakota Anthony “Steve” Pike, Virginia Jeff Fossett, Kentucky Katy Proctor, Arizona Robert Haney, Texas Shunti Taylor, Georgia Lauren Hieger, Missouri Thomas Vaughn, Utah

NCSL Staff: Diane Chaffin

75 MEMO TO: NCSL EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE

FROM: Senator Dan Blue, NCSL Foundation President

SUBJECT: Status Report as of April 30, 2018

DATE: May 12, 2018

The Foundation's Revenues - FY 2018

The Foundation Board approved an ambitious unrestricted fundraising goal of $2,600,000 for fiscal year 2018. As of April 30, the Foundation has raised $2,107,500 in unrestricted giving. This amount compares to $1,825,000 in unrestricted contributions at the same time last year.

Since July 2017, we have recruited 24 new sponsors – four at the platinum level, nine at the gold level, and 11 at the silver level. This number has increased from 20 sponsors last year. In addition, we have four platinum upgrades and two gold upgrades.

New Sponsors include:

Sponsor Level Amount American Airlines Gold $ 12,500 American Water Platinum $ 25,000 Apple Platinum $ 25,000 Biogen Gold $ 12,500 BOMA Silver $ 7,500 Charles Koch Institute Gold $ 12,500 Consumer Data Industry Association Gold $ 12,500 Council for Affordable Quality Healthcare Silver $ 7,500 CVS Silver $ 7,500 Ecolab Silver $ 7,500 Expedia Gold $ 12,500 Express Scripts Silver $ 7,500 Foundation for Individual Rights in Education Gold $ 12,500 Frenius Medical Care Silver $ 7,500 The Humane Society of the Silver $ 7,500 Las Vegas Sands Platinum $ 25,000 MAGNA International Silver $ 7,500 National Community Pharmacists Association Silver $ 7,500 Nurse Family Partnerships Gold $ 12,500 Ofo Silver $ 7,500 PepsiCo Platinum $ 12,500

76 Physicians for Fair Coverage Silver $ 7,500 TSYS Gold $ 12,500 Ultragenyx Gold $ 12,500 Total New Funding $ 295,000

In addition to the 24 new sponsors, the four platinum upgrades include: Consumer Technology Association, GlaxoSmithKline, Philips Lighting, and RELX. The two gold upgrades include America’s Health Insurance Plans and Alkermes.

Thank you for acknowledging Foundation sponsors who attend our meetings and please thank these organizations for their support of NCSL.

Fundraising Activities

The Foundation has continued to offer enhanced opportunities to bring in new sponsors and renew current sponsors. Efforts since the January 2018 Executive Committee meeting in Charleston include:

➢ NCSL Foundation sponsors were given a “first glance” at the deep dives, issue forums, and committee sessions to be held at the NCSL Legislative Summit. This encourages an increased engagement from Foundation sponsors to comment and offer expertise. (March 2018) ➢ NCSL Executive Directors Luncheon, hosted by the Nuclear Energy Institute in Washington, D.C., where nearly 90 Foundation sponsors attended for a Q&A with Bill Pound on policy trends across the states. (March 2018) ➢ NCSL and SGAC joint luncheon hosted at Joe’s Seafood was attended by nearly 80 Foundation sponsors and/or SGAC members. Sponsors were seated by interest area with NCSL standing committee directors. NCSL President Senator Deb Peters made opening remarks. Staff discussed programming for the upcoming NCSL Legislative Summit with Foundation sponsors. (March 2018) ➢ NCSL co-sponsored the opening reception at the SGAC Annual Summit in Salt Lake City to engage new sponsors in the mission and benefits of joining the NCSL Foundation. (April 2018) ➢ Dessert Reception for Foundation sponsors and NCSL officers at the Spring Executive Committee Meeting in Denver, Colorado. (May 2018)

Foundation Partnerships

Smart Communities Partnership The NCSL Foundation Smart Communities Partnership brings together state legislators, key staff and private sector sponsors to explore the policies and programs that help create smart communities and the role that states play in coordinating and encouraging smart solutions in energy, transportation and communications. Project partners will have a chance to engage with lawmakers on ways to leverage technology and information to improve quality of life, economic opportunity and security for those who live in cities and surrounding areas. Fundraising is complete and current partners include: Edison Electric Institute, the Charles Koch Institute, Charter Communications, NCTA – The Internet & Television Association, NRECA, Ofo, The Reason Foundation, Siemens and T-Mobile.

77 Awards and Transfers to NCSL for FY 2018

Approved awards this fiscal year include Leaders’ Services, New Member Outreach, Web Development, Legislative Training Innovations, Web Graphics and Design, Challenge Grants, Database and Research Development, Legislative Staff Management Institute, KnowWho Database, International Programs, and e-Learning.

Foundation Operating Expenses for FY 2018

The Board of Directors approved an operating budget of $897,873 and $1,250,000 for awards to NCSL. The approved budget for the Ethics Center is $327,030 and the Women’s Legislative Network is $112,986. Currently, our operating expenses are on track and within the approved budget.

78 Board of Directors 2017-2018 President Vice President Secretary/Treasurer The Honorable Dan Blue Ms. Maureen Riehl Mr. Raúl Burciaga Senate Democratic Leader Principal & Counsel Director Raleigh, North Carolina MultiState Associates Legislative Council Service Washington, D.C. Santa Fe, New Mexico

At-Large Members

The Honorable Pamela Althoff Mr. Gerard Dehrmann The Honorable Brian Patrick Mr. Bruce Starr Senate Minority Caucus Chair Walmart Kennedy icitizen Springfield, Illinois Bentonville, Arkansas Speaker Pro Tempore Hillsboro, Oregon Providence, Rhode Island Ms. Elizabeth Bartz Mr. Wayne Fonteix Ms. Carol Stewart State & Federal Communications AT&T The Honorable Greg Leding Advance America Akron, Ohio Hampton, New Jersey State Representative Spartanburg, South Carolina Little Rock, Arkansas The Honorable Curt Bramble Mr. Tom Foulkes Ms. Jenn Stowe Senate President Pro Tem Entertainment Software The Honorable David Long Carpet & Rug Institute Salt Lake City, Utah Association Senate President Pro Tempore Washington, D.C. Washington, D.C. Indianapolis, Indiana Mr. Jon Burton Mr. Chuck Truesdell RELX Inc. Mr. Gary Fuchs Mr. Tim Martin Legislative Fiscal Analyst Alpharetta, Georgia HP Inc. Amgen Legislative Research Commission Austin, Texas Olympia, Washington Frankfort, Kentucky Ms. Jean Cantrell Philips Mr. Mark Giuffre The Honorable Joyce Peppin The Honorable Robin Vos Washington, D.C. UPS House Majority Leader Speaker of the Assembly New York City, New York St. Paul, Minnesota Madison, Wisconsin The Honorable Al Carlson House Majority Leader The Honorable Kemp Hannon The Honorable Deb Peters Ms. Danielle Waterfield Bismarck, Assistant Majority Leader, State Senator Institute of Scrap Recycling House Operations Pierre, South Dakota Industries, Inc. Mr. David Casey Albany, New York Washington, D.C. MAXIMUS Mr. Tom Phillips Washington, D.C. Mr. Jon Heining Siemens Ms. Martha Wigton General Counsel Washington, D.C. Director Mr. David Christman Texas Legislative Council House Budget and Research National Beer Wholesalers Austin, Texas Ms. Peggy Piety Office Association Senior Staff Attorney Atlanta, Georgia Alexandria, Virginia Mr. Dave Howell Legislative Services Agency Wells Fargo Indianapolis, Indiana The Honorable Kristin Conzet Phoenix, Arizona State Representative Mr. Chris Riley Pierre, South Dakota The Honorable Toi Hutchinson Archer Daniels Midland (ADM) State Senator Decatur, Illinois Ms. Christine Csizmadia Springfield, Illinois Nuclear Energy Institute Ms. Chris Runge Washington, D.C. The Honorable Sally Jameson American Federation of Teachers State Delegate Washington, D.C. Ms. Nancy Cyr Annapolis, Maryland Director Ms. Patsy Spaw Legislative Research Office Secretary of the Senate Lincoln, Nebraska Austin, Texas

William Pound, Executive Director - Nancy Rhyme, Director of Foundation Programs - Caroline Carlson, Director of Development 7700 East First Place, Denver, CO 80230 - Phone: (303) 364-7700 - Fax: (303) 364-7800 - www.ncsl.org/foundation 79 Platinum Sponsors $25,000

1-800 CONTACTS, Inc. Comcast Cable International Paper RELX Inc. Advance America Communications Intuit Reynolds American Inc. American Water Consumer Technology Las Vegas Sands Corp. State Farm Insurance Amgen Association MAXIMUS Companies Anthem Entertainment Software Mylan Takeda Pharmaceuticals Apple Association NCTA—The Internet & U.S.A., Inc. Astellas Pharma US, Genentech Television Association TIAA Inc. Gilead Sciences Novartis UnitedHealth Group AT&T GlaxoSmithKline Nuclear Energy University of Phoenix Charter Institute of Scrap Institute Visa Communications Recycling Industries, PepsiCo Walmart Inc. Philips Lighting

Gold Sponsors $12,500

21st Century Fox American Fuel & Best Buy Foundation for Individual AARP Petrochemical Biogen Rights in Education ADM Manufacturers BlueCross BlueShield Google The Advocacy Group American Gas Association Association HIMSS (TAG)/FOCUS, a American Heart Boehringer Ingelheim HP Inc. Leonine Business Association Capital One IBM Alkermes American Hotel & Lodging The Carpet & Rug Institute International Council of Alliance of Automobile Association CenturyLink Shopping Centers Manufacturers American Institute of CPAs Charles Koch Institute LexisNexis State Net** Amazon American Optometric Chevron Lockridge Grindal Nauen American Airlines Association The College Board P.L.L.P American Association for American Public Power Cox Communications, Inc. Mallinckrodt Justice Association Crown Cork & Seal Pharmaceuticals American Bankers American Society of Civil Company, Inc. MasterCard Worldwide Association Engineers CTIA-The Wireless McKesson Specialty American College of America’s Credit Unions Association Health Cardiology America’s Health Insurance Daiichi Sankyo, Inc. Mead Johnson Nutrition American Council of Life Plans Darden Restaurants, Inc. Merck Insurers Anheuser-Busch Design-Build Institute of Microsoft American Dental Companies America MultiState Associates Association Association for Accessible DJI National Apartment American Federation Medicines EdChoice Association of State, County & AstraZeneca Edison Electric Institute National Association of Municipal Employees Bank of America Everytown for Gun Safety Convenience Stores American Federation of Bayer HealthCare Expedia, Inc. National Athletic Trainers’ Teachers Pharmaceuticals Facebook Association

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*Level based on total contributions—unrestricted and restricted **In-kind contribution 80 Gold Sponsors (continued) $12,500

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ARTICLE I Name

Section 1. Name. The name of this organization shall be the National Conference of State Legislatures ("the Conference").

Section 2. Offices. Offices of the Conference shall be in such localities as shall be determined by the Executive Committee. ARTICLE II Purpose

Section 1. Purposes. The purposes and objectives of the Conference shall be: (1) To advance the effectiveness, independence, and integrity of legislatures in the states, territories, and commonwealths of the United States.

(2) To foster interstate cooperation and to facilitate information exchange among state legislatures.

(3) To represent the states and their legislatures in the American federal system of government consistent with support of state sovereignty and state flexibility and protection from unfunded federal mandates and unwarranted federal preemption.

(4) To improve the operations and management of state legislatures; to improve the effectiveness of legislators and legislative staff; and to encourage the practice of high standards of conduct by legislators and legislative staff.

(5) To promote cooperation between state legislatures in the United States and legislatures in other countries.

ARTICLE III Membership and Divisions

Section 1. Membership. The membership of the Conference shall consist of the legislatures of the states, the District of Columbia, and the territories and commonwealths of the United States. Payment of properly established membership dues shall be a condition of participation by legislators and legislative staff within each of the member jurisdictions.

Section 2. Divisions. The Conference shall have at least two participant divisions: a Legislator Division and a Staff Division. Other divisions may be established by the Executive Committee. Sections and committees may be established by the Executive Committee or by the divisions with the approval of the Executive Committee. The Legislator Division shall have a section for legislative leaders.

ARTICLE IV Other Organizations

Section 1. Cooperation with other organizations. The Conference may cooperate with or establish relationships with such other groups, public or private, as may seem most likely to advance the purposes of the Conference, directing special effort toward cooperative work with those bodies that represent local and state governments. In order to more effectively promote state interests, the Conference shall seek a working association with the Council of State Governments and its regional conferences, while reserving and maintaining complete autonomy and independence of budget, staff and operations.

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Section 2. International affiliates. The state or provincial legislatures of other countries may affiliate with the Conference. International affiliates shall not be entitled to vote, but may have members serve on NCSL standing committees and the Executive Committee subject to conditions established by the Executive Committee.

ARTICLE V Meetings and Rules

Section 1. Annual meetings. The Conference shall meet annually at such time and place as may be determined by the Executive Committee.

Section 2. Special meetings. Special meetings of the Conference may be called by the Executive Committee at any time; or shall be called by the President upon request of at least 26 member jurisdictions. The meeting shall be held within forty-five days after filing of the request with the Executive Director. The notice of the meeting shall state its purpose. No other business shall be considered.

Section 3. Notice of meetings. The Executive Director shall provide timely written notice of Annual and special meetings of the Conference not less than thirty days prior to the opening of the meeting.

Section 4. Voting at annual meeting. Roll call voting at the Annual Meeting shall be by member jurisdiction, and each member jurisdiction in good standing shall be entitled to cast one vote regardless of the number of delegates present from that jurisdiction. A quorum for the transaction of business shall consist of representation from at least twenty member jurisdictions. On any vote that places the Conference on record in a matter of public policy, an affirmative vote of three-fourths of the jurisdictions who respond to the most recent quorum call shall be required to adopt the motion. A state not present for the most recent quorum call can, before the start of the next roll call vote, request recognition from the presiding legislator Chair and be recorded as present for purposes of the quorum. New quorum calls shall be conducted at the request of five (5) member jurisdictions. The determination of the vote within each jurisdiction shall be by the members present from that jurisdiction. On any vote that places the Conference on record in a matter of public policy, legislative staff shall not be entitled to vote.

Section 5. Rules. Rules governing the conduct of meetings shall be recommended by the Executive Committee and adopted by the Conference. Mason’s Manual of Legislative Procedure shall govern the proceedings of the Conference in all cases not covered by these Bylaws or the Conference Rules of Procedure.

Section 6. Proxy voting. There shall be no proxy voting during any proceedings of the Conference.

ARTICLE VI Officers and Executive Committee

Section 1. Officers. The officers of the Conference shall be a President, a President-Elect, a Vice President, and the Immediate Past President; and a Staff Chair, a Staff Vice Chair, and the Immediate Past Staff Chair.

Section 2. Executive Committee Composition and Voting Privileges. The Executive Committee shall be composed of forty-one legislators, twenty-one legislative staff and one nonvoting ex officio legislator member representing international affiliates. The legislator member representing international affiliates is nominated by the Nominating Committee.

(1) The legislator members shall be: a. The President;

83 NATIONAL CONFERENCE OF STATE LEGISLATURES BY-LAWS Amended August 22, 2014 b. The Immediate Past President; c. The President-Elect; d. The Vice President; e. Twenty-seven at-large members; f. One ex officio member representing the state hosting the annual meeting at the time of that member’s election; g. Two ex officio members representing the states hosting the next two annual meetings; h. The Co-Chairs of the NCSL Standing Committees, who serve ex officio, appointed by the President and President-Elect; and i. Five ex officio members representing the Council of State Governments, including the Chair of the Council and one member or alternative member elected from each of the four regional conferences of the Council, as provided by Subsection (4) of Section 2. (2) The legislative staff members shall be: a. The Staff Chair; b. The Staff Vice Chair; c. The Immediate Past Staff Chair; d. Sixteen at-large members; and e. The Staff Co-Chairs of the NCSL Standing Committees, who serve ex officio, appointed by the Staff Chair. (3) Ex officio members are voting members of the Executive Committee, unless otherwise provided. (4) Following the NCSL Annual Meeting, the CSG Regional Conference Members and Alternates shall be elected from states not having at-large legislator representation on the Executive Committee.

ARTICLE VII Nomination and Election Procedures

Section 1. Legislator Nominating Committee. The President shall appoint a Legislator Nominating Committee of twelve members at least sixty days prior to the next Annual Meeting. The Nominating Committee shall consist of an equal number of Republicans and Democrats. It shall include at least one Democrat and one Republican from each region and no more than four members from the same region. The President shall select members with the advice and consent of the legislator members of the Executive Committee. The President shall appoint the chair of the Legislator Nominating Committee, who shall be a legislative leader.

Section 2. Legislative Staff Nominating Committee. The Staff Chair shall select a Legislative Staff Nominating Committee consisting of seven legislative staff at least sixty days prior to the next Annual Meeting. The Staff Chair shall select members with the advice and consent of staff members of the Executive Committee. The Staff Chair shall appoint the chair of the Legislative Staff Nominating Committee.

Section 3. Nominating procedures for legislator officers. The Legislator Nominating Committee shall present to the Annual Meeting a slate of candidates for the offices of President-Elect and Vice President. The President succeeds automatically from the office of President-Elect; the Immediate Past President succeeds automatically from the office of President. No officer who has served one full term shall be eligible for reelection to the same office until at least one intervening term has elapsed. The President-Elect and Vice President shall be legislative leaders from a member jurisdiction at the time of their election. The offices of President, President-Elect and Vice President shall alternate between the two major political parties. For the office of Vice President and President-Elect, the Legislator Nominating Committee may submit more than one name.

Section 4. Nominating procedures for legislators on the Executive Committee. The Legislator Nominating Committee shall present to the Annual Meeting a slate of candidates for the at-large positions, the member representing international affiliates and the annual meeting host state positions on the Executive Committee. In nominating members for the Executive Committee, the Legislator Nominating Committee shall, insofar as possible, consider geographic balance. At least ten of the at-large members of the Executive Committee shall be legislative

84 NATIONAL CONFERENCE OF STATE LEGISLATURES BY-LAWS Amended August 22, 2014 leaders at the time of their election. No more than two legislator members other than ex officio members shall come from the same state.

Section 5. Legislative Staff Nominating Committee duties. The Legislative Staff Nominating Committee shall present to the Annual Meeting a slate of candidates for the Executive Committee and the office of Staff Vice Chair. The Staff Chair succeeds automatically from the office of Staff Vice Chair. The Immediate Past Staff Chair succeeds automatically from the office of Staff Chair. All nominees of the Legislative Staff Nominating Committee shall be full-time professional legislative staff from member jurisdictions. In nominating legislative staff for the Executive Committee, the Legislative Staff Nominating Committee shall, insofar as possible, consider geographic balance. No more than one legislative staff member shall come from the same state, except that states represented by an officer or ex officio member may have two members.

Section 6. State representation on the Executive Committee. Each state shall have the opportunity to be represented on the Executive Committee at least once every five years.

Section 7. Consecutive terms. No member of the Executive Committee other than an officer or ex officio member may serve for more than three consecutive terms. Terms as officers or ex officio members shall not count toward the limitation of three consecutive terms.

Section 8. Floor nominations. Additional nominations may be made from the floor for the offices of Vice President and President-Elect. Such candidates shall be qualified under Article VII, Section 3.

Section 9. Voting procedures. Voting on the reports of the nominating committees shall be by member jurisdiction, and each member jurisdiction in good standing shall be entitled to cast one vote regardless of the number of delegates present from that jurisdiction. A majority of the member jurisdictions who respond to the most recent quorum call shall be required to adopt the reports of the nominating committees. If no nominee receives a majority of the member jurisdictions who respond to the most recent quorum call on the first ballot, there shall be a runoff ballot among the two nominees receiving the highest vote. The nominee who receives a majority of votes on the runoff ballot shall be elected. ARTICLE VIII Terms of Office and Vacancies

Section 1. Terms. The term of office for the officers and other members of the Executive Committee shall be from the close of the annual meeting through the next following annual meeting.

Section 2. Vacancies. In the event of a vacancy in the office of President, the Executive Committee shall elect a past President of the Conference or a member of the Executive Committee to serve the remainder of the term. Such person shall be of the same political party as the person vacating the office. In the event of a vacancy in the office of Staff Chair, the Staff Vice Chair shall succeed to the office of Staff Chair. The Executive Committee shall fill other elected offices, if vacant, at any regular or special meeting.

ARTICLE IX Duties of Officers

Section 1. President. The President shall serve as chair of the Executive Committee and as a member, ex officio, with the right to vote, on all committees and subcommittees of the Executive Committee except the Nominating Committee. The President, with the approval or authorization of the Executive Committee, shall appoint the legislator officers and members of all appropriate committees and subcommittees of the Executive Committee. The

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President shall preside at all meetings of the Executive Committee. The President shall perform such other duties as are incidental to the office of President or as may be prescribed by the Executive Committee.

Section 2. President-Elect. The President-Elect shall perform the duties of the President in the event of the President's absence or inability to serve. Other duties may be delegated to the President-Elect by the Executive Committee or the President.

Section 3. Vice President. The Vice President shall perform the duties of the President-Elect in the event of the absence or inability of the President-Elect to serve. Other duties may be delegated to the Vice President by the Executive Committee or the President.

Section 4. Immediate Past President. The Immediate Past President shall serve as the President of the Foundation for State Legislatures and shall perform other duties as assigned by the Executive Committee and the President.

Section 5. Staff Chair. The Staff Chair shall serve as the chair of the Staff Division of the Conference and perform such other duties delegated by the Executive Committee or the President. The Staff Chair, with the approval or authorization of the Executive Committee, shall appoint the legislative staff officers and members of all appropriate committees and subcommittees of the Executive Committee.

Section 6. Staff Vice Chair. The Staff Vice Chair shall serve as Vice Chair of the Staff Division and shall perform the duties of the Staff Chair in the event of the officer's absence or inability to serve, and perform such other duties as may be delegated to the Staff Vice Chair by the Staff Chair or the Executive Committee.

Section 7. Immediate Past Staff Chair. The Immediate Past Staff Chair shall serve as the Secretary-Treasurer of the Foundation for State Legislatures and shall perform other duties as assigned by the Executive Committee and the Staff Chair.

Section 8. Appointment of Standing Committee Officers. The legislator officers of the Conference’s standing committees, including the overall standing committee legislator officers, shall be appointed by the President and the President-elect. The staff officers of the Conference’s standing committees, including the overall standing committee legislative staff officers, shall be appointed by the Staff Chair.

ARTICLE X Powers of the Executive Committee

Section 1. Executive Committee powers. The Executive Committee is the governing body of this Conference. The Executive Committee shall supervise, control and direct the affairs of the Conference; shall implement the policies of the Conference; shall actively prosecute its objectives; and supervise the disbursement of its funds. The Committee may adopt rules and regulations for the conduct of its business and may delegate certain of its authority and responsibility to committees, divisions, sections, officers, and the Executive Director.

ARTICLE XI Executive Committee Procedures

Section 1. Quorum and voting. A majority of the Executive Committee's membership shall comprise a quorum. On any vote not otherwise specified, a simple majority of the members present and voting is required for passage. Each member shall be entitled to vote on any matter coming before the Committee. On any vote that places the

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Conference on record in a matter of public policy, legislative staff shall not be entitled to vote. All decisions on voting eligibility of staff members shall be made by the President, subject to appeal to the Executive Committee.

Section 2. Meetings of the Executive Committee. The Executive Committee shall meet at least three times each year at such time and place as the Committee shall decide. No more than one meeting during the Annual Meeting of the Conference shall be used to satisfy this requirement.

Section 3. Absences from Executive Committee meetings. Absence from two Executive Committee meetings within a year without cause shall be grounds for removal.

Section 4. Reimbursement. Upon authorization of the President, Executive Committee members may be reimbursed for actual and necessary expenses for travel directly related to official NCSL activities. The officers may receive a per diem in addition to actual and necessary expenses if their home state does not pay such per diem.

Section 5. Executive Committee meetings open. All meetings of the Executive Committee shall be open to the public.

Section 6. Setting the Conference’s Priorities and Issues. At the start of the biennium, the Executive Committee shall establish the state federal priorities and major state issues with input from the standing committees, task forces of the Executive Committee, the Conference’s officers, members of the Executive Committee and the Executive Director. These state federal priorities and major state issues shall serve to guide the Conference’s representation before the federal government, in standing committees and meeting programming and grant funded research.

Section 7. Adopting policy directives and resolutions under emergency circumstances. In emergency circumstances, when there is insufficient time to consider a new policy directive and resolution under normal processes, policy directives and resolutions having the same force and effect as policy directives and resolutions adopted by the full Conference may be established by either of the following means: (1) majority vote of the legislator members, present and voting, of the Executive Committee in meeting assembled; or (2) the unanimous agreement by conference call of the President, the President-Elect, the Vice President, the Immediate Past President, the Legislator Co-Chairs or a legislator Vice Chair of the NCSL Standing Committees, and the Legislator Co-Chairs or a legislator Vice Chair of the appropriate standing committee. Proposed policy directives and resolutions must be provided to the NCSL Executive Director by 4:00 p.m. of the day before the NCSL Executive Committee meeting.

ARTICLE XII Committees and Subcommittees of the Executive Committee

Section 1. Committees and subcommittees. There shall be a Budget, Finance and Rules Committee, and such other committees and subcommittees as the Executive Committee may authorize. Membership on committees and subcommittees shall be divided between legislator and staff members in accord with voting eligibility on the Executive Committee, unless otherwise provided by the Executive Committee. The Legislator and Staff Chairs and members of these committees and subcommittees shall be appointed by the President and Staff Chair, respectively, with the approval of the Executive Committee. ARTICLE XIII Executive and Staff

Section 1. Executive Director. The Executive Committee shall appoint an Executive Director and determine the terms and conditions of employment.

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Section 2. Duties of Executive Director. The Executive Director shall be the chief administrator of the Conference, responsible for all management functions under the direction of the officers and Executive Committee. The Executive Director shall manage and direct all activities of the Conference as prescribed by the Executive Committee and shall be responsible to the Committee. The Executive Director shall employ members of the staff necessary to carry on the work of the Conference, shall fix their compensation within the approved budget, subject to the direction and approval of the officers and Executive Committee, supervise them in the conduct of their duties, and terminate them as necessary.

Section 3. Deputy Executive Director. There shall be a Deputy Executive Director who shall perform duties as assigned by the Executive Director.

Section 4. Acting Executive Director. In the event of an unanticipated vacancy in the position of Executive Director, the officers of the Executive Committee shall name an Acting Executive Director for a designated period until the Executive Director returns or a permanent successor is named.

ARTICLE XIV Finance

Section 1. Funding. The Executive Committee shall determine the funding of the Conference, which shall include but not be limited to membership dues. Population of each jurisdiction shall be a factor in the determination of the amount of dues.

Section 2. Financial Rules. The Budget and Finance Committee shall present to the Executive Committee a set of "Financial Rules," which, when adopted, shall govern the fiscal affairs of the Conference without re-adoption except that they may be amended from time to time. These Financial Rules shall establish the fiscal year of the Conference, set forth the extent of surety bonding required, provide for the annual audit, specify the way grants in aid are to be solicited and handled, and such other items of fiscal management as are deemed necessary.

Section 3. Conference Budget. The Budget and Finance Committee shall make budget recommendations to the Executive Committee. The Executive Committee shall submit to the Conference at its Annual Meeting a proposed budget for the coming fiscal year for consideration and adoption by the Conference. The Executive Committee may approve transfers of funds within the budget adopted by the Conference or amend the budget during the course of the fiscal year by a two-thirds vote of the entire Executive Committee.

Section 4. Financial audit. The accounts of the Conference shall be audited annually by a certified public accountant retained by the President with the approval of the Executive Committee. Such audit shall be reported to the Executive Committee and to the Conference at its Annual Meeting.

ARTICLE XV Miscellaneous

Section 1. Political Activities. The Conference shall not, at any time, directly or indirectly participate or intervene in any political campaign on behalf of or in opposition to any candidate for public office.

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ARTICLE XVI Dissolution

Section 1. Dissolution. Upon dissolution of this Conference for any reason such funds remaining after the satisfaction of all obligations shall be returned to the member jurisdictions in the proportion to which they were received during the prior fiscal year. ARTICLE XVII Definitions

For the purposes of these bylaws and other instruments of the Conference, certain terms shall be defined as follows: Section 1. Legislative leaders. “Legislative leaders” are those members of each legislature who are elected by the body in which they serve or by its respective political caucuses to be presiding officer, majority or minority leaders, and any other officers elected by the body as a whole; and any other legislator so designated by the presiding officer of either house.

Section 2. Regions. “Regions” refers to states and territories grouped together as prescribed by the bylaws of the Council of State Governments for the purpose of defining its regional legislative conferences.

ARTICLE XVIII Amendments

Section 1. Amendments. The Conference at any meeting may amend these Bylaws by a three-fifths majority vote of the member jurisdictions who respond to the most recent quorum call. A state not present for the most recent quorum call can, before the start of the next roll call vote, request recognition from the presiding legislator Chair and be recorded for purposes of the quorum. New quorum calls shall be conducted at the request of five (5) member jurisdictions. A notice of such amendments shall be filed with the Executive Director at least thirty days prior to the meeting. Upon receipt of a copy of the proposed amendments, the Executive Director shall forward copies thereof to the presiding officers of each house of every member legislature and to the members of the Conference Executive Committee.

ARTICLE XIX Effective Date

Section 1. Effective date. These Bylaws shall take effect on January 1, 1975, provided that they are adopted by the governing bodies of the National Legislative Conference, National Conference of State Legislative Leaders, and the National Society of State Legislators.

Adopted at the Annual Meeting in October, 1975 and amended at the Annual Meeting in July, 1976; August, 1977; July 1979; July 1988; August 1989; Orlando, Florida August 15 1991; New Orleans, Louisiana; July 25, 1994; Milwaukee, Wisconsin, July 17, 1995; St. Louis Missouri, 1996; Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 1997; Denver, Colorado, July. 26, 2002; Salt Lake City, Utah, July 23, 2004; Nashville, Tennessee, August 17, 2006; Louisville, Kentucky, July 28, 2010; San Antonio, Texas, August 11, 2011; Chicago, Illinois, August 9, 2012; Atlanta, Georgia, August 15, 2013; and Minneapolis, Minnesota, August 22, 2014.

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RULE I RULES OF PROCEDURE

[A] These rules of procedure shall be construed in conformity with the Bylaws of the National Conference of State Legislatures. [B] On any issue not covered by these rules of procedure or by the Bylaws, Mason's Manual of Parliamentary Procedure shall be the standard authority, when applicable. RULE II INTRODUCTION, REFERRAL AND DISSEMINATION OF POLICY DIRECTIVES, RESOLUTIONS AND AMENDMENTS

[A] Any legislator may file a policy directive, resolution or amendments to an existing policy directive or resolution designed for consideration at the Forum Business Meeting or the Annual Business Meeting. [B] Policy directives and resolutions developed by the Standing Committees shall be directed at Congress, the Administration, or the federal courts, and shall be related to issues that affect the states and shall be consistent with support of state sovereignty and state flexibility and protection from unfunded federal mandates and unwarranted federal preemption. [C] Resolutions shall be used to (1) bolster a lobbying position; (2) clarify a question of ambiguity in current policy; (3) provide guidance about the specifics of pending regulatory federal decisions; or (4) provide guidance about strategy or tactics regarding a lobbying matter. [D] There shall be a Memorial Calendar for resolutions that do not comply with Rule II [B]. Members shall file memorial resolutions with the Executive Director in accordance with other provisions of these Rules. The legislator co-chairs of the standing committees shall refer such resolutions to the appropriate standing committee or the Executive Committee. Memorial resolutions adopted by the Forum business meetings, or Executive Committee shall be placed on the memorial calendar of the Annual Business Meeting. [E] Policy directives, resolutions or amendments to existing policy directives or resolutions shall be filed with the Executive Director or designee at least thirty days prior to the Forum Business Meeting or Annual Business Meeting. The overall legislator Co-Chairs of the Standing Committees, in consultation with the Co-Chairs of the appropriate standing committee, may waive the thirty day deadline under extraordinary circumstances. The legislator Co-Chairs of the Standing Committees shall refer such policy directives, resolutions and amendments to existing policy directives or resolutions promptly to the appropriate standing committee or committees. Each policy directive, resolution and amendment to an existing policy directive or resolutions shall be reviewed and acted upon by the committee to which it is referred. [F] Policy directives, resolutions and amendments to existing policy directives or resolutions originating in the standing committees shall be submitted to the Executive Director or designee for referral by the legislator Co-Chairs of the Standing Committees at least thirty days prior to the Forum Business Meeting or Annual Business Meeting. The legislator Co-Chairs of the Standing Committees, in consultation with the Co-Chairs of the appropriate standing committee, may waive the thirty day deadline under extraordinary circumstances. The legislator Co-Chairs of the Standing Committees shall refer such

90 NATIONAL CONFERENCE OF STATE LEGISLATURES RULES OF PROCEDURE policy directives, resolutions and amendments to existing policy directives or resolutions promptly to the appropriate standing committee or committees. [G] Standing committees shall disseminate draft policy directives, resolutions and amendments to existing policy directives or resolutions at least twenty days prior to the Forum Business Meeting or Annual Business Meetings. Distribution shall be to all standing committee members, members of the NCSL Executive Committee, legislative leaders of the member jurisdictions and others as determined by the legislator Co-Chairs of the Standing Committees. The legislator Co-Chairs of the Standing Committees, in consultation with the appropriate committee Co-Chairs, may waive this deadline under extraordinary circumstances. RULE III POLICY DIRECTIVES AND RESOLUTIONS, AND AMICUS BRIEF ADOPTION PROCESS

[A] All policy directives and resolutions produced by an NCSL standing committee shall be submitted to the Forum Business Meetings or the Annual Business Meeting for adoption. All policy directives and resolutions produced by the NCSL standing committees and the Forum Business Meetings shall be submitted to the Annual Business Meeting for final adoption. In the interim between Legislative Summits, policy directives and resolutions may be adopted by Committees, but they shall clearly indicate that they are the policy directives and resolutions of that Committee, and not of the Conference as a whole. [B] In emergency circumstances, when there is insufficient time to consider a new policy directive or resolution under normal processes, policy directives or resolutions having the same force and effect as policy directives and resolutions adopted by the full Conference may be established by either of the following means: (1) majority vote of the legislator members, present and voting, of the Executive Committee in meeting assembled; or (2) the unanimous agreement by conference call of the NCSL President, the NCSL President-Elect, the NCSL Vice President, the NCSL Immediate Past President, the legislator Co-Chairs or a legislator Vice Chair of the NCSL Standing Committees, and the Co-Chairs or Vice Chair of the appropriate standing committee or committees. [C] All policy directives of the Conference shall not expire but must be reviewed by the standing committee of jurisdiction at least once every four years and can be updated or amended by a standing committee at any time, adhering to the NCSL By-Laws and Rules of Procedure. All resolutions of the Conference shall automatically terminate one year after the Annual Business Meeting at which they are adopted, unless reaffirmed in the normal policy process. [D] The decision to name NCSL as an amicus curiae on briefs filed before the U.S. Supreme Court shall be by unanimous agreement of the NCSL President, the NCSL Immediate Past President, the NCSL President-Elect, the NCSL Vice President, the legislator Co-Chairs of the NCSL Standing Committees, the legislator Co-Chairs of the Law, Criminal Justice and Public Safety Committee and legislator Co- Chairs of other standing committees that have jurisdiction over the question to be resolved by the amicus brief. In the event any person voting indicates a veto, the President may initiate a conference call to allow for discussion and to confirm each person's vote.

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RULE IV STANDING COMMITTEE PROCEDURES

[A] There shall be standing committees and task forces of NCSL whose number and jurisdictions are determined by the Executive Committee. The standing committees and task forces (1) consider federal issues that affect states; (2) formulate policy positions on federal issues; (3) exchange information about state and federal policy matters; (4) consider and evaluate innovative approaches to state issues; (5) develop policy options and recommendations regarding state issues and legislative organization, management and procedures. [B] There shall be overall legislator Co-Chairs and overall legislative staff Co-Chairs of the Standing Committees. The legislator Co-Chairs shall be appointed for a term of two years by the NCSL President and President-elect. There shall be at least two overall legislator vice chairs balanced by political party who shall be appointed by the NCSL President and President-elect for a term of two years. The overall legislative staff Co-Chairs and the overall legislative staff vice chairs serve staggered terms of two years. Each year, the Staff Chair appoints one staff Co-Chair and at least one staff vice chair to a two-year term. [C] A quorum for the adoption of policy directives and resolutions in Standing Committees shall consist of representation of appointed legislator members, or in their absence, legislator substitutes designated in writing by appointed members’ presiding officers, from at least ten (10) member jurisdictions. Letters designating substitutes or new appointments shall be delivered to the appropriate legislator committee Co-Chairs no later than the beginning of the committee session at which a vote on public policy will occur. The Legislator Co-Chairs of each standing committee shall, prior to a committee vote(s) on a matter of public policy, establish the presence of a quorum. [D] All voting in standing committees, subcommittees or task forces shall be by voice, except when a roll call vote is requested by two (2) member jurisdictions, or is called by the legislator Co-Chairs. [E] On matters of public policy that place the standing committees, subcommittees, and task forces on public record, an affirmative vote of three-fourths (3/4) of the member jurisdictions who respond to the most recent quorum call is required. A state not present for the most recent quorum call can before the start of the next roll call vote request recognition from the presiding legislator chair and be recorded as present for purposes of the quorum. New quorum calls shall be conducted at the request of five (5) member jurisdictions. On all other matters, a quorum being present, action is final by majority vote of the member jurisdictions who responded to the most recent quorum call. [F] Votes on matters of public policy shall be cast by appointed legislator members, or in their absence, by legislator substitutes designated in writing by appointed members’ presiding officers. All legislators duly registered for the fall and spring meetings shall be entitled to vote at the business meeting. Legislative staff shall not be entitled to vote on matters of public policy. In the event of a roll call vote, each member jurisdiction shall be entitled to cast one undivided vote. Each member jurisdiction shall select a spokesperson who will announce the vote of the delegation. Disputes on the presence of a quorum or voting procedures shall be settled by ruling of the legislator chair. [G] Co-Chairs of the standing committees have authority to preserve order and decorum and have charge of the rooms in which the committees meet. [H] Each standing committee, subcommittee and task force shall produce a summary of each of its meetings. Included in the summary shall be a record of its roll call votes by member jurisdiction.

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[I] Standing committees, shall approve, approve with amendment, postpone, table or defeat each policy directive and resolution submitted to it. RULE V STEERING COMMITTEE PROCEDURES

[A] There shall be a Steering Committee of the Standing Committees, which shall be composed of the overall legislator and legislative staff Co-Chairs of the Standing Committees, the overall legislator and legislative staff vice chairs of the Standing Committees, and the legislator and legislative staff Co-Chairs of each standing committee. The committee Co-Chairs shall designate a legislator committee vice chair and the legislative staff Co-Chairs shall designate a legislative staff vice chair to represent the committee with the Steering Committee in their absence. Only legislator members of the Steering Committee shall vote on policy directives and resolutions, amendments to policy directives and resolutions, and procedural motions related thereto, except legislative staff shall be allowed to vote on joint and re-referrals of policy directives and resolutions. [B] The Steering Committee at its meeting prior to the standing committee meetings shall review policy directives, resolutions and amendments to policy directives and resolutions filed under Rule II for inconsistencies to Rule II [B] and omissions. Policy directives, resolutions or amendments to policy directives and resolutions that are determined by a majority vote of the legislator members of the Steering Committee to be inconsistent with Rule II [B] shall not be considered by the standing committee to which such policy directive, resolution or amendment was referred. [C] The Steering Committee at its meeting prior to the standing committees’ meetings shall determine, by majority vote, policy directives, resolutions and amendments to policy directives and resolutions to be considered by more than one committee. The Steering Committee shall designate one standing committee as the lead committee on each jointly-referred resolution. Any standing committee to which the resolution is referred may report the resolution on the floor. If the lead committee adopts a version of the resolution, it shall be considered first at the Forum Business Meeting or Annual Business Meeting; other committees shall offer their versions and amendments from the floor. [D] In its meeting following the meetings of the standing committees, the Steering Committee shall establish the order of business and calendars for the business meetings; and designate policy directives and resolutions to be re-referred to one or more other committees. The policy directives or resolutions approved by the committee with original jurisdiction automatically shall be placed on the debate calendar at the next Forum Business Meeting or Annual Business Meeting. If the committee to which the policy directive or resolution is re-referred approves changes to it, it shall offer its version as an amendment on the floor. The Steering Committee shall also identify emerging state and federal issues; coordinate outreach to legislators and staff regarding the standing committees; coordinate planning of the Forum meetings; and consider the use of innovative technologies and communications devices for conducting meetings, increasing participation and informing legislators and staff about the work of the Standing Committees. RULE VI QUORUM AND PROXIES – FORUM AND ANNUAL BUSINESS MEETINGS

[A] As required by the Bylaws, a quorum for the transaction of business at the Annual Meeting shall consist of representation from at least twenty (20) member jurisdictions.

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[B] As required by the Bylaws, voting rights of a member may not be delegated to any other person nor exercised by proxy. RULE VII VOTING IN FORUM AND ANNUAL BUSINESS MEETINGS

[A] All action in the Forum Business Meeting or Annual Business Meeting shall be by voice vote except when a roll call vote is requested by not less than five member jurisdictions or is ordered by the chair. [B] As provided in the Bylaws, on any vote that places the Conference on record in a matter of public policy, an affirmative vote of three quarters (3/4) of the member jurisdictions who respond to the most recent quorum call shall be required. A state not present for the most recent quorum call can, before the start of the next roll call vote, request recognition from the presiding legislator chair and be recorded as present for purposes of the quorum. New quorum calls shall be conducted at the request of not less than five (5) member jurisdictions. On all other matters, action is final by majority vote of the member jurisdictions who responded to the most recent quorum call. On any vote that places the Conference on record in a matter of public policy, legislative staff shall not be entitled to vote. [C] In the event of a roll call vote, each member jurisdiction shall be entitled to cast one undivided vote. Prior to the Forum Business Meeting and the Annual Business Meeting, each member jurisdiction shall select the spokesperson who will announce the vote. [D] When a roll call is being taken, the member jurisdictions shall be called in alphabetical order by the Executive Director. The spokesperson for the delegation shall reply by giving his or her name and then announcing the vote of the delegation. [E] If there is a challenge by a member of a delegation as to who shall be its spokesperson or as to the announced vote, the jurisdiction shall be called upon again. If the challenger continues the challenge, the chair shall poll the delegation and shall declare that the majority of said delegation prevails. [F] Until the chair announces the results of a vote, a jurisdiction has the right to change its vote, or to have its vote recorded if it was not recorded during the initial call of the vote, based on the most recent quorum call. [G] Consideration of policy directives and resolutions shall be by calendar. The consent calendar shall be limited to policy directives and resolutions approved previously at the Forum Business Meetings or reported unanimously by an NCSL standing committee at the annual meeting. The debate calendar shall include all policy directives and resolutions passed by the NCSL standing committees without unanimity; policy directives and resolutions removed from the consent calendar by majority vote of the Steering Committee; and policy directives and resolutions removed from the consent calendar at the Annual Business Meeting at the request of three (3) member jurisdictions. The memorial calendar shall include all resolutions that do not comply with Rule II [D], and approved according to rules governing consideration of policy directives and resolutions. [H] All policy directives, resolutions and amendments shall be submitted in writing, adhering to the NCSL By-Laws and Rules of Procedure, and available prior to the vote of member jurisdictions.

[I] Policy directives and resolutions that have been tabled or postponed by a committee may be brought for consideration following disposition of the debate calendar by a vote of two thirds (2/3) of the member jurisdictions who respond to the most recent quorum call on a motion to discharge the committee from further consideration. If thus brought up for consideration, the policy directives and proposed

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resolutions shall be voted upon under the rules governing consideration of policy directives and resolutions. RULE VIII RECOMMENDATIONS REGARDING STATE ISSUES AND LEGISLATIVE MANAGEMENT

[A] Standing committees, subcommittees, and task forces are authorized to issue reports, recommendations, and findings regarding state issues and legislative management. All such work products shall be approved by a majority of the member jurisdictions who responded to the most recent quorum call, and shall be clearly identified only as the work of that committee, subcommittee or task force. These work products shall be reported to the Executive Committee for any appropriate further action. RULE IX ADOPTION, AMENDMENT AND SUSPENSION OF RULES

These rules shall remain in effect until such time as they are amended at an Annual Meeting of the Conference. Any amendment or suspension of such rules shall require a three-fifths (3/5) vote of the member jurisdictions who respond to the most recent quorum call. New quorum calls shall be conducted at the request of not less than five (5) member jurisdictions. Any motion to suspend shall be clear with respect to the rule or rules to which it applies.

*Adopted at the Annual Meeting in October, 1975 and amended at the Annual Meeting in July, 1976; August, 1977; July 1979; July 1988; August 1989; Orlando, Florida August 15 1991; New Orleans, Louisiana; July 25, 1994; Milwaukee, Wisconsin, July 17, 1995; St. Louis Missouri, 1996; Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 1997; Denver, Colorado, July. 26, 2002; Salt Lake City, Utah, July 23, 2004; Nashville, Tennessee, August 17, 2006; Louisville, Kentucky, July 28, 2010; San Antonio, Texas, August 11, 2011; Chicago, Illinois August 9, 2012 and, Seattle, Washington, August 6, 2015

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