General Assembly Standing Rules Relating to Public Hearings

Schedule

a. Each committee, with the exception of the Assembly Committee on Bills and Overtures, shall schedule at its convenience one or more public hearings on matters before it, including on any commissioners’ resolutions submitted to it. Public hearings are the opportunity for the committee to hear from those who do not have other avenues for addressing the committee—including those who are not Presbyterian. For this reason, those who are given privilege to speak to the committee in E.2.f.(1–7) are not entitled to address the committee during public hearings.

Special Note: The Assembly Committee on Business Referral has accepted a schedule that requires that requests to provide public hearing testimony be received by May 8 for all matters filed with the Stated Clerk by the "45-day deadline" of the Assembly, and that such testimony be submitted by May 19 so that it can be translated and made available to commissioners and advisory delegates before in-person committee sessions begin. A separate opportunity will be provided to receive public testimony relating to commissioners' resolutions after the filing deadline for those items. A full calendar of deadline dates is provided with this resource.