Under the proposal, every time a legislator declares they have a conflict of interest on a bill or resolution, a vote would be held to determine whether they would be required to vote.
Currently, the rules state that when a legislator asks not to vote on an issue due to a conflict of interest, they still must vote as long as one legislator objects., D-Anchorage said.
“It came out in conversation that our observation was that the process we have now for conflict of interest is ineffective and ridiculous,” she said. “Once I brought it up as an issue there was a pretty quick consensus it was something my colleagues would support.” A news release by the Freshman Caucus said: “This system has the appearance of guarding against conflicts of interest, but in practice, it does no such thing.”
Legislative researchers were unable to find a single instance under the current rules, in place since 1969, in which a member was excused from voting due to a conflict of interest.noted, “There’s certainly folks in the Capitol Building, and the Legislature that have been around a long time, and nobody can remember anyone ever getting excused.”
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