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Page Text: Accuracy, Quality and the 2020 Census Join us Friday, April 29, for this webinar as we discuss this decade’s census data quality and how it compares with that of previous decades, what additional analyses are coming from inside and outside the bureau, and what questions remain. Text/HTML A Lesson From Ireland: Negotiating the Peace Bertie Ahern, a former prime minister of Ireland, talks about the Good Friday Accords that he helped negotiate and that were signed 24 years ago. He talks about what today’s state legislators can learn from the challenges he and his negotiating partners faced. Text/HTML This series describes how many states are prioritizing workforce development initiatives and strategically investing these time-limited resources for long-term impact. Text/HTML This page explores different types of drugs, their approval processes and related state strategies to promote the accessibility and affordability of drugs. Text/HTML NCSL provides detailed state actions illustrating ways states are utilizing their ARPA allocations. Text/HTML This report provides an overview of state policies about identification upon reentry and focuses primarily on the states that have chosen to provide identification cards upon release through legislation. Text/HTML NCSL podcasts connect you with state legislatures, offering insights from legislative leaders and staff, astute political observers and public policy experts from across the nation. Download or stream our collection today. Text/HTML Find the latest news on state policy, politics and personalities as well as stories from the print edition of State Legislatures magazine. Text/HTML Check Out NCSL's New Resource on Food Safety During the COVID-19 pandemic, we went from dinner out to dinner in. Americans took to cooking at home and the use of food-delivery apps more than doubled as takeout often took the place of eating at restaurants. We are the nation's most respected bipartisan organization providing states support, ideas, connections and a strong voice on Capitol Hill. Members Resources

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Page Text: All Documents NCSL Contacts If you have comments or questions regarding the NCSL website, please send a message to the NCSLnet administrator:  ncslnet-admin@ncsl.org . Legislators and Legislative staff may also access the following NCSL contacts: We are the nation's most respected bipartisan organization providing states support, ideas, connections and a strong voice on Capitol Hill. Members Resources

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Page Text: NCSL Podcast: "Our American States" How to Login or Register for an NCSLnet Username and Password From the NCSL website, click on “Create Account” at the top-right of the page. This will take you to the “Account Lookup” page. In the email box, enter your legislative or business email and click “Search Now.” The system will search all email addresses we have on file. We recommend that legislators and legislative staff enter their legislative email. The email entered in this step will become your username. We Found You If the system finds a record related to the email entered, a message will appear showing the related name and organization/company. If the information is correct, click the red “Activate Username” button and a link will be sent to the email submitted to set the account password. The email will arrive within five minutes from ncslnet-admin; the link will redirect to a form that will allow you to reset your password. We Couldn’t Find You If the system could not find a record related to the email address entered, a message will appear; click the red “Create Account” button which leads to an Account Creation page. The email used to search will become the username for the account. Enter your legislature or company name in the field Organization/Company. If the organization/business is not found in our system, enter “Other” to complete the form. Once the form is complete, click “Create Account”; a link will be sent to the entered email used to search to set the password. The email should arrive within five minutes of the request and will be from ncslnet-admin. NCSL Contacts If you have questions or problems with your login, please send a message to ncslnet-registration@ncsl.org or call  303-364-7700, ext. 1650. If you have comments or questions regarding the NCSL website, please send a message to the NCSLnet administrator:  ncslnet-admin@ncsl.org . We are the nation's most respected bipartisan organization providing states support, ideas, connections and a strong voice on Capitol Hill. Members Resources

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Page Text: The National Occupational Licensing Meeting 3/11/2022 Caesar’s Palace Las Vegas Hotel and Casino Las Vegas June 19-21, 2022 NCSL and the Council of State Governments have worked closely with states over the last four years on reducing barriers to licensed occupations. This meeting will highlight the research and lessons learned from our work with states and feature new and emerging trends in this policy area. This meeting is open to state legislators, legislative staff, executive branch staff, regulatory agencies and association members. See the agenda for more details about the meeting. $200 Register Online: Requires a credit card. Confirmations will be sent by email. Deadline to register online is June 1, 2022. Cancellations received in the NCSL Denver office by June 18, 2022, will be refunded minus a $50 processing fee. Cancellations must be made in writing and faxed to 303-364-7811. Fees cannot be refunded for registrations cancelled after the conference begins. Hotel Information Our hotel block at Caesar's Palace is currently full. We are working on securing more rooms, in the meantime we suggest you look into booking at a nearby hotel. Travel Information The meeting kicks off with a welcome reception on Sunday, June 19, at 5 p.m. Please make your travel arrangements accordingly. Special Needs To ensure full participation and accessibility for all meeting attendees, please notify Josh Cunningham at 303-364-7700, ext. 1354, about any special accommodations you may require. We are the nation's most respected bipartisan organization providing states support, ideas, connections and a strong voice on Capitol Hill. Members Resources

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Page Text: About Us NCSL: Our Mission NCSL, founded in 1975, represents the legislatures in the states, territories and commonwealths of the U.S. Its mission is to advance the effectiveness, independence and integrity of legislatures and to foster interstate cooperation and facilitate the exchange of information among legislatures. NCSL also represents legislatures in dealing with the federal government, especially in support of state sovereignty and state flexibility and protection from unfunded federal mandates and unwarranted federal preemption. The conference promotes cooperation between state legislatures in the U.S. and those in other countries. In addition, NCSL is committed to improving the operations and management of state legislatures, and the effectiveness of legislators and legislative staff. NCSL also encourages the practice of high standards of conduct by legislators and legislative staff. Pane_1_Col_6_A The NCSL bylaws and rules govern the operation of the conference. The NCSL Executive Committee's Budget, Finance and Rules Committee is the place where revisions are proposed and authorized, and then submitted to the full Executive Committee for consideration. Pane_1_Col_6_B Our Story In 1974, three organizations represented the interests of legislators and staff, but their influence was diluted. So seven inventive legislative leaders and two staffers got together and envisioned a single national organization to support, defend and strengthen state legislatures. The three organizations dissolved, and on Jan. 1, 1975, the National Conference of State Legislatures was born. We are the nation's most respected bipartisan organization providing states support, ideas, connections and a strong voice on Capitol Hill. Members Resources

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Page Text: The winter meeting of the NCSL Executive Committee for the 2020-21 conference year was held online this year on Saturday, January 30, 2021. Pane_2_Col_4_B The Executive Committee, NCSL's elected, governing body, is composed of 63 members: seven officers, 30 at-large legislator members, four regional legislators from the Council of State Government, six ex officio members, and 16 legislative staff members. Pane_4_Col_4_8 Overview The National Conference of State Legislatures' Executive Committee is the governing body of the conference. The Executive Committee and conference officers have supervision, control and direction of the affairs of the conference, its committees and publications. It also implements the policies and supervises the disbursement of its funds. We are the nation's most respected bipartisan organization providing states support, ideas, connections and a strong voice on Capitol Hill. Members Resources

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Page Text: Senator Ron Kouchi, Senate President, Hawaii Senator Greg Leding, Arkansas Senator Eddie Melton, Senate Assistant Minority Leader, Indiana Senator Ann Millner, Senate Majority Whip, Utah Assemblywoman Carol Murphy, Assembly Deputy Majority Leader, New Jersey Representative Angelo Puppolo, Jr., Massachusetts Senator Sue Rezin, Senate Assistant Minority Leader, Illinois Senator Carmelo Rios Santiago, Senate Deputy Minority Leader, Puerto Rico Assemblywoman Michaelle Solages, Assembly Deputy Majority Leader, New York Senator Karen Spilka, Senate President, Massachusetts Senator Harold "Trey" Stewart III, Maine Representative Barry Usher, Montana Tim Bommel, Photojournalist, House of Representatives, Missouri Martin Brock, Chief of Legislative Police, General Assembly, North Carolina Jon Courtney, Deputy Director for Program Evaluators, Legislative Finance Committee, New Mexico Kevin Drennan, Executive Director, New Jersey Senate Democratic Office Sarah G. Elmore-Hernandez, Chief of Staff, Senator Mary Camacho-Torres, Guam Matt Gehring, Staff Coordinator, House Research Department, Minnesota Aurora Hauke, Chief of Staff, Legislative Budget and Audit Committee, Alaska Scott Kaiser, Assistant Secretary, Senate, Illinois Susan W. Kannarr, Chief Clerk, House of Representatives, Kansas Othni J. Lathram, Director, Legislative Services Agency, Alabama Sabrina Lewellen, Deputy Director of the Senate, Arkansas Rich Olsen, Director, Legislative Services Division, West Virginia Anthony “Steve” Pike, Chief of Capitol Police, Virginia Jill Reinmuth, Staff Director, Office of Program Research, House of Representatives, Washington John Snyder, Committee Staff Administrator, Legislative Research Commission, Kentucky Betsy Theroux, Director of Media Services, House of Representatives, Georgia Ex-Officio and CSG National and Regional Members Ex-Officio Members Legislative Summit Host State Members Vacant (2021) Senator Robert Rodriguez, Colorado (2022) Senator Eric Bassler, Indiana (2023) Co-Chairs, NCSL Standing Committees

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Page Text: General Provisions Concerning Election and Appointment to Staff Offices Guidelines for the Legislator Nominating Committee and Candidates for NCSL Office Guidelines (1-6) were adopted by the NCSL Executive Committee in June 1987. Guideline 7 was adopted in April 1989 by the NCSL Executive Committee.  Revised and Approved May 2004. The purpose of the NCSL nominating and election process is to select legislators and legislative staff who are broadly representative of the leadership and top management of the nation’s legislatures to lead the Conference.  Successful candidates for NCSL office should have demonstrated through proven leadership in their own legislature and positions of responsibility in NCSL that they can effectively represent NCSL before the public, Congress, and the Administration and provide leadership to the Executive Committee and the NCSL staff.  The ability to attend meetings either through scheduling or funding also is a criteria for selection. For legislators, the NCSL By-laws mandate, in so far as possible, rotation in office between the two major political parties.  In 1999, the NCSL membership adopted an amendment to the By-laws designed to avoid as rigid regional rotation which, when combined with the requirement of partisan rotation, could result in shutting out one of the parties in each of the regions.  While the Executive Committee continues to believe that long-term geographic balance is important to the organization, it affirms its concern that no viable candidate for NCSL office be excluded from consideration by the combination of their party and region. During each Annual Meeting, NCSL provides an opportunity for candidates to interview with members of the Nominating Committee.  Candidates are discouraged from holding their own reception or events. Candidates are urged to “campaign” for office principally by written and oral communication with the members of the Nominating Committee and are discouraged from spending funds to lobby the Nominating Committee or for personal or political advertising. The election of officers and Executive Committee members should occur entirely among the nation’s legislators and legislative staff.  It is not considered appropriate to involve non-legislators in the legislator nominating committee process.  Involvement will be considered grounds for a candidate’s disqualification. Members of the Nominating Committee should not be elected as at-large members of the Executive Committee in the year in which they serve on the Nominating Committee.  Any member of the Nominating Committee who wishes to be considered for membership on the Executive Committee must resign from the Nominating Committee in a timely manner. Individuals interested in being considered for membership on the NCSL Executive Committee shall indicate their interest in writing to the chair of the NCSL Nominating Committee or the NCSL Executive Director who will forward the information to the Nominating Committee chair.  All applications for membership are due by noon the day before the first meeting of the Nominating Committee at the NCSL Annual Meeting.  Individuals attending the NCSL Annual Meeting who are interested in serving on the NCSL Executive Committee will be interviewed by the Nominating Committee at the NCSL Annual Meeting. Members of the NCSL Executive Committee are elected for a one year term.  At-large members have the opportunity to be elected for a maximum of three years.  The NCSL By-laws state: Absence from two Executive Committee meetings within a year without cause shall be grounds for removal (Article XI, Section 3).  The Nominating Committee will interview any Executive Committee member who is eligible to continue on the committee and did not attend two or more meetings to ascertain whether or not that individual will be nominated for an additional one year term. A copy of these Guidelines should be distributed to each candidate for NCSL office. Guidelines for NCSL Staff Office or Membership on the Executive Committee Selection of Staff Nominating Committee The staff nominating committee shall consist of 7 members and a first and a second alternate appointed by the staff chair, with the advice and consent of the staff members of the Executive Committee.  Alternates shall receive materials that have been provided to the members. An alternate shall attend and participate in the deliberations of the staff nominating committee only if a member of the committee is unable to serve as determined by the chair of the committee. The staff chair shall not make appointments to the nominating committee contingent upon support of a candidate. In making appointments to the nominating committee, the staff chair shall appoint at least one past staff chair and at least two other members who have served on the Executive Committee. The staff chair should appoint one member who served on a previous nominating committee. The staff chair should consider representation of professional staff associations, gender, candidates of color, previous service to NCSL and region but not be bound by formal rotation, strict adherence to parity, or other specific requirements. The NCSL staff chair should announce the formation of the staff nominating committee to consider candidates for staff officer of NCSL and membership on the Executive Committee three months prior to the annual meeting. This announcement should solicit nominations of candidates and include information that describes the role of staff members of the Executive Committee and LSCC and describe the process of election of members. Candidates should be encouraged to submit their own names for consideration. The NCSL staff chair's announcement should contain information on the current and recent membership of the Executive Committee and the nominating process. It should appear in appropriate NCSL publications that have wide distribution among legislative staff and be sent to leaders of all professional staff associations for inclusion in their newsletters. Declaration of Candidacy and Deadlines A candidate for election to a staff office or at-large member of the Executive Committee must be a full-time employee of a state legislature or work in a position that the legislative leadership considers full-time legislative employment. Candidates for Staff Vice Chair.  In order to qualify for consideration by the staff nominating committee, candidates for staff vice chair shall submit a letter of declaration of candidacy postmarked or electronically transmitted no later than 60 days before the Annual Summit. Candidates for the Executive Committee, including members appointed to fill a prior vacancy. These individuals shall submit a letter of declaration postmarked or electronically transmitted no later than 45 days before the Annual Summit.  Declarations shall be addressed to the chair of the staff nominating committee in care of the NCSL office in Denver, which shall acknowledge their receipt.  All declarations shall be received prior to the applicable deadline. A candidate for election to a staff office or at-large member of the Executive Committee must submit a letter to the members of the nominating committee expressing the candidate's interest in the staff officer or Executive Committee position. This letter should include a list of prior NCSL activities, a description of the candidate's position in home state, a statement that the person is able to travel to Executive Committee meetings and other NCSL activities at which his or her attendance may be required, and any other information which the candidate believes is pertinent. A candidate for election to a staff office or at-large member of the Executive Committee may seek support from other individuals within the legislature, either through personal contact or in writing, and request that such persons endorse their candidacy and contact members of the nominating committee on their behalf. However, requesting professional staff associations to formally endorse candidates is discouraged. For at-large members, please limit the number of letters of recommendation to no more than three. Members Eligible for Another Term.  NCSL staff shall prepare a letter of declaration for signature by the executive committee members who are eligible for another term on the NCSL Executive Committee. NCSL staff shall deliver the letter of declaration to the executive committee members at the Spring meeting of the Legislative Staff Coordinating Committee. NCSL staff shall email a letter of declaration to those executive committee members who are not present at the Spring meeting of the Legislative Staff Coordinating Committee immediately following the meeting. The nominating committee may consider any member eligible for another term competitively, and shall invite members to interview prior to renomination if: the member was absent from two or more Executive Committee meetings within a year; the member was appointed to fill a prior vacancy and has not previously interviewed with the nominating committee; or the nominating committee wants to speak to the member about the member’s renomination for any reason. For the purpose of determining a member's attendance at an Executive Committee meeting, the nominating committee may consider attendance by remote or electronic participation, when offered. Information for Candidates and Nominating Committee The chair of the nominating committee should acknowledge all candidates in writing and provide candidates with information that includes these procedures and any other guidelines relating to the nominating process, the current membership of the Executive Committee and the anticipated number of vacancies, and the time and place of scheduled interviews. All letters of support for candidates should be submitted to the chair of the nominating committee in care of the NCSL Denver office postmarked or electronically transmitted no later than 15 days before the Annual Summit. Letters received after the deadline will not be considered. The staff chair should invite all candidates and members of the nominating committee to attend the Legislative Staff Coordinating Committee meeting at the outset of the annual meeting in order to familiarize them with current issues before LSCC and provide an opportunity for informal interaction. The nominating committee and candidates should be provided with briefing documentation that explains in detail the procedures and history of membership on the Executive Committee. The staff chair and the nominating committee chair should devote particular attention to orienting nominating committee members who do not have extensive experience in the governance of NCSL. The Legislative Staff Coordinating Committee recognizes that staff who seek election to a staff office or the Executive Committee have legitimate reasons for advancing their candidacy among their staff colleagues and members of the staff nominating committee. At the same time, the LSCC discourages activity that is unprofessional, provides one candidate with advantages that may not be available to all candidates, or involves undue or excessive participation of non-staff persons in the selection of staff positions. The staff chair, staff vice chair, immediate past staff chair, members and alternates of the nominating committee shall not make contacts on behalf of or submit letters of support for candidates. The nominating committee should adhere to and support principles of equal opportunity and consider candidates on their individual merits without regard to race, color, creed, ancestry, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, national origin, disability, or any other characteristic protected by law. If a candidate is unable to appear before the nominating committee, he or she may ask another staff person to speak on his or her behalf; however, the candidate should not ask another person to appear on his or her behalf if the candidate is able to address the nominating committee directly. Campaign buttons, placards, banners, and similar paraphernalia are prohibited. Receptions or other "meet the candidate" functions should be restricted to those designated and sponsored by NCSL. Designation of a "campaign manager" or other surrogate should be avoided. Consideration of Candidates All proceedings of the nominating committee shall be confidential. The nominating committee shall interview, and competitively consider with other candidates seeking nomination, all candidates: For staff officer(s); and For the Executive Committee who: are not currently serving on the Executive Committee; were appointed to fill a vacancy on the Executive Committee, and who have not previously competitively interviewed with the nominating committee; or are urrently serving on the Executive Committee and are eligible to continue, but who did not physically attend two or more meetings, to ascertain whether or not they should be nominated for an additional term. The nominating committee may interview any Executive Committee members who are beginning their second or third terms for any reason, to ascertain whether or not they should be nominated for an additional term. For the purpose of determining a member's attendance at an Executive Committee meeting, the nominating committee may consider remote or electronic participation when offered. Appointed candidates will be considered in the same pool of candidates as new applicants. If an appointed candidate has served for more than six months from the date of his or her appointment, as indicated by the date of the Executive Committee’s approval of the appointment pursuant to the NCSL Bylaws, the appointed candidate shall be eligible for two more consecutive terms; if the appointed candidate has served six months or less from the appointment date, the candidate shall be eligible for three consecutive terms. The committee shall first determine at least a standard list of questions and shall ask all candidates at least those standard questions. The committee should give primary weight to the following factors in considering candidates: Authorization to travel to and fully participate in Executive Committee and other meetings. Previous positions in NCSL, including current or previous service on the Executive Committee. Record of attendance and participation in previous NCSL positions. Demonstrated qualities of good judgment, integrity, and leadership. The committee should consider the following additional factors to a lesser degree: Professional staff association balance

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Page Text: Pane_1_Col_12_Title Standing Committees and Task Forces The NCSL Standing Committees meet two times each year and allow legislators and staff to benefit from the experiences of other states in shaping public policy, experimenting with new laws, and managing the legislative institutions. Committee members explore issues that states have to deal with, but committees do not recommend policy to the legislatures on issues that are internal to the states. Committees do develop policy directives and resolutions on state-federal issues to guide NCSL's lobbying efforts in Washington, D.C. The NCSL Executive Committee Task Forces complement the work of the standing committees. Task Forces typically deal with issues that cut across the jurisdictions of the standing committees and are created for a specified period of time. Pane_1_Col_6_A Learn more about NCSL's Standing Committees, which are composed of legislators and legislative staff and are as a key organizational mechanism for serving NCSL members. Text/HTML Task Forces NCSL uses task forces to complement the work of the eight standing committees. Task forces typically deal with issues that cut across the jurisdictions of the standing committees and are created for a specified period of time. They range in size from 20 to 30 legislators and legislative staff. STANDING COMMITTEES

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