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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.
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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.
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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