HOUSE RESOLUTION NO. 19
(By Delegates Webb, Amores, Anderson, Armstead, Ashley, Azinger,
Beach, Beane, Blair, Boggs, Border, Brown, Browning, Butcher,
Calvert, Campbell, Cann, Canterbury, Caputo, Carmichael, Caruth,
Craig, Crosier, DeLong, Doyle, Duke, Ellem, Ennis, Evans,
Faircloth, Ferrell, Fleischauer, Foster, Fragale, Frederick,
Frich, Hall, Hamilton, Hartman, Hatfield, Houston, Howard,
Hrutkay, Iaquinta, Kominar, Kuhn, Leach, Leggett, Long, Louisos,
Mahan, Manchin, Manuel, Martin, Mezzatesta, Michael, Morgan,
Overington, Palumbo, Paxton, Perdue, Perry, Pethtel, Pino,
Poling, Proudfoot, Romine, Schadler, Schoen, Shaver, Shelton,
Smirl, Sobonya, Spencer, Stalnaker, Staton, Stemple, Sumner,
Susman, Swartzmiller, Tabb, Talbott, R. Thompson, R. M. Thompson,
Trump, Tucker, Varner, Wakim, Walters, Warner, Webb, Webster, G.
White, Williams, Wright, Yeager and Yost)
[Introduced March 3, 2004; referred to the
Committee on Rules.]
Requesting that the West Virginia Legislature expand the use of
audio and video technology to make government proceedings more
accessible to the public.
Whereas, Over the past several years the House of Delegates
have taken major measures transitioning from paper to computer
technology; and
Whereas, The wireless computer system provides the House of
Delegates the ability to access, in the Capitol building,
legislation via the internet and constituents via electronic mail;
and
Whereas, The House of Delegates currently has an internet site
and means to expand to live video and audio streams; and
Whereas, The House of Delegates currently has an in-house audio system for the House floor sessions and committee meetings; and
Whereas, Eighteen of the fifty state legislatures already
provide internet audio for floor sessions, ten states provide
internet audio of committee meetings, twenty-four provide internet
audio and video and twenty-eight provide audio and video for floor
sessions via tv broadcast; and
Whereas, The Supreme Court of Appeals of West Virginia has
successfully provided telephone access to court proceedings and
currently provides live video streaming of court proceedings; and
Whereas, The division of highways has effectively implemented
two informational am radio frequencies to be used by travelers; and
Whereas, Providing the public with easy access to the House of
Delegates would increase participation in government proceedings;
therefore, be it
Resolved by the House of Delegates:
That the House of Delegates is hereby requested to expand the
use of audio and video technology via all practical mediums.