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Do you plan to...
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| Item | Percent responding "Yes" |
|---|---|
| Use Zoom or any similar platform to meet with constituents and advocacy groups? | 91% |
| Welcome guests or hold meetings in your office? | 68% |
| Limit your staff or interns? | 61% |
| Limit food and beverage in your office? | 33% |
In the event one or a combination of safety measures including face masks, face shields, and temperature checks are required, how should it be handled if a lawmaker or staff member declines to participate?
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| category | column-1 |
|---|---|
| Restrict Access (i.e. to floor, hearings, and/or building) | 41% |
| Nothing should happen / Up to the Member | 19% |
| Like any other house rule | 14% |
| Limit Participation | 10% |
| Reminder or Encouragement | 4% |
| Notify lawmakers and staff | 4% |
| Unsure | 3% |
If lawmakers or staff refuse a COVID-19 test, how do you believe that should be handled?
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| category | column-1 |
|---|---|
| Restrict Access (i.e. to floor, hearings, and/or building) | 43% |
| Shouldn't be required / Up to the Member | 17% |
| Allow or make them participate remotely | 12% |
| Depends | 9% |
| Limit participation | 8% |
| Unsure | 5% |
| Notify lawmakers and staff | 2% |
How should PPE and social distancing be enforced among lawmakers, staff, and visitors while in the State Capitol?
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| category | column-1 |
|---|---|
| Individual responsibility, trust | 18% |
| DPS | 18% |
| "Strictly", "Mandatory", "Required" | 17% |
| Encouragement, but not enforcement | 14% |
| Warning, then removal | 14% |
| Like any other house rule | 8% |
| Deny admission | 7% |
| Sergent at Arms | 5% |
| Don't know/Unsure | 4% |
| No enforcement | 3% |
Do you believe the House should consider amending its rules or housekeeping resolution in times of a pandemic or natural disaster, and if so, what types of amendments would you consider most important, taking into account the public access requirements ou
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| category | column-1 |
|---|---|
| Allow remote member participation | 35% |
| Allow remote testimony | 34% |
| Should consider general changes to rules | 31% |
| Limit public access | 10% |
| No need to change the rules | 10% |
| Follow expert (e.g. CDC) guidelines | 5% |
| Restrict testimony | 4% |
| Unsure/Don't know | 4% |
| Limit bill filings | 3% |
| Limit amendment filing | 2% |
| Limit hearings | 2% |
| Slower process | 2% |
| Presubmit testimony | 1% |
| Limit media access | 1% |
| Limit staff access | 1% |
What safety protocols do you plan to implement in your own office — whether limiting the number of visitors or groups, requiring face masks/PPE, enforcing social distancing or other measures?
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| category | column-1 |
|---|---|
| Masks | 65% |
| Limiting visitors, appointment only | 50% |
| Social distancing | 48% |
| Limiting size or stay of groups in office | 27% |
| Limited staff, remote work | 17% |
| Hand Sanitizer | 14% |
| More virtual meetings | 13% |
| Regular cleaning, sanitizing | 9% |
| Temperature checks | 8% |
| Plexiglass | 6% |
| Follow expert (e.g. CDC) guidelines | 5% |
| Depends on COVID | 5% |
| Closed office | 2% |
What safety protocols do you consider most important for holding and attending hearings?
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| category | column-1 |
|---|---|
| Social distancing (e.g. spacing seats) | 55% |
| Masks | 52% |
| Limiting access / capacity | 29% |
| Virtual / Remote participation | 21% |
| Temperature checks | 12% |
| Provide hand sanitizer / washing stations | 12% |
| Regular cleaning / sterilization | 10% |
| Plexiglass | 9% |
| Follow expert (e.g. CDC) guidelines | 7% |
| Testing / Rapid tests | 3% |
What practices and protocols do you believe are necessary in order to safely conduct the legislative session in a manner that both protects the health and safety of lawmakers and staff and follows federal social distancing guidelines?
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| category | column-1 |
|---|---|
| Masks | 42% |
| Social distancing | 32% |
| Limit capacity / access | 18% |
| Frequent testing | 16% |
| Frequent sanitizing (e.g. microphone covers) | 16% |
| Follow expert (e.g. CDC) guidelines | 15% |
| Partial or completely virtual session | 14% |
| Provide hand sanitizer / washing stations | 13% |
| Temperature checks | 11% |
| Remote or Proxy voting | 8% |
| Limit floor / committee time | 7% |
| Scheduling to limit interaction | 4% |
| Other | 4% |
| Plexiglass | 3% |
| Too soon to tell | 2% |
| No mandatory masks | 1% |
| Nothing | 1% |
Do you plan to limit food and beverage in your office?
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| category | column-1 |
|---|---|
| Yes | 33.94% |
| No | 66.06% |
Do you plan to limit your session staff or interns in order to decrease the number of individuals in your office and the building?
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| category | column-1 |
|---|---|
| Yes | 61.47% |
| No | 38.53% |