If the motion is approved by a majority of members in the respective house, the bill is placed on the order of Second Reading in the House or on General Orders in the Senate. As a rule, all standing committee meetings are open to the public. Exemptions, are extremely rare. Most committee business is conducted during the meeting. All committee action requires the approval of a majority of those appointed and serving on the committee.
Members are usually give at least one day's notice of all committee meetings.
There is an informal schedule of committee meetings which indicates what day and time committees are meeting each week. The notice for such hearings gives the time, date, place and subject matter. If you become aware that a particular bill of interest to you has been introduced, keep track of it. Find out, from the Clerk of the House, the Secretary of the Senate or an interested organization, which committees the bill was referred to. You may also write to the Chairperson of that committee requesting that the bill be put on the agenda or schedule for a hearing.