HSB 500 (LSB 5122YC (8) 83)

HOUSE RESOLUTION NO. _____

BY  (PROPOSED COMMITTEE ON ADMINISTRATION AND RULES RESOLUTION BY CHAIRPERSON WESSEL-KROESCHELL)

A Resolution amending the permanent rules of the House of Representatives relating to the deadline for requesting the drafting of bills by members and to requirements for consideration of amendments.

   BE IT RESOLVED BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, That Rule 29, unnumbered paragraph 2, of the Rules of the House, as adopted by the House of Representatives during the 2009 Session in House Resolution 8, is amended to read as follows:
   After adjournment of the first regular session, bills may be prefiled at any time before the convening of the second regular session. No bill or joint resolution under individual sponsorship, other than a nullification resolution, shall be read for the first time after 4:30 p.m.on Friday of the second first week of the second regular session of the general assembly unless a formal request for drafting the bill has been filed with the legislative services agency before that time.
   BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, That Rule 31, subsection 8, of the Rules of the House, as adopted by the House of Representatives during the 2009 Session in House Resolution 8, is amended to read as follows:
   8. No amendment to the rules of the house, to any resolution or bill, except technical amendments and amendments to bills substituted for by senate files containing substantially identical title, language, subject matter, purpose and intrasectional arrangement, shall be considered by the membership of the house without a copy of the amendment having been filed with the chief clerk by 4:00 p.m.or within one-half hour of adjournment, whichever is later, on the day preceding floor debate on the amendment. If the house adjourns prior to 2:00 p.m.on Friday, the final deadline is two hours after adjournment. However, committee amendments filed pursuant to the submission of the committee report may be accepted after this deadline. This provision shall not apply to any proposal debated on the floor of the house after the fourteenth week of the first session and the twelfth ninth week of the second session. No amendment or amendment to an amendment to a bill, rule of the house, or resolution shall be considered by the membership of the house without a copy of the amendment being on the desks of the entire membership of the house prior to consideration. However, after the fourteenth week of the first session and the twelfth ninth week of the second session, the membership of the house may consider an amendment or an amendment to an amendment to a bill, rule of the house, or resolution without a copy of the amendment being on the desks of the entire membership of the house prior to consideration if a copy of the amendment is made available to the entire membership of the house electronically.