House Resolution 102 - Introduced HOUSE RESOLUTION NO. 102 BY COMMITTEE ON ADMINISTRATION AND RULES (SUCCESSOR TO HSB 500) A Resolution amending the permanent rules of the House 1 of Representatives relating to the deadline for 2 requesting the drafting of bills by members and to 3 requirements for consideration of amendments. 4 BE IT RESOLVED BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, 5 That Rule 29, unnumbered paragraph 2, of the Rules of 6 the House, as adopted by the House of Representatives 7 during the 2009 Session in House Resolution 8, is 8 amended to read as follows: 9 After adjournment of the first regular session, 10 bills may be prefiled at any time before the convening 11 of the second regular session. No bill or joint 12 resolution under individual sponsorship, other than a 13 nullification resolution, shall be read for the first 14 time after 4:30 p.m. on Friday of the second first week 15 of the second regular session of the general assembly 16 unless a formal request for drafting the bill has been 17 filed with the legislative services agency before that 18 time. 19 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED BY THE HOUSE OF 20 REPRESENTATIVES, That Rule 31, subsection 8, of 21 the Rules of the House, as adopted by the House of 22 Representatives during the 2009 Session in House 23 Resolution 8, is amended to read as follows: 24 8. No amendment to the rules of the house, to any 25 resolution or bill, except technical amendments and 26 -1- LSB 5122HV (3) 83 rj/nh 1/ 2
H.R. 102 amendments to bills substituted for by senate files 1 containing substantially identical title, language, 2 subject matter, purpose and intrasectional arrangement, 3 shall be considered by the membership of the house 4 without a copy of the amendment having been filed with 5 the chief clerk by 4:00 p.m. or within one-half hour of 6 adjournment, whichever is later, on the day preceding 7 floor debate on the amendment. If the house adjourns 8 prior to 2:00 p.m. on Friday, the final deadline is two 9 hours after adjournment. However, committee amendments 10 filed pursuant to the submission of the committee 11 report may be accepted after this deadline. This 12 provision shall not apply to any proposal debated on 13 the floor of the house after the fourteenth week of the 14 first session and the twelfth ninth week of the second 15 session. No amendment or amendment to an amendment 16 to a bill, rule of the house, or resolution shall be 17 considered by the membership of the house without 18 a copy of the amendment being on the desks of the 19 entire membership of the house prior to consideration. 20 However, after the fourteenth week of the first session 21 and the twelfth ninth week of the second session, the 22 membership of the house may consider an amendment or an 23 amendment to an amendment to a bill, rule of the house, 24 or resolution without a copy of the amendment being 25 on the desks of the entire membership of the house 26 prior to consideration if a copy of the amendment is 27 made available to the entire membership of the house 28 electronically. 29 -2- LSB 5122HV (3) 83 rj/nh 2/ 2