House Study Bill 500 - Introduced HOUSE RESOLUTION NO. _____ BY (PROPOSED COMMITTEE ON ADMINISTRATION AND RULES RESOLUTION BY CHAIRPERSON WESSEL-KROESCHELL) 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 amendments to bills substituted for by senate files 27 -1- LSB 5122YC (8) 83 rj/nh 1/ 2

H.R. _____ containing substantially identical title, language, 1 subject matter, purpose and intrasectional arrangement, 2 shall be considered by the membership of the house 3 without a copy of the amendment having been filed with 4 the chief clerk by 4:00 p.m.or within one-half hour of 5 adjournment, whichever is later, on the day preceding 6 floor debate on the amendment. If the house adjourns 7 prior to 2:00 p.m.on Friday, the final deadline is two 8 hours after adjournment. However, committee amendments 9 filed pursuant to the submission of the committee 10 report may be accepted after this deadline. This 11 provision shall not apply to any proposal debated on 12 the floor of the house after the fourteenth week of the 13 first session and the twelfth ninth week of the second 14 session. No amendment or amendment to an amendment 15 to a bill, rule of the house, or resolution shall be 16 considered by the membership of the house without 17 a copy of the amendment being on the desks of the 18 entire membership of the house prior to consideration. 19 However, after the fourteenth week of the first session 20 and the twelfth ninth week of the second session, the 21 membership of the house may consider an amendment or an 22 amendment to an amendment to a bill, rule of the house, 23 or resolution without a copy of the amendment being 24 on the desks of the entire membership of the house 25 prior to consideration if a copy of the amendment is 26 made available to the entire membership of the house 27 electronically. 28 -2- LSB 5122YC (8) 83 rj/nh 2/ 2