House Concurrent Resolution 15 - Introduced HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION NO. 15 BY JACOBY A Concurrent Resolution amending the joint rules of 1 the Senate and House of Representatives relating to 2 the consideration of bills and joint resolutions 3 in successive regular sessions of the same general 4 assembly. 5 BE IT RESOLVED BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, THE 6 SENATE CONCURRING, That Rule 3 of the joint rules of 7 the Senate and House of Representatives, as adopted by 8 the House of Representatives and Senate during the 2011 9 Session in House Concurrent Resolution 12, is amended 10 to read as follows: 11 Rule 3 12 Sessions of a General Assembly 13 1. The election of officers, organization, hiring 14 and compensation of employees, and standing committees 15 in each house of the general assembly and action taken 16 by each house shall carry over from the first to the 17 second regular session and to any extraordinary session 18 of the same general assembly. The status of each 19 bill and resolution shall be the same at the beginning 20 of each second session as it was immediately before 21 adjournment of the previous regular or extraordinary 22 session; however the rules of either house may provide 23 for re-referral of some or all bills and resolutions 24 to standing committees upon adjournment of each 25 session or at the beginning of a subsequent regular or 26 extraordinary session, except those which have been 27 adopted by both houses in different forms and those 28 -1- LSB 1944YH (3) 84 rj/nh 1/ 2
H.C.R. 15 which are placed on the calendar pursuant to subsection 1 2 of this rule . 2 2. a. The standing committees may consider 3 bills and joint resolutions during the first regular 4 session of a general assembly, beyond the deadline for 5 reporting bills and joint resolutions out of committee 6 under rule 20, subsection 2. 7 b. Such bills and joint resolutions shall be 8 reported out of committee with the committee as the 9 sponsor and placed on the calendar before the end of 10 the first regular session. 11 c. Such bills and joint resolutions shall not be 12 rereferred to committee at the end of the first regular 13 session, shall retain their place on the calendar at 14 the beginning of the second regular session of the same 15 general assembly, and shall be scheduled for debate as 16 soon as possible. 17 3. Upon final adoption of a concurrent resolution 18 at any extraordinary session affecting that session, 19 or at a regular session affecting any extraordinary 20 session which may be held before the next regular 21 session, the creation of any calendar by either house 22 shall be suspended and the business of the session 23 shall consist solely of those bills or subject matters 24 stated in the resolution adopted. Bills named in the 25 resolution, or bills containing the subject matter 26 provided for in the resolution, may, at any time, be 27 called up for debate in either house by the majority 28 leader of that house. 29 -2- LSB 1944YH (3) 84 rj/nh 2/ 2