House Study Bill 503

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                    HOUSE RESOLUTION NO.    
         BY  (PROPOSED COMMITTEE ON ADMINISTRATION AND RULES
            RESOLUTION BY CHAIRPERSON WESSEL-KROESCHELL)
  1  1 A Resolution amending the permanent rules of the House
  1  2    of Representatives relating to admittance to the
  1  3    floor of the house, the issuance of certificates of
  1  4    recognition or condolence, and the requirements for
  1  5    consideration of amendments.
  1  6    BE IT RESOLVED BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,
  1  7 That Rule 20, unnumbered paragraph 7, of the Rules of
  1  8 the House, as adopted by the House of Representatives
  1  9 during the 2009 Session in House Resolution 8, is
  1 10 amended to read as follows:
  1 11    A registered lobbyist shall not be admitted to
  1 12 the floor of the house on any legislative day except
  1 13 for ceremonial purposes or for attendance at public
  1 14 hearings.
  1 15    BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED BY THE HOUSE OF
  1 16 REPRESENTATIVES, That Rule 23 of the Rules of
  1 17 the House, as adopted by the House of Representatives
  1 18 during the 2009 Session in House Resolution 8, is
  1 19 amended to read as follows:
  1 20    Rule 23
  1 21    Documents Signed by the Speaker
  1 22    All acts and joint resolutions shall be signed by
  1 23 the speaker, and all writs, warrants, and subpoenas
  1 24 issued by order of the house, shall be signed by the
  1 25 speaker and attested by the chief clerk.  The speaker
  1 26 shall cause certificates of recognition or condolence
  1 27 to be issued by the house which shall be signed by
  2  1 the speaker and the chief clerk.  The chief clerk
  2  2 shall maintain a list of certificates issued including
  2  3 the name of the requesting member of the house, the
  2  4 name of the recipient, the  reason for recognition or
  2  5 condolence, and the date of issuance.
  2  6    BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED BY THE HOUSE OF
  2  7 REPRESENTATIVES, That Rule 31, subsection 8, of
  2  8 the Rules of the House, as adopted by the House of
  2  9 Representatives during the 2009 Session in House
  2 10 Resolution 8, is amended to read as follows:
  2 11    8. No amendment to the rules of the house, to any
  2 12 resolution or bill, except technical amendments and
  2 13 amendments to bills substituted for by senate files
  2 14 containing substantially identical title, language,
  2 15 subject matter, purpose and intrasectional arrangement,
  2 16 shall be considered by the membership of the house
  2 17 without a copy of the amendment having been filed
  2 18 with the chief clerk by 4:00 p.m.or within one=half
  2 19 hour of adjournment, whichever is later, on the day
  2 20 preceding floor debate on the amendment. If the
  2 21 house adjourns prior to 2:00 p.m.on Friday, the final
  2 22 deadline is two hours after adjournment. However,
  2 23 committee amendments filed pursuant to the submission
  2 24 of the committee report may be accepted after this
  2 25 deadline. This provision shall not apply to any
  2 26 proposal debated on the floor of the house after
  2 27 the fourteenth week of the first session and the
  2 28 twelfth week of the second session. No amendment or
  2 29 amendment to an amendment to a bill, rule of the house,
  2 30 or resolution shall be considered by the membership of
  3  1 the house without a copy of the amendment being on the
  3  2 desks of the entire membership of the house prior to
  3  3 consideration. However, after the fourteenth week of
  3  4 the first session and the twelfth week of the second
  3  5 session, the membership of the house may consider an
  3  6 amendment or an amendment to an amendment to a bill,
  3  7 rule of the house, or resolution without a copy of the
  3  8 amendment being on the desks of the entire membership
  3  9 of the house prior to consideration if a copy of the
  3 10 amendment is made available to the entire membership of
  3 11 the house electronically.
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