09-R032
2009 -- H 5190
Enacted 01/28/09
H O U S E R E S O L U T I O N
AMENDING THE
TEMPORARY RULES OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Introduced
By: Representatives Naughton,
Date Introduced: January 27, 2009
RESOLVED,
That Rules 7(c), 7(d), 13(i) and 13(j) of the
Temporary Rules of the House
of Representatives for the years 2009 and 2010 are
hereby amended to read as follows:
(7)(c)
Except as provided in Rule 17, all bills and resolutions shall be filed no
later than
February 15, 2007 (for
the 2007 session) February 12,
2009 (for the 2009 session) and February
14,
2008 (for the 2008 session) February
11, 2010 (for the 2010 session).
The provisions of this
section shall not apply to city or town bills, to bills for
the reinstatement of corporate charters, or
to bills relating to the solemnization of marriages.
(7)(d)
Any bill or resolution introduced on or before April 12, 2007 (for the 2007
session)
April
9, 2009 (for the 2009 session) and on
or before April 10, 2008 (for the 2008 session). April
8,
2010 (for the 2010 session).
(i) if filed prior to the convening
of the session, shall be in order for the first reading and,
where appropriate, assignment to committee, on that day,
and
(ii)
if filed after the convening of the session, shall be
in order for the first reading and,
where appropriate, assignment to committee, on the next
legislative day and shall be considered a
part of that day's business, provided that the Speaker may
direct that a given measure may be
treated in accord with subparagraph (i)
above.
All
bills or resolutions introduced after April 12, 2007 (for the 2007 session)
April 9,
2009 (for the 2009
session) and after April 10, 2008
(for the 2008 session) April 8, 2010 (for the
2010 session) shall be in order for the first reading and, where
appropriate, assignment to
committee, on the day of introduction.
(13)(i) No public bill or resolution which originated in the
House shall be considered by a
House committee unless the
committee has held a hearing on that bill or resolution by April 12,
2007 (or April 24, 2008
in the case of 2008), April 9,
2009 (or April 8, 2010, in the case of
2010), and thereafter the committees of the House shall
not consider public bills or
resolutions except those which have been acted upon by the
Senate and transmitted by the Senate
to the House of Representatives, provided however, that
the committee on finance may hear and
consider such House bills, acts or resolutions as it
deems to have a fiscal impact after April 12,
2007 (or April 10, 2008,
in the case of 2008), April 9,
2009 (or April 8, 2010, in the case of
2010), except as provided in section (j) hereof, and
provided further, that each other
House committee may
complete consideration of not more than three (3) House bills or
resolutions after said date, on which such committee had not
been able to complete action, upon
approval by the Speaker of a written request from the Chair.
All such requests must be filed with
the Clerk of the House no later than April 12, 2007
(or April 24, 2008, in the case of 2008) April
9,
2009 (or April 8, 2010, in the case of 2010). The provisions of this paragraph shall not apply to
House bills of which Senate
duplicates have passed the House.
(13)(j)
No House bill which relates to an individual's pension or retirement shall
be
accepted as a committee report from the committee on
finance unless it shall have been
considered by the committee on or before April 12, 2007
(or April 24, 2008, in the case of 2008),
April 9, 2009 (or April
8, 2010, in the case of 2010), and
shall have been heard in the committee
no later than one (1) week prior to that date.
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