Adopts the 2021 House permanent rules as the 2023 temporary rules with the following exceptions.
Amends Rule 5 to provide that the order of business is as listed, unless the Speaker varies or alters the order (was, it is the order of business except by leave of the House). Amends the order of business to set the sixth item as first reading and referral to committee (was, and reference to committee) of bills and resolutions. Replaces the phrase "reference to committee" with "referral to committee" throughout the rules.
Amends Rule 5.1 by adding the following to the items that are considered in order during a pro forma session: (1) re-referral to committee of bills and resolutions and (2) reading of representative statements that have received written approval for presentation during the pro forma session by the Chair of the Standing Committee on Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House.
Amends Rule 27 by amending the list of standing committees as follows. Adds the (1) Disaster Recovery and Homeland Security Committee and (2) the Oversight and Reform Committee. Renames the Homeland, Security, Military, and Veterans Affairs Committee as the Military and Veterans Affairs Committee. Removes the Judiciary 4 Committee.
Amends Rule 28 to allow standing committees to meet during pro forma House sessions. Adds an exception to the provisions that govern when standing committee meetings must adjourn for a meeting of a standing committee for which the Speaker has given notice that the House will be at ease until the adjournment of that committee.
Amends Rule 28.2 by amending the conditions that must be met before a standing committee may conduct meetings with members participating remotely to require that the Speaker has not disallowed remote participating for the standing committee (was, the Speaker must have approved a written request by the committee chair which includes the proposed date and time for the meeting).
Amends Rule 29.1 to now allow the chair of a standing committee to schedule a time to receive public comments for the standing committee as a whole during the meeting of the committee or after the adjournment of a regular daily House session (was, request for a public hearing must be made in writing to the chair of the standing committee to which the bill has been referred; the chair was allowed to schedule public hearing by the committee as a whole after the adjournment of a regular daily House session. Denial of a request made by a House member was allowed to be appealed to the Speaker. Notice was required to be given no less than five calendar days before the public hearings, with notice methods designated). Requires persons desiring to provide public comments during a meeting of a standing committee (was, desiring to appear and be heard at a public hearing) to submit their requests to the chair of the standing committee.
Amends Rule 31.1 to update deadlines for filing bills for introduction to dates in 2023. Provides that all local bills must be submitted to the Legislative Drafting Division or the Legislative Analysis Division by March 1, 2023, and introduced no later than March 23, 2023. Bills recommended by commissions or standing committees must be submitted by February 1, 2023, and introduced by February 16, 2023, by the specified time. Bills requested by state agencies must be requested by February 8, 2023, and introduced by February 23, 2023, by the specified time. Public bills that do not go to the Appropriations or Finance committees, joint resolutions, and House resolutions must be submitted by March 22, 2023, and introduced by April 18, 2023, by the specified time. Public bills that must go to the Appropriations or Finance committee must be submitted by March 29, 2023, and introduced by April 25, 2023, by the specified time. Sets the bill crossover deadline as May 4, 2023.
Amends Rules 40 by no longer requiring all bills and resolutions to be taken up as they appear in each category. Makes a conforming change by deleting the provision prohibiting the Speaker from varying from the order except by leave of the House. Makes conforming deletions.
Deletes Rule 44.2 which prohibited a veto override vote from being taken on a House bill until the second legislative day following notice of its placement on the calendar, except in a reconvened session. The rule also prohibited an override vote from being taken on a Senate bill until the legislative day following notice of its placement on the calendar, except during a reconvened session.
Makes additional technical and clarifying changes, including updating references to 2023.
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Adopts the 2021 Senate permanent rules as the 2023 permanent rules with the following exceptions:
Amends Rule 34 by adding a new section (c), which authorizes the Vice-Chair of the Committee on Rules and Operations of the Senate to exercise any authority of the Chair of that committee under the following circumstances: when the Chair is absent or the Chair directs that the Vice-Chair is authorized to do so.
Amends Rule 40 as follows. Updates the provision governing what bills can be filed during the organizational session by updating the date of the 2023 session.
Co-sponsorship. Changes section (b) to extend the deadline for a Senator to electronically co-sponsor a filed bill or resolution from one hour following the adjournment of the bill’s or resolution’s first reading/referral to no later than 5:00 P.M. on the next legislative day after the adjournment of the bill’s or resolution’s first reading/referral. The Senator must still follow the procedures set forth by the Principal Clerk to electronically designate themselves as a bill/resolution co-sponsor.
Local bills. Changes section (c) to permit introduction of local bills without substantive provisions during even and odd years as follows. Allows Senators to introduce one local bill without substantive provisions in an odd-numbered year. During even years, a Senator can introduce one local bill without substantive provisions only if the bill is otherwise eligible, and: either the member did not introduce such a bill in an odd year or the member did introduce such a bill in an odd year, but no substantive provisions were added to the bill.
Amends Rule 40.1 to limit the filing of resolutions that memorialize, celebrate, commend, or commemorate persons or events of significance only to resolutions that relate to a deceased former member of the General Assembly. Removes language authorizing Senators to file resolutions concerning other individuals or events of significance upon presentation of that resolution to the Chair of the Committee on Rules and Operations of the Senate and either receiving the Chair’s approval or the approval of the full committee. Senators are now directed to use Senatorial Statements to recognize other individuals or events of significance.
Amends Rule 40.2 by establishing the following bill-filing deadlines. Requires local bills to be submitted to either the Legislative Drafting Division or the Legislative Analysis Division of the Legislative Services Office by 4:00 P.M. on Thursday, February 23, 2023, and to be filed for introduction before 4:00 P.M. on Thursday, March 9, 2023. Requires public bills and resolutions, except those granted under one of the eight exceptions under the rule, to be submitted to either the Legislative Drafting Division or the Legislative Analysis Division of the Legislative Services Office by 4:00 P.M. on Thursday, March 9, 2023, and to be filed for introduction in the Senate before 4:00 P.M. on Tuesday, April 4, 2023.
Amends Rule 41 by setting the crossover deadline as Thursday, May 4, 2023.
Amends section (c) of Rule 45.1 to remove language allowing for committee substitutes distributed to committee members after 6:00 P.M. the day before the committee meeting to be heard during that committee session if a majority of the committee members present and voting agree to take up the measure. The new language allows such committee substitutes to only be heard during the noted committee session if the Chair of the Committee on Rules and Operations of the Senate gives prior approval to take up and vote on the committee substitute. The provision directing committee substitutes distributed after 6:00 P.M. the day before the committee meets to carry over to the next day is unchanged.
Amends Rule 60 to change the eligibility age requirements for Senate pages from 15 years of age or in the ninth grade at time of service to being in the tenth, eleventh, or twelfth grade at the time of service.
Amends Rule 71 to remove the requirement that visitors to the Senate delivering materials to members obtain approval from the principal clerk. Adds language requiring that materials circulated to Senate members anywhere in the Legislative Building or Legislative Office Building bear the name of the originator.
Makes additional technical and clarifying changes.
Makes language gender-neutral.
| Intro. by Rabon. | SENATE RES |
Includes whereas clauses.
Provides that when the Senate and House of Representative adjourn on January 11, they are adjourned until Wednesday, January 25, 2023, at noon.
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