Connecticut 2017 Regular Session

Connecticut House Bill HB05098 Compare Versions

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11 General Assembly Proposed Bill No. 5098
22 January Session, 2017 LCO No. 198
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44 Referred to Committee on GOVERNMENT ADMINISTRATION AND ELECTIONS
55 Introduced by:
66 REP. BELSITO, 53rd Dist.
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1010 Proposed Bill No. 5098
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1212 January Session, 2017
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1414 LCO No. 198
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1616 *00198*
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1818 Referred to Committee on GOVERNMENT ADMINISTRATION AND ELECTIONS
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2020 Introduced by:
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2222 REP. BELSITO, 53rd Dist.
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2424 AN ACT MODIFYING LEGISLATIVE PROCEDURES.
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2626 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened:
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2828 That title 2 of the general statutes be amended to: (1) Prohibit any strike-all amendment that substantively changes the underlying bill and which has not had a public hearing from being voted on by the House of Representatives or Senate; (2) require that all bills or resolutions to be voted on in the House of Representatives or Senate be placed on a list of bills or resolutions intended to be acted upon during that session day in the order in which they will be called that day and bills not acted on to be placed on the list for the next day; (3) require that the list of bills or resolutions intended to be acted upon during that session day be distributed to legislators at least twenty-four hours before the start of the session day; (4) provide that bills shall only be presented for a vote on the House or Senate floor between the hours of 9:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m.; and (5) require that any legislator proposing the creation of a legislative task force or study be a member of such task force or body performing such study.
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3030 Statement of Purpose:
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3232 To make the legislative process more transparent and efficient.