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General Assembly House Joint
Resolution No. 401
July 22 Special Session,
2019
LCO No. 11279
Referred to Committee on No Committee
Introduced by:
REP. ARESIMOWICZ, 30
th
Dist.
REP. RITTER M., 1
st
Dist.
REP. KLARIDES, 114
th
Dist.
SEN. LOONEY, 11
th
Dist.
SEN. DUFF, 25
th
Dist.
SEN. FASANO, 34
th
Dist.
RESOLUTION CONCERNIN G THE JOINT RULES OF THE JULY 22
SPECIAL SESSION, 2019.
Resolved by this Assembly:
That the joint rules of this Special Session shall be the same as the 1
joint rules in force at the 2019 regular session, except as said rules are 2
amended, altered or repealed in this resolution. 3
Strike out Rules 3, 4, 5 and 6. 4
Strike out Rule 7 and insert in lieu thereof the following: 5
BILLS AND RESOLUTIONS GENERALLY 6
7. Only bills and substantive resolutions specified in the Resolution 7
Convening the General Assembly in Special Session to commence not 8
earlier than 12:01 a.m. on July 22, 2019, and for the purpose of 9
considering and enacting bills concerning workforce training needs 10
and regulation of gratuities permitted or applied as part of the 11
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minimum fair wage, shall be received. 12
The Legislative Commissioners' Office shall prepare all bills and 13
resolutions. When a bill or resolution has been prepared by the 14
Legislative Commissioners' Office and signed by the Speaker and 15
President Pro Tempore, the bill or resolution shall immediately be 16
given to the clerk of the Senate or the House as designated. Before or at 17
the time the bill or resolution is given to the clerk, the Legislative 18
Commissioners' Office shall provide to the Office of Fiscal Analysis 19
copies of each bill or resolution to prepare a fiscal note if required by 20
Rule 15 of the joint rules. 21
Each bill and resolution shall be printed, without interlineation or 22
erasure. The duplicate copies of each bill or resolution shall be made 23
on yellow-colored and blue-colored paper, respectively, of the same 24
size and format as the original. 25
Each bill amending any statute or special act shall set forth in full 26
the section or subsection of the statute or the special act to be 27
amended. Matter to be omitted or repealed shall be surrounded by 28
brackets or overstricken so that the omitted or repealed matter remains 29
readable, and new matter shall be indicated by capitalization or 30
underscoring of all words in the original bill and by capitalization, 31
underscoring or italics in its printed form. In the case of a section or 32
subsection not amending an existing section of the general statutes but 33
intended to be part of the general statutes, the section or subsection 34
may be in upper and lower case letters preceded by the word (NEW). 35
Each bill and resolution shall be transmitted, in triplicate by the 36
Legislative Commissioners' Office to the clerks of the House or Senate. 37
The clerks shall number each bill and resolution. 38
The clerks shall certify and keep on file a duplicate copy of each bill 39
and resolution. The certified duplicate copy shall remain at all times in 40
the clerk's office. If the original cannot be located, a copy of such 41
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certified duplicate copy shall be made by the clerk and used in lieu of 42
the original. 43
The clerk shall make a notation on the certified duplicate copy of all 44
action taken on the original. 45
Any member of the General Assembly may co-sponsor a bill or 46
resolution by making a request in writing after it has been filed, to the 47
clerk of the chamber in which the bill or resolution has been filed to 48
add his or her name as a co-sponsor of the bill or resolution, but not 49
later than the date of the signing of the bill, or the deadline for the 50
signing of the bill, by the Governor, whichever is earlier, or the 51
adoption of the resolution. 52
After introduction no bill or resolution shall be altered except by the 53
legislative commissioners. 54
Strike out Rule 8. 55
Strike out Rule 9 and insert in lieu thereof the following: 56
EMERGENCY CERTIFIED BILLS AND RESOLUTIONS 57
9. Only bills and substantive resolutions certified by the Speaker 58
and President Pro Tempore in accordance with section 2-26 of the 59
general statutes may be introduced. Bills and resolutions so certified 60
by the Speaker and the President Pro Tempore shall be identified as 61
"bills" or "resolutions". 62
Strike out Rules 10, 11 and 13. 63
Strike out Rule 14 and insert in lieu thereof the following: 64
TRANSMITTAL BETWEEN HOUSES 65
14. Upon passage in the first house, the bill or resolution shall be 66
transmitted immediately to the second house. 67
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Strike out Rule 15 and insert in lieu thereof the following: 68
15. Any bill or substantive resolution which if passed or adopted, 69
would affect state or municipal revenue, or would require the 70
expenditure of state or municipal funds, shall have a fiscal note 71
attached. Any fiscal note printed with or prepared for a bill or 72
resolution shall be solely for the purpose of information, 73
summarization and explanation for members of the General Assembly 74
and shall not be construed to represent the intent of the General 75
Assembly or either chamber thereof for any purpose. Each such fiscal 76
note shall bear the following disclaimer: "The following Fiscal Impact 77
Statement is prepared for the benefit of the members of the General 78
Assembly, solely for purposes of information, summarization and 79
explanation and does not represent the intent of the General Assembly 80
or either chamber thereof for any purpose." When an amendment is 81
offered to a bill or resolution in the House or the Senate, which, if 82
adopted, would require the expenditure of state or municipal funds or 83
affect state or municipal revenue, a fiscal note shall be available at the 84
time the amendment is offered. Any fiscal note prepared for such an 85
amendment shall be construed in accordance with the provisions of 86
this rule and shall bear the disclaimer required under this rule. 87
Strike out Rule 16 and insert in lieu thereof the following: 88
BILLS AND RESOLUTIONS - READINGS 89
16. First reading of a bill or resolution shall be by title and number. 90
Second reading shall be passage or rejection of the bill or resolution. 91
Strike out Rule 17 and insert in lieu thereof the following: 92
17. Each bill or substantive resolution may be acted upon 93
immediately. No bill or substantive resolution may be acted upon 94
unless it is accompanied by a fiscal note. 95
Each bill and substantive resolution shall be voted upon by a roll 96
call vote. A bill or resolution, certified in accordance with section 2-26 97
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of the general statutes, if filed in the House, may be transmitted to and 98
acted upon first by the Senate with the consent of the Speaker; and if 99
filed in the Senate, may be transmitted to and acted upon first by the 100
House with the consent of the President Pro Tempore. 101
Strike out Rules 18, 19, 20, 31, 32 and 34. 102