Connecticut 2020 Regular Session

Connecticut House Bill HJ00028 Compare Versions

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3	3	LCO No. 3107 1 of 4
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5	5	General Assembly House Joint
6	6	Resolution No. 28
7	7	February Session, 2020
8	8	LCO No. 3107
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11	11	Referred to Committee on No Committee
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14	14	Introduced by:
15	15	REP. ARESIMOWICZ, 30
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18	18	REP. RITTER M., 1
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21	21	REP. KLARIDES, 114
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25	25	SEN. LOONEY, 11
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28	28	SEN. DUFF, 25
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31	31	SEN. FASANO, 34
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38	38	RESOLUTION TO AMEND THE JOINT RULES OF THE SENATE AND
39	39	THE HOUSE OF REPRESE NTATIVES.
40	40	Resolved by this Assembly:
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42	42	That subsection (a) of Joint Rule 15 of Senate Joint Resolution 1 of the 1
43	43	2019 regular session is amended to read as follows: 2
44	44	"(a) Deadline for Favorable Reports. The deadline for committees to 3
45	45	vote to report favorably and submit bills, except conveyance bills, and 4
46	46	resolutions proposing amendments to the constitution and other 5
47	47	substantive resolutions to the Legislative Commissioners' Office shall be 6
48	48	5:00 p.m. on the dates designated in the following schedule: 7
49	49	T1 Committee 2019 2020
50	50	T2 Aging March 12 March [12] 17
51	51	T3 Children March 12 March [12] 17
52	52	T4 Housing March 12 March [12] 17
53	53	T5 Veterans' Affairs March 14 March [12] 17
54	54	T6 Banking March 14 March [19] 24
55	55	T7 Commerce March 19 March [19] 24
56	56	House Joint Resolution No.
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59	59	LCO No. 3107 2 of 4
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61	61	T1 Committee 2019 2020
62	62	T8 Higher Education and Employment March 19 March [17] 20
63	63	T9 Advancement
64	64	T10 Legislative Management March 20 March [16] 19
65	65	T11 Public Safety and Security March 21 March [17] 20
66	66	T12 Insurance and Real Estate March 21 March [19] 24
67	67	T13 Energy and Technology March 21 March [24] 27
68	68	T14 Transportation March 25 March [20] 25
69	69	T15 General Law March 26 March [17] 20
70	70	T16 Labor and Public Employees March 26 March [24] 27
71	71	T17 Human Services March 28 March [26] 31
72	72	T18 Environment March 29 March [25] 30
73	73	T19 Education April 1 March [23] 26
74	74	T20 Planning and Development April 1 March [23] 26
75	75	T21 Public Health April 3 [March 27] April 1
76	76	T22 Government Administration and April 3 March [25] 30
77	77	T23 Elections
78	78	T24 Judiciary April 12 [March 30] April 2
79	79	T25 Finance, Revenue and Bonding May 2 [April 2] April 7
80	80	T26 Appropriations May 3 [April 3] April 8"
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82	82	That subsection (c) of Joint Rule 13 of Senate Joint Resolution 1 of the 8
83	83	2019 regular session is amended to read as follows: 9
84	84	"(c) Deadline. (1) Unless the President Pro Tempore and the Speaker 10
85	85	consent, in writing, to a request by a legislative commissioner for an 11
86	86	extension of time, the Legislative Commissioners' Office shall complete 12
87	87	its examination of the bill or resolution within ten calendar days, 13
88	88	excluding holidays, after its receipt, except the Legislative 14
89	89	Commissioners' Office shall complete its examination of a conveyance 15
90	90	bill within five calendar days, excluding holidays, after its receipt. If the 16
91	91	bill or resolution is approved by a commissioner, the commissioner shall 17
92	92	notify the Office of Fiscal Analysis and the Office of Legislative Research 18
93	93	of the approval and, if a substitute, furnish each office with a copy of the 19
94	94	bill or resolution for preparation of a fiscal note and bill analysis. Unless 20
95	95	the President Pro Tempore and the Speaker consent, in writing, to a 21
96	96	request by the director of the Office of Fiscal Analysis or the director of 22
97	97	House Joint Resolution No.
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100	100	LCO No. 3107 3 of 4
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102	102	the Office of Legislative Research for an extension of time, a legislative 23
103	103	commissioner shall transmit the bill or resolution with his or her 24
104	104	approval to the clerk of the chamber in which it originated within five 25
105	105	calendar days, excluding holidays, after such notice. 26
106	106	(2) Notwithstanding any provision of subdivision (1) of this 27
107	107	subsection, for any bill or resolution received by the Legislative 28
108	108	Commissioners' Office after March 1, 2020, and prior to March 17, 2020, 29
109	109	the Legislative Commissioners' Office shall (A) complete its 30
110	110	examination not later than three business days after the applicable 31
111	111	period specified for such examination in subdivision (1) of this 32
112	112	subsection; and (B) transmit the bill or resolution with his or her 33
113	113	approval to the clerk of the chamber in which it originated not later than 34
114	114	three business days after the period specified for such transmittal in 35
115	115	subdivision (1) of this subsection." 36
116	116	That subsection (c) of Joint Rule 5 of Senate Joint Resolution 1 of the 37
117	117	2019 regular session is amended to read as follows: 38
118	118	"(c) Conduct of Meetings. (1) A chairperson or a vice chairperson shall 39
119	119	convene all meetings. If a meeting, other than a meeting on the day of 40
120	120	the committee's deadline to report bills and resolutions, as provided in 41
121	121	Rule 15, is not so convened within fifteen minutes following its 42
122	122	scheduled starting time, the meeting shall be deemed cancelled. In all 43
123	123	meetings of joint committees, and at all public hearings held by such 44
124	124	committees, the Senate and House chairpersons shall mutually agree as 45
125	125	to who shall preside and in the absence of agreement the Senate 46
126	126	chairperson and the House chairperson shall alternately preside. A 47
127	127	chairperson shall recognize each member wishing to be heard prior to 48
128	128	ordering the vote on the final question of a favorable or unfavorable 49
129	129	report, a favorable change of reference or the boxing of a bill or 50
130	130	resolution. All questions of order, hearings and other proceedings 51
131	131	including the raising of bills or resolutions and questions relating to 52
132	132	evidence shall be determined by a majority of votes but, if the majority 53
133	133	of the committee members present of either chamber so request, the 54
134	134	House Joint Resolution No.
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137	137	LCO No. 3107 4 of 4
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139	139	committee members of each chamber shall separately determine all 55
140	140	questions. A vote of a committee may be reconsidered only at the next 56
141	141	regular meeting of the committee, except that any vote on the day of the 57
142	142	committee's deadline to report bills and resolutions as provided in Rule 58
143	143	15, may be reconsidered at the same meeting not later than 5:00 p.m. 59
144	144	(2) During a declaration of a public health emergency, members may 60
145	145	vote at meetings by telephone or other means of voice communication." 61
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