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General Assembly House Joint
Resolution No. 501
July Special Session, 2021
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Referred to Committee on No Committee
Introduced by:
REP. RITTER M., 1
st
Dist.
SEN. LOONEY, 11
th
Dist.
RESOLUTION CONCERNING THE JOINT RULES OF THE JULY
SPECIAL SESSION, 2021.
Resolved by this Assembly:
That the joint rules of this Special Session shall be the same as the joint 1
rules in force at the 2021 regular session, except as said rules are 2
amended, altered or repealed in this resolution. 3
Strike out Rule 3. 4
Strike out Rule 4. 5
Strike out Rule 5. 6
Strike out Rule 6. 7
Strike out Rule 7 and insert in lieu thereof the following: 8
BILLS AND RESOLUTIONS GENERALLY 9
7. Only bills and substantive resolutions specified in the Proclamation 10
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by the Governor, dated July 8, 2021, convening the General Assembly in 11
Special Session on July 14, 2021, 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 given 16
to the clerk of the Senate or the House as designated. Before or at the 17
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 on 23
yellow-colored and blue-colored paper, respectively, of the same size 24
and format as the original. 25
Each bill amending any statute or special act shall set forth in full the 26
section or subsection of the statute or the special act to be amended. 27
Matter to be omitted or repealed shall be surrounded by brackets or 28
overstricken so that the omitted or repealed matter remains readable, 29
and new matter shall be indicated by capitalization or underscoring of 30
all words in the original bill and by capitalization, underscoring or 31
italics in its printed form. In the case of a section or subsection not 32
amending an existing section of the general statutes but intended to be 33
part of the general statutes, the section or subsection may be in upper 34
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
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the clerk's office. If the original cannot be located, a copy of such certified 41
duplicate copy shall be made by the clerk and used in lieu of the original. 42
The clerk shall make a notation on the certified duplicate copy of all 43
action taken on the original. 44
Any member of the General Assembly may co-sponsor a bill or 45
resolution by making a request in writing after it has been filed, to the 46
clerk of the chamber in which the bill or resolution has been filed to add 47
his or her name as a co-sponsor of the bill or resolution, but not later 48
than the date of the signing of the bill, or the deadline for the signing of 49
the bill, by the Governor, whichever is earlier, or the adoption of the 50
resolution. 51
After introduction no bill or resolution shall be altered except by the 52
legislative commissioners. 53
Strike out Rule 8. 54
Strike out Rule 9 and insert in lieu thereof the following: 55
EMERGENCY CERTIFIED BILLS AND RESOLUTIONS 56
9. Only bills and substantive resolutions certified by the Speaker and 57
President Pro Tempore in accordance with section 2-26 of the general 58
statutes may be introduced. Bills and resolutions so certified by the 59
Speaker and the President Pro Tempore shall be identified as "bills" or 60
"resolutions". 61
Strike out Rule 10. 62
Strike out Rule 11. 63
Strike out Rule 13. 64
Strike out Rule 14 and insert in lieu thereof the following: 65
TRANSMITTAL BETWEEN HOUSES 66
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14. Upon passage in the first house, the bill or resolution shall be 67
transmitted immediately to the second house. 68
Strike out Rule 15 and insert in lieu thereof the following: 69
15. Any bill or substantive resolution which if passed or adopted, 70
would affect state or municipal revenue, or would require the 71
expenditure of state or municipal funds, shall have a fiscal note 72
attached. Any fiscal note printed with or prepared for a bill or resolution 73
shall be solely for the purpose of information, summarization and 74
explanation for members of the General Assembly and shall not be 75
construed to represent the intent of the General Assembly or either 76
chamber thereof for any purpose. Each such fiscal note shall bear the 77
following disclaimer: "The following Fiscal Impact Statement is 78
prepared for the benefit of the members of the General Assembly, solely 79
for purposes of information, summarization and explanation and does 80
not represent the intent of the General Assembly or either chamber 81
thereof for any purpose." When an amendment is offered to a bill or 82
resolution in the House or the Senate, which, if adopted, would require 83
the expenditure of state or municipal funds or affect state or municipal 84
revenue, a fiscal note shall be available at the time the amendment is 85
offered. Any fiscal note prepared for such an amendment shall be 86
construed in accordance with the provisions of this rule and shall bear 87
the disclaimer required under this rule. 88
Strike out Rule 16 and insert in lieu thereof the following: 89
BILLS AND RESOLUTIONS - READINGS 90
16. First reading of a bill or resolution shall be by title and number. 91
Second reading shall be passage or rejection of the bill or resolution. 92
Strike out Rule 17 and insert in lieu thereof the following: 93
17. Each bill or substantive resolution may be acted upon 94
immediately. No bill or substantive resolution may be acted upon unless 95
it is accompanied by a fiscal note. 96
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Each bill and substantive resolution shall be voted upon by a roll call 97
vote. A bill or resolution, certified in accordance with section 2-26 of the 98
general statutes, if filed in the House, may be transmitted to and acted 99
upon first by the Senate with the consent of the Speaker; and if filed in 100
the Senate, may be transmitted to and acted upon first by the House 101
with the consent of the President Pro Tempore. 102
Strike out Rules 18, 19, 20, 31, 32, 34 and 37. 103