Connecticut 2021 Regular Session

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5	5	General Assembly Senate Joint
6	6	Resolution No. 1
7	7	January Session, 2021
8	8	LCO No. 454
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14	14	Introduced by:
15	15	SEN. LOONEY, 11
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18	18	SEN. DUFF, 25
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24	24	REP. ROJAS, 9
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27	27	REP. CANDELORA, 86
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35	35	RESOLUTION CONCERNIN G THE JOINT RULES OF THE SENATE
36	36	AND THE HOUSE OF REP RESENTATIVES.
37	37	Resolved by this Assembly:
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39	39	That the following shall be the Joint Rules of the Senate and House of 1
40	40	Representatives for the regular sessions of the General Assembly and 2
41	41	for interim periods during the 2021-2022 legislative term. 3
42	42	MESSAGES BETWEEN CHAMBERS 4
43	43	1. Messages from one chamber to the other shall be delivered to the 5
44	44	presiding officer. 6
45	45	JOINT CONVENTIONS 7
46	46	2. Joint conventions shall be held in the Hall of the House. Either 8
47	47	chamber may request a convention stating the purposes thereof in its 9
48	48	message. The President of the Senate shall preside. The President and 10 Senate Joint Resolution No.
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53	53	the Speaker shall make reports to their respective chambers of the 11
54	54	proceedings of the convention which shall be printed in the respective 12
55	55	journals. 13
56	56	JOINT COMMITTEES 14
57	57	3. (a) Designation of Committees. There shall be twenty-two joint 15
58	58	standing committees as provided in subsection (b) of this rule. There 16
59	59	shall be two statutory committees as provided in subsection (c) of this 17
60	60	rule. Committees shall consider all matters referred to them and report 18
61	61	as required by these rules. 19
62	62	(b) Standing Committees. Each joint standing committee shall consist 20
63	63	of not more than nine senators and not more than thirty-five 21
64	64	representatives, except that the joint standing committees on 22
65	65	Appropriations and Finance, Revenue and Bonding shall consist of not 23
66	66	more than thirteen senators and not more than forty -five 24
67	67	representatives, and the joint standing committee on Judiciary shall 25
68	68	consist of not more than eleven senators and not more than thirty-five 26
69	69	representatives. The joint standing committees shall be divided into 27
70	70	Group A and Group B as follows: 28
71	71	GROUP A 29
72	72	(1) A committee on APPROPRIATIONS that shall have cognizance of 30
73	73	all matters relating to appropriations and the operating budgets and all 31
74	74	matters relating to state employees' salaries, benefits and retirement, 32
75	75	teachers' retirement, veterans' pensions and collective bargaining 33
76	76	agreements and arbitration awards for state employees. In addition, any 34
77	77	bills or resolutions carrying or requiring appropriations, or creating or 35
78	78	enlarging a state mandate to local governments, defined in subsection 36
79	79	(a)(2) of section 2-32b of the general statutes, and favorably reported by 37
80	80	any other committee, except the payment of claims by the state, shall be 38
81	81	referred to the committee, unless such reference is dispensed with by at 39
82	82	least a two-thirds vote of each chamber, provided the committee's 40
83	83	consideration shall be limited to their fiscal aspects and appropriation 41
84	84	provisions of such bills or resolutions and shall not extend to their other 42 Senate Joint Resolution No.
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89	89	substantive provisions or purpose, except to the extent that such other 43
90	90	provisions or purpose relate to the fiscal aspects and appropriation 44
91	91	provisions of such bills or resolutions. 45
92	92	(2) A committee on EDUCATION that shall have cognizance of all 46
93	93	matters relating to (A) the Department of Education and the Office of 47
94	94	Early Childhood, and (B) school building projects, local and regional 48
95	95	boards of education, the substantive law of collective bargaining 49
96	96	covering teachers and professional employees of such boards, 50
97	97	vocational rehabilitation, and libraries, including the State Library, 51
98	98	museums and historical and cultural associations. 52
99	99	(3) A committee on ENVIRONMENT that shall have cognizance of 53
100	100	all matters relating to (A) the Department of Energy and Environmental 54
101	101	Protection concerning the preservation and protection of the air, water 55
102	102	and other natural resources of the state and the Department of 56
103	103	Agriculture, including farming, dairy products and domestic animals, 57
104	104	and (B) conservation, recreation, pollution control, fisheries and game, 58
105	105	state parks and forests, water resources and flood and erosion control, 59
106	106	and the preservation and protection of the air, water and other natural 60
107	107	resources of the state. 61
108	108	(4) A committee on FINANCE, REVENUE AND BONDING that shall 62
109	109	have cognizance of all matters relating to (A) the Department of 63
110	110	Revenue Services, and (B) finance, revenue, capital bonding and 64
111	111	taxation. Any bill or resolution favorably reported by another 65
112	112	committee relating to finance, revenue, capital bonding, taxation, 66
113	113	employer contributions for unemployment compensation purposes, all 67
114	114	matters relating to the Department of Revenue Services and the revenue 68
115	115	aspects of the Gaming Division within the Department of Consumer 69
116	116	Protection shall be referred to the committee, provided the committee's 70
117	117	consideration shall be limited to the financial provisions and purposes 71
118	118	of such bill or resolution, such as finance, revenue, bonding, taxation 72
119	119	and fees, and shall not extend to the other substantive provisions or 73
120	120	purposes, except to the extent that such other provisions or purposes 74
121	121	relate to the financial provisions of such bills or resolutions. 75 Senate Joint Resolution No.
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126	126	(5) A committee on GOVERNMENT ADMINISTRATION AND 76
127	127	ELECTIONS that shall have cognizance of all matters relating to (A) (i) 77
128	128	the Department of Administrative Services, including purchasing and 78
129	129	central collections, but excluding personnel and labor relations, fire 79
130	130	marshals, the fire safety code, the state building code and school 80
131	131	building projects, (ii) the administrative functions of the Office of 81
132	132	Governmental Accountability, including the office's personnel and 82
133	133	employment policies and information technology, and (iii) the Freedom 83
134	134	of Information Commission, the Office of State Ethics, the Citizen's 84
135	135	Ethics Advisory Board and the State Elections Enforcement 85
136	136	Commission, (B) state government organization and reorganization, 86
137	137	structures and procedures, (C) leasing, construction, maintenance, 87
138	138	purchase and sale, transfer or other disposition of state property and 88
139	139	facilities, (D) state and federal relations, (E) interstate compacts, (F) 89
140	140	compacts between the state and Indian tribes, (G) constitutional 90
141	141	amendments, and (H) all matters relating to elections and election laws. 91
142	142	Any bill favorably reported by another committee that requires a state 92
143	143	agency to sell, transfer or otherwise dispose of any real property or 93
144	144	interest in real property that is under the custody or control of such 94
145	145	agency to any person or entity other than another state agency, or any 95
146	146	resolution favorably reported by another committee that proposes a 96
147	147	constitutional amendment shall be referred to the committee on 97
148	148	Government Administration and Elections. 98
149	149	(6) A committee on JUDICIARY that shall have cognizance of all 99
150	150	matters relating to (A) the Judicial Department, the Department of 100
151	151	Correction and the Commission on Human Rights and Opportunities, 101
152	152	(B) courts, judicial procedures, criminal law, probate courts, probation, 102
153	153	parole, wills, estates, adoption, divorce, bankruptcy, escheat, law 103
154	154	libraries, deeds, mortgages, conveyancing, preservation of land records 104
155	155	and other public documents, the law of business organizations, uniform 105
156	156	laws, validations, authorizations to sue and to appeal, claims against the 106
157	157	state, (C) all (i) judicial nominations, (ii) nominations of workers' 107
158	158	compensation commissioners, and (iii) nominations of members of the 108
159	159	Board of Pardons and Paroles, and (D) all bills carrying civil penalties 109
160	160	that exceed the sum of, or that may exceed in the aggregate, five 110 Senate Joint Resolution No.
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165	165	thousand dollars. Any bill favorably reported by another committee that 111
166	166	carries a criminal penalty, other than an infraction, shall be referred to 112
167	167	the committee, provided the committee's consideration shall be limited 113
168	168	to the criminal penalties established in such bill and shall not extend to 114
169	169	the other substantive provisions or purposes of such bill. 115
170	170	(7) A committee on PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT that shall 116
171	171	have cognizance of all matters relating to local governments, housing, 117
172	172	urban renewal, fire, sewer and metropolitan districts, home rule, 118
173	173	planning and zoning, regional planning and development activities, the 119
174	174	state plan of conservation and development and economic development 120
175	175	programs impacting local governments. 121
176	176	(8) A committee on PUBLIC HEALTH that shall have cognizance of 122
177	177	all matters relating to (A) the Department of Public Health, the 123
178	178	Department of Mental Health and Addiction Services and the 124
179	179	Department of Developmental Services, and (B) health, including 125
180	180	emergency medical services, all licensing boards within the Department 126
181	181	of Public Health, nursing homes, pure foods and drugs, and controlled 127
182	182	substances, including the treatment of substance abuse. 128
183	183	(9) A committee on TRANSPORTATION that shall have cognizance 129
184	184	of all matters relating to (A) the Department of Transportation, the 130
185	185	Office of the State Traffic Administration and the Department of Motor 131
186	186	Vehicles, and (B) transportation, including highways and bridges, 132
187	187	navigation, aeronautics, mass transit and railroads. 133
188	188	GROUP B 134
189	189	(10) A committee on BANKING that shall have cognizance of all 135
190	190	matters relating to (A) the Department of Banking, and (B) banks, 136
191	191	savings banks, bank and trust companies, savings and loan associations, 137
192	192	credit unions, the supervision of the sale of securities, fraternal benefit 138
193	193	societies and secured and unsecured lending. 139
194	194	(11) A committee on ENERGY AND TECHNOLOGY that shall have 140
195	195	cognizance of all matters relating to (A) (i) the Public Utilities 141 Senate Joint Resolution No.
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200	200	Regulatory Authority, and (ii) the Department of Energy and 142
201	201	Environmental Protection concerning energy, energy policy planning 143
202	202	and regulation, telecommunications, information systems and related 144
203	203	technology, and (B) energy, energy policy planning and regulation, 145
204	204	telecommunications, information systems and related technology. 146
205	205	(12) A committee on GENERAL LAW that shall have cognizance of 147
206	206	all matters relating to (A) the Department of Consumer Protection, 148
207	207	except legalized gambling, and (B) alcoholic beverages, fair trade and 149
208	208	sales practices, consumer protection, mobile homes and occupational 150
209	209	licensing, except licensing by the Department of Public Health. 151
210	210	(13) A committee on INSURANCE AND REAL ESTATE that shall 152
211	211	have cognizance of all matters relating to (A) the Insurance Department, 153
212	212	and (B) insurance law and real estate law. 154
213	213	(14) A committee on LABOR AND PUBLIC EMPLOYEES that shall 155
214	214	have cognizance of all matters relating to (A) the Labor Department, (B) 156
215	215	workers' compensation, unemployment compensation, conditions of 157
216	216	employment, hours of labor, minimum wages, industrial safety, 158
217	217	occupational health and safety, labor unions and labor disputes, and (C) 159
218	218	conditions of employment of state and municipal employees and the 160
219	219	substantive law of state and municipal employees' collective bargaining. 161
220	220	(15) A committee on HUMAN SERVICES that shall have cognizance 162
221	221	of all matters relating to the Department of Social Services, including 163
222	222	institutions under its jurisdiction, and the Department of Rehabilitation 164
223	223	Services. 165
224	224	(16) A committee on PUBLIC SAFETY AND SECURITY that shall 166
225	225	have cognizance of all matters relating to (A) the Department of 167
226	226	Emergency Services and Public Protection, and (B) civil preparedness 168
227	227	and homeland security, state police, the state-wide organized crime 169
228	228	investigative task force, municipal police training, fire marshals, the fire 170
229	229	safety code, the state building code and legalized gambling. 171
230	230	(17) A committee on COMMERCE that shall have cognizance of all 172 Senate Joint Resolution No.
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235	235	matters relating to the Department of Economic and Community 173
236	236	Development and Connecticut Innovations, Incorporated. 174
237	237	(18) A committee on HIGHER EDUCATION AND EMPLOYMENT 175
238	238	ADVANCEMENT that shall have cognizance of all matters relating to 176
239	239	(A) the Board of Regents for Higher Education and the Office of Higher 177
240	240	Education, and (B) public and independent institutions of higher 178
241	241	education, private occupational schools, post-secondary education, job 179
242	242	training institutions and programs, apprenticeship training programs 180
243	243	and adult job training programs offered to the public by any state 181
244	244	agency or funded in whole or in part by the state. 182
245	245	(19) A committee on HOUSING that shall have cognizance of all 183
246	246	matters relating to housing. 184
247	247	(20) A committee on AGING that shall have cognizance of all matters 185
248	248	relating to senior citizens. 186
249	249	(21) A committee on CHILDREN that shall have cognizance of all 187
250	250	matters relating to (A) the Department of Children and Families, 188
251	251	including institutions under its jurisdiction, and (B) children. 189
252	252	(22) A committee on VETERANS' AFFAIRS that shall have 190
253	253	cognizance of all matters relating to military and veterans' affairs, except 191
254	254	veterans' pensions. 192
255	255	(c) Statutory Committees. In addition, there shall be: 193
256	256	(1) The committee on LEGISLATIVE MANAGEMENT that shall 194
257	257	conduct the business affairs of the General Assembly. The committee 195
258	258	shall be responsible for the operation of the General Assembly, 196
259	259	coordination and supervision of committee work, improvement of 197
260	260	legislative operations, deciding on matters of organization, procedures, 198
261	261	facilities and working conditions of the General Assembly, 199
262	262	compensation of employees of the legislative branch, and the facilitation 200
263	263	of positive relationships with the federal government and other state 201
264	264	governments. All bills and resolutions relating to such matters may be 202
265	265	referred to the committee. The committee shall consist of (A) twenty 203 Senate Joint Resolution No.
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270	270	members of the House who shall be (i) the Speaker, (ii) the deputy 204
271	271	speakers, (iii) the majority leader, (iv) four members appointed by the 205
272	272	Speaker, (v) three members appointed by the majority leader, (vi) the 206
273	273	minority leader, (vii) two deputy minority leaders appointed by the 207
274	274	minority leader, and (viii) five members appointed by the minority 208
275	275	leader, and (B) thirteen members of the Senate who shall be (i) the 209
276	276	President Pro Tempore, (ii) the majority leader, (iii) a deputy majority 210
277	277	leader appointed by the majority leader, (iv) five members appointed by 211
278	278	the President Pro Tempore, (v) the minority leader, (vi) an assistant 212
279	279	minority leader appointed by the minority leader, and (vii) three 213
280	280	members appointed by the minority leader. In matters of legislative 214
281	281	operations, the legislative commissioners and the clerks of each 215
282	282	chamber shall serve as ex-officio, non-voting members of the committee. 216
283	283	The committee shall be chaired by the President Pro Tempore and the 217
284	284	Speaker. A majority of the membership shall constitute a quorum and 218
285	285	all actions shall require the affirmative vote of a majority. At any 219
286	286	meeting, if a committee member present of either chamber requests, a 220
287	287	vote of the majority of the members present of each chamber shall be 221
288	288	required for approval of a question. 222
289	289	(2) The committee on EXECUTIVE AND LE GISLATIVE 223
290	290	NOMINATIONS that shall consist of (A) nineteen members of the 224
291	291	House who shall be (i) the majority leader, or the majority leader's 225
292	292	designee, (ii) the minority leader, or the minority leader's designee, (iii) 226
293	293	ten members appointed by the Speaker, and (iv) seven members 227
294	294	appointed by the minority leader, and (B) eight members of the Senate 228
295	295	who shall be (i) the majority leader, or the majority leader's designee, (ii) 229
296	296	the minority leader, or the minority leader's designee, (iii) three 230
297	297	members appointed by the President Pro Tempore, and (iv) three 231
298	298	members appointed by the minority leader. The chairpersons and 232
299	299	ranking members of the committee or committees having cognizance of 233
300	300	matters relating to the duties of a nominee for the position of a 234
301	301	department head, as defined in section 4-5 of the general statutes, shall 235
302	302	serve as ex-officio, non-voting members of the committee on executive 236
303	303	and legislative nominations for the consideration of such nomination. 237
304	304	All executive and legislative nominations requiring action of either or 238 Senate Joint Resolution No.
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309	309	both chambers, except judicial nominations, nominations of workers' 239
310	310	compensation commissioners and nominations of members of the Board 240
311	311	of Pardons and Paroles, shall be referred to the committee on executive 241
312	312	and legislative nominations. 242
313	313	(d) Committee Appointments. Appointments of committee members, 243
314	314	except to fill a vacancy caused by death or incapacity or by resignation 244
315	315	from the General Assembly or a committee of the General Assembly, 245
316	316	shall be made on or before the fifth regular session day of the first year 246
317	317	of the term and, except as otherwise provided in the rules of each 247
318	318	chamber, shall be for the entire term for which the members were 248
319	319	elected. Committee appointments of a member elected after the fifth 249
320	320	regular session day of the first year of the term shall be made not later 250
321	321	than five calendar days after the member takes the oath of office, and 251
322	322	may be made, at the discretion of the appointing authority, to any 252
323	323	committee. 253
324	324	Senate and House committees shall be appointed and organized in 254
325	325	accordance with the rules of each chamber and members of the minority 255
326	326	party shall be appointed on nomination of the minority leader of each 256
327	327	chamber. 257
328	328	LEADERS ON COMMITTEES 258
329	329	4. The President Pro Tempore of the Senate, Speaker of the House, 259
330	330	and majority and minority leaders of the Senate and the House shall be 260
331	331	ex-officio members of all committees, with the right to be present at all 261
332	332	meetings and to take part in deliberations but without the right to vote, 262
333	333	except as to those committees to which they are appointed members. 263
334	334	COMMITTEE MEETINGS AND PROCEDURES 264
335	335	5. (a) Scheduling. Except as otherwise provided in subsection (b) of 265
336	336	this rule and in Rule 15, chairpersons of committees shall jointly 266
337	337	schedule meetings during periods when the General Assembly is in 267
338	338	session as follows: 268
339	339	(1) Committees may meet on any day from January 6 through January 269 Senate Joint Resolution No.
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344	344	13 in 2021 and from February 9 through February 11 in 2022. The 270
345	345	chairpersons of each committee may jointly call a meeting during said 271
346	346	period in 2021 for the purpose of organization and to consider such 272
347	347	other business as is deemed necessary. 273
348	348	(2) Beginning on January 14 in 2021 and on February 14 in 2022, and 274
349	349	ending on the committee's deadline to report bills and resolutions in 275
350	350	such year, as provided in Rule 15, Group A committees shall meet on 276
351	351	Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays only and Group B committees shall 277
352	352	meet on Tuesdays and Thursdays only. 278
353	353	(3) Statutory committees, as described in subsection (c) of Rule 3, may 279
354	354	meet on any day. 280
355	355	(4) Committees, except conference committees, may not meet during 281
356	356	a session of either chamber without the consent of each chamber which 282
357	357	is in session. 283
358	358	(5) (A) Only during a declaration of a public health or civil 284
359	359	preparedness emergency related to COVID-19 by the Governor, or at 285
360	360	any other time deemed necessary by the President Pro Tempore of the 286
361	361	Senate and the Speaker of the House for public health concerns related 287
362	362	to COVID-19, committees shall conduct meetings only on a virtual 288
363	363	platform approved by the President Pro Tempore of the Senate and the 289
364	364	Speaker of the House. Meetings under this subdivision shall be 290
365	365	conducted as follows: 291
366	366	(i) Each member may only participate and vote at such meeting on 292
367	367	such virtual platform; 293
368	368	(ii) Such meeting shall be broadcast contemporaneously on television 294
369	369	or on an Internet web site identified in the notice provided under 295
370	370	subsection (f) of this rule for such meeting; 296
371	371	(iii) If a technological issue prevents or otherwise limits the 297
372	372	transaction of the business of the committee or the committee's ability 298
373	373	to comply with these rules, prior to or during a meeting conducted on a 299
374	374	virtual platform, the chairpersons of the committee may take whatever 300 Senate Joint Resolution No.
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379	379	action they deem necessary, including, but not limited to, cancelling or 301
380	380	rescheduling such meeting, if notice is provided in accordance with the 302
381	381	provisions of subsection (f) of this rule for any such meeting that is 303
382	382	cancelled or rescheduled; 304
383	383	(iv) Not more than a total of ten such meetings or hearings conducted 305
384	384	on a virtual platform pursuant to Rule 6(a)(3), or any combination 306
385	385	thereof, may be scheduled for or conducted at the same time. 307
386	386	(B) As used in these rules, "COVID-19" means the respiratory disease 308
387	387	designated by the World Health Organization on February 11, 2020, as 309
388	388	coronavirus 2019, and any related mutation thereof recognized by said 310
389	389	organization as a communicable respiratory disease. 311
390	390	(b) Exceptions to Scheduling Requirements. 312
391	391	(1) The committees on Appropriations and Finance, Revenue and 313
392	392	Bonding may meet on any day. The committee on Judiciary may meet 314
393	393	on any day after March 26 in 2021 and after March 21 in 2022. The 315
394	394	committee on Government Administration and Elections may meet on 316
395	395	any day after March 31 in 2021 and after March 30 in 2022 to raise, hear 317
396	396	or report favorably or unfavorably a conveyance bill. 318
397	397	(2) Any committee may meet on any day, provided a record is made 319
398	398	certifying a significant need for the meeting by the Speaker of the House 320
399	399	and the President Pro Tempore of the Senate, or their designees. 321
400	400	(3) If, in any week, the designated meeting day of a committee falls 322
401	401	on a holiday or on a day when the State Capitol or Legislative Office 323
402	402	Building is officially closed, the committee may meet on another day, 324
403	403	not so designated, within seven calendar days before or after such day, 325
404	404	provided a record is made certifying the need for the meeting by one of 326
405	405	the following: The President Pro Tempore of the Senate, the Speaker of 327
406	406	the House, the majority leader of the Senate or the majority leader of the 328
407	407	House and all reasonable efforts have been made to notify each member 329
408	408	of the committee of the meeting. 330
409	409	(c) Conduct of Meetings. A chairperson or a vice chairperson shall 331 Senate Joint Resolution No.
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414	414	convene all meetings. If a meeting, other than a meeting on the day of 332
415	415	the committee's deadline to report bills and resolutions, as provided in 333
416	416	Rule 15, is not so convened within fifteen minutes following its 334
417	417	scheduled starting time, the meeting shall be deemed cancelled. In all 335
418	418	meetings of joint committees, and at all public hearings held by such 336
419	419	committees, the Senate and House chairpersons shall mutually agree as 337
420	420	to who shall preside and in the absence of agreement the Senate 338
421	421	chairperson and the House chairperson shall alternately preside. A 339
422	422	chairperson shall recognize each member wishing to be heard prior to 340
423	423	ordering the vote on the final question of a favorable or unfavorable 341
424	424	report, a favorable change of reference or the boxing of a bill or 342
425	425	resolution. All questions of order, hearings and other proceedings 343
426	426	including the raising of bills or resolutions and questions relating to 344
427	427	evidence shall be determined by a majority of votes but, if the majority 345
428	428	of the committee members present of either chamber so request, the 346
429	429	committee members of each chamber shall separately determine all 347
430	430	questions. A vote of a committee may be reconsidered only at the next 348
431	431	regular meeting of the committee, except that any vote on the day of the 349
432	432	committee's deadline to report bills and resolutions as provided in Rule 350
433	433	15, may be reconsidered at the same meeting not later than 5:00 p.m. 351
434	434	In the case of a meeting that is conducted on a virtual platform: (1) 352
435	435	No member may cast a vote on any question unless such member is 353
436	436	visible to the committee clerk on such virtual platform when casting his 354
437	437	or her vote; (2) a committee member may offer an oral amendment to 355
438	438	any bill or resolution during the discussion on the final question of a 356
439	439	favorable report of such bill or resolution; (3) if an amendment to a bill 357
440	440	or resolution is offered by a committee member during the discussion 358
441	441	on the final question of a favorable report, and such amendment has 359
442	442	been prepared by the Legislative Commissioners' Office and assigned 360
443	443	an LCO number by that office, the committee clerk shall distribute such 361
444	444	amendment to all committee members prior to the ordering of a vote on 362
445	445	such amendment; and (4) the chairperson presiding over the meeting 363
446	446	shall, upon a request of a committee member, hold a roll call vote on an 364
447	447	amendment offered to a bill or resolution during the discussion on the 365
448	448	final question of a favorable report. 366 Senate Joint Resolution No.
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453	453	(d) Final Action. Except as otherwise provided, at each committee 367
454	454	meeting, the vote on the final question of a favorable or unfavorable 368
455	455	report, a favorable change of reference or the boxing of a bill or 369
456	456	resolution shall be recorded to show the names of the members voting 370
457	457	yea and the members voting nay. No motion to dispense with the 371
458	458	recording of the names of the members voting yea and the members 372
459	459	voting nay shall be entertained and no bill or resolution shall be 373
460	460	reported to either chamber unless the names of the members voting yea 374
461	461	and the members voting nay have been recorded and a record of the 375
462	462	names of the members voting yea and the members voting nay has been 376
463	463	attached to the bill or resolution submitted to the Legislative 377
464	464	Commissioners' Office as provided in Rule 13, except during a 378
465	465	declaration of a public health or civil preparedness emergency related 379
466	466	to COVID-19 by the Governor, or at any other time deemed necessary 380
467	467	by the President Pro Tempore of the Senate and the Speaker of the 381
468	468	House for public health concerns related to COVID-19, it is not required 382
469	469	that such record be attached to the bill or resolution for purposes of 383
470	470	submission to the Legislative Commissioners' Office, provided such 384
471	471	record is submitted to the Legislative Commissioners' Office as 385
472	472	provided in Rules 13 and 15(a). A copy of the voting record shall be sent 386
473	473	to the clerk of the appropriate chamber, by the Legislative 387
474	474	Commissioners' Office, with the favorably or unfavorably reported bill 388
475	475	or resolution and retained by the clerks. 389
476	476	(e) Proxies. No member may vote by proxy and no committee shall 390
477	477	record a vote cast by any member as a proxy for any other member. 391
478	478	(f) Notice Requirements. (1) Except as otherwise provided in 392
479	479	subdivision (2) of this subsection, notice of the date, time and place of 393
480	480	committee meetings during periods when the General Assembly is in 394
481	481	session shall be (A) given to the clerk of each chamber at least one day 395
482	482	in advance of the meeting, and (B) when practicable, (i) given to the 396
483	483	Legislative Bulletin clerk for inclusion in the next Legislative Bulletin, 397
484	484	and (ii) posted on the General Assembly's web site. The committee 398
485	485	clerks shall post notice of the meetings in a conspicuous place in or near 399
486	486	their respective committee offices. 400 Senate Joint Resolution No.
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491	491	(2) In the case of a committee meeting conducted on a virtual 401
492	492	platform, notice of the date, time and manner of committee meetings 402
493	493	during periods when the General Assembly is in session shall be (A) 403
494	494	given to the clerk of each chamber not later than 6:00 p.m. of the day 404
495	495	before the meeting, (B) posted on the General Assembly's web site not 405
496	496	later than 6:00 p.m. of the day before the meeting, and (C) when 406
497	497	practicable, given to the Legislative Bulletin clerk for inclusion in the 407
498	498	next Legislative Bulletin. The committee clerk shall not be required to 408
499	499	post such notice in a conspicuous place in or near the committee office 409
500	500	or at the location of the scheduled hearing. The notice provided to 410
501	501	committee members and staff shall include the Internet web site address 411
502	502	for participation at such meeting, and the notice provided to members 412
503	503	of the public shall include the Internet web site address or television 413
504	504	channel in which such meeting will be broadcast. 414
505	505	(g) Exception to Notice Requirements. A meeting may be held on less 415
506	506	than one calendar day's notice, provided announcement of the meeting 416
507	507	is made from the floor of the Senate or House during a session and both 417
508	508	chairpersons have approved the date, time, place and agenda for the 418
509	509	meeting. Such approval shall not be unreasonably withheld. If the 419
510	510	announcement cannot be made in one or both chambers because no 420
511	511	regular session is being held on that day, an emergency meeting may 421
512	512	still be held, provided a record is made certifying the need for the 422
513	513	meeting by one of the following: The President Pro Tempore of the 423
514	514	Senate, the Speaker of the House, the majority leader of the Senate or the 424
515	515	majority leader of the House, and all reasonable efforts have been made 425
516	516	to notify each member of the committee of the meeting. 426
517	517	(h) Agendas. An agenda, approved by both chairpersons, shall be 427
518	518	prepared for each meeting, including meetings conducted on a virtual 428
519	519	platform, and made available at least one day before the meeting, on the 429
520	520	General Assembly web site, except that for a meeting (1) held under 430
521	521	subsection (g) of this rule, the agenda shall be prepared and made 431
522	522	available prior to the meeting, or (2) conducted on a virtual platform, 432
523	523	the agenda shall be posted on the General Assembly web site not later 433
524	524	than 6:00 p.m. of the day before such meeting. Items not on the agenda 434 Senate Joint Resolution No.
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529	529	may be considered upon a majority vote of the committee members 435
530	530	present. 436
531	531	(i) Substitute Language. A committee clerk shall, as soon as 437
532	532	practicable, post on the committee's web site any written substitute 438
533	533	language offered at a committee meeting by a committee member that 439
534	534	has been prepared by the Legislative Commissioners' Office and 440
535	535	assigned an LCO number by that office and reported favorably without 441
536	536	any changes at such committee meeting. 442
537	537	PUBLIC HEARINGS 443
538	538	6. (a) Scheduling. 444
539	539	(1) A committee may hold subject matter public hearings on any 445
540	540	subject and on specified proposed bills and proposed resolutions, and 446
541	541	on committee and raised bills and resolutions, during sessions, except 447
542	542	that subject matter public hearings on proposed bills and proposed 448
543	543	resolutions shall be held not later than twenty-one calendar days in 2021 449
544	544	and fourteen calendar days in 2022 before the committee's reporting out 450
545	545	date designated in the schedule shown in Rule 15. 451
546	546	(2) Public hearings shall be scheduled for the convenience of the 452
547	547	public and in accordance with the schedule for committee meetings of 453
548	548	that committee as provided in Rule 5. 454
549	549	(3) Only during a declaration of a public health or civil preparedness 455
550	550	emergency related to COVID-19 by the Governor, or at any other time 456
551	551	deemed necessary by the President Pro Tempore of the Senate and the 457
552	552	Speaker of the House for public health concerns related to COVID-19, 458
553	553	committees shall conduct public hearings only on a virtual platform 459
554	554	approved by the President Pro Tempore of the Senate and the Speaker 460
555	555	of the House, and each member may only participate in such hearing on 461
556	556	such virtual platform. All such hearings shall be broadcast 462
557	557	contemporaneously on television or on an Internet web site identified in 463
558	558	the notice of such meeting provided pursuant to subsection (b) of this 464
559	559	rule. Not more than a total of ten such hearings or meetings conducted 465 Senate Joint Resolution No.
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564	564	on a virtual platform pursuant to Rule 5(a)(5), or any combination 466
565	565	thereof, may be scheduled for or conducted at the same time. 467
566	566	(4) In the event of a technological issue that is preventing or otherwise 468
567	567	limiting the transaction of the business of the committee or the 469
568	568	committee's ability to comply with this rule, prior to or during a public 470
569	569	hearing conducted on a virtual platform, the chairpersons of the 471
570	570	committee may take whatever action they deem necessary, including 472
571	571	but not limited to, recessing such hearing in accordance with the 473
572	572	provisions of subsection (c)(5) of this rule, or cancelling and 474
573	573	rescheduling such public hearing in accordance with the provisions of 475
574	574	subsection (a)(5)(D) of this rule. 476
575	575	(5) In the event of inclement weather on the day on which a 477
576	576	committee has scheduled a public hearing: 478
577	577	(A) If the State Capitol and Legislative Office Building have been 479
578	578	officially closed due to inclement weather: 480
579	579	(i) If the hearing has been convened prior to the official closing, the 481
580	580	committee may continue the hearing or may recess the hearing in 482
581	581	accordance with the provisions of subsection (c)(5) of this rule. 483
582	582	(ii) If the hearing has not been convened prior to the official closing, 484
583	583	the hearing shall be deemed cancelled and shall be rescheduled in 485
584	584	accordance with the provisions of subsection (a)(5)(D) of this rule. 486
585	585	(B) If the State Capitol and Legislative Office Building have not been 487
586	586	officially closed: 488
587	587	(i) If the hearing has been convened, the committee may recess the 489
588	588	hearing in accordance with the provisions of subsection (c)(5) of this 490
589	589	rule. 491
590	590	(ii) If the hearing has not yet been convened, the chairpersons of the 492
591	591	committee may cancel the hearing if, in their opinion, the seriousness of 493
592	592	the weather conditions is likely to reduce substantially the attendance 494
593	593	at the hearing by members of the public or members of the committee. 495 Senate Joint Resolution No.
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598	598	(C) If the State Capitol and Legislative Office Building have not been 496
599	599	officially closed, the committee clerk shall give notice of cancellation to 497
600	600	the clerk of each chamber and shall post notice of the cancellation in a 498
601	601	conspicuous place in or near the committee office, at the location of the 499
602	602	scheduled hearing and on the General Assembly web site, except if the 500
603	603	hearing is being conducted on a virtual platform the committee clerk 501
604	604	shall not be required to post notice of the cancellation in a conspicuous 502
605	605	place in or near the committee office or at the location of the scheduled 503
606	606	hearing. 504
607	607	(D) The chairpersons shall reschedule a cancelled hearing on the 505
608	608	earliest feasible date that is on a day specified for that committee in Rule 506
609	609	5(a) or 5(b) or on any other day with the approval of the President Pro 507
610	610	Tempore of the Senate, the Speaker of the House, the majority leader of 508
611	611	the Senate or the majority leader of the House, provided a record is 509
612	612	made of such approval. The committee clerk shall give notice of the 510
613	613	rescheduled hearing to the clerk of each chamber and, when practicable, 511
614	614	to the Legislative Bulletin clerk for inclusion in the next Legislative 512
615	615	Bulletin and shall post notice of the rescheduled hearing in a 513
616	616	conspicuous place in or near that committee office and on the General 514
617	617	Assembly web site. The notice of the rescheduled hearing shall include 515
618	618	the date, time, place, manner and subject matter of the rescheduled 516
619	619	hearing, together with a list of the numbers and titles of each bill and 517
620	620	resolution to be considered, which subject matter and list shall be 518
621	621	identical to the subject matter and list in the notice of the original 519
622	622	hearing. The notice of the rescheduled hearing is not subject to 520
623	623	subsection (b) of this rule if the notice of the original hearing complied 521
624	624	with said subsection (b). 522
625	625	(6) Committees may group bills and resolutions by subject matter and 523
626	626	schedule hearings so that similar bills and resolutions are heard at the 524
627	627	same time. 525
628	628	(b) Notice Requirements. (1) Except as otherwise provided in 526
629	629	subdivision (2) of this subsection, notice of the date, time, place and 527
630	630	subject matter of each public hearing during periods when the General 528 Senate Joint Resolution No.
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635	635	Assembly is in session, together with a list of the numbers and titles of 529
636	636	each bill and resolution to be considered, shall be published in the 530
637	637	Legislative Bulletin at least five calendar days in advance of the hearing. 531
638	638	In no event shall a bill or resolution be listed for a hearing unless copies 532
639	639	of the bill or resolution have been made in accordance with section 2-23 533
640	640	of the general statutes, and the original bill or resolution has been 534
641	641	returned from the printer and is in the possession of the committee. 535
642	642	(2) In the case of a public hearing conducted on a virtual platform, 536
643	643	notice of the date, time, manner and subject matter of each such public 537
644	644	hearing during periods when the General Assembly is in session, 538
645	645	together with (A) a list of the numbers and titles of each bill and 539
646	646	resolution to be considered, (B) the Internet web site address for 540
647	647	testifying at such hearing, (C) the Internet web site address or television 541
648	648	channel in which such meeting will be broadcast, and (D) information 542
649	649	relating to how members of the public are to submit the names of 543
650	650	persons who wish to testify at such hearing to the committee clerk, shall 544
651	651	be published in the Legislative Bulletin at least five calendar days in 545
652	652	advance of the hearing and posted on the General Assembly web site at 546
653	653	least five calendar days in advance of the hearing. For purposes of this 547
654	654	rule, a bill or resolution shall be considered in the possession of the 548
655	655	committee for purposes of listing such bill or resolution for a hearing 549
656	656	upon (i) referral of such bill or resolution by the President Pro Tempore 550
657	657	of the Senate and the Speaker of the House to the committee, and (ii) 551
658	658	posting of such bill or resolution on the General Assembly web site. 552
659	659	(3) For the purpose of meeting the hearing requirements under this 553
660	660	subsection, the day of publication in the Legislative Bulletin during the 554
661	661	time the General Assembly is in session and the day of the hearing shall 555
662	662	both be counted as full days. 556
663	663	(c) Conduct of Hearings. 557
664	664	(1) Convening and Procedures. A chairperson or a vice chairperson 558
665	665	shall convene all hearings. If a hearing is not so convened within fifteen 559
666	666	minutes following its scheduled starting time, any member of the 560
667	667	committee may convene the hearing. The time of commencement of the 561 Senate Joint Resolution No.
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672	672	public hearing shall be designated in the published notice. The order of 562
673	673	testimony of the witnesses and the length of time that each witness may 563
674	674	testify shall be determined by the presiding chairperson who shall give 564
675	675	due regard for the convenience of the public. Members of the public who 565
676	676	wish to testify at a public hearing that is not being conducted on a virtual 566
677	677	platform, (A) may place their names on a list, which shall be made 567
678	678	available at a time and place to be determined by the chairpersons, and 568
679	679	(B) shall either (i) place their own name on the list, if they wish to testify, 569
680	680	or (ii) place the name of one other person on the list who will testify. 570
681	681	Members of the public placing the name of another person on the list 571
682	682	shall also place their own name on the list next to the name of the person 572
683	683	who will testify. The placement of another person's name on the list by 573
684	684	a person who receives a fee solely for that service shall be ineffective and 574
685	685	the person so named shall not be permitted to testify. 575
686	686	In the case of a public hearing conducted on a virtual platform, 576
687	687	members of the public may submit the names of persons who wish to 577
688	688	testify at such public hearing to the committee clerk, in a manner 578
689	689	prescribed by the chairpersons of the committee and indicated in the 579
690	690	notice for such public hearing, and such names shall be included in a 580
691	691	lottery that will determine the order of testimony of witnesses during 581
692	692	the public portion of the hearing. 582
693	693	(2) Testimony by Public Officials. A committee may permit 583
694	694	legislators who are not members of the committee, representatives of 584
695	695	state agencies and municipal chief elected officials testifying in their 585
696	696	official capacity to testify during but not beyond the first hour of a public 586
697	697	hearing. The public portion of the hearing shall be uninterrupted by 587
698	698	testimony from a legislator, a representative of a state agency or a 588
699	699	municipal chief elected official. If any legislators, representatives of state 589
700	700	agencies or municipal chief elected officials are unable to testify during 590
701	701	the first hour, they may testify at the end of the hearing after all 591
702	702	members of the public wishing to testify have been heard. 592
703	703	(3) Written Testimony. Legislators, representatives of state agencies, 593
704	704	municipal chief elected officials and members of the public may submit 594 Senate Joint Resolution No.
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709	709	to the committee written testimony on a bill or resolution or subject 595
710	710	matter in person, by mail or facsimile transmission, or electronically at 596
711	711	any time, except no such written testimony may be submitted in person 597
712	712	when the State Capitol and Legislative Office Building have been 598
713	713	officially closed to the public. Any such written testimony may be 599
714	714	included by the committee in the transcript of the hearing. If the written 600
715	715	testimony is not included in the transcript, it shall be attached to the 601
716	716	transcript. Committee chairpersons should encourage a witness to 602
717	717	submit a written statement and confine oral testimony to a summary of 603
718	718	that statement, but the full written statement shall be included in or 604
719	719	attached to the transcript of the hearing. 605
720	720	(4) Notifying Other Committees. Each bill or resolution referred by 606
721	721	one committee to another with a favorable report shall be accompanied 607
722	722	by a notation of the date or dates on which public hearings were held 608
723	723	by the first committee. The chairpersons of any committee other than 609
724	724	Appropriations or Finance, Revenue and Bonding to which any bill or 610
725	725	resolution calling for an appropriation or a bond issue is referred shall 611
726	726	notify the chairpersons of the committee on Appropriations or Finance, 612
727	727	Revenue and Bonding of the date, time and place of the hearing thereon. 613
728	728	(5) Recessing. The committee may recess any public hearing to a date, 614
729	729	time, place and manner specified at the time of the recess, which shall 615
730	730	be on a day specified for that committee in Rule 5(a) or 5(b) or on any 616
731	731	other day with the approval of the President Pro Tempore of the Senate, 617
732	732	the Speaker of the House, the majority leader of the Senate or the 618
733	733	majority leader of the House, provided a record is made of such 619
734	734	approval. The committee clerk shall give notice of any hearing recessed 620
735	735	to another date to the clerk of each chamber and, when practicable, to 621
736	736	the Legislative Bulletin clerk for inclusion in the next Legislative Bulletin 622
737	737	that is posted on the General Assembly web site, and shall post notice 623
738	738	of the recessed hearing in a conspicuous place in or near that committee 624
739	739	office, except if the hearing is being conducted on a virtual platform the 625
740	740	committee clerk shall not be required to post notice of the recessed 626
741	741	hearing in a conspicuous place in or near the committee office. 627 Senate Joint Resolution No.
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746	746	BILLS AND RESOLUTIONS GENERALLY 628
747	747	7. (a) Definitions. As used in these rules: 629
748	748	(1) "Proposed bill" means a bill drafted in informal, non-statutory 630
749	749	language setting forth the substance of a proposal; 631
750	750	(2) "Proposed resolution" means a resolution drafted in informal, 632
751	751	non-statutory language setting forth the substance of a proposal; 633
752	752	(3) "Committee bill" means a bill drafted in formal statutory language 634
753	753	that incorporates the principles expressed in a proposed bill or proposed 635
754	754	bills; 636
755	755	(4) "Committee resolution" means a resolution drafted in formal 637
756	756	statutory language that incorporates the principles expressed in a 638
757	757	proposed resolution or proposed resolutions; 639
758	758	(5) "Raised bill" means an original bill drafted in formal statutory 640
759	759	language raised by a committee without reference to a proposed bill or 641
760	760	proposed bills; 642
761	761	(6) "Raised resolution" means an original resolution drafted in formal 643
762	762	statutory language raised by a committee without reference to a 644
763	763	proposed resolution or proposed resolutions; 645
764	764	(7) "Emergency certified bill" means a bill drafted in formal statutory 646
765	765	language that is certified by the President Pro Tempore of the Senate 647
766	766	and the Speaker of the House to be of an emergency nature, pursuant to 648
767	767	subsection (c) of Rule 9; 649
768	768	(8) "Governor's bill" means a bill drafted in formal statutory language 650
769	769	that accompanies the Governor's budget or other message; and 651
770	770	(9) "Conveyance bill" means any committee bill, raised bill, 652
771	771	emergency certified bill or Governor's bill drafted in formal language 653
772	772	that requires a state agency to sell, transfer or otherwise dispose of any 654
773	773	real property or interest in real property that is under the custody or 655
774	774	control of such agency to any person or entity other than another state 656 Senate Joint Resolution No.
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779	779	agency. 657
780	780	(b) Numbering. Senate bills shall be numbered from 1 to 5000, House 658
781	781	bills shall be numbered from 5001 to 9999 and resolutions shall be 659
782	782	numbered starting with 1 in each chamber. 660
783	783	(c) Preparation and Alteration. Each proposed bill, proposed 661
784	784	resolution, committee bill, raised bill, committee resolution, raised 662
785	785	resolution, emergency certified bill and Governor's bill shall be 663
786	786	prepared by the Legislative Commissioners' Office. No such bill or 664
787	787	resolution shall be altered after such bill or resolution has been filed, 665
788	788	except by the legislative commissioners, in accordance with the 666
789	789	provisions of Rule 13. 667
790	790	(d) Form and Format. (1) Each proposed bill, proposed resolution, 668
791	791	committee bill, committee resolution, raised bill, raised resolution, 669
792	792	emergency certified bill and Governor's bill shall be printed without 670
793	793	interlineation or erasure. All such bills and resolutions shall be printed 671
794	794	on white-colored and yellow-colored paper and filed with the clerk of 672
795	795	the chamber of the introducer in the form required by these rules. Each 673
796	796	copy of such bill or resolution shall include the number of such bill or 674
797	797	resolution, the session of introduction, the introducer or introducers of 675
798	798	such bill or resolution, and, if applicable, the committee to which it was 676
799	799	referred. In the case of a committee bill or committee resolution, each 677
800	800	copy of such committee bill or committee resolution shall also include 678
801	801	the names of any co-sponsors. 679
802	802	(2) Each committee bill, raised bill, emergency certified bill or 680
803	803	Governor's bill amending a statute or special act shall set forth in full the 681
804	804	section or subsection of the statute or the special act to be amended. Text 682
805	805	to be deleted or repealed shall be surrounded by brackets or 683
806	806	overstricken so that the deleted or repealed text remains readable, and 684
807	807	new text shall be indicated by capitalization, underlining or italics. In 685
808	808	the case of a section or subsection not amending an existing section of 686
809	809	the general statutes but intended to be part of the general statutes, the 687
810	810	section or subsection shall be preceded by the word (NEW). 688 Senate Joint Resolution No.
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815	815	(e) Statement of Purpose. At the conclusion of each proposed bill, 689
816	816	proposed resolution, committee bill and raised bill there shall be a 690
817	817	statement of its purpose in not more than one hundred fifty words, to 691
818	818	be printed under the caption "STATEMENT OF PURPOSE". The 692
819	819	statement of purpose shall not be a part of such bill or resolution for 693
820	820	consideration and enactment into law. 694
821	821	(f) Sponsors. (1) Any member of the General Assembly may co-695
822	822	sponsor (A) a proposed bill or proposed resolution by requesting the 696
823	823	Legislative Commissioners' Office, in writing, to add such member's 697
824	824	name to such proposed bill or proposed resolution in its possession, or 698
825	825	(B) a proposed bill, proposed resolution, committee bill, committee 699
826	826	resolution, raised bill, raised resolution, emergency certified bill or 700
827	827	Governor's bill by requesting the clerk of the chamber in which such bill 701
828	828	or resolution has been filed, in writing, to add such member's name as a 702
829	829	co-sponsor of such bill or resolution, provided such request is made not 703
830	830	later than the date of the signing of such bill, or the deadline for the 704
831	831	signing of such bill, by the Governor, whichever is earlier, or the date of 705
832	832	the adoption of such resolution. 706
833	833	(2) A member of the General Assembly may request the clerk of the 707
834	834	chamber in which a proposed bill, proposed resolution, committee bill, 708
835	835	committee resolution, raised bill, raised resolution, emergency certified 709
836	836	bill or Governor's bill was filed, in writing, to remove such member's 710
837	837	name as an introducer or a co-sponsor of such bill or resolution, 711
838	838	provided such request is made not later than the time specified in 712
839	839	subsection (f)(1)(B) of this rule. The clerk shall notify the Legislative 713
840	840	Commissioners' Office of such removal and the member's name shall be 714
841	841	removed from the legislative database for such bill or resolution. 715
842	842	(g) Clerks' Certified Copies. The clerk of each chamber shall certify 716
843	843	and keep on file in the clerk's office at all times a duplicate copy of each 717
844	844	proposed bill, proposed resolution, committee bill, committee 718
845	845	resolution, raised bill and raised resolution. The certified duplicate copy 719
846	846	shall be made on yellow-colored paper of the same size and format as 720
847	847	the original. If the original proposed bill, proposed resolution, 721 Senate Joint Resolution No.
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852	852	committee bill, committee resolution, raised bill and raised resolution 722
853	853	cannot be located, a copy of the certified duplicate copy of such bill or 723
854	854	resolution shall be made by the clerk and used in lieu of such original. 724
855	855	The clerk shall make a notation on the original of the certified duplicate 725
856	856	copy of all action taken on the original proposed bill, proposed 726
857	857	resolution, committee bill, committee resolution, raised bill and raised 727
858	858	resolution. 728
859	859	During a declaration of a public health or civil preparedness 729
860	860	emergency related to COVID-19 by the Governor, or at any other time 730
861	861	deemed necessary by the President Pro Tempore of the Senate and the 731
862	862	Speaker of the House for public health concerns related to COVID-19, 732
863	863	the clerk may certify and keep on file in the clerk's office, in accordance 733
864	864	with the provisions of this subsection, a duplicate copy of each proposed 734
865	865	bill, proposed resolution, committee bill, committee resolution, raised 735
866	866	bill and raised resolution. 736
867	867	(h) Copies. (1) Except as otherwise provided in subdivision (2) of this 737
868	868	subsection, sufficient copies of proposed bills, proposed resolutions, 738
869	869	committee bills, committee resolutions, raised bills, raised resolutions 739
870	870	and Governor's bills shall be prepared, in accordance with section 2-23 740
871	871	of the general statutes, for use by the General Assembly and the public 741
872	872	and shall be available in the legislative bill room. 742
873	873	(2) During a declaration of a public health or civil preparedness 743
874	874	emergency related to COVID-19 by the Governor, or at any other time 744
875	875	deemed necessary by the President Pro Tempore of the Senate and the 745
876	876	Speaker of the House for public health concerns related to COVID-19, 746
877	877	copies of proposed bills, proposed resolutions, committee bills, 747
878	878	committee resolutions, raised bills, raised resolutions and Governor's 748
879	879	bills shall be prepared for use by the General Assembly and shall be 749
880	880	made available on the General Assembly web site. 750
881	881	(i) Types of Bills and Resolutions in 2022 Session. In the 2022 session, 751
882	882	only the following bills and resolutions may be introduced: Those (1) 752
883	883	relating to budgetary, revenue and financial matters, (2) raised by 753
884	884	committees of the General Assembly, and (3) relating to matters certified 754 Senate Joint Resolution No.
885	885
886	886
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888	888
889	889	in writing by the President Pro Tempore of the Senate and the Speaker 755
890	890	of the House to be of an emergency nature. 756
891	891	PROPOSED BILLS AND PROPOSED RESOLUTIONS 757
892	892	8. (a) Introduction by Members. Deadline. Members of the General 758
893	893	Assembly may introduce proposed bills or proposed resolutions for 759
894	894	consideration by the joint standing committees and the Legislative 760
895	895	Management committee. The deadline for members of the General 761
896	896	Assembly to submit a request to the Legislative Commissioners' Office 762
897	897	to draft a proposed bill or proposed resolution shall be January 22, 2021, 763
898	898	for the 2021 session and on February 10, 2022, for the 2022 session, in 764
899	899	each session at 5:00 p.m. or at an hour the presiding officer of each 765
900	900	chamber designates. The chamber of origin for a proposed bill or 766
901	901	proposed resolution shall be the chamber of the first introducer of such 767
902	902	proposed bill or proposed resolution. 768
903	903	(b) Preparation. At the request of any member of the General 769
904	904	Assembly, the Legislative Commissioners' Office shall prepare a 770
905	905	proposed bill or proposed resolution and return the proposed bill or 771
906	906	proposed resolution to the member who submitted the request or file 772
907	907	the proposed bill or proposed resolution with the clerk of the 773
908	908	appropriate chamber not later than ten days after the receipt of the 774
909	909	request, unless the President Pro Tempore of the Senate and the Speaker 775
910	910	of the House consent, in writing, to a request by a legislative 776
911	911	commissioner for an extension of time. 777
912	912	(c) Suggested Committee Referral. The Legislative Commissioners' 778
913	913	Office shall make a notation as to the suggested committee reference for 779
914	914	each proposed bill and proposed resolution based on its subject matter. 780
915	915	The clerk of the appropriate chamber shall, on introduction of each such 781
916	916	proposed bill or proposed resolution, make a tentative reference for the 782
917	917	President Pro Tempore of the Senate or the Speaker of the House. 783
918	918	(d) Receipt by Clerk; Initial Reference to Committee. The clerk of the 784
919	919	Senate or House shall receive each proposed bill and proposed 785
920	920	resolution and shall cause copies to be prepared in accordance with 786 Senate Joint Resolution No.
921	921
922	922
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924	924
925	925	subsection (h) of Rule 7. During a declaration of a public health or civil 787
926	926	preparedness emergency related to COVID-19 by the Governor, no 788
927	927	proposed bill or proposed resolution shall be invalid for lack of a 789
928	928	signature of the member introducing such proposed bill or proposed 790
929	929	resolution. After copies of the proposed bill or proposed resolution have 791
930	930	been made, the proposed bill or proposed resolution shall receive its 792
931	931	first reading as set forth in Rule 16. The President Pro Tempore of the 793
932	932	Senate or the Speaker of the House shall refer the proposed bill or 794
933	933	proposed resolution to the appropriate joint standing committee or the 795
934	934	Legislative Management committee and then send such proposed bill 796
935	935	or proposed resolution to the other chamber for concurring reference. 797
936	936	The original of the proposed bill or proposed resolution shall be 798
937	937	delivered forthwith to the clerk of the appropriate committee. 799
938	938	During a declaration of a public health or civil preparedness 800
939	939	emergency related to COVID-19 by the Governor, or at any other time 801
940	940	deemed necessary by the President Pro Tempore of the Senate and the 802
941	941	Speaker of the House for public health concerns related to COVID-19, a 803
942	942	proposed bill shall be considered in the possession of the committee 804
943	943	upon (1) referral of such proposed bill by the President Pro Tempore of 805
944	944	the Senate and the Speaker of the House to the committee under this 806
945	945	subsection, and (2) posting of such bill or resolution on the General 807
946	946	Assembly web site. 808
947	947	COMMITTEE BILLS AND RESOLUTIONS, RAISED BILLS AND 809
948	948	RESOLUTIONS, EMERGENCY CERTIFIED BILLS AND 810
949	949	GOVERNOR'S BILLS 811
950	950	9. (a) Committee Bills and Committee Resolutions. 812
951	951	(1) Introduction. Committee bills and committee resolutions may be 813
952	952	introduced only by committees. A committee, upon receiving the 814
953	953	proposed bills or proposed resolutions referred to it pursuant to Rule 8, 815
954	954	may separate them into subject categories and may vote to have 816
955	955	committee bills or resolutions on the subjects prepared by the 817
956	956	Legislative Commissioners' Office. Each committee bill and committee 818
957	957	resolution shall be (A) identified as a committee bill or committee 819 Senate Joint Resolution No.
958	958
959	959
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961	961
962	962	resolution, (B) endorsed with the signature of each chairperson of the 820
963	963	committee, except (i) such chairperson may permit the vice chairperson 821
964	964	of the same chamber to sign any such bill or resolution, and (ii) during 822
965	965	a declaration of a public health or civil preparedness emergency related 823
966	966	to COVID-19 by the Governor, or at any other time deemed necessary 824
967	967	by the President Pro Tempore of the Senate and the Speaker of the 825
968	968	House for public health concerns related to COVID-19, a signature for 826
969	969	each committee bill and committee resolution shall not be required, 827
970	970	provided each chairperson of the committee electronically approves 828
971	971	each committee bill and committee resolution, or, in the event a 829
972	972	chairperson of the committee is incapacitated, the vice chairperson of 830
973	973	the committee, (C) filed with the clerk of the appropriate chamber, and 831
974	974	(D) assigned a number in accordance with the provisions of subdivision 832
975	975	(3) of this subsection. 833
976	976	During a declaration of a public health or civil preparedness 834
977	977	emergency related to COVID-19 by the Governor, or at any other time 835
978	978	deemed necessary by the President Pro Tempore of the Senate and the 836
979	979	Speaker of the House for public health concerns related to COVID-19, a 837
980	980	committee bill or committee resolution shall be considered in the 838
981	981	possession of the committee upon (i) referral of such committee bill or 839
982	982	committee resolution by the President Pro Tempore of the Senate and 840
983	983	the Speaker of the House to the committee after such committee bill or 841
984	984	committee resolution has been filed and assigned a number under this 842
985	985	subdivision, and (ii) posting of such bill or resolution on the General 843
986	986	Assembly web site. 844
987	987	(2) Deadlines. 845
988	988	(A) Initial Committee Action. The deadline for committees to vote (i) 846
989	989	to reserve proposed bills and proposed resolutions for subject matter 847
990	990	public hearings under Rule 6, or (ii) to have the Legislative 848
991	991	Commissioners' Office prepare committee bills and committee 849
992	992	resolutions shall be 5:00 p.m. on the following dates in 2021: 850
993	993	T1 February 9 Aging Senate Joint Resolution No.
994	994
995	995
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997	997
998	998	T2 Banking
999	999	T3 Housing
1000	1000	T4 Children
1001	1001	T5 Veterans' Affairs
1002	1002	T6 February 11 Energy and Technology
1003	1003	T7 Higher Education and Employment Advancement
1004	1004	T8 Insurance and Real Estate
1005	1005	T9 General Law
1006	1006	T10 Public Safety and Security
1007	1007	T11 February 17 Education
1008	1008	T12 Environment
1009	1009	T13 Planning and Development
1010	1010	T14 Public Health
1011	1011	T15 Transportation
1012	1012	T16 February 18 Labor and Public Employees
1013	1013	T17 Legislative Management
1014	1014	T18 Commerce
1015	1015	T19 Human Services
1016	1016	T20 February 24 Government Administration & Elections
1017	1017	T21 Judiciary
1018	1018	T22 Finance, Revenue and Bonding
1019	1019	T23 Appropriations
1020	1020
1021	1021	In 2022, such deadline shall be 5:00 p.m. on February 25 for the 851
1022	1022	committees in Group A and on February 24 for the committees in Group 852
1023	1023	B and the Legislative Management committee. 853
1024	1024	(B) Committee Action on Bills and Resolutions Reserved for Subject 854
1025	1025	Matter Public Hearings. The deadline for committees to vote to have the 855
1026	1026	Legislative Commissioners' Office prepare committee bills and 856
1027	1027	committee resolutions based on proposed bills or proposed resolutions 857
1028	1028	that have been reserved for subject matter public hearings under 858
1029	1029	subparagraph (A) of this subdivision and on which subject matter 859
1030	1030	public hearings have been held under Rule 6 shall be 5:00 p.m. on the 860 Senate Joint Resolution No.
1031	1031
1032	1032
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1034	1034
1035	1035	seventeenth calendar day in 2021 and the tenth calendar day in 2022 861
1036	1036	prior to the committee's deadline to report bills and resolutions in such 862
1037	1037	year, as provided in Rule 15. 863
1038	1038	(3) Numbering. Each committee bill and committee resolution shall 864
1039	1039	have the same number and chamber of origin as the proposed bill or 865
1040	1040	proposed resolution on which it is based. Such number and chamber of 866
1041	1041	origin shall be used in any reference to such proposed bill, proposed 867
1042	1042	resolution, committee bill or committee resolution. When a committee 868
1043	1043	bill is based on two or more proposed bills, or a committee resolution is 869
1044	1044	based on two or more proposed resolutions, the members of the 870
1045	1045	committee shall designate the proposed bill or proposed resolution 871
1046	1046	number to be used on the committee bill or committee resolution. The 872
1047	1047	numbers of any other proposed bills or proposed resolutions that the 873
1048	1048	committee bill or committee resolution is based on shall be listed at the 874
1049	1049	end of the committee bill or committee resolution with the names of the 875
1050	1050	introducers and co-sponsors. The number of any committee bill or 876
1051	1051	committee resolution based on proposed bills or proposed resolutions 877
1052	1052	on which subject matter public hearings have been held under Rule 6 878
1053	1053	shall be determined by the committee in the same manner as provided 879
1054	1054	in this subdivision. 880
1055	1055	(b) Raised Bills and Raised Resolutions. 881
1056	1056	(1) Introduction. Raised bills and raised resolutions may be 882
1057	1057	introduced only by committees. A committee may vote to raise bills and 883
1058	1058	resolutions and have such raised bills or raised resolutions prepared by 884
1059	1059	the Legislative Commissioners' Office. Each raised bill and raised 885
1060	1060	resolution shall be (A) identified as a raised bill or raised resolution, (B) 886
1061	1061	endorsed with the signature of each chairperson of the committee, 887
1062	1062	except (i) such chairperson may permit the vice chairperson of the same 888
1063	1063	chamber to sign any such bill or resolution, and (ii) during a declaration 889
1064	1064	of a public health or civil preparedness emergency related to COVID-19 890
1065	1065	by the Governor, or at any other time deemed necessary by the President 891
1066	1066	Pro Tempore of the Senate and the Speaker of the House for public 892
1067	1067	health concerns related to COVID-19, a signature for each raised bill and 893 Senate Joint Resolution No.
1068	1068
1069	1069
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1071	1071
1072	1072	raised resolution shall not be required provided each chairperson of the 894
1073	1073	committee electronically approves each raised bill and raised resolution, 895
1074	1074	or, in the event a chairperson of the committee is incapacitated, the vice 896
1075	1075	chairperson of the committee, (C) filed with the clerk of the appropriate 897
1076	1076	chamber, and (D) assigned a number by such clerk. 898
1077	1077	During a declaration of a public health or civil preparedness 899
1078	1078	emergency related to COVID-19 by the Governor, or at any other time 900
1079	1079	deemed necessary by the President Pro Tempore of the Senate and the 901
1080	1080	Speaker of the House for public health concerns related to COVID-19, a 902
1081	1081	raised bill or raised resolution shall be considered in the possession of 903
1082	1082	the committee upon (i) referral of such raised bill or raised resolution by 904
1083	1083	the President Pro Tempore of the Senate and the Speaker of the House 905
1084	1084	to the committee after such raised bill or raised resolution has been filed 906
1085	1085	and assigned a number under this subdivision, and (ii) posting of such 907
1086	1086	bill or resolution on the General Assembly web site. 908
1087	1087	(2) Deadline. Exceptions. (A) Except as otherwise provided in 909
1088	1088	subparagraph (B) of this subdivision, the deadline for committees to 910
1089	1089	vote to have the Legislative Commissioners' Office prepare raised bills 911
1090	1090	and raised resolutions shall be, (i) in 2021, (I) 5:00 p.m. on February 17 912
1091	1091	for the committees in Group A, and (II) 5:00 p.m. on February 16 for the 913
1092	1092	committees in Group B and the Legislative Management committee, and 914
1093	1093	(ii) in 2022, (I) 5:00 p.m. on February 25 for the committees in Group A, 915
1094	1094	and (II) 5:00 p.m. on February 24 for the committees in Group B and the 916
1095	1095	Legislative Management committee. 917
1096	1096	(B) The following may be raised at any time: (i) Bills or resolutions to 918
1097	1097	provide for the current expenses of government, (ii) emergency certified 919
1098	1098	bills or resolutions the President Pro Tempore of the Senate and the 920
1099	1099	Speaker of the House certify in writing to be, in their opinion, of an 921
1100	1100	emergency nature, (iii) bills or resolutions the Governor requests in a 922
1101	1101	special message addressed to the General Assembly, which message 923
1102	1102	sets forth the emergency or necessity requiring such bills or resolutions, 924
1103	1103	and (iv) the legislative commissioners' revisor's bill. 925
1104	1104	(c) Emergency Certified Bills. Emergency certified bills may be 926 Senate Joint Resolution No.
1105	1105
1106	1106
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1108	1108
1109	1109	introduced by the President Pro Tempore of the Senate and the Speaker 927
1110	1110	of the House. Such bills shall be certified by the President Pro Tempore 928
1111	1111	of the Senate and the Speaker of the House to be of an emergency nature. 929
1112	1112	Each emergency certified bill shall be identified simply as a bill, filed 930
1113	1113	with the clerk of the appropriate chamber, and assigned a number by 931
1114	1114	such clerk. 932
1115	1115	(d) Governor's Bills. 933
1116	1116	(1) Introduction. Any fully drafted bill accompanying the Governor's 934
1117	1117	budget or other message may be introduced by the legislative leaders of 935
1118	1118	the Governor's party in the Senate and the House, provided one copy of 936
1119	1119	each bill is supplied by the Governor to the legislative leaders of both 937
1120	1120	parties. Each bill accompanying the Governor's budget or other message 938
1121	1121	shall be identified as a Governor's bill, filed with the clerk of the 939
1122	1122	appropriate chamber, and assigned a number by such clerk. 940
1123	1123	(2) Suggested Committee Referral; Receipt by Clerk; Initial Reference 941
1124	1124	to Committee. The Legislative Commissioners' Office shall make a 942
1125	1125	notation as to the suggested committee reference for each Governor's 943
1126	1126	bill based on its subject matter. The clerk of the appropriate chamber 944
1127	1127	shall, on introduction of each such Governor's bill, make a tentative 945
1128	1128	reference for the President Pro Tempore of the Senate or the Speaker of 946
1129	1129	the House. The clerk of the Senate or House shall receive each 947
1130	1130	Governor's bill. 948
1131	1131	During a declaration of a public health or civil preparedness 949
1132	1132	emergency related to COVID-19 by the Governor, or at any other time 950
1133	1133	deemed necessary by the President Pro Tempore of the Senate and the 951
1134	1134	Speaker of the House for public health concerns related to COVID-19, a 952
1135	1135	Governor's bill shall be considered in the possession of the committee 953
1136	1136	upon (A) referral of such Governor's bill by the President Pro Tempore 954
1137	1137	of the Senate and the Speaker of the House to the committee, and (B) 955
1138	1138	posting of such bill or resolution on the General Assembly web site. 956
1139	1139	(e) Conveyance Bills. 957 Senate Joint Resolution No.
1140	1140
1141	1141
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1143	1143
1144	1144	(1) The committee on Government Administration and Elections may 958
1145	1145	raise a conveyance bill on or before May 12 in 2021 and April 6 in 2022. 959
1146	1146	(2) A chamber may not pass a conveyance bill unless the sale, transfer 960
1147	1147	or other disposition of real property, or interest in real property, under 961
1148	1148	the custody or control of a state agency, that is the subject of such 962
1149	1149	conveyance bill has received a public hearing in accordance with the 963
1150	1150	provisions of Rule 6. 964
1151	1151	(3) No conveyance bill that requires the sale, transfer or disposition 965
1152	1152	of real property or an interest in real property that is under the custody 966
1153	1153	or control of the Department of Agriculture or the Department of 967
1154	1154	Energy and Environmental Protection, or a successor agency of either 968
1155	1155	department, shall be passed by either chamber without a yea vote of at 969
1156	1156	least two-thirds of the total membership of the chamber. 970
1157	1157	SUBSTITUTE BILLS OR RESOLUTIONS 971
1158	1158	10. A bill or resolution redrafted with a favorable report by a 972
1159	1159	committee shall be reported as a substitute bill or resolution. 973
1160	1160	Any substitute bill or resolution reported favorably shall be printed 974
1161	1161	on white-colored and yellow-colored paper and filed with the clerk of 975
1162	1162	the chamber where the bill or resolution originated. The yellow-colored 976
1163	1163	copy shall be certified by the clerk and shall be kept at all times in the 977
1164	1164	clerk's office. If the original bill or resolution cannot be located, a copy 978
1165	1165	of the certified copy shall be made by the clerk and used in lieu of the 979
1166	1166	original. The clerk shall make a notation on the certified copy of all 980
1167	1167	action taken on the original. 981
1168	1168	PETITION FOR PREPARATION OF BILLS OR RESOLUTIONS 982
1169	1169	11. Not later than 5:00 p.m. on the seventh calendar day after the 983
1170	1170	deadline of a committee to request the drafting of a committee bill or 984
1171	1171	resolution, set forth in Rule 9, any member of the General Assembly may 985
1172	1172	present to the clerk of the member's chamber, who shall present the 986
1173	1173	same to the Legislative Commissioners' Office, a written petition 987
1174	1174	requesting preparation of a bill or resolution based on a proposed bill or 988 Senate Joint Resolution No.
1175	1175
1176	1176
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1178	1178
1179	1179	proposed resolution, introduced or co-sponsored by such member and 989
1180	1180	previously referred to such committee, unless the proposed bill or 990
1181	1181	resolution has been scheduled for a subject matter public hearing to be 991
1182	1182	held after the committee's deadline to request a committee bill or 992
1183	1183	resolution, in which case the petition may be presented not later than 993
1184	1184	5:00 p.m. on the seventh calendar day before the committee's reporting 994
1185	1185	out date designated in the schedule shown in Rule 15. The petition shall 995
1186	1186	be signed in the original by at least fifty-one members of the House if a 996
1187	1187	House petition and by at least twelve members of the Senate if a Senate 997
1188	1188	petition. The Legislative Commissioners' Office shall prepare the 998
1189	1189	requested bill or resolution and forward it to the clerk of the chamber of 999
1190	1190	origin for processing and referral to the appropriate committee which 1000
1191	1191	shall hold a public hearing on the bill or resolution, except that if the 1001
1192	1192	committee has already held a subject matter public hearing on the bill 1002
1193	1193	or resolution no further public hearing shall be required. 1003
1194	1194	AMENDMENTS 1004
1195	1195	12. All amendments to any bill or resolution in the Senate or House 1005
1196	1196	shall be prepared by the Legislative Commissioners' Office. An original 1006
1197	1197	of each amendment to be offered and a copy of such amendment shall 1007
1198	1198	be printed. The clerk of the appropriate chamber shall certify the copy 1008
1199	1199	of each amendment and keep such certified copy in such clerk's office at 1009
1200	1200	all times. 1010
1201	1201	LEGISLATIVE COMMISSIONERS' 1011
1202	1202	PROCESS AFTER COMMITTEE ACTION 1012
1203	1203	1013
1204	1204	13. (a) Receipt. (1) Except as otherwise provided in subdivision (2) of 1014
1205	1205	this subsection, when a committee reports a bill or resolution favorably 1015
1206	1206	it shall be submitted forthwith to the Legislative Commissioners' Office. 1016
1207	1207	The Legislative Commissioners' Office shall immediately enter the 1017
1208	1208	receipt of the bill or resolution in the legislative database and notify the 1018
1209	1209	Office of Fiscal Analysis and the Office of Legislative Research of the bill 1019
1210	1210	or resolution number and the committee's action. 1020
1211	1211	(2) During a declaration of a public health or civil preparedness 1021 Senate Joint Resolution No.
1212	1212
1213	1213
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1215	1215
1216	1216	emergency related to COVID-19 by the Governor, or at any other time 1022
1217	1217	deemed necessary by the President Pro Tempore of the Senate and the 1023
1218	1218	Speaker of the House for public health concerns related to COVID-19, 1024
1219	1219	when a committee reports a bill or resolution favorably only an 1025
1220	1220	electronic record of the names of the members voting yea and the 1026
1221	1221	members voting nay for the bill or resolution shall be required to be 1027
1222	1222	submitted to the Legislative Commissioners' Office. The Legislative 1028
1223	1223	Commissioners' Office shall immediately enter the receipt of such 1029
1224	1224	record of the names of the members voting yea and the members voting 1030
1225	1225	nay in the legislative database and notify the Office of Fiscal Analysis 1031
1226	1226	and the Office of Legislative Research of the bill or resolution number 1032
1227	1227	and the committee's action. 1033
1228	1228	(b) Examination and Correction. The legislative commissioners shall 1034
1229	1229	examine the bill or resolution and make any correction therein as may 1035
1230	1230	be necessary for the purpose of avoiding repetition and unconstitutional 1036
1231	1231	provisions, and of ensuring accuracy in the text and references, 1037
1232	1232	clearness and conciseness in the phraseology and consistency with 1038
1233	1233	existing statutes. Whenever the legislative commissioners make any 1039
1234	1234	changes in a bill or resolution, other than corrections of spelling, 1040
1235	1235	grammar, punctuation or typographical errors the correction of which 1041
1236	1236	in no way alters the meaning, they shall prepare a statement which 1042
1237	1237	describes each change, where it was made and explicitly why they made 1043
1238	1238	the change. This statement shall be entered into the legislative database 1044
1239	1239	and printed with the file copy of the bill or resolution and shall bear the 1045
1240	1240	same file number as the bill or resolution. 1046
1241	1241	(c) Deadline. Unless the President Pro Tempore and the Speaker 1047
1242	1242	consent, in writing, to a request by a legislative commissioner for an 1048
1243	1243	extension of time, the Legislative Commissioners' Office shall complete 1049
1244	1244	its examination of the bill or resolution within ten calendar days, 1050
1245	1245	excluding holidays, after its receipt, except the Legislative 1051
1246	1246	Commissioners' Office shall complete its examination of a conveyance 1052
1247	1247	bill within five calendar days, excluding holidays, after its receipt. If the 1053
1248	1248	bill or resolution is approved by a commissioner, the commissioner shall 1054
1249	1249	notify the Office of Fiscal Analysis and the Office of Legislative Research 1055 Senate Joint Resolution No.
1250	1250
1251	1251
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1253	1253
1254	1254	of the approval and, if a substitute, furnish each office with a copy of the 1056
1255	1255	bill or resolution for preparation of a fiscal note and bill analysis. Unless 1057
1256	1256	the President Pro Tempore and the Speaker consent, in writing, to a 1058
1257	1257	request by the director of the Office of Fiscal Analysis or the director of 1059
1258	1258	the Office of Legislative Research for an extension of time, a legislative 1060
1259	1259	commissioner shall transmit the bill or resolution with his or her 1061
1260	1260	approval to the clerk of the chamber in which it originated within five 1062
1261	1261	calendar days, excluding holidays, after such notice. 1063
1262	1262	(d) Bills or Resolutions Returned to Committee. If the commissioner 1064
1263	1263	finds upon completion of the examination of a bill or resolution that the 1065
1264	1264	bill or resolution is unconstitutional or is already law, the commissioner 1066
1265	1265	shall return the bill or resolution to the committee and shall notify the 1067
1266	1266	Office of Fiscal Analysis and the Office of Legislative Research of its 1068
1267	1267	return. Whenever a bill or resolution has been so returned to the 1069
1268	1268	committee, it may nevertheless be reported favorably by the committee 1070
1269	1269	and be returned to the Legislative Commissioners' Office for completion 1071
1270	1270	of the procedures prescribed above, notwithstanding the provisions of 1072
1271	1271	Rule 15. If a bill or resolution is returned after the committee's reporting 1073
1272	1272	out date designated in the schedule shown in Rule 15, the committee 1074
1273	1273	shall take such action before the start of the session on the third regular 1075
1274	1274	session day of the chamber making the referral after the bill or resolution 1076
1275	1275	is returned by the Legislative Commissioners' Office. The clerk shall 1077
1276	1276	enter it on the calendar under a heading "Favorable Report, Matter Not 1078
1277	1277	Approved by Legislative Commissioner" unless the committee reports 1079
1278	1278	a substitute bill or resolution which the legislative commissioners 1080
1279	1279	approve. 1081
1280	1280	(e) Change of Reference. Favorable changes of reference shall be 1082
1281	1281	treated as provided in this rule except that no fiscal note or bill analysis 1083
1282	1282	shall be required. When a committee votes a straight change of 1084
1283	1283	reference, the bill or resolution shall be submitted to the Legislative 1085
1284	1284	Commissioners' Office which shall prepare the change of reference 1086
1285	1285	jacket and deliver the bill or resolution to the clerk of the chamber of 1087
1286	1286	origin. Reading and referral of straight changes of reference shall be by 1088
1287	1287	printing in the House and Senate journals. 1089 Senate Joint Resolution No.
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1291	1291
1292	1292	During a declaration of a public health or civil preparedness 1090
1293	1293	emergency related to COVID-19 by the Governor, or at any other time 1091
1294	1294	deemed necessary by the President Pro Tempore of the Senate and the 1092
1295	1295	Speaker of the House for public health concerns related to COVID-19, a 1093
1296	1296	bill or resolution that has received a straight change of reference or a 1094
1297	1297	favorable change of reference shall be considered in the possession of 1095
1298	1298	the receiving committee upon entering such straight change of reference 1096
1299	1299	or favorable change of reference on the General Assembly web site. 1097
1300	1300	REPORTING OF BILLS OR RESOLUTIONS 1098
1301	1301	14. Except as provided in Rules 19 and 20, all bills and joint 1099
1302	1302	resolutions reported by any committee shall be first reported to the 1100
1303	1303	chamber of origin, but any bill or resolution favorably reported by only 1101
1304	1304	one chamber shall first be reported to that chamber regardless of the 1102
1305	1305	chamber of origin. 1103
1306	1306	FINAL COMMITTEE ACTION 1104
1307	1307	15. (a) Deadline for Favorable Reports. The deadline for committees 1105
1308	1308	to (1) vote to report favorably and submit bills, or (2) to vote to report 1106
1309	1309	favorably and electronically submit electronic records of the names of 1107
1310	1310	the members voting yea and the members voting nay for bills and 1108
1311	1311	resolutions, as the case may be, to the Legislative Commissioners' Office 1109
1312	1312	as provided in Rule 13 shall be 5:00 p.m. on the dates designated in the 1110
1313	1313	following schedule: 1111
1314	1314	T24 Committee 2021 2022
1315	1315	T25 Aging March 16 March 17
1316	1316	T26 Children March 16 March 17
1317	1317	T27 Housing March 16 March 17
1318	1318	T28 Veterans' Affairs March 18 March 17
1319	1319	T29 Banking March 18 March 24
1320	1320	T30 Commerce March 23 March 24
1321	1321	T31 Higher Education and Employment March 23 March 22
1322	1322	T32 Advancement
1323	1323	T33 Legislative Management March 24 March 21
1324	1324	T34 Public Safety and Security March 25 March 22
1325	1325	T35 Insurance and Real Estate March 25 March 24 Senate Joint Resolution No.
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1329	1329
1330	1330	T24 Committee 2021 2022
1331	1331	T36 Energy and Technology March 25 March 29
1332	1332	T37 Transportation March 29 March 25
1333	1333	T38 General Law March 30 March 22
1334	1334	T39 Labor and Public Employees March 30 March 29
1335	1335	T40 Human Services April 1 March 31
1336	1336	T41 Environment April 5 March 30
1337	1337	T42 Education April 5 March 28
1338	1338	T43 Planning and Development April 5 March 28
1339	1339	T44 Public Health April 7 April 1
1340	1340	T45 Government Administration and Elections April 7 March 30
1341	1341	T46 Judiciary April 9 April 4
1342	1342	T47 Finance, Revenue and Bonding April 22 April 7
1343	1343	T48 Appropriations April 23 April 8
1344	1344
1345	1345	The deadlines designated in this subsection shall not apply to 1112
1346	1346	conveyance bills, and resolutions proposing amendments to the 1113
1347	1347	constitution and other substantive resolutions, or the electronic records 1114
1348	1348	of the names of the members voting yea and the members voting nay 1115
1349	1349	for such bills and resolutions, as the case may be. 1116
1350	1350	(b) Hearing Requirement for Favorable Report. (1) Except as 1117
1351	1351	provided in subdivision (2) of this subsection and Rule 32 (2)(A), no bill 1118
1352	1352	and no resolution proposing an amendment to the constitution or other 1119
1353	1353	substantive resolution shall be reported favorably by a committee 1120
1354	1354	unless a public hearing has been held as provided in Rule 6, but no 1121
1355	1355	further public hearing shall be required for a favorable report on a 1122
1356	1356	substitute for such bill or resolution, provided the substitute is based on 1123
1357	1357	or is germane to the subject matter of the original bill or resolution, or 1124
1358	1358	for a bill or resolution petitioned under Rule 11 on which a subject 1125
1359	1359	matter public hearing has been held. 1126
1360	1360	(2) No bill requiring the sale, transfer or other disposition of real 1127
1361	1361	property, or interest in real property, under the custody or control of a 1128
1362	1362	state agency, shall be reported favorably or unfavorably by a committee 1129
1363	1363	unless such sale, transfer or other disposition has been the subject of a 1130
1364	1364	public hearing as provided in Rule 6. 1131
1365	1365	(c) Fiscal Notes and Bill Analyses; Bills or Resolutions Unfavorably 1132 Senate Joint Resolution No.
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1369	1369
1370	1370	Reported; List of Reported Bills or Resolutions. (1) Any bill or 1133
1371	1371	resolution reported favorably by any committee which if passed or 1134
1372	1372	adopted, would affect state or municipal revenue or would require the 1135
1373	1373	expenditure of state or municipal funds, shall have a fiscal note 1136
1374	1374	attached, as required by section 2-24 of the general statutes with respect 1137
1375	1375	to bills. The fiscal note for a bill or resolution and the analysis of a bill 1138
1376	1376	shall be printed with the bill or resolution and shall bear the same file 1139
1377	1377	number as the bill or resolution. Any fiscal note printed with or 1140
1378	1378	prepared for a bill or resolution and any analysis of a bill printed with 1141
1379	1379	or prepared for a bill, are solely for the purpose of information, 1142
1380	1380	summarization and explanation for members of the General Assembly 1143
1381	1381	and shall not be construed to represent the intent of the General 1144
1382	1382	Assembly or either chamber thereof for any purpose. Each such fiscal 1145
1383	1383	note and bill analysis shall bear the following disclaimer: "The following 1146
1384	1384	Fiscal Impact Statement and Bill Analysis are prepared for the benefit of 1147
1385	1385	the members of the General Assembly, solely for purposes of 1148
1386	1386	information, summarization and explanation and do not represent the 1149
1387	1387	intent of the General Assembly or either chamber thereof for any 1150
1388	1388	purpose." When an amendment is offered to a bill or resolution in the 1151
1389	1389	House or the Senate, which, if adopted, would require the expenditure 1152
1390	1390	of state or municipal funds or affect state or municipal revenue, a fiscal 1153
1391	1391	note shall be available at the time the amendment is offered. Any fiscal 1154
1392	1392	note prepared for such an amendment shall be construed in accordance 1155
1393	1393	with the provisions of this rule and shall bear the disclaimer required 1156
1394	1394	under this rule. Each fiscal note prepared under this subdivision shall 1157
1395	1395	include a brief statement of the sources of information, in addition to the 1158
1396	1396	general knowledge of the fiscal analyst, consulted or relied on to 1159
1397	1397	calculate the fiscal impact. 1160
1398	1398	(2) All bills or resolutions unfavorably reported by a committee shall 1161
1399	1399	be submitted to the Legislative Commissioners' Office not later than 5:00 1162
1400	1400	p.m. on the final reporting out date for favorable reports for that 1163
1401	1401	committee, designated in the schedule shown in this rule. 1164
1402	1402	(3) The legislative commissioners shall prepare a list of the bills or 1165
1403	1403	resolutions submitted to them which at the deadline time for each 1166 Senate Joint Resolution No.
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1407	1407
1408	1408	committee are not printed and in the files and the clerks shall print the 1167
1409	1409	same in the House and Senate journals. 1168
1410	1410	(d) Bills or Resolutions Not Acted on by Committee; Bills or 1169
1411	1411	Resolutions Not Printed and in Files. All bills or resolutions not acted 1170
1412	1412	on by the committees within the time limits established by this section 1171
1413	1413	shall be deemed to have failed in committee, except that (1) a bill or 1172
1414	1414	resolution shall be reported to the chamber in which it originated if the 1173
1415	1415	Speaker of the House and the President Pro Tempore of the Senate 1174
1416	1416	certify, in writing, the facts which in their opinion necessitate it being 1175
1417	1417	acted on by the General Assembly, or (2) if a majority of the members of 1176
1418	1418	either chamber present to the clerk of such chamber a written petition 1177
1419	1419	as provided by Rule 19, requesting that a bill or resolution be reported, 1178
1420	1420	it shall be reported to the chamber in which the petition originated. Any 1179
1421	1421	bill or resolution not printed and in the files of the members of the 1180
1422	1422	General Assembly may be acted upon by the General Assembly if the 1181
1423	1423	Speaker of the House and the President Pro Tempore of the Senate 1182
1424	1424	certify, in writing, the facts which in their opinion necessitate an 1183
1425	1425	immediate vote on the bill or resolution, in which case a copy of the bill 1184
1426	1426	or resolution, accompanied by a fiscal note, shall nevertheless be upon 1185
1427	1427	the desks of the members, but not necessarily printed, before the bill or 1186
1428	1428	resolution is acted upon. 1187
1429	1429	(e) Conveyance Bills. Subject to the provisions of Rule 9(e), the 1188
1430	1430	deadline for the committee on Government Administration and 1189
1431	1431	Elections to vote to report favorably or unfavorably and submit 1190
1432	1432	conveyance bills to the Legislative Commissioners' Office shall be 5:00 1191
1433	1433	p.m. on May 19 in 2021 and April 13 in 2022. 1192
1434	1434	1193
1435	1435	(f) Referral of Bill or Resolution by Chamber to Committee After 1194
1436	1436	Deadline. (1) Whenever a bill or resolution favorably or unfavorably 1195
1437	1437	reported by one committee is referred by the House or the Senate to 1196
1438	1438	another committee after its deadline under subsection (a) of this rule has 1197
1439	1439	passed, the committee receiving such referred bill or resolution shall 1198
1440	1440	meet to consider such bill or resolution on any day of the week and at 1199
1441	1441	any time (A) before the start of the session of the third regular session 1200 Senate Joint Resolution No.
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1446	1446	day of the referring chamber after the date that the motion to refer is 1201
1447	1447	adopted, or (B) not later than seven calendar days after such date of 1202
1448	1448	adoption, whichever occurs first. Such committee may take the 1203
1449	1449	following action on such referred bill or resolution: (i) Report it 1204
1450	1450	favorably or unfavorably in accordance with the provisions of 1205
1451	1451	subdivisions (2) and (3) of this rule, (ii) box it, or (iii) take no action. 1206
1452	1452	Under no circumstances shall such committee refer such bill or 1207
1453	1453	resolution to another committee. 1208
1454	1454	During a declaration of a public health or civil preparedness 1209
1455	1455	emergency related to COVID-19 by the Governor, or at any other time 1210
1456	1456	deemed necessary by the President Pro Tempore of the Senate and the 1211
1457	1457	Speaker of the House for public health concerns related to COVID-19, a 1212
1458	1458	bill or resolution referred by the House or the Senate under this 1213
1459	1459	subdivision shall be considered in the possession of the committee to 1214
1460	1460	which such bill or resolution has been referred upon such referral and 1215
1461	1461	the entering of such referral on the General Assembly web site. 1216
1462	1462	(2) If the committee reports the bill or resolution favorably or 1217
1463	1463	unfavorably, and the bill or resolution has not been amended in either 1218
1464	1464	chamber, the committee may report a substitute bill or resolution, in 1219
1465	1465	which case, there shall be a reprinting of the file. The entry on the 1220
1466	1466	calendar in both chambers shall indicate the actions of the committee. 1221
1467	1467	(3) If the committee reports the bill or resolution favorably or 1222
1468	1468	unfavorably, and the bill or resolution has been amended in either 1223
1469	1469	chamber, the committee shall include in its report its recommendation 1224
1470	1470	on the adoption or rejection of each amendment, and may submit 1225
1471	1471	additional amendments to be offered on the floor. In such a case there 1226
1472	1472	shall be no reprinting of the file. The entry on the calendar in both 1227
1473	1473	chambers shall indicate the actions and recommendations of the 1228
1474	1474	committee. 1229
1475	1475	(g) Referral of Bill or Resolution by Chamber to Committee Before 1230
1476	1476	Deadline During Emergencies Related to COVID -19. During a 1231
1477	1477	declaration of a public health or civil preparedness emergency related 1232
1478	1478	to COVID-19 by the Governor, or at any other time deemed necessary 1233 Senate Joint Resolution No.
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1482	1482
1483	1483	by the President Pro Tempore of the Senate and the Speaker of the 1234
1484	1484	House for public health concerns related to COVID-19, whenever a bill 1235
1485	1485	or resolution favorably or unfavorably reported by one committee is 1236
1486	1486	referred by the House or the Senate to another committee before its 1237
1487	1487	deadline under subsection (a) of this rule has passed, such referred bill 1238
1488	1488	or resolution shall be considered in the possession of the committee to 1239
1489	1489	which such bill or resolution has been referred upon such referral and 1240
1490	1490	the entering of such referral on the General Assembly web site. 1241
1491	1491	BILLS AND RESOLUTIONS - READINGS 1242
1492	1492	16. First reading of all bills and resolutions shall be (1) by the 1243
1493	1493	acceptance by each chamber of a printed list of bills and resolutions, 1244
1494	1494	prepared by the clerks of the House and Senate, setting forth numbers, 1245
1495	1495	introducers, titles and committees to which referred, or (2) by title, 1246
1496	1496	number and reference to a committee. 1247
1497	1497	Second reading shall be the report of a committee. 1248
1498	1498	Third reading shall be passage or rejection of a bill or adoption or 1249
1499	1499	rejection of a resolution on the calendar. Each bill and each resolution 1250
1500	1500	proposing an amendment to the constitution shall receive three 1251
1501	1501	readings in each chamber prior to passage or adoption, and no bill or 1252
1502	1502	resolution proposing an amendment to the constitution shall be read 1253
1503	1503	twice on the same day. 1254
1504	1504	FAVORABLE REPORTS 1255
1505	1505	17. (a) Committee Clerk's Signature. When the House and Senate 1256
1506	1506	members of any committee jointly vote to report a committee or raised 1257
1507	1507	bill or resolution favorably, the committee clerk shall sign the committee 1258
1508	1508	report form for such committee or raised bill or resolution, except 1259
1509	1509	during a declaration of a public health or civil preparedness emergency 1260
1510	1510	related to COVID-19 by the Governor, or at any other time deemed 1261
1511	1511	necessary by the President Pro Tempore of the Senate and the Speaker 1262
1512	1512	of the House for public health concerns related to COVID-19, such 1263
1513	1513	signature shall not be required provided the clerk approves such 1264 Senate Joint Resolution No.
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1517	1517
1518	1518	committee report form. 1265
1519	1519	(b) Resolutions on Appointments and Nominations. A favorable 1266
1520	1520	report by a joint standing committee of a resolution concerning a 1267
1521	1521	General Assembly appointment or a nomination requiring joint 1268
1522	1522	confirmation and a favorable report of any committee to which 1269
1523	1523	executive and legislative nominations are referred shall be tabled for the 1270
1524	1524	calendar and printed by number and title only. The report may be 1271
1525	1525	accepted and the resolution adopted after it has appeared on the 1272
1526	1526	calendar for two days. 1273
1527	1527	(c) File Copies Available to Members. All bills and all resolutions 1274
1528	1528	proposing amendments to the constitution and other substantive 1275
1529	1529	resolutions reported favorably by the committees to which they have 1276
1530	1530	been referred, or by a majority of the members of the Senate or House 1277
1531	1531	committee making the report, before third reading, shall be laid upon 1278
1532	1532	the table, and sufficient copies of each bill or resolution together with 1279
1533	1533	the number of committee members voting yea and the number voting 1280
1534	1534	nay shall be printed under the supervision of the Legislative 1281
1535	1535	Commissioners' Office for the use of the General Assembly. 1282
1536	1536	(d) Timing of Action by Chambers. Each bill and each joint resolution 1283
1537	1537	proposing an amendment to the constitution and each other substantive 1284
1538	1538	resolution so printed shall be in the files and on the calendar with a file 1285
1539	1539	number for two session days and shall be starred for action on the 1286
1540	1540	session day next succeeding, except that: (1) A bill or resolution certified 1287
1541	1541	in accordance with section 2-26 of the general statutes, if filed in the 1288
1542	1542	House, may be transmitted to and acted upon first by the Senate with 1289
1543	1543	the consent of the Speaker; and if filed in the Senate, may be transmitted 1290
1544	1544	to and acted upon first by the House with the consent of the President 1291
1545	1545	Pro Tempore, (2) any bill or resolution certified in accordance with 1292
1546	1546	section 2-26 of the general statutes may be acted upon immediately and 1293
1547	1547	may be transmitted immediately to the second chamber and may be 1294
1548	1548	acted upon immediately when received by the second chamber, (3) if 1295
1549	1549	one chamber rejects an amendment adopted by the other chamber, the 1296
1550	1550	bill or resolution after final action may be transmitted immediately to 1297 Senate Joint Resolution No.
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1554	1554
1555	1555	and may be placed on the calendar immediately in the second chamber, 1298
1556	1556	(4) during the last five calendar days of the session, if one chamber 1299
1557	1557	rejects an amendment adopted by the other chamber or adopts an 1300
1558	1558	amendment to a bill or resolution received from the other chamber, or 1301
1559	1559	takes any action on such bill or resolution requiring further action by 1302
1560	1560	the other chamber, the bill or resolution after final action may be 1303
1561	1561	transmitted immediately to the second chamber and placed 1304
1562	1562	immediately on the calendar and may be acted upon immediately in the 1305
1563	1563	second chamber, or (5) during the last five calendar days of the session, 1306
1564	1564	any bill or resolution, after final action in one chamber, may be 1307
1565	1565	transmitted immediately to the second chamber and may be placed on 1308
1566	1566	the calendar immediately in the second chamber. 1309
1567	1567	(e) Action on Calendar. All bills and resolutions starred for action 1310
1568	1568	shall be acted upon only when reached and any bill or resolution not 1311
1569	1569	acted upon shall retain its place on the calendar, unless it is put at the 1312
1570	1570	foot of the calendar or unless its consideration is made the order of the 1313
1571	1571	day for some specified time. 1314
1572	1572	(f) Other Provisions. When the House or Senate members only of a 1315
1573	1573	committee vote to report a bill or resolution favorably, the House or 1316
1574	1574	Senate chairperson of the committee, as the case may be, shall sign the 1317
1575	1575	bill or resolution. When the House members and Senate members of a 1318
1576	1576	committee vote to report separate versions of a bill or resolution and 1319
1577	1577	each chamber adopts its own version, both bills or resolutions may be 1320
1578	1578	referred by a joint resolution to a committee of conference, appointed as 1321
1579	1579	provided in Rule 22, with instructions to report a bill or resolution, as 1322
1580	1580	the case may be. If no bill or resolution is reported within three session 1323
1581	1581	days following the committee's appointment, the committee shall 1324
1582	1582	submit an interim report to both chambers and shall continue to report 1325
1583	1583	every second session day thereafter until a final decision is reached. If a 1326
1584	1584	bill or resolution is agreed upon by the committee it shall be submitted 1327
1585	1585	to the Legislative Commissioners' Office as a favorable report for 1328
1586	1586	processing as provided in Rule 13. A legislative commissioner shall 1329
1587	1587	transmit the bill or resolution with his or her approval to the clerk of the 1330
1588	1588	chamber which initiated the joint resolution for a committee of 1331 Senate Joint Resolution No.
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1592	1592
1593	1593	conference and the bill or resolution shall thereupon be tabled for the 1332
1594	1594	calendar and printing. The report of the committee may be accepted or 1333
1595	1595	rejected, but the bill or resolution may not be amended. 1334
1596	1596	No bill or resolution shall appear on the calendar of either chamber 1335
1597	1597	unless it has received a joint favorable report or a favorable report of the 1336
1598	1598	members of the committee of that chamber, except as provided in this 1337
1599	1599	rule or in Rule 19 or 20. 1338
1600	1600	(g) Roll Call Requirement. Each bill and each resolution proposing 1339
1601	1601	an amendment to the constitution and each other substantive resolution 1340
1602	1602	appearing on the regular calendar shall be voted upon by a roll call vote. 1341
1603	1603	REPRINTING AFTER AMENDM ENT 1342
1604	1604	18. Whenever a bill or resolution is substantively amended there shall 1343
1605	1605	be no action on passage of the bill or resolution until it has been re-1344
1606	1606	examined by the legislative commissioners for the purposes set forth in 1345
1607	1607	Rule 13 and it has been reprinted as amended. The chamber in which 1346
1608	1608	the bill or resolution is pending shall not take final action thereon until 1347
1609	1609	the reprinted bill or resolution has been made available to the members. 1348
1610	1610	This rule shall not apply to amendments offered solely for the purposes 1349
1611	1611	of correcting clerical defects or imperfections, such as but not limited to, 1350
1612	1612	grammatical or spelling errors or mistakes as to form or dates, or to 1351
1613	1613	make other changes which do not alter the substance of a bill or 1352
1614	1614	resolution. Reprinting of amended bills or resolutions shall not be 1353
1615	1615	required for bills or resolutions passed after June 5, 2021, for the 2021 1354
1616	1616	session and April 30, 2022, for the 2022 session. 1355
1617	1617	PETITION FOR COMMITTEE REPORT 1356
1618	1618	19. Upon presentation to the clerk of either chamber of a petition 1357
1619	1619	signed in the original by not less than a majority of the members of either 1358
1620	1620	chamber requesting a joint standing committee to report a bill or 1359
1621	1621	resolution in its possession, the clerk shall immediately give notice to 1360
1622	1622	the committee of the filing of the petition. The petition may not be 1361
1623	1623	presented sooner than the day following the committee's deadline, 1362 Senate Joint Resolution No.
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1627	1627
1628	1628	designated in the schedule shown in Rule 15, to report the bill or 1363
1629	1629	resolution out of committee and not later than 5:00 p.m. on the seventh 1364
1630	1630	calendar day after that deadline. Within two regular session days 1365
1631	1631	thereafter the committee shall report the bill or resolution with or 1366
1632	1632	without its recommendations to the chamber from which the petition 1367
1633	1633	was received. If no recommendation is made, the bill or resolution shall 1368
1634	1634	be considered as having received an unfavorable report and the 1369
1635	1635	procedures in Rule 20 shall be followed. Each petition or page of the 1370
1636	1636	petition shall contain a statement of its purpose and may be circulated 1371
1637	1637	only by a member of the chamber whose clerk will receive the petition. 1372
1638	1638	If the committee members of one chamber vote to report a bill or 1373
1639	1639	resolution favorably, the petition so circulated and presented to the 1374
1640	1640	clerk may be signed only by the members of the other chamber. 1375
1641	1641	Any bill or resolution so petitioned, except those carrying or 1376
1642	1642	requiring appropriations, shall not be referred to any other committee 1377
1643	1643	without first having been voted upon by the House or Senate. Those 1378
1644	1644	carrying or requiring appropriations shall be referred first to the joint 1379
1645	1645	standing committee on Appropriations. The Appropriations committee 1380
1646	1646	shall, within two session days after such reference, report such bill or 1381
1647	1647	resolution back to the chamber in which the petition originated with 1382
1648	1648	either a favorable or unfavorable report thereon and the bill or 1383
1649	1649	resolution shall then be voted upon. In the event of a conflict between 1384
1650	1650	the report of the original committee and that of the Appropriations 1385
1651	1651	committee, the vote shall be on the report of the Appropriations 1386
1652	1652	committee. 1387
1653	1653	UNFAVORABLE REPORTS 1388
1654	1654	20. All bills and resolutions reported unfavorably shall first be 1389
1655	1655	printed under the supervision of the legislative commissioners, without 1390
1656	1656	correction and without their approval, and shall be in the files and on 1391
1657	1657	the calendar as if favorably reported but shall appear on the calendar 1392
1658	1658	under the heading "Unfavorable Reports." If the unfavorable report is 1393
1659	1659	rejected by the chamber of origin, the bill or resolution shall be returned 1394
1660	1660	to the legislative commissioners for their approval and reprinting in 1395 Senate Joint Resolution No.
1661	1661
1662	1662
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1664	1664
1665	1665	final form, except that in the case of an unfavorable report of the 1396
1666	1666	committee on executive and legislative nominations, or an unfavorable 1397
1667	1667	report of the committee on judiciary of a judicial nomination, a 1398
1668	1668	nomination of a workers' compensation commissioner or a nomination 1399
1669	1669	of a member of the Board of Pardons and Paroles, the resolution shall 1400
1670	1670	not be returned to the legislative commissioners and may be acted upon 1401
1671	1671	immediately. If the bill or resolution is returned to the legislative 1402
1672	1672	commissioners after May 26, 2021, in the 2021 session or April 20, 2022, 1403
1673	1673	in the 2022 session, the legislative commissioners shall transmit the bill 1404
1674	1674	or resolution, with or without approval, to the clerk of the chamber from 1405
1675	1675	which it was received, not later than five calendar days after it is 1406
1676	1676	received. It shall then be in the files, with special marking on the 1407
1677	1677	calendar, as if favorably reported with a file number for two session 1408
1678	1678	days and starred for action on the session day next succeeding in the 1409
1679	1679	chamber of origin. If the unfavorable report is accepted by the chamber 1410
1680	1680	of origin, the bill or resolution shall be lost. 1411
1681	1681	When an unfavorable report is rejected by the first chamber and the 1412
1682	1682	bill is passed or the resolution adopted by that chamber, it shall then be 1413
1683	1683	in the files and on the calendar of the other chamber, but shall appear 1414
1684	1684	on the calendar under the heading "Unfavorable Reports". 1415
1685	1685	RECALL FROM OTHER CHAMBER FOR RECONSIDERATION 1416
1686	1686	21. No resolution or motion to recall a bill, resolution or other matter 1417
1687	1687	from the other chamber shall be allowed for the purpose of 1418
1688	1688	reconsideration or amendment after the time has elapsed for the 1419
1689	1689	reconsideration of any vote thereon except when there has clearly been 1420
1690	1690	a mistake in such vote or an error in the language of the bill, resolution 1421
1691	1691	or other matter. 1422
1692	1692	COMMITTEE OF CONFERENCE 1423
1693	1693	22. (a) Appointment of Committee. When one chamber rejects an 1424
1694	1694	amendment adopted by the other chamber, the bill or resolution shall 1425
1695	1695	be returned to the other chamber for further action. If that chamber 1426
1696	1696	readopts the rejected amendment, the readoption constitutes a matter 1427 Senate Joint Resolution No.
1697	1697
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1700	1700
1701	1701	for a committee of conference, and a committee of conference shall be 1428
1702	1702	appointed by the Speaker and the President Pro Tempore. The 1429
1703	1703	committee of conference shall be comprised of three members from each 1430
1704	1704	chamber. If the vote has not been unanimous there shall be at least one 1431
1705	1705	member of the committee who was not on the prevailing side in such 1432
1706	1706	member's chamber, except that in all cases, at least one member in each 1433
1707	1707	chamber shall be a member of the minority party. 1434
1708	1708	(b) Committee Reports. The committee may propose any changes 1435
1709	1709	within the scope of the bill or resolution, but any action, including 1436
1710	1710	changes, taken by the committee shall be by a majority vote of the 1437
1711	1711	members of each chamber on the committee. The committee report shall 1438
1712	1712	be made to both chambers at the same time. The committee report shall 1439
1713	1713	contain the following information: The bill or resolution number and 1440
1714	1714	title, the members of the committee, the action of the committee, 1441
1715	1715	indicating the adoption or rejection of each House or Senate amendment 1442
1716	1716	previously adopted, identified by schedule letter, which accompanied 1443
1717	1717	the bill or resolution, the adoption of a new amendment, if any, and the 1444
1718	1718	signature of the members of the committee accepting or rejecting the 1445
1719	1719	report. A member's refusal to sign shall be deemed a rejection. Any new 1446
1720	1720	amendment shall be prepared by the Legislative Commissioners' Office 1447
1721	1721	and shall be attached to and made a part of the report and shall be 1448
1722	1722	identified by a schedule letter of the chamber which created the 1449
1723	1723	disagreeing action. 1450
1724	1724	(c) Action by Chambers. Each chamber shall vote to accept or reject 1451
1725	1725	the report. A vote by either chamber to accept the report of the 1452
1726	1726	committee shall be final action by that chamber on the bill or resolution. 1453
1727	1727	If both chambers vote to accept the report of the committee, the bill is 1454
1728	1728	passed or the resolution is adopted as of the time the last chamber votes 1455
1729	1729	to accept the report. If either chamber rejects the report of the committee, 1456
1730	1730	the bill or resolution is defeated and the second chamber shall not be 1457
1731	1731	required to consider the committee report. The report of the committee 1458
1732	1732	may be accepted or rejected, but it may not be amended. 1459
1733	1733	RETURN OF BILL FROM GOVERNOR OR LEGISLATIVE 1460 Senate Joint Resolution No.
1734	1734
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1737	1737
1738	1738	COMMISSIONERS 1461
1739	1739	23. Whenever a bill has passed both chambers and has been 1462
1740	1740	transmitted to the Governor for approval, or to the legislative 1463
1741	1741	commissioners for engrossing, if either chamber desires its return for 1464
1742	1742	further consideration, the General Assembly may, by resolution 1465
1743	1743	adopted by both chambers, appoint a joint committee of one senator and 1466
1744	1744	two representatives to be sent to the Governor or the commissioners to 1467
1745	1745	request the return of the bill. In the case of a bill transmitted to the 1468
1746	1746	Governor, if the Governor consents, and in the case of a bill transmitted 1469
1747	1747	to the legislative commissioners, the bill shall be returned first to that 1470
1748	1748	chamber in which the motion for its return originated, and the bill may 1471
1749	1749	then be altered or totally rejected by a concurrent vote of the two 1472
1750	1750	chambers; but, if not altered or rejected by concurrent vote, it shall be 1473
1751	1751	again transmitted to the Governor or the legislative commissioners, as 1474
1752	1752	the case may be, in the same form in which it was first presented to the 1475
1753	1753	Governor or the legislative commissioners. 1476
1754	1754	EXAMINATION OF BILLS AND RESOLUTIONS 1477
1755	1755	24. (a) Examination and Correction. All bills, and all resolutions 1478
1756	1756	proposing amendments to the constitution, when finally passed or 1479
1757	1757	adopted, shall be examined immediately by the legislative 1480
1758	1758	commissioners. If the legislative commissioners find that any correction 1481
1759	1759	should be made in the text, they shall report it to the committee on 1482
1760	1760	legislative management. If the committee believes that no correction 1483
1761	1761	should be made, it shall so inform the legislative commissioners. If the 1484
1762	1762	committee believes a correction should be made, it shall so inform the 1485
1763	1763	legislative commissioners who shall report the bill or resolution to the 1486
1764	1764	chamber which last took action upon it, with the proposed correction in 1487
1765	1765	the form of an amendment, within five calendar days, Sundays and 1488
1766	1766	holidays excepted, after its passage or adoption. 1489
1767	1767	(b) Consideration of Proposed Correction. The report shall be placed 1490
1768	1768	at the head of the calendar, and shall take precedence of all other 1491
1769	1769	business on the calendar; and the only question on the report shall be, 1492
1770	1770	"Shall the proposed amendment be adopted?" If the proposed 1493 Senate Joint Resolution No.
1771	1771
1772	1772
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1774	1774
1775	1775	amendment is adopted by both chambers, the bill or resolution shall 1494
1776	1776	stand as amended. If the proposed amendment is rejected by either 1495
1777	1777	chamber, the bill or resolution shall not be transmitted to the other 1496
1778	1778	chamber, but shall stand as originally passed or adopted. If, in the 1497
1779	1779	consequence of the adjournment of the General Assembly subject to 1498
1780	1780	reconvening for the consideration of vetoed bills or for any other reason, 1499
1781	1781	any bill or resolution which has been passed or adopted by both 1500
1782	1782	chambers fails to be amended as recommended by the commissioners, 1501
1783	1783	the bill or resolution shall stand as originally passed or adopted. 1502
1784	1784	ENGROSSING OF BILLS AND RESOLUTIONS 1503
1785	1785	25. All bills, all resolutions proposing amendments to the constitution 1504
1786	1786	and all resolutions memorializing Congress when finally passed or 1505
1787	1787	adopted shall be engrossed under the direction of the legislative 1506
1788	1788	commissioners, and immediately thereafter shall be transmitted to the 1507
1789	1789	clerks. The legislative commissioners shall carefully compare all 1508
1790	1790	engrossed bills and resolutions with the bills and resolutions as finally 1509
1791	1791	passed or adopted, and a commissioner shall certify by his or her 1510
1792	1792	signature to the correctness of the engrossed copies. As soon as 1511
1793	1793	engrossed and certified, as herein provided, the bill or resolution and 1512
1794	1794	amendment shall be presented to the House and Senate clerks, who shall 1513
1795	1795	sign the engrossed and certified copies. 1514
1796	1796	TRANSMITTAL TO GOVERNOR 1515
1797	1797	26. (a) Transmittal of Copy. On the passage of a bill by both 1516
1798	1798	chambers, the clerk of the chamber last taking action thereon shall 1517
1799	1799	forthwith cause a copy to be sent to the Governor. 1518
1800	1800	(b) Engrossed Bills and Resolutions. Each bill and resolution, with 1519
1801	1801	the engrossed copy, shall be transmitted by the clerks of the House and 1520
1802	1802	Senate to the Secretary of the State as soon as it has been signed, as 1521
1803	1803	herein provided, and not later than the twelfth day after the expiration 1522
1804	1804	of the time allowed for reconsideration under the rules of the General 1523
1805	1805	Assembly, Sundays and legal holidays excepted; and the Secretary of 1524
1806	1806	the State shall forthwith present the engrossed copy of each bill to the 1525 Senate Joint Resolution No.
1807	1807
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1810	1810
1811	1811	Governor for approval. 1526
1812	1812	(c) Records of Transmittal. The Secretary of the State shall give the 1527
1813	1813	clerks a receipt for each bill or resolution, and shall notify them of the 1528
1814	1814	date and time at which each bill was presented to the Governor. The 1529
1815	1815	Secretary of the State shall give the Governor a receipt showing the date 1530
1816	1816	and time at which the Governor approved it or returned it to the 1531
1817	1817	Secretary of the State with a statement of his or her objections and shall 1532
1818	1818	notify the clerks of the dates and times. The clerks shall record the dates 1533
1819	1819	and times of presentation and approval or return in the journals of the 1534
1820	1820	House and Senate. 1535
1821	1821	(d) Immediate Transmittal. The chamber last taking action on a bill, 1536
1822	1822	before engrossing, may order immediate transmittal of the bill to the 1537
1823	1823	Governor, in which case the clerk of that chamber shall forthwith 1538
1824	1824	present the bill to the Governor, taking a duplicate receipt therefor 1539
1825	1825	showing the date and time at which the bill was deposited in the 1540
1826	1826	executive office, one of which receipts the clerk shall deliver to the 1541
1827	1827	Secretary of the State. Except as provided in this subsection, a bill shall 1542
1828	1828	be transmitted to the Governor only after engrossing. 1543
1829	1829	BILLS AND RESOLUTIONS NOT REPORTED 1544
1830	1830	27. The official copies of all bills and joint resolutions not reported by 1545
1831	1831	committees shall be delivered to the Secretary of the State by the clerk 1546
1832	1832	of the committee. 1547
1833	1833	DISTURBANCES 1548
1834	1834	28. (a) If there is any disturbance, disorderly conduct or other activity 1549
1835	1835	in or about the State Capitol or the Legislative Office Building or the 1550
1836	1836	grounds thereof which, in the opinion of the President Pro Tempore and 1551
1837	1837	the Speaker, may impede the orderly transaction of the business of the 1552
1838	1838	General Assembly or any of its committees, they may take whatever 1553
1839	1839	action they deem necessary to preserve and restore order. 1554
1840	1840	(b) During a declaration of a public health or civil preparedness 1555
1841	1841	emergency related to COVID-19 by the Governor, or at any other time 1556 Senate Joint Resolution No.
1842	1842
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1845	1845
1846	1846	deemed necessary by the President Pro Tempore of the Senate and the 1557
1847	1847	Speaker of the House for public health concerns related to COVID-19, 1558
1848	1848	the President Pro Tempore and the Speaker may take whatever action 1559
1849	1849	they deem necessary to preserve public health and maintain order, 1560
1850	1850	including prohibiting access to the Hall of the House, the Senate or the 1561
1851	1851	State Capitol or Legislative Office Building, except for the members, the 1562
1852	1852	Governor, Lieutenant Governor, Secretary of the State, authorized staff 1563
1853	1853	of the legislative, executive and judicial departments, authorized 1564
1854	1854	telecommunications personnel and authorized or credentialed members 1565
1855	1855	of the media. 1566
1856	1856	AMENDMENT AND S USPENSION OF RULES 1567
1857	1857	29. These rules shall not be altered, amended or suspended except by 1568
1858	1858	the vote of at least two-thirds of the members present in each chamber. 1569
1859	1859	Motions to suspend the rules shall be in order on any session day. 1570
1860	1860	Suspension of the rules shall be for a specified purpose. Upon 1571
1861	1861	accomplishment of that purpose, any rule suspended shall be again in 1572
1862	1862	force. 1573
1863	1863	RESTRICTIONS 1574
1864	1864	30. (a) Smoking. No person shall smoke in the State Capitol or 1575
1865	1865	Legislative Office Building. 1576
1866	1866	(b) Nonpartisan Offices. Lobbyists shall be prohibited from the 1577
1867	1867	Legislative Commissioners' Office, the Office of Fiscal Analysis and the 1578
1868	1868	Office of Legislative Research but not from the legislative library. 1579
1869	1869	(c) Wireless Telephones. No person shall operate a wireless telephone 1580
1870	1870	or similar device in the senate chamber while the senate is meeting, in 1581
1871	1871	the house chamber while the house is meeting, or in any room while a 1582
1872	1872	committee is meeting or holding a public hearing in that room. 1583
1873	1873	COLLECTIVE BARGAINING AGREEMENTS 1584
1874	1874	31. When a collective bargaining agreement, negotiated under the 1585 Senate Joint Resolution No.
1875	1875
1876	1876
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1878	1878
1879	1879	provisions of chapter 68 of the general statutes, or a supplemental 1586
1880	1880	understanding reached between the parties to such agreement, or an 1587
1881	1881	arbitration award resulting from an arbitration proceeding under that 1588
1882	1882	chapter, is submitted to the General Assembly for approval as provided 1589
1883	1883	in section 5-278 of the general statutes, the following procedures shall 1590
1884	1884	apply: 1591
1885	1885	(1) In the case of a collective bargaining agreement or supplemental 1592
1886	1886	understanding, the bargaining representative of the employer shall file 1593
1887	1887	one executed original and five photocopies of the agreement, or of the 1594
1888	1888	master agreement and individual working agreements or the 1595
1889	1889	supplemental understanding, to the clerk of the House, and one 1596
1890	1890	executed original and five photocopies to the clerk of the Senate. In the 1597
1891	1891	case of an arbitration award, the bargaining representative of the 1598
1892	1892	employer shall file five photocopies of the original arbitration award, 1599
1893	1893	showing that the original award was signed by the arbitrator, and a 1600
1894	1894	statement setting forth the amount of funds necessary to implement the 1601
1895	1895	award, to the clerk of the House and to the clerk of the Senate. The 1602
1896	1896	bargaining representative of the employer shall file with such 1603
1897	1897	agreement, supplemental understanding or award: (A) A list of the 1604
1898	1898	sections of the general statutes or state agency regulations, if any, 1605
1899	1899	proposed to be superseded, and (B) the effective date and expiration 1606
1900	1900	date of the agreement, supplemental understanding or award. An 1607
1901	1901	agreement shall be deemed executed only when it has been approved, 1608
1902	1902	in the case of an executive branch employer, including the division of 1609
1903	1903	criminal justice, by the Governor's designee, in the case of a judicial 1610
1904	1904	branch employer, by the chief administrative officer or such officer's 1611
1905	1905	designee, and in the case of a segment of the system of higher education, 1612
1906	1906	the chairperson of the appropriate board of trustees, and by the 1613
1907	1907	executive committee or officers of the respective bargaining unit or units 1614
1908	1908	and has been ratified by the membership of such bargaining unit or 1615
1909	1909	units. 1616
1910	1910	During a declaration of a public health or civil preparedness 1617
1911	1911	emergency related to COVID-19 by the Governor, or at any other time 1618
1912	1912	deemed necessary by the President Pro Tempore of the Senate and the 1619 Senate Joint Resolution No.
1913	1913
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1916	1916
1917	1917	Speaker of the House for public health concerns related to COVID-19, 1620
1918	1918	the bargaining representative of the employer shall submit an electronic 1621
1919	1919	copy of any such agreement, supplemental understanding or award to 1622
1920	1920	each the clerk of the House and the clerk of the Senate at the time the 1623
1921	1921	bargaining representative files such agreement, supplemental 1624
1922	1922	understanding or award under this subdivision. 1625
1923	1923	(2) (A) During periods when the General Assembly is in session, the 1626
1924	1924	agreement or supplemental understanding or the award shall be filed 1627
1925	1925	with the clerks, and the clerks shall stamp such agreement or 1628
1926	1926	supplemental understanding or award with the date of receipt and, 1629
1927	1927	within two calendar days thereafter, Saturdays, Sundays and holidays 1630
1928	1928	excepted, the Speaker of the House and the President Pro Tempore of 1631
1929	1929	the Senate shall cause separate House and Senate resolutions to be 1632
1930	1930	prepared proposing approval of the agreement or supplemental 1633
1931	1931	understanding or, in the case of an award, separate House and Senate 1634
1932	1932	resolutions concerning the sufficiency of funds for implementation of 1635
1933	1933	the award. The agreement or supplemental understanding or the award 1636
1934	1934	shall be submitted to the General Assembly on the date that both such 1637
1935	1935	resolutions are filed with the clerks. Each resolution shall be given a first 1638
1936	1936	reading in the appropriate chamber. Resolutions proposing approval of 1639
1937	1937	a collective bargaining agreement or a supplemental understanding, 1640
1938	1938	together with a copy of the agreement or supplemental understanding, 1641
1939	1939	and resolutions concerning the sufficiency of funds for implementation 1642
1940	1940	of an arbitration award, together with a copy of the award, shall be 1643
1941	1941	referred to the committee on Appropriations. During a declaration of a 1644
1942	1942	public health or civil preparedness emergency related to COVID-19 by 1645
1943	1943	the Governor, or at any other time deemed necessary by the President 1646
1944	1944	Pro Tempore of the Senate and the Speaker of the House for public 1647
1945	1945	health concerns related to COVID-19, any such resolution shall be 1648
1946	1946	considered in the possession of the committee on Appropriations upon 1649
1947	1947	referral of such resolution. With respect to each resolution referred to 1650
1948	1948	the committee on or before the deadline of the committee to report 1651
1949	1949	favorably on a bill or resolution as designated in the schedule shown in 1652
1950	1950	Rule 15, the committee shall hold a public hearing on each such 1653
1951	1951	resolution, and within fifteen days after the referral, shall report the 1654 Senate Joint Resolution No.
1952	1952
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1955	1955
1956	1956	appropriate resolutions approving or disapproving the agreement or 1655
1957	1957	supplemental understanding or concerning the sufficiency of funds for 1656
1958	1958	implementation of the award to the House and the Senate, 1657
1959	1959	notwithstanding the provisions of Rule 15. If the Appropriations 1658
1960	1960	committee fails to take action within the time period set forth in this rule, 1659
1961	1961	the agreement or supplemental understanding shall nevertheless be 1660
1962	1962	deemed approved or, in the case of an award, the sufficiency of funds 1661
1963	1963	affirmed and the resolutions shall be reported to the House and the 1662
1964	1964	Senate as favorable reports. 1663
1965	1965	(B) If an agreement or supplemental understanding is reached or an 1664
1966	1966	arbitration award is made during the interim between sessions, the 1665
1967	1967	provisions of subsection (b) of section 5-278 of the general statutes, as 1666
1968	1968	amended, shall apply. 1667
1969	1969	(3) Each resolution, favorably or unfavorably reported, shall be read 1668
1970	1970	in, and tabled for the calendar and printing, in the appropriate chamber. 1669
1971	1971	Copies of the master agreement and individual working agreements, 1670
1972	1972	identified by the resolution numbers, copies of the salary schedules and 1671
1973	1973	appendices, and copies of the arbitration awards, identified by the 1672
1974	1974	resolution numbers, and the statements setting forth the amount of 1673
1975	1975	funds necessary to implement the awards, shall be made available in the 1674
1976	1976	clerks' offices. 1675
1977	1977	(4) The Office of Fiscal Analysis shall prepare an analysis of each 1676
1978	1978	agreement, supplemental understanding and award and a fiscal note 1677
1979	1979	both of which shall be upon the desks of the members, but not 1678
1980	1980	necessarily printed in the files, before the resolution is acted upon. 1679
1981	1981	(5) (A) The respective resolutions shall be in the files and on the 1680
1982	1982	calendar with a file number for two session days and shall be starred for 1681
1983	1983	action on the session day next succeeding unless it has been certified in 1682
1984	1984	accordance with section 2-26 of the general statutes. The House and the 1683
1985	1985	Senate shall vote to approve or reject each resolution proposing 1684
1986	1986	approval of a collective bargaining agreement or a supplemental 1685
1987	1987	understanding and each resolution concerning the sufficiency of funds 1686
1988	1988	for implementation of an arbitration award within thirty days after the 1687 Senate Joint Resolution No.
1989	1989
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1992	1992
1993	1993	date of the filing of the agreement, supplemental understanding or 1688
1994	1994	award with the clerks of the House and Senate. 1689
1995	1995	(B) The House and the Senate shall each permit not more than six 1690
1996	1996	hours of total time for debate of each such resolution. Those speaking in 1691
1997	1997	favor of such resolution shall be allocated not more than three hours of 1692
1998	1998	total time for debate, and those speaking in opposition to such 1693
1999	1999	resolution shall be allocated not more than three hours of total time for 1694
2000	2000	debate. A vote shall be taken on the resolution upon the conclusion of 1695
2001	2001	the debate. 1696
2002	2002	(C) Notwithstanding the provisions of subparagraph (B) of this 1697
2003	2003	subdivision, if the debate on such resolution occurs during the last three 1698
2004	2004	days of the thirty-day period, the House and the Senate shall each 1699
2005	2005	permit not more than four hours of total time for debate of such 1700
2006	2006	resolution. Those speaking in favor of such resolution shall be allocated 1701
2007	2007	not more than two hours of total time for debate and those speaking in 1702
2008	2008	opposition to such resolution shall be allocated not more than two hours 1703
2009	2009	of total time for debate. A vote shall be taken on the resolution upon the 1704
2010	2010	conclusion of the debate. 1705
2011	2011	(6) Notwithstanding the provisions of Rule 15, when a resolution 1706
2012	2012	proposing approval of a collective bargaining agreement or a 1707
2013	2013	supplemental understanding or a resolution concerning the sufficiency 1708
2014	2014	of funds for implementation of an arbitration award is referred to the 1709
2015	2015	committee on Appropriations after the deadline of the committee to 1710
2016	2016	report favorably on a bill or resolution as designated in the schedule 1711
2017	2017	shown in Rule 15, but was filed more than thirty days before the end of 1712
2018	2018	a regular session, the committee may act on such resolutions provided 1713
2019	2019	it reports such resolutions to the House and Senate not later than twelve 1714
2020	2020	days after such referral. 1715
2021	2021	(7) If the General Assembly is in regular session when an award, 1716
2022	2022	agreement or supplemental understanding is filed with the clerks, it 1717
2023	2023	shall vote to approve or reject such award, agreement or supplemental 1718
2024	2024	understanding within thirty days after the date of filing. If the General 1719
2025	2025	Assembly does not vote to approve or reject such award, agreement or 1720 Senate Joint Resolution No.
2026	2026
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2029	2029
2030	2030	supplemental understanding within such thirty days, the award, 1721
2031	2031	agreement or supplemental understanding shall be deemed rejected. If 1722
2032	2032	the regular session adjourns prior to such thirtieth day and the award, 1723
2033	2033	agreement or supplemental understanding has not been acted upon, the 1724
2034	2034	award, agreement or supplemental understanding shall be deemed to 1725
2035	2035	be filed on the first day of the next regular session. 1726
2036	2036	(8) (A) If an agreement is rejected, the matter shall be returned to the 1727
2037	2037	parties in accordance with section 5-278(b)(2)(A) of the general statutes. 1728
2038	2038	The parties may submit any award issued pursuant to arbitration 1729
2039	2039	initiated under said section 5-278(b)(2)(A) to the General Assembly for 1730
2040	2040	approval in the same manner as the rejected agreement. If the arbitration 1731
2041	2041	award is rejected by the General Assembly, the matter shall be returned 1732
2042	2042	again to the parties in accordance with said section 5-278(b)(2)(A). Any 1733
2043	2043	award issued pursuant to further arbitration initiated under said section 1734
2044	2044	5-278(b)(2)(A) shall be deemed approved by the General Assembly. 1735
2045	2045	(B) If an arbitration award, other than an award issued pursuant to 1736
2046	2046	section 5-278(b)(2)(A) of the general statutes, is rejected, the matter shall 1737
2047	2047	be returned to the parties in accordance with section 5-278(b)(2)(B) of 1738
2048	2048	the general statutes. Any award issued pursuant to further arbitration 1739
2049	2049	initiated under said section 5-278(b)(2)(B) shall be deemed approved by 1740
2050	2050	the General Assembly. 1741
2051	2051	AGREEMENTS OR STIPULATIONS UNDER SECTION 3 -125a 1742
2052	2052	32. When an agreement or stipulation is submitted to the General 1743
2053	2053	Assembly as provided in section 3-125a of the general statutes, the 1744
2054	2054	following procedures shall apply: 1745
2055	2055	(1) Six copies of the agreement or stipulation shall be submitted to the 1746
2056	2056	clerk of the House, and six copies to the clerk of the Senate. 1747
2057	2057	During a declaration of a public health or civil preparedness 1748
2058	2058	emergency related to COVID-19 by the Governor, or at any other time 1749
2059	2059	deemed necessary by the President Pro Tempore of the Senate and the 1750
2060	2060	Speaker of the House for public health concerns related to COVID-19, 1751 Senate Joint Resolution No.
2061	2061
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2064	2064
2065	2065	six copies of the agreement or stipulation and an electronic copy of the 1752
2066	2066	agreement or stipulation shall be submitted to the clerk of the House, 1753
2067	2067	and six copies and an electronic copy to the clerk of the Senate. 1754
2068	2068	(2) (A) During periods when the General Assembly is in session, the 1755
2069	2069	agreement or stipulation shall be stamped by the clerks with the date of 1756
2070	2070	receipt and, within two calendar days thereafter, Saturdays, Sundays 1757
2071	2071	and holidays excepted, the Speaker of the House and the President Pro 1758
2072	2072	Tempore of the Senate shall cause separate House and Senate 1759
2073	2073	resolutions to be prepared proposing approval of the agreement or 1760
2074	2074	stipulation. Each resolution shall be given a first reading in the 1761
2075	2075	appropriate chamber. The President Pro Tempore and the Speaker shall 1762
2076	2076	designate the committees of cognizance and the committees, if any, that 1763
2077	2077	will hold a public hearing on each agreement or stipulation. Each 1764
2078	2078	resolution, accompanied by the agreement or stipulation, shall be 1765
2079	2079	referred to the committees of cognizance, which shall report thereon. 1766
2080	2080	During a declaration of a public health or civil preparedness 1767
2081	2081	emergency related to COVID-19 by the Governor, or at any other time 1768
2082	2082	deemed necessary by the President Pro Tempore of the Senate and the 1769
2083	2083	Speaker of the House for public health concerns related to COVID-19, 1770
2084	2084	any such resolution shall be considered in the possession of the 1771
2085	2085	committee of cognizance upon referral of such resolution. 1772
2086	2086	(B) If an agreement or stipulation is submitted during the interim 1773
2087	2087	between regular sessions, it shall be deemed to be submitted on the first 1774
2088	2088	day of the next regular session. 1775
2089	2089	(3) Each resolution, favorably or unfavorably reported, shall be read 1776
2090	2090	in, and tabled for the calendar and printing, in the appropriate chamber. 1777
2091	2091	(4) The Office of Fiscal Analysis shall prepare an analysis of each 1778
2092	2092	agreement or stipulation and a fiscal note both of which shall be upon 1779
2093	2093	the desks of the members, but not necessarily printed in the files, before 1780
2094	2094	the resolution is acted upon. 1781
2095	2095	(5) The resolution shall be in the files and on the calendar with a file 1782 Senate Joint Resolution No.
2096	2096
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2099	2099
2100	2100	number for two session days and shall be starred for action on the 1783
2101	2101	session day next succeeding unless it has been certified in accordance 1784
2102	2102	with section 2-26 of the general statutes. The House and the Senate may 1785
2103	2103	vote to approve or reject each resolution within thirty days of the date 1786
2104	2104	of submittal of the agreement or stipulation. 1787
2105	2105	(6) Notwithstanding the provisions of Rule 15, when an agreement or 1788
2106	2106	stipulation is referred to a committee of cognizance after the deadline of 1789
2107	2107	the committee to report favorably on a bill or resolution as designated 1790
2108	2108	in the schedule shown in Rule 15, but not later than the time of 1791
2109	2109	submission specified in subdivision (7) of this rule, the committee may 1792
2110	2110	act on such resolution provided it reports such resolution not later than 1793
2111	2111	twelve days after such referral. 1794
2112	2112	(7) Any agreement or stipulation submitted to the clerks within thirty 1795
2113	2113	days before the end of a regular session and not acted upon dispositively 1796
2114	2114	before the end of such session shall be deemed to be submitted on the 1797
2115	2115	first day of the next regular session. 1798
2116	2116	SPECIAL SESSIONS 1799
2117	2117	33. A majority of the total membership of each chamber shall be 1800
2118	2118	required for the calling of a special session by the General Assembly. 1801
2119	2119	INTERIM 1802
2120	2120	34. (a) Meetings. (1) Except as otherwise provided in subdivision (2) 1803
2121	2121	of this subsection, during the interim between sessions, chairpersons of 1804
2122	2122	a committee may schedule meetings on any day. Notice of the date, time 1805
2123	2123	and place of committee meetings shall be given to the Office of 1806
2124	2124	Legislative Management. 1807
2125	2125	(2) During a declaration of a public health or civil preparedness 1808
2126	2126	emergency related to COVID-19 by the Governor, or at any other time 1809
2127	2127	deemed necessary by the President Pro Tempore of the Senate and the 1810
2128	2128	Speaker of the House for public health concerns related to COVID-19, 1811
2129	2129	committees shall conduct meetings only on a virtual platform approved 1812
2130	2130	by the President Pro Tempore of the Senate and the Speaker of the 1813 Senate Joint Resolution No.
2131	2131
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2134	2134
2135	2135	House, and each member may only participate and vote at such meeting 1814
2136	2136	on such virtual platform. Notice of the date, time and manner of 1815
2137	2137	committee meetings shall be given to the Office of Legislative 1816
2138	2138	Management and posted on the General Assembly web site, and the 1817
2139	2139	notice provided to committee members and staff shall include the 1818
2140	2140	Internet web site address for participation at such meeting, and the 1819
2141	2141	notice provided to members of the public shall include the Internet web 1820
2142	2142	site address or television channel in which such meeting will be 1821
2143	2143	broadcast. All such meetings shall be broadcast contemporaneously on 1822
2144	2144	television or on an Internet web site identified in the notice of such 1823
2145	2145	meeting. In the event of a technological issue that is preventing or 1824
2146	2146	otherwise limiting the transaction of the business of the committee or 1825
2147	2147	the committee's ability to comply with these rules, prior to or during a 1826
2148	2148	meeting conducted on a virtual platform, the chairpersons of the 1827
2149	2149	committee may take whatever action they deem necessary in accordance 1828
2150	2150	with the provisions of Rule 5(a)(5). 1829
2151	2151	(b) Public Hearings. (1) Except as otherwise provided in subdivision 1830
2152	2152	(2) of this subsection, a committee may hold subject matter public 1831
2153	2153	hearings on any subject and on specified proposed bills and proposed 1832
2154	2154	resolutions, and on committee and raised bills and resolutions. Notice 1833
2155	2155	of any public hearing shall be given, not later than ten calendar days 1834
2156	2156	before the hearing, to the Office of Legislative Management for 1835
2157	2157	appropriate publication by that office at least five calendar days in 1836
2158	2158	advance of the hearing. The notice shall contain the date, time, place and 1837
2159	2159	general subject matter of the hearing and the title of the bills or 1838
2160	2160	resolutions, if any, to be considered. In no event shall a bill or resolution 1839
2161	2161	be listed for a public hearing unless the committee holding the public 1840
2162	2162	hearing has copies available for the public. 1841
2163	2163	(2) During a declaration of a public health or civil preparedness 1842
2164	2164	emergency related to COVID-19 by the Governor, or at any other time 1843
2165	2165	deemed necessary by the President Pro Tempore of the Senate and the 1844
2166	2166	Speaker of the House for public health concerns related to COVID-19, a 1845
2167	2167	committee may hold subject matter public hearings on any subject and 1846
2168	2168	on specified proposed bills and proposed resolutions, and on committee 1847 Senate Joint Resolution No.
2169	2169
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2172	2172
2173	2173	and raised bills and resolutions, provided the public hearing is 1848
2174	2174	conducted on a virtual platform approved by the President Pro 1849
2175	2175	Tempore of the Senate and the Speaker of the House. Notice of any 1850
2176	2176	public hearing shall be given, not later than ten calendar days before the 1851
2177	2177	hearing, to the Office of Legislative Management for appropriate 1852
2178	2178	publication by that office at least five calendar days in advance of the 1853
2179	2179	hearing. The notice shall contain the (A) date, time, manner and general 1854
2180	2180	subject matter of the hearing and the title of the bills or resolutions, if 1855
2181	2181	any, to be considered, (B) the Internet web site address for participation 1856
2182	2182	at such hearing, and (C) the Internet web site address or television 1857
2183	2183	channel in which such meeting will be broadcast. Members of the public 1858
2184	2184	may submit the names of persons who wish to testify at such public 1859
2185	2185	hearing to the committee clerk, in a manner described in the notice for 1860
2186	2186	such public hearing, and such names shall be included in a lottery that 1861
2187	2187	will determine the order of testimony of witnesses during the public 1862
2188	2188	portion of the hearing. In no event shall a bill or resolution be listed for 1863
2189	2189	a public hearing unless the committee conducting such public hearing 1864
2190	2190	has posted such bill or resolution on the General Assembly web site. In 1865
2191	2191	the event of a technological issue that is preventing or otherwise limiting 1866
2192	2192	the transaction of the business of the committee or the committee's 1867
2193	2193	ability to comply with these rule, prior to or during a public hearing 1868
2194	2194	conducted on a virtual platform, the chairpersons of the committee may 1869
2195	2195	take whatever action they deem necessary in accordance with the 1870
2196	2196	provisions of Rule 6(a)(4). 1871
2197	2197	(3) For the purpose of meeting the hearing requirements under this 1872
2198	2198	subsection, the day of publication by the Office of Legislative 1873
2199	2199	Management and the day of the hearing shall both be counted as full 1874
2200	2200	days. 1875
2201	2201	(c) Raised Bills - Hearing During Session Required. During the 1876
2202	2202	interim between the 2021 and 2022 sessions, a committee may, on or 1877
2203	2203	after October 1, 2021, raise bills and resolutions for public hearing and 1878
2204	2204	consideration during such interim, but no such bill or resolution shall 1879
2205	2205	be reported by any committee unless a public hearing has been held 1880
2206	2206	during the 2022 session, as provided in Rule 6. 1881 Senate Joint Resolution No.
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2210	2210
2211	2211	SEXUAL HARASSMENT POLICY 1882
2212	2212	35. The sexual harassment policy set forth in section 2.2 of the 1883
2213	2213	Connecticut General Assembly Employee Handbook, as amended from 1884
2214	2214	time to time, is incorporated by reference in these rules. 1885
2215	2215	MASKS 1886
2216	2216	36. During a declaration of a public health or civil preparedness 1887
2217	2217	emergency related to COVID-19 by the Governor, or at any other time 1888
2218	2218	deemed necessary by the President Pro Tempore of the Senate and the 1889
2219	2219	Speaker of the House for public health concerns related to COVID-19, 1890
2220	2220	each member or other person present in the State Capitol or Legislative 1891
2221	2221	Office Building shall maintain a cloth face covering or mask over the 1892
2222	2222	member's or person's nose and mouth. This rule does not apply to a 1893
2223	2223	member who is in the senate chamber or the house chamber and is 1894
2224	2224	addressing the chair and able to maintain a distance of at least six feet 1895
2225	2225	from any other member or person. 1896
2226	2226	BIPARTISAN COMMISSIO N ON INTELLECTUAL DI SABILITIES 1897
2227	2227	AND THE IMPACT OF CO VID-19 1898
2228	2228	37. For the 2021 regular session there is established a bipartisan 1899
2229	2229	commission on intellectual disabilities and the impact of COVID-19. The 1900
2230	2230	commission shall consist of the following members: One appointed by 1901
2231	2231	the Speaker of the House, one appointed by the President Pro Tempore 1902
2232	2232	of the Senate, one appointed by the majority leader of the House, one 1903
2233	2233	appointed by the majority leader of the Senate, one appointed by the 1904
2234	2234	minority leader of the House and one appointed by the minority leader 1905
2235	2235	of the Senate. The Speaker of the House of Representatives and the 1906
2236	2236	President Pro Tempore of the Senate shall select the chairpersons of the 1907
2237	2237	commission from among the members of the commission. Such 1908
2238	2238	chairpersons shall schedule the first meeting of the commission and the 1909
2239	2239	commission shall meet as necessary. The commission may submit 1910
2240	2240	proposals for legislation to the appropriate committee of cognizance. 1911