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General Assembly House Joint
Resolution No. 301
September Special Session, 2023
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Referred to Committee on No Committee
Introduced by:
REP. RITTER M., 1
st
Dist.
REP. ROJAS, 9
th
Dist.
SEN. LOONEY, 11
th
Dist.
SEN. DUFF, 25
th
Dist.
RESOLUTION CONCERNING THE JOINT RULES FOR THE
SEPTEMBER SPECIAL SESSION, 2023.
Resolved by this Assembly:
That the joint rules of this Special Session shall be the same as the joint 1
rules in force at the 2023 regular session, except as said rules are 2
amended, altered or repealed in this resolution. 3
Strike out Rule 3 and insert in lieu thereof the following: 4
3. There shall be one joint standing committee: A committee on 5
judiciary, which shall consist of the same members, and have the same 6
chairpersons, and the same cognizance of judicial nominations, as the 7
committee had under the joint rules in force at the 2023 regular session. 8
Strike out Rule 4. 9
Strike out Rules 5 and 6, except as provided in Rule 15. 10
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Strike out Rule 7 and insert in lieu thereof the following: 11
BILLS AND RESOLUTIONS GENERALLY 12
7. (a) Only bills and resolutions, including those concerning the 13
appointment of judges as specified in the Proclamation by the Governor, 14
dated September 15, 2023, convening the General Assembly in Special 15
Session no earlier than September 19, 2023, at 10:00 a.m., shall be 16
received. 17
(b) The Legislative Commissioners' Office shall prepare all bills and 18
resolutions. When a bill or resolution has been prepared by the 19
Legislative Commissioners' Office and signed by the Speaker and 20
President Pro Tempore, the bill or resolution shall immediately be given 21
to the clerk of the Senate or the House as designated. Before or at the 22
time the bill or resolution is given to the clerk, the Legislative 23
Commissioners' Office shall provide to the Office of Fiscal Analysis 24
copies of each bill or resolution to prepare a fiscal note if required by 25
Rule 15. 26
(c) Each bill and resolution shall be printed, without interlineation or 27
erasure. The duplicate copies of each bill or resolution shall be made on 28
yellow-colored and blue-colored paper, respectively, of the same size 29
and format as the original. 30
(d) Each bill and resolution shall be transmitted, in triplicate, by the 31
Legislative Commissioners' Office to the clerks of the House or Senate. 32
(e) The clerks shall number each bill and resolution. 33
(f) The clerks shall certify and keep on file a duplicate copy of each 34
bill and resolution. The certified duplicate copy shall remain at all times 35
in the clerk's office. If the original cannot be located, a copy of such 36
certified duplicate copy shall be made by the clerk and used in lieu of 37
the original. 38
(g) The clerks shall make a notation on the certified duplicate copy of 39
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all action taken on the original. 40
(h) Any member of the General Assembly may co-sponsor a bill or 41
resolution by making a request in writing after it has been filed, to the 42
clerk of the chamber in which the bill or resolution has been filed to add 43
his or her name as a co-sponsor of the bill or resolution, but not later 44
than the date of the signing of the bill, or the deadline for the signing of 45
the bill, by the Governor, whichever is earlier, or the adoption of the 46
resolution. 47
(i) After introduction no bill or resolution shall be altered except by 48
the legislative commissioners. 49
Strike out Rule 8. 50
Strike out Rule 9 and insert in lieu thereof the following: 51
EMERGENCY CERTIFIED BILLS AND RESOLUTIONS 52
9. Only bills and resolutions certified by the Speaker and President 53
Pro Tempore in accordance with section 2-26 of the general statutes, 54
including resolutions to appoint judges to the Superior Court, Appellate 55
Court and Supreme Court, may be introduced. Bills and resolutions so 56
certified by the Speaker and the President Pro Tempore shall be 57
identified as "bills" or "resolutions". 58
Strike out Rules 10, 11 and 13. 59
Strike out Rule 14 and insert in lieu thereof the following: 60
TRANSMITTAL BETWEEN HOUSES 61
14. Upon passage in the first house, a bill or joint resolution shall be 62
transmitted immediately to the second house. 63
Strike out Rule 15 and insert in lieu thereof the following: 64
15. The committee on judiciary shall convene a meeting to report 65
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favorably or unfavorably on each judicial nomination referred to it by 66
the clerks of the House or Senate. Prior to making its report, the 67
committee on judiciary may hold a hearing on any such nomination. 68
Such meeting and any such hearing shall be conducted pursuant to 69
subsection (c) of Rule 5 and subsection (c) of Rule 6, respectively. The 70
committee's report shall be submitted forthwith to the clerks of the 71
House and Senate. 72
Strike out Rule 16 and insert in lieu thereof the following: 73
BILLS AND RESOLUTIONS READINGS 74
16. First reading of a bill or resolution shall be by title and number. 75
Second reading shall be passage or rejection of the bill or resolution. 76
Strike out Rule 17 and insert in lieu thereof the following: 77
17. (a) Each bill or resolution may be acted upon immediately. 78
(b) Each bill and substantive resolution shall be voted upon by a roll 79
call vote. A bill or resolution, certified in accordance with section 2-26 of 80
the general statutes, if filed in the House, may be transmitted to and 81
acted upon first by the Senate with the consent of the Speaker; and if 82
filed in the Senate, may be transmitted to and acted upon first by the 83
House with the consent of the President Pro Tempore. 84
Strike out Rules 18, 19, 22, 23, 24 and 27. 85
Strike out Rules 31, 32 and 34. 86
Add a new Rule 36 as follows: 87
36. Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection (a) of section 2-40 88
of the general statutes, resolutions confirming judicial nominations may 89
be introduced subject to the provisions of Rule 9. 90