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General Assembly Proposed Senate Joint
Resolution No. 15
January Session, 2025
LCO No. 2037
Referred to Committee on GOVERNMENT ADMINISTRATION
AND ELECTIONS
Introduced by:
SEN. FAZIO, 36th Dist.
SEN. SAMPSON, 16th Dist.
SEN. SOMERS, 18th Dist.
SEN. GORDON, 35th Dist.
REP. O'DEA, 125th Dist.
REP. MARRA T., 141st Dist.
REP. CHAFEE, 33rd Dist.
REP. SANCHEZ, 6th Dist.
RESOLUTION AMENDING THE JOINT RULES CONCERNING THE
ONLINE AVAILABILITY OF LENGTHY PROPOSED LEGISLATION
PRIOR TO IT BEING TAKEN UP BY EITHER CHAMBER.
Resolved by this Assembly:
That the joint rules of the senate and the house of representatives be 1
amended to require that any bill or amendment that is (1) fifty pages or 2
more but less than one hundred pages be posted online at least twenty-3
four hours before such bill or amendment is taken up by either chamber 4
of the General Assembly; (2) one hundred pages or more but less than 5
three hundred pages be posted online at least forty-eight hours before 6
such bill or amendment is taken up by either chamber of the General 7
Assembly; and (3) three hundred pages or more be posted online at least 8
seventy-two hours before such a bill or amendment is taken up by either 9
chamber of the General Assembly. 10 Proposed Senate Joint Resolution No. 15
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Statement of Purpose:
To increase transparency by giving legislators and the public sufficient
time to read lengthy bills by requiring lengthy legislation to be posted
online within certain specified time periods before being acted upon by
either chamber.