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Regular Session, 2012
HOUSE RESOLUTION NO. 20
BY REPRESENTATIVE TIM BURNS
HOUSE/RULES: Provides relative to recommittal of certain legislative instruments
A RESOLUTION1
To amend and readopt House Rule 6.8(F) of the Rules of Order of the House of2
Representatives and to repeal House Rule 6.8(J) of the Rules of Order of the House3
of Representatives to provide relative to the recommittal of certain legislative4
instruments.5
BE IT RESOLVED by the House of Representatives of the Legislature of Louisiana6
that House Rule 6.8(F) of the Rules of Order of the House of Representatives is hereby7
amended and readopted to read as follows:8
Rule 6.8. Recommittal: Constitutional amendments; study resolutions; Capital9
Outlay Bill; minimum foundation resolution; legislative instruments creating10
special funds; legislative instruments with a fiscal impact; public records11
exceptions; interstate compacts; felonies12
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F. Any legislative instrument originating in the Senate with an estimated14
fiscal cost of five one hundred thousand dollars or more of state general15
funds annually in any one of the three ensuing fiscal years as reflected in the fiscal16
note prepared in accordance with Joint Rule No. 4, or with a fiscal cost which,17
although not specified in the fiscal note, is indicated in the fiscal note as likely to18
equal or exceed five one hundred thousand dollars of state general funds annually in19
any of the three ensuing fiscal years, shall be referred to a standing committee under20
the provisions of Rule 6.5 and, if reported, shall be reported to the Clerk of the21 HLS 12RS-888 ENGROSSED
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House in accordance with the requirements of Rule 6.11(A). However, after such1
report, any such Senate instrument reported favorably or with amendments,2
immediately following the reading of such report and action on any amendments3
reported, shall be recommitted by the Speaker to the Committee on Appropriations.4
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BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED by the House of Representatives of the Legislature6
of Louisiana that House Rule 6.8(J) of the Rules of Order of the House of Representatives7
is hereby repealed.8
DIGEST
The digest printed below was prepared by House Legislative Services. It constitutes no part
of the legislative instrument. The keyword, one-liner, abstract, and digest do not constitute
part of the law or proof or indicia of legislative intent. [R.S. 1:13(B) and 24:177(E)]
Tim Burns HR No. 20
Abstract: Requires any legislative instrument with an estimated fiscal cost of $100,000 or
more annually of state general funds to be recommitted to the Appropriations
Committee if reported by a different standing committee and removes requirement
that proposed new felonies or changes to existing felonies be recommitted to
Administration of Criminal Justice Committee.
Present House Rule (House Rule 6.8) requires the recommittal of certain legislative
instruments including constitutional amendments (Civil Law & Procedure); resolutions
proposing certain studies (House and Governmental Affairs); the Capital Outlay Bill
(Appropriations); the MFP concurrent resolution (Appropriations); special funds
(Appropriations); Senate instruments with a fiscal cost of $500,000 or more
(Appropriations); Senate instruments with a net decrease in fees or a net increase in fees or
taxes of $500,000 or more (Ways & Means); public records exceptions (House and
Governmental Affairs); provisions to join an interstate compact (House and Governmental
Affairs); and provisions to establish a new felony or to change the nature, elements,
definition, or applicable penalties of an existing felony (Administration of Criminal Justice).
Proposed House Rule removes the present House Rule requirement that any legislative
instrument which contains a provision or provisions the effect of which establishes a new
felony or changes the nature, elements, definition, or applicable penalties of an existing
felony be recommitted to the Committee on Administration of Criminal Justice.
Present House Rule requires any Senate instrument with an estimated fiscal cost of
$500,000 or more annually in any one of the three ensuing fiscal years as reflected in the
fiscal note or with a fiscal cost which, although not specified, is indicated in the fiscal note
as likely to be $500,000 or more annually in any of the three ensuing fiscal years to be
recommitted to the Committee on Appropriations if reported by another standing committee.
Proposed House Rule instead requires any legislative instrument with an estimated fiscal
cost of $100,000 or more annually of state general funds in any one of the three ensuing
fiscal years as reflected in the fiscal note or with a fiscal cost which, although not specified,
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in any of the three ensuing fiscal years to be recommitted to the Committee on
Appropriations if reported by another standing committee.
(Amends House Rule 6.8(F); Repeals House Rule 6.8(J))
Summary of Amendments Adopted by House
Committee Amendments Proposed by House Committee on House and Governmental
Affairs to the original resolution.
1. Removes the proposed repeal of the rule requiring proposed constitutional
amendments to be recommitted to the Committee on Civil Law and Procedure.
2. Adds repeal of the rule requiring legislative instruments which establish a new
felony or change the nature, elements, definition, or applicable penalties of an
existing felony to be recommitted to the Committee on Administration of
Criminal Justice.