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Regular Session, 2013
HOUSE RESOLUTION NO. 6
BY REPRESENTATIVES ABRAMSON AND MILLER
A RESOLUTION1
To amend and readopt House Rules 2.10(A)(4) and (12), 6.8(A), and 6.11(A)(3) and (4) of2
the Rules of Order of the House of Representatives, to adopt House Rule 1.5 of the3
Rules of Order of the House of Representatives, and to repeal House Rules4
6.11(A)(5), 8.20, 8.21, 8.22, 8.23, 8.24, and 8.25 of the Rules of Order of the House5
of Representatives, to provide relative to the recommittal of certain legislative6
instruments; to provide relative to revocation of certain access under certain7
circumstances; and to repeal provisions for the local and consent and major state8
calendars.9
BE IT RESOLVED by the House of Representatives of the Legislature of Louisiana10
that House Rules 2.10(A)(4) and (12), 6.8(A), and 6.11(A)(3) and (4) of the Rules of Order11
of the House of Representatives are hereby amended and readopted and House Rule 1.5 of12
the Rules of Order of the House of Representatives is hereby adopted to read as follows:13
Rule 1.5. Access revocation; lobbying 14
A. No person who has been granted admission to the floor of the House15
Chamber shall lobby for or against, or under any other guise engage in any activity16
in support of or in opposition to, any legislative instrument or other matter before the17
House of Representatives or any committee thereof during the course of any18
legislative session. Any such activity shall be cause for the immediate confiscation19
and revocation of any badge issued to such person and removal of such person from20
the House Chamber upon order of the presiding officer.21
B. The provisions of this Rule shall not prohibit the dissemination of purely22
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C. The provisions of this Rule shall not apply to any member of the1
legislature nor to any legislative employee subject to the provisions of House Rule2
3.4. 3
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Rule 2.10. Clerk of the House; duties5
A. The duties of the Clerk while the legislature is in session shall include the6
following:7
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(4) To maintain the calendars of bills, resolutions, and joint resolutions to be9
taken up and acted upon by the House, including the regular, the major state, and the10
local and consent calendars, as provided in House Rules 8.2, 8.8, 8.20, 8.21, 8.22,11
and 8.23.12
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(12) To make available, electronically, prior to convening each day an order14
of the day for the House which shall consist of a listing of the regular and special15
orders of business of the House for that day; an enumeration of each legislative16
instrument to be acted upon that day in each such order of business; an enumeration17
of all legislative instruments for which a notice of intention to call from the calendar18
has been given in accordance with House Rule 8.26; and an enumeration of all19
legislative instruments which have been returned to the calendar. The order of the20
day shall also enumerate those instruments on third reading and final passage which21
are on the major state calendar and those which are on the local and consent22
calendar. No hard copies of the order of the day shall be distributed to a member23
unless the member specifically requests a hard copy.24
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Rule 6.8. Recommittal: Constitutional amendments; special elections; propositions;26
study resolutions; Capital Outlay Bill; minimum foundation resolution;27
legislative instruments creating special funds; legislative instruments with a28
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A.(1) A joint resolution proposing an amendment to the Louisiana1
Constitution or a bill which calls a special election or which proposes to submit a2
proposition or question to the voters, having been referred to a standing committee,3
other than the Committee on Civil Law and Procedure, under the provisions of Rule4
6.5, if reported, shall be reported to the Clerk of the House in accordance with the5
requirements of Rule 6.11(A). However, after such report, any such House6
instrument ordered engrossed, immediately following the engrossment order, and7
any such Senate instrument reported favorably or with amendments, immediately8
following the reading of such report and action on any amendments reported, shall9
be recommitted by the speaker to the Committee on Civil Law and Procedure.10
(2)(a) Said committee shall study all legislative instruments recommitted to11
it pursuant to this Paragraph, shall ensure that the ballot language is comprised of12
simple, unbiased, concise, and easily understood language which conforms to all13
applicable laws, and shall review the proposed election date at which the proposition14
or question is to be submitted to the voters to ensure maximum voter turnout, to the15
extent practicable.16
(b) Said committee shall also study all measures legislative instruments17
recommitted to it pursuant to this Paragraph, taking into account other joint18
resolutions introduced in either the House or the Senate, and shall report such19
measures to the full House "with amendments" or "without amendments".20
(c) Said committee shall study all joint resolutions recommitted to it, taking21
into account other joint resolutions introduced in either the House or the Senate, and22
include with the report a statement indicating whether the measures referred to it can23
be accomplished statutorily without the necessity of the constitutional amendment24
and whether such measures conflict with one another, and indicating the number of25
joint resolutions introduced and the number reported by other standing committees.26
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Rule 6.11. Committee report; session; interim28
A. For each meeting held during session at which a legislative instrument is29
scheduled for public hearing, a standing committee shall submit a written report to30 ENROLLEDHR NO. 6
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the Clerk of the House as soon as possible after each committee meeting. For each1
meeting held during the interim at which a legislative instrument is scheduled for2
public hearing and a report on such instrument is determined, each standing3
committee shall submit a written report to the Clerk of the House within five4
working days after the committee meeting. The report of such standing committee5
for each meeting shall be in such form as to list in numerical order the number and6
title of each legislative instrument upon which the committee took action at the7
meeting. Below the designation and title of each legislative instrument the report of8
the committee shall contain the following with respect to such instrument:9
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(3) In each case in which a bill or joint resolution is reported favorably or11
reported with amendments, after the vote by which such report was determined, in12
parentheses, the words "local and consent calendar", if, upon a separate motion, the13
committee has recommended that the instrument be placed on the local and consent14
calendar as provided in House Rule 8.21, or the words "major state calendar", if,15
upon a separate motion, the committee has recommended that the instrument be16
placed on the major state calendar as provided in House Rule 8.22, or, the words17
"regular calendar", for a bill or a joint resolution which is not placed on the local and18
consent calendar or on the major state calendar.19
(4) For each instrument reported with amendments, the proposed20
amendments, submitted on a separate sheet of paper and numbered consecutively and21
the original and three copies thereof attached to the bill.22
(5) (4) In each case in which the committee has recommended that the bill23
or joint resolution be placed in Special Order, in parentheses the words "Special24
Order" after the words "local and consent calendar", "regular calendar", or "major25
state calendar", if, upon a separate motion, the committee has recommended that the26
bill or joint resolution be placed in Special Order as provided in House Rule 8.6.27
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BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED by the House of Representatives of the Legislature1
of Louisiana that House Rules 6.11(A)(5), 8.20, 8.21, 8.22, 8.23, 8.24, and 8.25 of the Rules2
of Order of the House of Representatives are hereby repealed in their entirety.3
SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATI VES