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2022 Regular Session
HOUSE RESOLUTION NO. 20
BY REPRESENTATIVE STEFANSKI
HOUSE/RULES: Provides for procedures and requirements applicable to conference
committee reports
1 A RESOLUTION
2To adopt House Rule 8.23 of the Rules of Order of the House of Representatives and to
3 repeal House Rule 8.21 of the Rules of Order of the House of Representatives
4 relative to procedures and requirements applicable to conference committee reports.
5 BE IT RESOLVED by the House of Representatives of the Legislature of Louisiana
6that House Rule 8.23 of the Rules of Order of the House of Representatives is hereby
7adopted to read as follows:
8 Rule 8.23. Conference committee reports; consideration
9 A. A conference committee report shall be a privileged report and notice of
10 its receipt shall be given by the Clerk on the legislative day of its receipt at the first
11 opportunity without interrupting pending business.
12 B.(1) The question of consideration of a conference committee report shall
13 lie over until the appropriate order of business during the Regular Orders on the next
14 legislative day. The Clerk shall place each conference committee report on the
15 calendar in the order in which it was received for consideration.
16 (2) Any motion, the effect of which is to suspend Subparagraph (1) of this
17 Paragraph shall be a debatable motion and shall require a favorable vote of two-
18 thirds of the members present and voting unless a conference committee report is
19 received on the day the legislature will adjourn sine die, then such a motion shall
20 require a favorable vote of a majority of the elected members of the House.
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1 C. The question upon consideration, unless a substitute or other main motion
2 be made, shall be the question of the adoption of the conference committee report.
3 D. Immediately prior to the consideration of a conference committee report,
4 the Clerk shall announce to the House all of the following:
5 (1) If, in the determination of the Clerk, the conference committee report is
6 confined to resolving the differences between the two houses regarding the
7 amendments which were rejected by the house of origin and recommending technical
8 amendments or is not so confined.
9 (2) The names of the conferees who signed the report and the names of the
10 conferees who did not sign the report, unless all of the conferees signed the report,
11 in which case the Clerk shall announce that fact.
12 E. The provisions of House Rule 8.15 shall apply to conference committee
13 reports on the General Appropriation Bill.
14 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED by the House of Representatives of the Legislature
15of Louisiana that House Rule 8.21 of the Rules of Order of the House of Representatives is
16hereby repealed in its entirety.
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)]
HR 20 Engrossed 2022 Regular Session Stefanski
Abstract: Clarifies the procedures and requirements applicable to conference committee
reports.
Present House Rule (8.21(A)) provides that a conference committee report (CCR) is a
privileged report and notice of receipt shall be given by the Clerk at the first opportunity
without interrupting pending business. Requires that the question of consideration of a CCR
lie over until the appropriate order of business during the Regular Orders on the next
legislative day (lie over). Present House Rule (13.2(A)) requires a favorable vote of two-
thirds of the members present and voting to suspend a House Rule. Present House Rule
(8.21) provides that on the last day, the requirement that the question of consideration of a
CCR lie over may be waived by the favorable vote of a majority of the elected members of
the House. Provides that such motion is debatable. (However, see discussion of present
House Rule (C), (D), and (E)(1) below. Present House Rule additionally provides that a
motion to suspend these provisions relative to CCRs is debatable. Present House Rule
(8.21(C) and (E)(1)) provides that the House shall consider a CCR on the last day upon
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adoption of a motion to take up consideration of the report by a majority of those present and
voting under the following circumstances:
(1)The CCR is confined to resolving the differences between the two houses regarding
the amendments which were rejected by the house of origin and recommending
technical amendments (confined report).
(2)The bill is one of the following: an appropriation bill supplementing the General
Appropriation Act, the Capital Outlay Bill, the bill appropriating funds for the
judicial branch, the bill appropriating funds for the legislative branch, or the omnibus
bond authorization bill.
Present House Rule (8.21(D)) provides more specifically with respect to consideration of a
CCR when there is less than two hours remaining before adjournment of the session.
Provides that the motion to take up consideration of the CCR under these circumstances
requires the favorable vote of a majority of the elected members of the House and is not
debatable. However, if the CCR is not a confined report and the bill is not one of the bills
specified in item (2) above, the motion to consider the CCR is not in order until after a
motion to waive the requirement that it lie over is adopted. Present House Rule (8.21(F))
requires the Clerk to announce to the House if a CCR is confined prior to the consideration
of any motion relative to the report. Further requires the Clerk to announce the names of the
conferees who signed the report and the names of the conferees who did not sign the report,
unless signed by all conferees in which case the Clerk shall announce that fact.
Propose House Rule maintains present House Rule ((8.15)) that provides that a vote on a
CCR on the General Appropriation Bill shall not occur until at least 48 hours have
intervened after the receipt of the report and requires (at least 24 hours prior to voting) an
unofficial enrollment and a summary. Provides that these requirements may be waived by
a majority vote of the elected members of the House.
Proposed House Rule removes the provisions of present House Rule 8.21 but maintains
some of the same procedures and requirements and provides for consideration of conference
committee reports as follows:
(1)Provides that a CCR is a privileged report and notice of receipt shall be given by the
Clerk at the first opportunity without interrupting pending business. Requires that
the question of consideration of a CCR lie over until the appropriate order of
business during the Regular Orders on the next legislative day (lie over). Provides
that the Clerk shall place each CCR on the calendar in the order in which it was
received for consideration (same as in present House Rule).
(2)Provides that any motion, the effect of which is to suspend the above provisions shall
be debatable and shall require a favorable vote of two-thirds of the members present
and voting unless a CCR is received on sine die day, then such a motion shall require
a favorable vote of a majority of the elected members of the House. (similar to
present House Rule).
(3)Provides that the question upon consideration of a CCR, unless a substitute or other
main motion be made, shall be the question of adoption of the CCR. (same as in
present House Rule).
(4)Requires the Clerk to announce to the House, prior to consideration of a CCR, if a
CCR is confined and the names of the conferees who signed the report and the
names of the conferees who did not sign the report, unless signed by all conferees in
which case the Clerk shall announce that fact (similar to present House Rule).
(Adds House Rule 8.23; Repeals House Rule 8.21)
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