2022 Regular Session ENROLLED
SENATE RESOLUTION NO. 222
BY SENATOR MCMATH
A RESOLUTION
To create a special study committee of the Senate to study the feasibility and advisability of
changing the timing, duration, and subject matter limitations of regular sessions of
the legislature and to report its findings to the Senate no later than February 1, 2023.
WHEREAS, Article III, Section 2 of the Constitution of Louisiana provides for the
convening of regular, annual sessions of the legislature and stipulates the duration and
subject matter limitations for bills to be introduced and enacted in these sessions by the
legislature; and
WHEREAS, Article III, Section 2(A)(3) of the Constitution of Louisiana requires
that legislative regular sessions held in even-numbered years convene at noon on the second
Monday in March for not more than sixty legislative days during a period of eighty-five
calendar days; and
WHEREAS, Article III, Section 2(A)(4) of the Constitution of Louisiana requires
that legislative regular sessions held in odd-numbered years convene at noon on the second
Monday in April for not more than forty-five legislative days during a period of sixty
calendar days; and
WHEREAS, House Bill No. 498 of the 2022 Regular Session proposed to amend the
Constitution of Louisiana to provide that all regular sessions of the legislature begin on
January fifth of each year and end no later than midnight on July fifth of each year thereby
removing any limitations on legislative sessions.
THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Senate of the Legislature of Louisiana
does hereby create a special study committee of the Senate to study the feasibility and
advisability of changing the timing, duration, and subject matter limitations of regular
sessions of the legislature.
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BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the special study committee be composed of the
following members:
(1) The president of the Senate, or his designee, and a member of the Senate
appointed by the president of the Senate.
(2) The chairman of the Senate Committee on Senate and Governmental Affairs, or
his designee, and a member of the Senate appointed by the chairman.
(3) The chairman of the Senate Committee on Finance, or his designee, and a
member of the Senate appointed by the chairman.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the president of the Senate shall designate one
of the members of the special study committee to serve as its chairman.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the special study committee report its findings
to the Senate no later than February 1, 2023.
PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE
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