HOUSE AMENDMENTS TO THE RULES

 

MONDAY, JANUARY 20, 2003

 

JR0001/A

 

Amend JOINT RULE 14 by creating a new subsection (k) as follows:

 

14-1.  BUDGET BILLS

 

 

(k)  In the event one house fails to pass on third reading the mirror budget bill originally introduced in that house, the following shall apply:

 

(1)  The mirror budget bill passed in the opposite house shall be engrossed with all amendments passed by that house and shall be delivered to the second house. That bill shall thereafter be referred to as the "state budget bill" and shall be deemed to be the budget bill for the state budget for all purposes.

 

(2)  Subsections 14-1(b) and (c) of this rule shall apply to consideration of the state budget bill in the second house.

 

(3)  Notwithstanding Senate Rule 7-6, House Rule 4-6 or Joint Rules 2-1 through 2-3, the following rules shall govern joint conference committee action on the state budget bill:

 

(a)  The presiding officers of each house shall, in accordance with these rules and “Mason’s Manual of Legislative Procedure,” appoint a conference committee of five (5) to confer on the state budget bill.  A majority of each conference committee shall be appointed from the prevailing side on the vote for third reading and final passage of the bill.  During the Budget Session, the chairmanship of any joint conference committee on the state budget bill shall alternate between the house and senate for each day the joint conference committee meets with the senate having the chairmanship on the first meeting day;

 

(c)  The first joint conference committee appointed is not a free committee, but each successive committee appointed thereafter shall be a free conference committee as defined in Section 773 of “Mason’s Manual of Legislative Procedure”;

 

(d)  The signed joint conference committee report shall be simultaneously referred to both houses for concurrence.

 

(4)  Except as otherwise provided in Joint Rule 14-1(k)(2), the provisions of Joint Rule 14-1(a) through (j) shall not apply to the state budget bill.

 

HOUSE RULES COMMITTEE

 

JR0002/A

 

Create JOINT RULE 18 as follows:

 

18.  SPECIAL SESSIONS

 

18-1(a)  The legislature may call itself into special session if a majority of the membership elected to both houses responds in the affirmative to a written poll of the membership conducted by the Legislative Service Office at the joint direction of the presiding officers of each house.

 

(b)  The presiding officers of each house:

 

(i)  May initiate the written poll of the membership under subsection (a) of this rule by their joint agreement; and

 

(ii)  Shall initiate the written poll of the membership under subsection (a) of this rule upon the written request of not less than thirty-five percent (35%) of the membership elected to each house, signed by those members.

 

(c)  When a majority of the membership elected to both houses responds in the affirmative to the written poll conducted pursuant to subsection (a) of this rule, the president of the senate and the speaker of the house shall jointly announce the results of the poll and establish a date for the convening of the special session.

 

(d)  In responding to a written poll conducted pursuant to subsection (a) of this rule, or in signing a written request to the president and speaker under paragraph (b)(ii) of this rule, a facsimile signature of a legislator may be accepted provided it is followed by a written document bearing the legislator's manual signature.

 

HOUSE RULES COMMITTEE

 

JR0003/A

 

Create JOINT RULE 19 as follows:

 

19.  RELATIONS BETWEEN HOUSES

 

REQUEST FOR RETURN OF BILL

 

19-1Upon a motion to return a bill from one house to the other for corrective action, or for the purpose of reconsideration, which is adopted by two-thirds (2/3) of the members elected to the requesting house, the presiding officer shall direct the chief clerk to send a message to the presiding officer of the house currently in possession of the bill requesting that the bill be returned for necessary action. Upon the affirmative vote of two-thirds (2/3) of the elected members of the house having possession of the bill, the bill shall be returned to the requesting house.  (Mason's Sec. 762)

 

HOUSE RULES COMMITTEE

JR0004/W

 

Amend JOINT RULE 2-2 as follows:

 

PROCEDURES

 

2-2  (a)  Such conference committees shall meet at a convenient hour to be agreed upon by their respective chairmen and shall confer upon the differences between the two houses. As soon as possible, the respective houses shall move for the adoption of the Joint Conference Committee report.  Adoption of the report must be by vote of a majority of the elected members of each house unless a greater majority is required to pass a measure such as is the case with constitutional resolutions.

 

(b)  Conference committee meetings under subsection (a) of this rule shall be open to the public.  Meetings shall be held following not less than one (1) hour's notice of the meeting posted in a public place except:

 

          (1)  Any joint conference committee which is reconvening after having met at least once prior to the meeting;

 

          (2)  Any joint conference committee meeting on the budget bill under joint rule 14;

 

          (3)  Any joint conference committee meeting on the last day of the legislative session.

 

REESE, SIMPSON

 

 

HR0001/A

 

Amend House Rule 10-1 as follows:

 

 

10.  PLACED ON GENERAL FILE

 

10-1After a bill has been reported back to the House by its assigned committee and the standing committee report read to the body and entered in the journal, it shall be placed on general file.

 

 

 

HOUSE RULES COMMITTEE

 

HR0002/A

 

Amend House Rule 10-5(b) as follows:

 

HOUSE RULES APPLY, EXCEPTIONS

 

10-5The rules of the House shall be observed in the committee of the whole, except that:

 

(b)  The ayes and noes shall not be taken unless the original motion made for passage of a given bill, following a vote by division, has failed in the committee of the whole.  At that time, the ayes and noes shall be taken and entered in the committee of the whole report.  The result of the roll call vote shall determine the action of the committee of the whole.  If, after a roll call vote, the bill fails to pass Committee of the Whole, the bill is deemed to be indefinitely postponed.  Except as provided in this subsection, the motion to indefinitely postpone shall not be in order during Committee of the whole. prior to a roll call under this subsection.

 

HOUSE RULES COMMITTEE

 

HR0003/A

 

Amend House Rule 13-3 as follows:

 

 

CALL FOR AYES AND NOES

 

13-3When a question is about to be taken, it shall be in order for any two members to call for the recording of the ayes and noes for entry in the journal and the names of the members shall be called in alphabetical order. and notations made on the roll call form.

 

 

HOUSE RULES COMMITTEE

 

 

HR0004/A

 

Create new House Rule 30 to read:

 

 

30.  CONSTITUENT SERVICE ALLOWANCE

 

30-1(a)   Claims for constituent service allowance submitted by members of the House pursuant to W.S. 28-5-106 shall be accompanied by an itemized listing of expenditures for which reimbursement is requested including:

 

1.   The date, place and purpose for which in-state travel reimbursement is requested from the constituent service allowance account; and

2.   An itemization of all other claimed expenditures for which reimbursement from the constituent service allowance account is authorized by Management Council policy.

 

(b)  Nothing in this rule shall require the submission of receipts for claimed expenditures.

 

(c)  Reimbursement disclosures required by this rule shall be filed in the Legislative Service Office and maintained as a public record.

 

 

HOUSE RULES COMMITTEE

HR0005/F

 

Amend House Rule 4-3 as follows:

 

 

STANDING COMMITTEE DUTIES

 

4-3  (a)  Standing committees shall take charge of and report in writing on all matters referred to them respectively. When a standing committee has disposed of a bill by adoption of a motion to "do pass," "amend and do pass," "do not pass" or "no recommendation," the vote on final disposition of all bills will be included in the committee report, indicating how each member voted.

 

(b)  All committee meetings will be open to the public unless declared an executive session by the chairman. 

 

(c)  The chairman may be overruled only by a recorded majority vote of the committee membership.  [Ref: Mason's §§ 611, 615 to 618, 663 to 678]

 

(d)  For bills other than those reported under subsection (a) of this rule, the Committee shall return the bill together with a record of Committee consideration to the chief clerk on the day after the last day scheduled for consideration of house bills or senate files placed on general file but not later than the last day of the session.  Upon receipt of the bill and the record of Committee consideration, the chief clerk shall ensure the required information contained within the record is entered into the journal but shall not be required to read the record to the House.  The record of Committee consideration shall include the following information which shall be entered into the journal:

 

(1)  When any motion referenced under subsection (a) of this rule fails, the record of Committee consideration shall include the vote of each member on the failed motion;

 

(2)  When a motion referenced under subsection (a) of this rule is not made on a bill, and a motion to postpone the bill indefinitely or to a certain date has not been made by the Committee, the record of Committee consideration shall indicate the bill died in Committee;

 

(3)  When a Standing Committee adopts a motion to postpone consideration of the bill until after expiration of the established final date for regular consideration of the bill, the record of Committee consideration shall include the vote of each member on the adopted motion.

BOSWELL

 

 

    Action:  ADOPT PERMANENT RULES

    Roll Call:  Vote ID 5009

                 

                  AYES:  Representative(s)  Alden, Anderson, R., Bagby, Baker, Berger, Boswell,

         Brechtel, Buchanan, Bucholz, Childers, Cohee, Cooper, Esquibel, Gentile, Gilmore,

         Hageman, Harshman, Harvey, Hinckley, Iekel, Illoway, Jansen, Johnson, L., Johnson, W.,

         Jones, Jorgensen, Landon, Law, Lockhart, Luthi, Martin, McOmie, Meuli, Meyer,

         Miller, D., Morgan, Nicholas, Olsen, Osborn, Parady, Philp, Prosser, Reese, Robinson,

         Ross, Semlek, Simpson, Slater, Thompson, Tipton, Walsh, Warren, Wostenberg.

                 

                  NAYES:  Representative(s)  Diercks, Edwards, Latta, McMurtrey, Petersen, Powers,

                  Wasserburger.

                 

                      Ayes  53    Nays  7    Excused  0    Absent  0    Conflict  0