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General Assembly                     Senate Joint
                                            Resolution No. 1
        January Session, 2021               LCO No. 454
     Referred to Committee on NO COMMITTEE
     Introduced by:
       SEN. LOONEY, 11th Dist.
       SEN. DUFF, 25th Dist.
       REP. RITTER M., 1st Dist.
       REP. ROJAS, 9th Dist.
       REP. CANDELORA, 86th Dist.
 RESOLUTION CONCERNING THE JOINT RULES OF THE SENATE
 AND THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.
 Resolved by this Assembly:
        That the following shall be the Joint Rules of the Senate and House of
     Representatives for the regular sessions of the General Assembly and
     for interim periods during the 2021-2022 legislative term.
                         MESSAGES BETWEEN CHAMBERS
       1. Messages from one chamber to the other shall be delivered to the
     presiding officer.
                              JOINT CONVENTIONS
      2. Joint conventions shall be held in the Hall of the House. Either
    chamber may request a convention stating the purposes thereof in its
    message. The President of the Senate shall preside. The President and
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    the Speaker shall make reports to their respective chambers of the
    proceedings of the convention which shall be printed in the respective
    journals.
                               JOINT COMMITTEES
       3. (a) Designation of Committees. There shall be twenty-two joint
    standing committees as provided in subsection (b) of this rule. There
    shall be two statutory committees as provided in subsection (c) of this
    rule. Committees shall consider all matters referred to them and report
    as required by these rules.
       (b) Standing Committees. Each joint standing committee shall consist
    of not more than nine senators and not more than thirty-five
    representatives, except that the joint standing committees on
    Appropriations and Finance, Revenue and Bonding shall consist of not
    more than thirteen senators and not more than forty-five
    representatives, and the joint standing committee on Judiciary shall
    consist of not more than eleven senators and not more than thirty-five
    representatives. The joint standing committees shall be divided into
    Group A and Group B as follows:
                                     GROUP A
       (1) A committee on APPROPRIATIONS that shall have cognizance of
    all matters relating to appropriations and the operating budgets and all
    matters relating to state employees' salaries, benefits and retirement,
    teachers' retirement, veterans' pensions and collective bargaining
    agreements and arbitration awards for state employees. In addition, any
    bills or resolutions carrying or requiring appropriations, or creating or
    enlarging a state mandate to local governments, defined in subsection
    (a)(2) of section 2-32b of the general statutes, and favorably reported by
    any other committee, except the payment of claims by the state, shall be
    referred to the committee, unless such reference is dispensed with by at
    least a two-thirds vote of each chamber, provided the committee's
    consideration shall be limited to their fiscal aspects and appropriation
    provisions of such bills or resolutions and shall not extend to their other
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    substantive provisions or purpose, except to the extent that such other
    provisions or purpose relate to the fiscal aspects and appropriation
    provisions of such bills or resolutions.
      (2) A committee on EDUCATION that shall have cognizance of all
    matters relating to (A) the Department of Education and the Office of
    Early Childhood, and (B) school building projects, local and regional
    boards of education, the substantive law of collective bargaining
    covering teachers and professional employees of such boards,
    vocational rehabilitation, and libraries, including the State Library,
    museums and historical and cultural associations.
        (3) A committee on ENVIRONMENT that shall have cognizance of
    all matters relating to (A) the Department of Energy and Environmental
    Protection concerning the preservation and protection of the air, water
    and other natural resources of the state and the Department of
    Agriculture, including farming, dairy products and domestic animals,
    and (B) conservation, recreation, pollution control, fisheries and game,
    state parks and forests, water resources and flood and erosion control,
    and the preservation and protection of the air, water and other natural
    resources of the state.
       (4) A committee on FINANCE, REVENUE AND BONDING that shall
    have cognizance of all matters relating to (A) the Department of
    Revenue Services, and (B) finance, revenue, capital bonding and
    taxation. Any bill or resolution favorably reported by another
    committee relating to finance, revenue, capital bonding, taxation,
    employer contributions for unemployment compensation purposes, all
    matters relating to the Department of Revenue Services and the revenue
    aspects of the Gaming Division within the Department of Consumer
    Protection shall be referred to the committee, provided the committee's
    consideration shall be limited to the financial provisions and purposes
    of such bill or resolution, such as finance, revenue, bonding, taxation
    and fees, and shall not extend to the other substantive provisions or
    purposes, except to the extent that such other provisions or purposes
    relate to the financial provisions of such bills or resolutions.
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       (5) A committee on GOVERNMENT ADMINISTRATION AND
    ELECTIONS that shall have cognizance of all matters relating to (A) (i)
    the Department of Administrative Services, including purchasing and
    central collections, but excluding personnel and labor relations, fire
    marshals, the fire safety code, the state building code and school
    building projects, (ii) the administrative functions of the Office of
    Governmental Accountability, including the office's personnel and
    employment policies and information technology, and (iii) the Freedom
    of Information Commission, the Office of State Ethics, the Citizen's
    Ethics Advisory Board and the State Elections Enforcement
    Commission, (B) state government organization and reorganization,
    structures and procedures, (C) leasing, construction, maintenance,
    purchase and sale, transfer or other disposition of state property and
    facilities, (D) state and federal relations, (E) interstate compacts, (F)
    compacts between the state and Indian tribes, (G) constitutional
    amendments, and (H) all matters relating to elections and election laws.
    Any bill favorably reported by another committee that requires a state
    agency to sell, transfer or otherwise dispose of any real property or
    interest in real property that is under the custody or control of such
    agency to any person or entity other than another state agency, or any
    resolution favorably reported by another committee that proposes a
    constitutional amendment shall be referred to the committee on
    Government Administration and Elections.
       (6) A committee on JUDICIARY that shall have cognizance of all
    matters relating to (A) the Judicial Department, the Department of
    Correction and the Commission on Human Rights and Opportunities,
    (B) courts, judicial procedures, criminal law, probate courts, probation,
    parole, wills, estates, adoption, divorce, bankruptcy, escheat, law
    libraries, deeds, mortgages, conveyancing, preservation of land records
    and other public documents, the law of business organizations, uniform
    laws, validations, authorizations to sue and to appeal, claims against the
    state, (C) all (i) judicial nominations, (ii) nominations of workers'
    compensation commissioners, and (iii) nominations of members of the
    Board of Pardons and Paroles, and (D) all bills carrying civil penalties
    that exceed the sum of, or that may exceed in the aggregate, five
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    thousand dollars. Any bill favorably reported by another committee that
    carries a criminal penalty, other than an infraction, shall be referred to
    the committee, provided the committee's consideration shall be limited
    to the criminal penalties established in such bill and shall not extend to
    the other substantive provisions or purposes of such bill.
       (7) A committee on PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT that shall
    have cognizance of all matters relating to local governments, housing,
    urban renewal, fire, sewer and metropolitan districts, home rule,
    planning and zoning, regional planning and development activities, the
    state plan of conservation and development and economic development
    programs impacting local governments.
       (8) A committee on PUBLIC HEALTH that shall have cognizance of
    all matters relating to (A) the Department of Public Health, the
    Department of Mental Health and Addiction Services and the
    Department of Developmental Services, and (B) health, including
    emergency medical services, all licensing boards within the Department
    of Public Health, nursing homes, pure foods and drugs, and controlled
    substances, including the treatment of substance abuse.
       (9) A committee on TRANSPORTATION that shall have cognizance
    of all matters relating to (A) the Department of Transportation, the
    Office of the State Traffic Administration and the Department of Motor
    Vehicles, and (B) transportation, including highways and bridges,
    navigation, aeronautics, mass transit and railroads.
                                     GROUP B
       (10) A committee on BANKING that shall have cognizance of all
    matters relating to (A) the Department of Banking, and (B) banks,
    savings banks, bank and trust companies, savings and loan associations,
    credit unions, the supervision of the sale of securities, fraternal benefit
    societies and secured and unsecured lending.
      (11) A committee on ENERGY AND TECHNOLOGY that shall have
    cognizance of all matters relating to (A) (i) the Public Utilities
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    Regulatory Authority, and (ii) the Department of Energy and
    Environmental Protection concerning energy, energy policy planning
    and regulation, telecommunications, information systems and related
    technology, and (B) energy, energy policy planning and regulation,
    telecommunications, information systems and related technology.
       (12) A committee on GENERAL LAW that shall have cognizance of
    all matters relating to (A) the Department of Consumer Protection,
    except legalized gambling, and (B) alcoholic beverages, fair trade and
    sales practices, consumer protection, mobile homes and occupational
    licensing, except licensing by the Department of Public Health.
      (13) A committee on INSURANCE AND REAL ESTATE that shall
    have cognizance of all matters relating to (A) the Insurance Department,
    and (B) insurance law and real estate law.
      (14) A committee on LABOR AND PUBLIC EMPLOYEES that shall
    have cognizance of all matters relating to (A) the Labor Department, (B)
    workers' compensation, unemployment compensation, conditions of
    employment, hours of labor, minimum wages, industrial safety,
    occupational health and safety, labor unions and labor disputes, and (C)
    conditions of employment of state and municipal employees and the
    substantive law of state and municipal employees' collective bargaining.
       (15) A committee on HUMAN SERVICES that shall have cognizance
    of all matters relating to the Department of Social Services, including
    institutions under its jurisdiction, and the Department of Rehabilitation
    Services.
       (16) A committee on PUBLIC SAFETY AND SECURITY that shall
    have cognizance of all matters relating to (A) the Department of
    Emergency Services and Public Protection, and (B) civil preparedness
    and homeland security, state police, the state-wide organized crime
    investigative task force, municipal police training, fire marshals, the fire
    safety code, the state building code and legalized gambling.
       (17) A committee on COMMERCE that shall have cognizance of all
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    matters relating to the Department of Economic and Community
    Development and Connecticut Innovations, Incorporated.
       (18) A committee on HIGHER EDUCATION AND EMPLOYMENT
    ADVANCEMENT that shall have cognizance of all matters relating to
    (A) the Board of Regents for Higher Education and the Office of Higher
    Education, and (B) public and independent institutions of higher
    education, private occupational schools, post-secondary education, job
    training institutions and programs, apprenticeship training programs
    and adult job training programs offered to the public by any state
    agency or funded in whole or in part by the state.
      (19) A committee on HOUSING that shall have cognizance of all
    matters relating to housing.
       (20) A committee on AGING that shall have cognizance of all matters
    relating to senior citizens.
       (21) A committee on CHILDREN that shall have cognizance of all
    matters relating to (A) the Department of Children and Families,
    including institutions under its jurisdiction, and (B) children.
      (22) A committee on VETERANS' AFFAIRS that shall have
    cognizance of all matters relating to military and veterans' affairs, except
    veterans' pensions.
       (c) Statutory Committees. In addition, there shall be:
       (1) The committee on LEGISLATIVE MANAGEMENT that shall
    conduct the business affairs of the General Assembly. The committee
    shall be responsible for the operation of the General Assembly,
    coordination and supervision of committee work, improvement of
    legislative operations, deciding on matters of organization, procedures,
    facilities and working conditions of the General Assembly,
    compensation of employees of the legislative branch, and the facilitation
    of positive relationships with the federal government and other state
    governments. All bills and resolutions relating to such matters may be
    referred to the committee. The committee shall consist of (A) twenty
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    members of the House who shall be (i) the Speaker, (ii) the deputy
    speakers, (iii) the majority leader, (iv) four members appointed by the
    Speaker, (v) three members appointed by the majority leader, (vi) the
    minority leader, (vii) two deputy minority leaders appointed by the
    minority leader, and (viii) five members appointed by the minority
    leader, and (B) thirteen members of the Senate who shall be (i) the
    President Pro Tempore, (ii) the majority leader, (iii) a deputy majority
    leader appointed by the majority leader, (iv) five members appointed by
    the President Pro Tempore, (v) the minority leader, (vi) an assistant
    minority leader appointed by the minority leader, and (vii) three
    members appointed by the minority leader. In matters of legislative
    operations, the legislative commissioners and the clerks of each
    chamber shall serve as ex-officio, non-voting members of the committee.
    The committee shall be chaired by the President Pro Tempore and the
    Speaker. A majority of the membership shall constitute a quorum and
    all actions shall require the affirmative vote of a majority. At any
    meeting, if a committee member present of either chamber requests, a
    vote of the majority of the members present of each chamber shall be
    required for approval of a question.
       (2) The committee on EXECUTIVE AND LEGISLATIVE
    NOMINATIONS that shall consist of (A) nineteen members of the
    House who shall be (i) the majority leader, or the majority leader's
    designee, (ii) the minority leader, or the minority leader's designee, (iii)
    ten members appointed by the Speaker, and (iv) seven members
    appointed by the minority leader, and (B) eight members of the Senate
    who shall be (i) the majority leader, or the majority leader's designee, (ii)
    the minority leader, or the mi