General Assembly House Joint
Resolution No. 401
June Special Session, 2021 LCO No. 10859
Referred to Committee on No Committee
Introduced by:
REP. RITTER M., 1st Dist.
SEN. LOONEY, 11th Dist.
RESOLUTION CONCERNING THE JOINT RULES OF THE JUNE
SPECIAL SESSION, 2021.
Resolved by this Assembly:
1 That the joint rules of this Special Session shall be the same as the joint
2 rules in force at the 2021 regular session, except as said rules are
3 amended, altered or repealed in this resolution.
4 Strike out Rule 3.
5 Strike out Rule 4.
6 Strike out Rule 5.
7 Strike out Rule 6.
8 Strike out Rule 7 and insert in lieu thereof the following:
9 BILLS AND RESOLUTIONS GENERALLY
10 7. Only bills and substantive resolutions specified in the Resolution
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11 Convening the General Assembly in Special Session to commence not
12 earlier than 12:01 a.m. on June 10, 2021, shall be received.
13 The Legislative Commissioners' Office shall prepare all bills and
14 resolutions. When a bill or resolution has been prepared by the
15 Legislative Commissioners' Office and signed by the Speaker and
16 President Pro Tempore, the bill or resolution shall immediately be given
17 to the clerk of the Senate or the House as designated. Before or at the
18 time the bill or resolution is given to the clerk, the Legislative
19 Commissioners' Office shall provide to the Office of Fiscal Analysis
20 copies of each bill or resolution to prepare a fiscal note if required by
21 Rule 15 of the joint rules.
22 Each bill and resolution shall be printed, without interlineation or
23 erasure. The duplicate copies of each bill or resolution shall be made on
24 yellow-colored and blue-colored paper, respectively, of the same size
25 and format as the original.
26 Each bill amending any statute or special act shall set forth in full the
27 section or subsection of the statute or the special act to be amended.
28 Matter to be omitted or repealed shall be surrounded by brackets or
29 overstricken so that the omitted or repealed matter remains readable,
30 and new matter shall be indicated by capitalization or underscoring of
31 all words in the original bill and by capitalization, underscoring or
32 italics in its printed form. In the case of a section or subsection not
33 amending an existing section of the general statutes but intended to be
34 part of the general statutes, the section or subsection may be in upper
35 and lower case letters preceded by the word (NEW).
36 Each bill and resolution shall be transmitted, in triplicate by the
37 Legislative Commissioners' Office to the clerks of the House or Senate.
38 The clerks shall number each bill and resolution.
39 The clerks shall certify and keep on file a duplicate copy of each bill
40 and resolution. The certified duplicate copy shall remain at all times in
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41 the clerk's office. If the original cannot be located, a copy of such certified
42 duplicate copy shall be made by the clerk and used in lieu of the original.
43 The clerk shall make a notation on the certified duplicate copy of all
44 action taken on the original.
45 Any member of the General Assembly may co-sponsor a bill or
46 resolution by making a request in writing after it has been filed, to the
47 clerk of the chamber in which the bill or resolution has been filed to add
48 his or her name as a co-sponsor of the bill or resolution, but not later
49 than the date of the signing of the bill, or the deadline for the signing of
50 the bill, by the Governor, whichever is earlier, or the adoption of the
51 resolution.
52 After introduction no bill or resolution shall be altered except by the
53 legislative commissioners.
54 Strike out Rule 8.
55 Strike out Rule 9 and insert in lieu thereof the following:
56 EMERGENCY CERTIFIED BILLS AND RESOLUTIONS
57 9. Only bills and substantive resolutions certified by the Speaker and
58 President Pro Tempore in accordance with section 2-26 of the general
59 statutes may be introduced. Bills and resolutions so certified by the
60 Speaker and the President Pro Tempore shall be identified as "bills" or
61 "resolutions".
62 Strike out Rule 10.
63 Strike out Rule 11.
64 Strike out Rule 13.
65 Strike out Rule 14 and insert in lieu thereof the following:
66 TRANSMITTAL BETWEEN HOUSES
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67 14. Upon passage in the first house, the bill or resolution shall be
68 transmitted immediately to the second house.
69 Strike out Rule 15 and insert in lieu thereof the following:
70 15. Any bill or substantive resolution which if passed or adopted,
71 would affect state or municipal revenue, or would require the
72 expenditure of state or municipal funds, shall have a fiscal note
73 attached. Any fiscal note printed with or prepared for a bill or resolution
74 shall be solely for the purpose of information, summarization and
75 explanation for members of the General Assembly and shall not be
76 construed to represent the intent of the General Assembly or either
77 chamber thereof for any purpose. Each such fiscal note shall bear the
78 following disclaimer: "The following Fiscal Impact Statement is
79 prepared for the benefit of the members of the General Assembly, solely
80 for purposes of information, summarization and explanation and does
81 not represent the intent of the General Assembly or either chamber
82 thereof for any purpose." When an amendment is offered to a bill or
83 resolution in the House or the Senate, which, if adopted, would require
84 the expenditure of state or municipal funds or affect state or municipal
85 revenue, a fiscal note shall be available at the time the amendment is
86 offered. Any fiscal note prepared for such an amendment shall be
87 construed in accordance with the provisions of this rule and shall bear
88 the disclaimer required under this rule.
89 Strike out Rule 16 and insert in lieu thereof the following:
90 BILLS AND RESOLUTIONS - READINGS
91 16. First reading of a bill or resolution shall be by title and number.
92 Second reading shall be passage or rejection of the bill or resolution.
93 Strike out Rule 17 and insert in lieu thereof the following:
94 17. Each bill or substantive resolution may be acted upon
95 immediately. No bill or substantive resolution may be acted upon unless
96 it is accompanied by a fiscal note.
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97 Each bill and substantive resolution shall be voted upon by a roll call
98 vote. A bill or resolution, certified in accordance with section 2-26 of the
99 general statutes, if filed in the House, may be transmitted to and acted
100 upon first by the Senate with the consent of the Speaker; and if filed in
101 the Senate, may be transmitted to and acted upon first by the House
102 with the consent of the President Pro Tempore.
103 Strike out Rules 18, 19, 20, 31, 32, 34 and 37.
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