SR 121 — RESOLUTION CONCERNING THE RULES OF THE SENATE FOR THE DECEMBER SPECIAL SESSION, 2019.

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This resolution amends specific rules governing the Senate during the December Special Session of 2019.

• Rule 9 → 9. A bill or resolution certified in accordance with section 2-26 of the general statutes, if filed in the House, may be transmitted to and acted upon first by the Senate with the consent of the speaker; and if filed in the Senate, may be transmitted to and acted upon first by the House with the consent of the President Pro Tempore.

  This change allows for the Senate to act on bills or resolutions filed in the House first, with the speaker's consent.

• Rule 19 → 19. The order of business shall be as follows: 1. Reception of communications from the Governor and the Secretary of the State. 2. Introduction of bills and resolutions. 3. Reception of business from the House. 4. Introduction of guests.

  This amendment clarifies the order of business for the Senate during the Special Session.

• Rule 29 → 29. When a question is under debate, no motion shall be received except: 1. To adjourn. 2. To recess. 3. For the previous question. 4. To close the debate at a specified time. 5. To pass temporarily. 6. To pass retain. 7. To postpone to a certain time. 8. To divide the question. 9. To amend. 10. To postpone indefinitely. These several motions shall have precedence in the order listed in this rule, and no motion to continue to the next General Assembly or to postpone indefinitely, having been once decided, shall be again allowed at the same session and at the same state of the bill or subject matter.

  This change establishes a clear precedence for motions during debates.

• Rule 30 → 30. Amendments shall be filed with the clerk of the Senate. Any member who offers an amendment, originating in the Senate which, if adopted, would reduce state revenues or increase state expenditures by a specified amount or which would involve a significant fiscal impact, shall make available to the president, president pro tempore, the majority leader of the Senate and the minority leader of the Senate at the time the amendment is offered, in addition to a fiscal note, a signed and typewritten explanation, of the decrease in expenditures or the source of the increased revenues required to balance the state budget. Whenever a bill is substantively amended, it may be referred to the legislative commissioners to be re-examined for the purposes set forth in Rule 13 of the Joint Rules for the 2019 regular session and to be reprinted as amended. The Legislative Commissioners' Office shall complete its examination of any such bill within three calendar days of its receipt. The bill shall then be transmitted to the clerk.

  This update specifies requirements for filing amendments that affect state finances.

• 37. Only those bills and substantive resolutions specified in paragraph 1 of Rule 7 of the Joint Rules for this Special Session, certified as provided in Rule 9 of said Joint Rules, and, except as provided in Rule 33 of said Joint Rules, only those resolutions pertaining to the rules of this Special Session, the printing of the journals of the Senate and the House of Representatives, and the expenses of this Special Session, shall be received.

  This new rule limits the types of bills and resolutions that can be received during the Special Session.

Action History

1. December 18, 2019

   ADOPTED, SENATE

Sponsors

• Bob Duff · Primary

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