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       HOUSE RESOLUTION 11-1002
       
       BY REPRESENTATIVE(S) Stephens, .
       
          CONCERNING CHANGES TO THE RULES OF THE HOUSE
       OF REPRESENTATIVES. 
       
          Be It Resolved by the House of Representatives of the Sixty-eighth
       General Assembly of the State of Colorado:
       
          That Rule No. 25 (a), 25 (g), and 25 (k) (1) of the Rules of the House
       of Representatives are amended, and the said Rule No. 25 is further
       amended BY THE ADDITION OF A NEW SUBSECTION, to read:
       
                  25.  Committees
       
       (a)  Committees of reference of the House shall be:
       
            (1)  Agriculture, Livestock, and Natural Resources.
       
            (2)  Appropriations.
       
            (2.5)     Congressional Redistricting.
       
            (3)  Business Affairs and Labor Economic and Business
                 Development.
       
            (4)  Education.
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
            (5)  Finance.
       
            (6)  Health and Human Services Environment.
       
            (7)  Repealed, House Resolution 05-1002, January 12, 2005.
       
            (8)  Judiciary.
       
            (9)  Local Government.
       
            (10) State, Veterans, and Military Affairs.
       
            (11) Transportation. and Energy.
       
       (a.2)     In addition to the committees of reference specified in
                 subsection (a) of this rule to which bills and joint
                 resolutions that create or authorize any study to be
                 conducted during the interim or that allocate any
                 additional legislative staff resources during the interim
                 may be referred, such bills and joint resolutions shall
                 also be referred to the Legislative Council as a committee
                 of reference in accordance with section 2-3-303.3,
                 Colorado Revised Statutes.
       
       (g)  Except for the Congressional Redistricting Committee,
            which shall consist of five members, all other committees
            shall consist of not less fewer than nine nor more than nineteen
            members, as determined by the Speaker.
       
       (k)  (1)  The committees of reference as listed in subsection (a) of
                 this rule shall be placed in the following categories for the
                 purpose of scheduling meetings:
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
                       Category           Committee
       
                     1 Tuesday a.m.       Business Affairs and Labor 
                                     Economic and Business    
                                     Development.
                                     Education.
                                     Health and Human Services
                                     Environment.
                                     Judiciary.
       
                     2 Wednesday a.m.          Agriculture, Livestock, and 
                                     Natural Resources.
                                     Finance Education.
                                     Judiciary Local          
                                     Government.
       
                     3 Thursday a.m.      Local Government Finance.
                                     State, Veterans, and Military 
                                     Affairs.
                                     Transportation. and Energy.
       
                     4 As calendared      Appropriations.
                                     Congressional
                                     Redistricting.
       
            That the Rules of the House of Representatives are amended BY
       THE ADDITION OF A NEW RULE to read:
       
                 25C.  Protection of Deliberations
       
       (a)  This rule is adopted pursuant to the constitutional,
            statutory, and inherent powers of the House and is
            intended to protect the deliberations of the House and
            House committees from undue disruption and interruption.
       
       
       
       
       
       (b)  (1)  No wireless electronic device, including but not
                 limited to a telephone or such other communication
                 device, shall be used to transmit and receive voice
                 communications in the House chambers or in the
                 hearings of House committees.
       
            (2)  Except as otherwise provided in Rule 33 (e) of these
                 rules, laptop or notebook personal computers and
                 wireless electronic devices, including but not
                 limited to telephones and such other
                 communication devices, may be used other than for
                 transmitting and receiving voice communications in
                 the House chambers or in the hearings of House
                 committees.
       
            (3)  Wireless electronic devices, including but not
                 limited to telephones and such other
                 communication devices, shall not be:
       
                 (A)  Used to transmit or receive voice
                      communications in the gallery of the House
                      chambers; or
       
                 (B)  Taken into the well of the House chambers
                      immediately in front of the House front desk.
       
       (c)  Violations of this rule shall be punishable as prescribed
            by the Speaker of the House, and punishments may include,
            but need not be limited to, temporary or permanent
            confiscation of said electronic devices.
            
       
       
       
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       Marilyn Eddins                        Frank McNulty 
       CHIEF CLERK OF THE HOUSE        SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE
       OF REPRESENTATIVES                OF REPRESENTATIVES