(a) Pursuant to section 2-2-404 (2), C.R.S., this rule authorizes the Speaker to promulgate regulations to facilitate a safe and healthy work environment and to protect vulnerable members of the House and other persons during a declared public health disaster emergency. The Speaker shall ensure that regulations promulgated pursuant to this subsection (a) are distributed to each member of the House and to the chief clerk of the House and posted on the website of the House.
(b) The Speaker, after consultation with the Majority Leader and the Minority Leader, may invoke the regulations described in subsection (a) of this rule 55 only if the conditions concerning a declared public health disaster emergency, as described in Joint Rule 44 (a) of the Joint Rules of the Senate and the House of Representatives, are met. Within twenty-four hours after invoking the regulations, the Speaker shall ensure that written notice of the invocation is provided to each member of the House and to the chief clerk of the House and posted on the website of the House. The regulations may remain in effect only so long as the declared state of public health disaster emergency continues.