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First Regular Session

Sixty-first General Assembly

LLS NO. R97@0743.01 DFH

STATE OF COLORADO

BY REPRESENTATIVE Anderson;

also SENATOR Norton.

HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION 97-1026

Be It Resolved by the House of Representatives of the Sixty­first General Assembly of the State of Colorado, the Senate concurring herein:

That Rule No. 23A of the Joint Rules of the Senate and House of Representatives is amended to read:

23A. CONSIDERATION OF BILLS BY COMMITTEES

(a)   If a bill is referred to more than one committee of reference by the President of the Senate or the Speaker of the House of Representatives, each committee of reference that hears the bill shall refer the bill to the next committee in the sequence of assignment. Except as provided for in subsection (b) of this rule, a committee of reference may refer a bill to another committee of reference that is not included in the original referrals made by the President or the Speaker; however, the committee to which the bill is referred must subsequently refer the bill to the next committee of reference in the original referral sequence. This subsection (a) shall not apply if a committee postpones a bill indefinitely or if a committee refers a bill to the committee of the whole in accordance with section 20 of article V of the state constitution.

(b)   If original referrals do not include the appropriations committee, a bill must be referred to all committees of reference in the original sequence before a committee may refer it to the appropriations committee.

(c)   It shall be out of order for a member of a committee of reference to offer a motion to refer a bill to another committee of reference in violation of the provision of this Joint Rule.

(d)   ANY BILL OR RESOLUTION THAT CREATES AN INTERIM STUDY COMMITTEE OR AN ADVISORY COMMITTEE, COMMISSION, OR TASK FORCE THAT IS CHARGED WITH INTERIM STUDY RESPONSIBILITY SHALL BE REFERRED FROM THE COMMITTEE OF REFERENCE TO THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL FOR PURPOSES OF REVIEW AND PRIORITIZATION IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE PROCESS ESTABLISHED IN SECTION 2­3­303.3, COLORADO REVISED STATUTES.