First Regular Session
Sixty-first General Assembly
LLS NO. R97@0736.01 DLC
STATE OF COLORADO
SENATOR Matsunaka
STATE, VETERANS, AND
MILITARY AFFARIS
SENATE JOINT RESOLUTION 97-21
CONCERNING THE CONDUCT OF BUSINESS AT REGULAR LEGISLATIVE
SESSIONS.
Be It Resolved by the Senate of the Sixtyfirst
General Assembly of the State of Colorado, the House of Representatives
concurring herein:
That Joint Rule No. 24 (b) (1) (A) and 24 (c) of
the Joint Rules of the Senate and House of Representatives are
amended, and the said Joint Rule No. 24 (b) (1) is further amended
BY THE ADDITION OF A NEW SUBPARAGRAPH, to read:
24. SPONSORSHIP OF BILLS
(b) (1) (A) A member of the General Assembly may
not introduce more than five bills in a regular session of the
General Assembly HELD IN AN EVENNUMBERED YEAR, excluding
bills for appropriations and excluding the bills specified in
subparagraph (D) of this paragraph (1). Permission to exceed
the limits established by this rule may be given by the Senate
Committee on Delayed Bills for members of the Senate and the House
Committee on Delayed Bills for members of the House of Representatives.
Of the bills which are subject to the fivebill limit under
this subparagraph (A), not more than two bills may be requested
after the December 1 which precedes the convening of the regular
session. except that any member who
will serve in the regular session in an oddnumbered year
but who is not a member of the current General Assembly may not
introduce more than two bills requested after the December 15
which precedes the convening of said oddyear session.
Bills requested on or before said December 1 or
December 15, as the case may be,
shall be treated as if requested to be prefiled bills, unless
the member making the request specifies otherwise.
(A.5) A MEMBER OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY MAY NOT INTRODUCE
MORE THAN THREE BILLS IN A REGULAR SESSION OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY
HELD IN AN ODDNUMBERED YEAR, EXCLUDING BILLS FOR APPROPRIATIONS
AND EXCLUDING THE BILLS SPECIFIED IN SUBPARAGRAPH (D) OF THIS
PARAGRAPH (1). PERMISSION TO EXCEED THE LIMITS ESTABLISHED BY
THIS RULE MAY BE GIVEN BY THE SENATE COMMITTEE ON DELAYED BILLS
FOR MEMBERS OF THE SENATE AND THE HOUSE COMMITTEE ON DELAYED BILLS
FOR MEMBERS OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. OF THE BILLS WHICH
ARE SUBJECT TO THE THREEBILL LIMIT UNDER THIS SUBPARAGRAPH
(A.5), NOT MORE THAN TWO BILLS MAY BE REQUESTED AFTER THE DECEMBER
1 WHICH PRECEDES THE CONVENING OF THE REGULAR SESSION HELD IN
AN ODDNUMBERED YEAR; EXCEPT THAT ANY MEMBER WHO WILL SERVE
IN THE REGULAR SESSION IN AN ODDNUMBERED YEAR BUT WHO IS
NOT A MEMBER OF THE CURRENT GENERAL ASSEMBLY MAY NOT INTRODUCE
MORE THAN ONE BILL REQUESTED AFTER THE DECEMBER 15 WHICH PRECEDES
THE CONVENING OF SAID ODDYEAR SESSION. BILLS REQUESTED
ON OR BEFORE SAID DECEMBER 1 OR DECEMBER 15, AS THE CASE MAY BE,
SHALL BE TREATED AS IF REQUESTED TO BE PREFILED BILLS, UNLESS
THE MEMBER MAKING THE REQUEST SPECIFIES OTHERWISE.
(c) Any member of the General Assembly who submits
a bill draft request to the Office of Legislative Legal Services
by subject only shall be required to provide the necessary information
to enable said office to proceed with the drafting of the bill
within five working days after making the request or within five
working days after December 1, whichever is later. Failure to
submit such information within the prescribed time period shall
be considered as a request by a member to withdraw the bill draft
request, and the number of bills which the member may introduce
under subsection (b) (1) (A) shall be reduced by one. On and
after THE December 1 or December 15 WHICH PRECEDES THE CONVENING
OF THE REGULAR SESSION HELD IN AN ODDNUMBERED YEAR, whichever
is applicable, a member shall not have more than five
THREE draft requests for bills that are not subject to approval
under subsection (b) (1) (D) of this rule on file with the Office
of Legislative Legal Services at any time. ON AND AFTER THE DECEMBER
1 WHICH PRECEDES THE CONVENING OF THE REGULAR SESSION HELD IN
AN EVENNUMBERED YEAR, A MEMBER SHALL NOT HAVE MORE THAN
FIVE DRAFT REQUESTS FOR BILLS THAT ARE NOT SUBJECT TO APPROVAL
UNDER SUBSECTION (b) (1) (D) OF THIS RULE ON FILE WITH THE OFFICE
OF LEGISLATIVE LEGAL SERVICES AT ANY TIME. A member may seek resolution
of any question involving the application of this subsection (c)
from the Committee on Delayed Bills for the house of which he
is a member.
That Joint Rule No. 23 (a) (2) (A) and 23 (a) (2)
(C), of the Joint Rules of the Senate and House of Representatives
are amended to read:
23. DEADLINE SCHEDULE
(a) (2) All bills which a member requested pursuant
to Joint Rule 24 (b) (1) (A) ON OR BEFORE DECEMBER 1, OR PURSUANT
TO JOINT RULE 24 (b) (1) (A.5) on or before December 1 or December
15, whichever is applicable, shall be introduced no later than
the initial deadline for introduction of bills, subject to the
following conditions:
(A) A member is not required to introduce more than
three bills by said initial deadline FOR A REGULAR SESSION HELD
IN AN EVENNUMBERED YEAR OR MORE THAN TWO BILLS BY SAID INITIAL
DEADLINE FOR A REGULAR SESSION HELD IN AN ODDNUMBERED YEAR;
(C) ONE OF THE TWO BILLS THAT A MEMBER MAY REQUEST
PRIOR TO DECEMBER 1 OR DECEMBER 15 PRECEDING THE CONVENING OF
THE REGULAR SESSION HELD IN AN ODDNUMBERED YEAR AND one
of the three bills that a member may request prior to said
December 1 or December 15
PRECEDING THE CONVENING OF THE REGULAR SESSION HELD IN AN EVENNUMBERED
YEAR shall be filed with the house of introduction 5
FIVE days prior to the first day of the session for printing,
distribution to Legislative Council staff for preparation of a
fiscal note, and introduction on the 1st
FIRST day.
That the Joint Rules of the Senate and the House
of Representatives are amended BY THE ADDITION OF A NEW RULE to
read:
39. ADJOURNMENT FOR CONSIDERATION
OF BILLS IN ODDNUMBERED YEARS
(a) DURING A REGULAR SESSION OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY
HELD IN ODDNUMBERED YEARS, EACH HOUSE SHALL ADJOURN ON THE
THIRD FRIDAY OF THE SESSION AND SHALL REMAIN IN ADJOURNMENT FOR
TWENTYTHREE CALENDAR DAYS UNTIL THE SIXTH MONDAY OF THE
SESSION. SUCH ADJOURNMENT SHALL BE FOR THE PURPOSE OF ALLOWING
THE MEMBERS OF EACH HOUSE TO PREPARE FOR THE CONSIDERATION AND
DEBATE OF SUCH BILLS, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE OPPORTUNITY
TO READ AND CONSIDER THE BILLS INTRODUCED IN THE SESSION, TO READ
AND CONSIDER THE WRITTEN MATERIALS RELATING TO THE BILLS PREPARED
OR PROVIDED BY INTERESTED PERSONS, STAFF, AND LOBBYISTS, TO MEET
AND CONSULT WITH INTERESTED PERSONS, STAFF, AND LOBBYISTS ON THE
BILLS, AND TO PREPARE AMENDMENTS TO SUCH BILLS.
(b) NO COMMITTEE OF REFERENCE DESCRIBED IN JOINT
RULE NO. 25 OR THE CAPITAL DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE SHALL SIT DURING
THE PERIOD OF TIME EACH HOUSE IS IN ADJOURNMENT PURSUANT TO PARAGRAPH
(a) OF THIS RULE.
(c) BY DECEMBER 1 OF EACH EVENNUMBERED YEAR, THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE OF LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL SHALL MAKE RECOMMENDATIONS TO THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY FOR ANY CHANGES TO THE LEGISLATIVE DEADLINE SCHEDULE CONTAINED IN JOINT RULE NO. 23 (a) (1) THAT ARE REQUIRED TO IMPLEMENT THIS JOINT RULE.