Section 1. HR2-5-102 is enacted to read:HR2-5-102. Abandoning legislation.(1)As used in this rule:(a)"Chief sponsor" means the member of the House of Representatives who:(i)approves a request for legislation for numbering; or(ii)becomes the chief sponsor of legislation in accordance with HR2-5-101 or JR4-2-101.(b)"Legislation" means a bill or resolution introduced for consideration by the Legislature.(2)A chief sponsor may abandon the chief sponsor's legislation by submitting to the chief clerk, before the legislation passes the Senate on third reading, an abandoning legislation form.(3)Upon receipt of a completed abandoning legislation form, the chief clerk shall request that the legislation be returned, if applicable.(4)Once abandoned legislation is returned to the chief clerk, the chief clerk shall file the legislation.(5)No later than one legislative day after the day on which a chief sponsor submits an abandoning legislation form, the presiding officer shall publicly announce that the chief sponsor abandoned the legislation.(6)(a)Abandoning legislation has the effect of striking the enacting clause.(b)Legislation may not be revived once the chief sponsor submits an abandoning legislation form.(7)For legislation abandoned under this rule, the Office of Legislative Research and General Counsel shall note the abandonment on the legislation's webpage.(8)Nothing in this rule precludes a representative from introducing new legislation identical to the legislation abandoned under this rule.