H.R. 1 Enrolled

HOUSE RESOLUTION AMENDING
PROVISIONS RELATING TO LONG TITLE
2001 GENERAL SESSION
STATE OF UTAH
Sponsor: Thomas V. Hatch
This House resolution modifies House rules relating to long titles. This resolution gives the
Chief Clerk of the House limited powers to conform long titles to reflect changes made by
substitute or amendment and makes a technical change in reading requirements to conform
with the Utah Constitution and with current practice. This resolution takes effect upon
passage by the House of Representatives.
This resolution affects legislative rules as follows:
Be it resolved by the House of Representatives of the state of Utah:
AMENDS:
HR-20.06
HR-25.08
Section 1. HR-20.06 is amended to read:
HR-20.06. Duties of the Chief Clerk.
A Chief Clerk of the House shall be appointed by the Speaker or Speaker-elect before each
session is convened. The general duties of the Chief Clerk are to:
(1) certify and transmit all bills to the Senate and inform the Senate of all House action;
(2) assist the Journal Clerk in preparation of the House Journal and certify it as an accurate
reflection of House action;
(3) correct the spelling of words, erroneous division and hyphenation of words, correct
mistakes in numbering sections and their references, capitalize or decapitalize words, change
numbers from words to figures or from figures to words, and underscore or remove underscoring
in bills without a motion to amend, which technical corrections may be made either before or
following final passage of a bill;
(4) modify the long title of any bill or resolution to ensure that the long title accurately
reflects any changes to the bill or resolution made by amendment or substitute;

[(4)] (5) (a) supervise all House of Representatives personnel during the session and assign
them duties and responsibilities, including keeping a record of the attendance of all employees; and
(b) provide that any employee who is absent without the written consent or subsequent
approval of the Speaker may not be paid for the day or days of absence;
[(5)] (6) be the custodian of all official documents;
[(6)] (7) receive from the Office of Legislative Research and General Counsel all numbered
bills and resolutions;
[(7)] (8) record the number, title, sponsor, each action, and final disposition of every bill on
the bill backs;
[(8)] (9) prepare and distribute the daily order of business each day;
[(9)] (10) advise the Speaker on parliamentary procedure, constitutional requirements, and
Joint and House Rules;
[(10)] (11) assist with amendments to bills;
[(11)] (12) record votes and present the results to the Speaker;
[(12)] (13) transmit to the Governor all enrolled House bills; and
[(13)] (14) approve material for placement on the Representative's desks.
Section 2. HR-25.08 is amended to read:
HR-25.08. Third Reading Calendar.
(1) (a) For its third reading, each bill listed shall be read by [long] title, unless by two-thirds
vote the House members suspend this requirement. (Utah Constitution Article VI, Section 22; cf.
HR-27.16)
(b) The bill shall then be considered.
(2) (a) On each bill, after reading the [long] title, the reading clerk shall announce which
House standing committee reviewed the bill and the vote in that committee.
(b) If a bill has not received a House standing committee review, the reading clerk shall
announce that the bill received no House standing committee review.
(3) (a) The final question is: "This bill (resolution) has been read three times; the question
is: Shall the bill (resolution) pass?"

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(b) The final vote shall then be taken.
Section 3. Effective date.
This resolution takes effect upon approval by a constitutional majority vote of all members
of the House of Representatives.

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