H.R. 3 Enrolled

HOUSE RULE - DECLARATION OF CONFLICT OF INTEREST
2001 GENERAL SESSION
STATE OF UTAH
Sponsor: Margaret Dayton
This House resolution modifies House rules to suggest that a House member make an oral
declaration of any conflicts of interest before speaking on legislation or legislative matters
on the floor of the House. This resolution takes effect upon approval by the House of
Representatives.
This resolution affects legislative rules as follows:
ENACTS:
HR-26.02
Be it resolved by the House of Representatives of the state of Utah:
Section 1. HR-26.02 is enacted to read:
HR-26.02. Verbal Disclosure of Conflict of Interest in House Floor Debate.
(1) (a) Before speaking on the floor of the House on any legislation or legislative matter
in which a House member reasonably believes that he may have a conflict of interest, the House
member should orally disclose to the House that he may have a conflict of interest and what that
conflict is.
(b) The declaration of the conflict of interest shall be noted in the House Journal.
(2) Nothing in this House rule requires a House member with a conflict of interest on
legislation or a legislative matter pending before the House to orally disclose that conflict of
interest if the House member does not speak on the legislation or legislative matter and the conflict
has been disclosed on the legislator's conflict of interest form.
Section 2. Effective date.
This resolution takes effect upon approval by a constitutional majority vote of all members
of the House of Representatives.