H.R. 7 Enrolled

HOUSE RULES RESOLUTION -
RE-REFERRING BILLS TO COMMITTEE
2001 GENERAL SESSION
STATE OF UTAH
Sponsor: Wayne A. Harper
This House resolution of the Legislature revises House rules to outline the process of
re-referring bills to committee. This House resolution provides an effective date.
This resolution affects legislative rules as follows:
REPEALS AND REENACTS:
HR-25.11
Be it resolved by the House of Representatives of the state of Utah:
Section 1. HR-25.11 is repealed and reenacted to read:
HR-25.11. Re-referring Bills to Committee.
[Any bill may be returned to a committee by a majority vote of the members of the House
of Representatives present, at any time prior to its passage on the third reading calendar.]
A bill that has been referred to a standing committee may be re-referred as follows:
(1) by the presiding officer;
(2) upon motion from the floor; and
(3) if a bill has been reported back by the committee to which it was assigned with the
recommendation that it be re-referred to the House Rules Committee.
Section 2. Effective date.
This resolution takes effect upon approval by a constitutional majority vote of all members
of the House of Representatives.