H.R. 7

1

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 HR-25.11 is repealed and reenacted to read: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

Legislative Review Note
as of 2-2-01 9:05 AM

A limited legal review of this legislation raises no obvious constitutional or statutory concerns.

Office of Legislative Research and General Counsel