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SENATE RULES RESOLUTION -
2 OCCUPATIONAL AND PROFESSIONAL
3 LICENSURE REVIEW COMMITTEE SUMMARY
4 REPORT
5 2007 GENERAL SESSION
6 STATE OF UTAH
7 Chief Sponsor: Scott K. Jenkins
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9 LONG TITLE
10 General Description:
11 This resolution modifies the responsibilities of the Senate Rules Committee, Senate
12 standing committees, and the Office of Legislative Research and General Counsel
13 related to receipt of summary reports of the Occupational and Professional Licensure
14 Review Committee.
15 Highlighted Provisions:
16 This resolution:
17 . requires certain actions regarding a summary report related to newly regulating an
18 occupation or profession, including requiring a chair of a standing committee that
19 receives a summary report from the Senate Rules Committee to ensure that the
20 report is read in a meeting before the standing committee takes action on the related
21 legislation; and
22 . makes technical changes.
23 Special Clauses:
24 This resolution provides an immediate effective date.
25 Legislative Rules Affected:
26 AMENDS:
27 SR-24.01

28 SR-24.12
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30 Be it resolved by the Senate of the state of Utah:
31 Section 1. SR-24.01 is amended to read:
32 SR-24.01. Senate Rules Committee; Duties.
33 (1) All legislation introduced shall be submitted to the Senate Rules Committee.
34 (2) The Senate Rules Committee shall:
35 (a) prepare the Senate Rules and Joint Rules and report them to the Senate for
36 approval, amendment, or disapproval before adjournment on the second day of each annual
37 general session;
38 (b) examine each bill for proper form and order the bills printed;
39 (c) refer each bill to the Senate with a recommendation that:
40 (i) the legislation be referred to a standing committee for consideration;
41 (ii) the legislation be placed directly onto the second reading calendar;
42 (iii) the legislation be read the second time and placed onto the consent calendar; or
43 (iv) during the last week of the legislative session, the legislation be read the second
44 time and placed onto the third reading calendar.
45 (3) Before sending a bill to a standing committee, the Senate Rules Committee, in
46 carrying out its responsibilities under Subsection (2), may amend or substitute a bill only if the
47 committee has the written consent of the sponsor.
48 (4) If the chair of the Senate Rules Committee receives a summary report from the
49 Occupational and Professional Licensure Review Committee related to newly regulating an
50 occupation or profession within the two calendar years immediately preceding the session in
51 which a piece of legislation is introduced related to the regulation by the Division of
52 Occupational and Professional Licensing of that occupation or profession:
53 (a) the chair of the Senate Rules Committee shall ensure that the Senate Rules
54 Committee is informed of the summary report before the Senate Rules Committee takes action
55 on the legislation; and
56 (b) if the Senate Rules Committee refers the legislation to the Senate as provided for
57 in Subsection (2)(c):
58 (i) the Office of Legislative Research and General Counsel shall make the summary

59 report reasonably available to the public and to legislators; and
60 (ii) if the legislation is referred to a standing committee, the Senate Rules Committee
61 shall forward the summary report to the standing committee.
62 Section 2. SR-24.12 is amended to read:
63 SR-24.12. Committee Responsibilities.
64 (1) Each committee shall send a report to the Senate on each bill referred to it. With a
65 majority vote, the committee may transmit bills with a favorable recommendation. Bills may
66 be amended, held, tabled, returned to the Senate Rules Committee, or substituted in committee.
67 Any bill tabled in committee shall be held until a motion is made to remove it from the table.
68 Any tabled bill not lifted at its second committee meeting after tabling shall be sent to the
69 Secretary of the Senate for filing. A tabled bill can be lifted from the Secretary of the Senate or
70 its assigned standing committee by a two-thirds vote of those Senators present on the floor of
71 the Senate, or the President of the Senate can reassign the bill to a standing committee.
72 (2) The committee may prepare a bill addressing the same subject matter to be
73 introduced under committee sponsorship. The chief sponsor or sponsors of a bill may request
74 in writing that committee members sponsor the measure. Upon agreement by the committee,
75 the chief sponsor may relinquish individual sponsorship of the bill. A majority vote of the
76 committee is required to amend, substitute, table, recommend, return a bill to the Secretary of
77 the Senate, hold, or substitute sponsorship of a bill.
78 (3) A secretary shall record attendance and take minutes of committee action. The
79 records shall be filed for three years in the office of the Secretary of the Senate.
80 (4) If the chair allows public comment or testimony on a bill or other matter before the
81 committee, the chair may, or a majority of the committee may, require that any or all person's
82 testimony be taken under oath.
83 (5) If in accordance with SR-24.01 the Senate Rules Committee forwards a summary
84 report from the Occupational and Professional Licensure Review Committee in conjunction
85 with legislation referred to a standing committee, the chair of the standing committee shall
86 ensure that the summary report is read orally to the standing committee before action is taken
87 by the standing committee on the legislation that is related to the summary report.
88 Section 3. Effective date.
89 This resolution takes effect upon approval by a constitutional majority vote of all

90 members of the Senate.





Legislative Review Note
as of 11-17-06 11:02 AM

Office of Legislative Research and General Counsel

Interim Committee Note
as of 12-18-06 10:15 AM

The Business and Labor Interim Committee recommended this bill.