SR1: RESOLVED, that the Rules of the 2015-2016 Session be adopted as the Rules of the 2017-2018 Session, with the changes which have been provided here today.

RESOLUTION NO. 1

RULES ADOPTION

Senator Bradley offered the following Resolution:

RESOLVED, that the rules of the 2015-2016 session be adopted as the rules of the 2017-2018 session, with

the changes which have been provided here today.

PROPOSED RULE CHANGES FOR ORGANIZATION DAY

AMENDMENT TO SENATE RULES:

1. Amend Senate Rule 3-5 as follows:

3-5 Drafting Requests After Deadline - Notwithstanding the drafting deadline established in Rule 7-1, a

Senate bill, Senate joint resolution, or Senate concurrent resolution may be accepted by the Office of Legislative

Services for drafting and introduced into the Senate at any time prior to the crossover deadline established by

Senate rules if the drafting request is approved by a majority of the Rules and Enrolled Bills Committee.

2. Amend Senate Rule 4-7 as follows:

4-7 Standing Committees - The standing committees of the Senate shall be as follows: the Committee on

Capital Budget, the Committee on Commerce, the Committee on Education, the Committee on Election

Law and Internal Affairs , the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources, the Committee on Executive

Departments and Administration, the Committee on Finance, the Committee on Health and Human Services,

the Committee on Judiciary, the Committee on Public and Municipal Affairs, the Committee on Rules and

Enrolled Bills, the Committee on Transportation, and the Committee on Ways and Means.

3. Amend Senate Rule 7-1 as follows:

7-1 Deadlines

(a) Tuesday, December 13, 2016 – Deadline for the Office of Legislative Services to accept drafting of

a Senate Bill, Senate Concurrent Resolution, or Senate Joint Resolution with complete information for

the 2017 Session.

(b) Friday, January 06, 2017 – Deadline for prime sponsors to sign off on legislation.

(c) Friday, January 13, 2017 – Deadline for co-sponsors to sign off on legislation.

(d) Monday, February 27, 2017 – Friday, March 03, 2017: SENATE BREAK.

(e) Thursday, March 09, 2017 – Deadline for Policy Committees to ACT on all Senate bills with a fiscal

impact, except bills exempted pursuant to Senate Rule 4-5.

(f) Thursday, March 30, 2017 – CROSSOVER – Deadline to ACT on all Senate bills.

(g) Thursday, May 11, 2017 – Deadline for Policy Committees to ACT on all House bills with a fiscal

impact, except bills exempted pursuant to Senate Rule 4-5.

(h) Thursday, June 01, 2017 – Deadline to ACT on all House bills.

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(i) Thursday, June 08, 2017 – Deadline to FORM Committees of Conference.

(j) Thursday, June 15, 2017 – Deadline to SIGN Committee of Conference Reports.

(k) Thursday, June 22, 2017 – Deadline to ACT on Committee of Conference Reports.

Adopted.