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F I S C A L I M P A C T R E P O R T

SPONSOR Boitano

ORIGINAL DATE

LAST UPDATED

1/24/08

HB

SHORT TITLE Limit Bill Introductions

SCR

1

ANALYST Abousleman

SOURCES OF INFORMATION

LFC Files

SUMMARY

Synopsis of Bill

Senate Concurrent Resolution 1 seeks to adopt a legislative Joint Rule which would place limit

on the maximum number of bills introduced by any one legislator.

Senate Concurrent Resolution 1 seeks to adopt a new legislative Joint Rule entitled, “Limitation

on Number of Bills Introduced by a Legislator". The new Rule allows for the introduction of no

more than fifteen (15) bills by any one member during the session. Exclusions to the rule are as

follows: two (2) bills endorsed by an interim legislative committee, and any bills introduced at

the request of the governor or state agency. The new rule also allows for suspension of the rule

through a two-thirds majority vote in that house, and allows for any legislator to allocate any part

of their allotment to any other member of the same house.

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