Joint

Citations by the legislature Rule 7

Chapter 2: Procedures Derived from State Constitution

Each house determines its rules Rule 10

Quorum Rule 11

Required vote total Rule 12

Adjournment for more than 3 days Rule 13

Stationery; reproduction of legislative documents Rule 14

Chapter 3: Committee Activities

Joint hearings of standing committees Rule 21

Cochairpersons of joint committees Rule 22

Joint committee on legislative organization Rule 23

Funeral delegation Rule 25

Committee hearings open to public Rule 27

Chapter 4: Clerical Procedures

Record of committee proceedings Rule 31

Certification of passage of, or adoption of and concurrence in, proposals Rule 32

Book of enrolled bills Rule 33

Presentment of enrolled bills to governor Rule 34

Assignment of enrolled joint resolution numbers Rule 35

Chapter 5: Fiscal Estimate Procedure

When fiscal estimates required or permitted Rule 41

General procedures Rule 42

Reliable dollar estimate Rule 43

Bill jackets to display FE" Rule 44

Duties of legislative reference bureau Rule 45

Duties of department of administration and state agencies Rule 46

Duties of joint committee on finance Rule 47

Review of agencyprepared fiscal estimates Rule 48

Bills not conforming Rule 49

Waiver of requirement to transmit electronically Rule 50

Chapter 6: Style and Form of Proposals

Use of LRB legal services Rule 51

Analyses on substitute amendments Rule 51m

Format; text display; structure of proposals Rule 52

Incorporation of law into the statutes Rule 53

Approval and jacketing of drafts Rule 54

Authors and cosponsors Rule 55

Clerical corrections in legislative proposals andamendments Rule 56

Amendments to state constitution Rule 57

Amendments to U.S. constitution Rule 58

Explanative notes Rule 59

Enrolled proposals Rule 60

Chapter 7: Reproduction of Proposals

Number of copies Rule 62

Reproduction of engrossed proposals and amendments Rule 63

Display of text in amendatory proposals and acts Rule 64

Inserting date of enactment and publication date of acts Rule 65

Enrolled joint resolutions Rule 66

Chapter 8: Other Legislative Documents

Legislative manuals Rule 71

Daily calendars Rule 72

Daily journals Rule 73

Journals in book form Rule 74

Schedule of committee activities Rule 75

Bulletins of senate and assembly proceedings Rule 76

Index to bulletin of proceedings Rule 77

Bulletin and index to actions concerning proposedadministrative rules Rule 78

Biennial record continuity; special sessions Rule 79

Chapter 9: Session Schedule

Scheduled floorperiods and committee work Rule 81

Limited-business floorperiod Rule 81m

Limited-business floorperiod; bills introduced by the joint committee for review of administrative rules Rule 81r

Veto review session, even-numbered year Rule 82

Introduction and disposition of proposals Rule 83

Committees continue throughout biennial session Rule 84

Reimbursement for expenses Rule 85

Continuation of employees during periods of committee work Rule 86

Duties of the chief clerk after floorperiods and sessions Rule 87

Chapter 10: Legislative Employees

Compensation and classification plan Rule 91

Retirement system agents for legislative employees Rule 92

Chapter 11: Joint Rules

Rescinding, amending, or suspending rules Rule 96

Continuity of joint rules Rule 97

Publishing of joint rules Rule 98

Definitions Rule 99

JR2019contents

J O I N T R U L E S

As last affected by 2013 Senate Joint Resolution 6
(Concurred in February 12, 2013)

Chapter 1:
JOINT PROCEDURES OF THE TWO HOUSES

jr1 Joint Rule 1. Joint convention. Whenever there is a joint convention of the 2 houses, the president of the senate shall preside over the joint convention, if present, and the speaker of the assembly shall preside if the president is not present, and the chief clerk of the assembly shall act as clerk thereof, assisted by the chief clerk of the senate.

[am. 1981 SJR-1]
[am. 2001 AJR-15]

jr2 Joint Rule 2. Receding from position on amendment. Whenever an amendment has been nonconcurred in by the other house, any member may move to recede from the amendment. If the motion prevails the amendment is thereby reconsidered and rejected and the bill or joint resolution or amendment to which the amendment had been adopted by the house is thereby passed or concurred in, as the case may be, so that further action is not required thereon in either house.

[am. 2011 SJR-2]

jr3 Joint Rule 3. Committee of conference.