Vermont HR 10: House resolution amending House Rules relating to bill draft request and approval deadlines in the second year of the biennium

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State of Vermont
House of Representatives
Montpelier, Vermont
House Resolution
H.R. 10
Offered by Committee on Rules
House resolution amending House Rules relating to bill draft request and
approval deadlines in the second year of the biennium
Resolved by the House of Representatives:
That this legislative body amends Rule 40 of the Rules and Orders of the
House of Representatives as follows:
40. (a) During the first year of the biennium:
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(b) During the second year of the biennium:
(1) Except with the prior consent of the Committee on Rules, no
member may introduce a bill drafted in standard form unless the member:
(A) submits the request to the Office of Legislative Counsel on or
before the first weekday of December 5
th;
(B) does not request any changes to the bill contents after the
Friday before the opening of session January 15
th; and
(C) approves the bill for public release with any cosponsors on or
before the Wednesday in the second week of session January 31
st.
(2) A member may submit a request to the Office of Legislative
Counsel for a bill to be drafted in standard form relating to the adoption or
amendment of a municipal charter or to the approval of a municipal merger at
any time and may introduce such a bill at any time.
(3) Except with the prior consent of the Committee on Rules, no
member may introduce a bill drafted in short form unless the member submits
the request to the Office of Legislative Counsel on or before the fifteenth day
of February 15
th and approves the bill for public release on or before the
second Friday after the annual Town Meeting Day.
(c)(1) During the first year of the biennium, a Committee may submit a
request to the Office of Legislative Counsel for a bill to be drafted in standard
form at any time and may introduce such a bill at any time.
(2) During the second year of the biennium, except with the prior
consent of the Committee on Rules, no committee may introduce a bill drafted
in standard form unless it approves the bill for public release on or before the
last legislative day of March, except for the Committees on Appropriations and

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on Ways and Means, which may submit a request to the Office of Legislative
Counsel at any time and may approve the bill for public release at any time.
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