Bill Text: OH HR135 | 2009-2010 | 128th General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: To amend House Rule 68 to require conference reports to lie over two calendar days unless the requirement is suspended by two-thirds of the members present.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 45-0)

Status: (Passed) 2011-12-19 - Adopted [HR135 Detail]

Download: Ohio-2009-HR135-Introduced.html

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As Introduced

128th General Assembly Regular Session 2009-2010

H. R. No. 135

Representative Gardner 

Cosponsors: Representatives Batchelder, Blessing, Adams, J., Jordan, Adams, R., Amstutz, Bacon, Baker, Balderson, Blair, Boose, Bubp, Burke, Coley, Combs, Daniels, Derickson, Dolan, Evans, Goodwin, Grossman, Hackett, Hall, Hite, Hottinger, Huffman, Lehner, Maag, Mandel, Martin, McClain, McGregor, Mecklenborg, Morgan, Oelslager, Ruhl, Sears, Snitchler, Stautberg, Stebelton, Uecker, Wachtmann, Wagner, Zehringer 

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A RESOLUTION

To amend House Rule 68 to require conference reports

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to lie over two calendar days unless the

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requirement is suspended by two-thirds of the

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members present.

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BE IT RESOLVED BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE STATE OF OHIO:

That House Rule 68 be amended to read as follows:

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Rule 68. (Synopsis of Senate amendments before vote.) Before	6
a vote is taken upon the question of concurrence in Senate	7
amendments to a House bill or resolution, the staff of the	8
Legislative Service Commission shall prepare a synopsis of any	9
substantive amendments made by a Senate committee to the bill or	10
resolution as passed by the House. Before a vote is taken upon a	11
conference committee report, the staff of the Legislative Service	12
Commission, unless otherwise ordered by a majority of the members	13
elected to the House, shall prepare a synopsis that summarizes the	14
recommendations of the conference committee. The staff of the	15
Legislative Service Commission shall prepare and make such a	16
synopsis available to each member at the time the House votes on a	17
question of concurrence in Senate amendments or upon a conference	18
committee report. The Clerk shall provide each member with a copy	19
of amendments made by the Senate during its third consideration of	20
the bill or resolution unless the amendments are Clerk's	21
amendments or the bill or resolution has been reprinted to	22
incorporate the amendments.	23

After a committee of conference has agreed to a conference	24
report, the conference report shall lie over at least two calendar	25
days before it may be taken up for consideration, unless otherwise	26
ordered by a vote of two-thirds of the members present.	27

As used in this rule, "Clerk's amendment" has the meaning	28
defined in Rule 71.	29