Joint Rules

 of the
 House of Representatives and Senate

Table of Content

Adoption of Conference Report

    Rule 9

Amendments

    Rule 2

Bills and Joint Resolutions

    Rule 13

Committee Expenses

    Rule 25

Compensation

    Rule 24

Conference Committee Clerk

    Rule 4

Conference Committees

    Rule 3 (a) and (b)

Conference Report:
Rejection

    Rule 5

Conference Reports:
Points of Order

    Rule 10

Correction of Errors

    Rule 12

Daily Adjournment

    Rule 27

Disagreement of Conferees

    Rule 6

Either House May Recede

    Rule 11

Elections in Joint Convention

    Rule 22

Final Adjournment of
Regular Sessions

    Rule 26

Immediate Effect

    Rule 17

Joint Resolution

    Rule 18

Legislative Handbook

    Rule 23

No Members Present

    Rule 15

Passage, Adoption,
and Enrollment Printing

    Rule 16

Pending Business

    Rule 28

Power of Conferees

    Rule 8

Second Conference: Failure

    Rule 7

Section Numbers of Compiled Laws - Amendments

    Rule 20

Tie-bars

    Rule 21

Transmission of Messages

    Rule 1

Veto Override:

Filing with Secretary of State

    Rule 19

Yeas and Nays

    Rule 14

JOINT RULES

OF THE

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES AND SENATE

Transmission of Messages.

            Rule 1. All messages necessary for conducting legislative business between the two houses shall be communicated in writing and electronically by the Secretary of the Senate and the Clerk of the House of Representatives.

Amendments.

            Rule 2. It shall be in the power of either house to amend an amendment made by the other to any bill or resolution.

Conference Committees.

            Rule 3. (a) The house not concurring in the amendments of the other house shall appoint conferees and notify the amending house of its action. The amending house shall request return of the bill or resolution or appoint conferees. The conference committee shall consist of three members from each house, to be appointed as each house may determine. The first named member of the house in which the bill or resolution originated shall be chairperson of the conference committee. Upon appointment of conferees by both houses, the bill or resolution shall be referred to the conference committee. When one house amends or substitutes a bill that has been returned for concurrence from the other house, but then non-concurs in that bill as amended or substituted, those amendments or that substitute shall not be referred to the conference committee. The conference committee shall serve until the conference report has been adopted by both houses or rejected by a house.

            (b) The conference committee shall consist of committees of the two houses with those two committees voting separately while in conference.  The adoption of a conference report shall require concurring majorities of the members of each house.  The conference committees of the two houses shall vote separately while in conference.  The majority of each committee shall constitute a quorum of each committee and shall determine the position to be taken toward the propositions of the conference committee. If the conferees agree, a report shall be made which shall be signed by at least a majority of the conferees of each house who were present and voted in the conference committee meeting to adopt the report. The bill or resolution, including the original signed conference report and three copies, shall be filed in the house of origin where the question shall be on the adoption of the conference report. If the conference report is adopted in the house of origin, the bill or resolution, including the original signed conference report, and two copies of the conference report shall be transmitted to the other house where the question shall be on the adoption of the conference report. If the conferen