HOUSE RESOLUTION 1

54th legislature - STATE OF NEW MEXICO - first session, 2019

INTRODUCED BY

Daymon Ely

A RESOLUTION

AMENDING THE HOUSE RULES REGARDING THE SOLICITATION OF CONTRIBUTIONS, STANDING COMMITTEES, PREFILING OF LEGISLATION, VOTES REQUIRED TO RECALL LEGISLATION AND PLACING LEGISLATION ON THE SPEAKER'S TABLE.

     WHEREAS, House Rule 24-1 provides that the rules of the house of representatives may be amended by a two-thirds' vote of all the members of the house or by a majority vote of the members of the house upon the recommendation of the house rules and order of business committee;

     NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE STATE OF NEW MEXICO that House Rule 7-17 be amended to read:

"7-17     No member of the house of representatives, or any agent on [his] the member's behalf, shall knowingly solicit a contribution for a political purpose for that period beginning January 1 prior to any regular session of the legislature and ending on [the twentieth day following the] adjournment of the regular session. For purposes of this rule, "political purpose" means influencing or attempting to influence an election, including a constitutional amendment or other question submitted to the voters."; and

     BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that House Rule 9-2 be amended to read:

"9-2      The following shall be the standing committees of the house:

(Substantive)

(a) agriculture and water resources;

(b) appropriations and finance;

(c) [business and industry] commerce and economic development;

(d) consumer and public affairs;

(e) education;

(f) energy, environment and natural resources;

                (g) health and human services;

                (h) judiciary;

(i) labor, [and economic development] veterans' and military affairs;

(j) local government, [elections] land grants and cultural affairs;

(k) state government, elections and Indian [and veterans] affairs;

(l) taxation and revenue;

(m) transportation, public works and capital improvements;

(Procedural)

                (n) enrolling and engrossing;

                (o) printing and supplies; and

                (p) rules and order of business."; and

     BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that House Rule 11-12-1 be amended to read:

"11-12-1  A member may prefile legislation by depositing it with the chief clerk during regular business hours between December 15 and the Friday before a regular session begins. The chief clerk shall number prefiled legislation in the order in which it is received; provided that the first prefiled bill shall be numbered as House Bill 10 or a higher number as the speaker of the house may determine, reserving the initial bill numbers for the bill authorizing current expenses of the legislature, the general appropriation bill and such other bills as the speaker determines is appropriate. Prefiled legislation shall be publicly available. Prefiled legislation shall be introduced and referred to committee [on the first day] within seventy-two hours of the opening of the regular session."; and

     BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that House Rule 11-18-1 be amended to read:

"11-18-1  No bill, resolution or memorial shall be recalled after its reference to a committee except upon unanimous consent of the house or upon a majority vote of all members elected to the house."; and

     BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that House Rule 11-20-1 be amended to read:

"11-20-1  When a bill, resolution or memorial is reported by a committee recommending passage and if the report is adopted by the house, all amendments offered by the committee shall be deemed amendments to the bill, resolution or memorial, and it shall be placed on the speaker's table for [one calendar day] twenty-four hours. Upon the expiration of [the one calendar day] twenty-four hours, the bill, resolution or memorial shall be placed on the calendar [to] and may be taken up on third reading [in its regular order] as determined by the speaker; provided, however, that the automatic placing of each bill, resolution or memorial on the speaker's table for [one calendar day] twenty-four hours shall not apply during the last eight legislative days of any session and shall not apply to the placing of bills, resolutions and memorials on the consent calendar.".

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