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2009 SPECIAL SESSION I

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HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION NO. 5003 Offered August 19, 2009 Limiting legislation to be considered by the 2009 Special Session I of the General Assembly. ---------- Patron-- Griffith ----------

RESOLVED by the House of Delegates, the Senate concurring, That during the 2009 Special Session I, summoned by proclamation of the Governor on July 24, 2009, to begin at noon, Wednesday, August 19, 2009, no bill or joint resolution shall be considered, except (i) bills and resolutions relating to changes to the Code of Virginia to assure Virginia's compliance with the United States Supreme Court's ruling in Melendez-Diaz v. Massachusetts; (ii) claims bills relating to wrongful incarceration; and (iii) joint resolutions and resolutions affecting the rules of procedure or schedule of business of the General Assembly, either of its houses, or any of its committees; and, be it

RESOLVED FURTHER, That the Special Session I shall not consider commending and memorial resolutions; and, be it

RESOLVED FINALLY, That the Special Session I shall not consider the confirmation of any person appointed to office, whose appointment is subject to confirmation by the General Assembly.  The failure to consider any appointment shall not be deemed a refusal to confirm such appointment.