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2021 SPECIAL SESSION II

21300184D
HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION NO. 7003
Offered August 2, 2021
Prefiled August 2, 2021
Limiting legislation to be considered by the 2021 Special Session II of the General Assembly and establishing a schedule for the conduct of business coming before such Special Session. 
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Patron-- Herring
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RESOLVED by the House of Delegates, the Senate concurring, That during the 2021 Special Session II of the General Assembly, summoned by proclamation of the Governor on June 23, 2021, to begin August 2, 2021, except with the unanimous consent of the house in which the legislation is offered, no bill, joint resolution, or resolution shall be offered or considered in either house during the Special Session other than (i) a Budget Bill; (ii) single-house commending or memorial resolutions; (iii) bills, joint resolutions, or resolutions affecting the rules of procedure or schedule of business of the General Assembly, either of its houses, or any of its committees; (iv) bills, joint resolutions, or resolutions relating to the election of judges and other officials subject to the election of the General Assembly; (v) joint resolutions or resolutions relating to appointments made by legislative branch public bodies or appointing authorities subject to the confirmation of the General Assembly or either house; or (vi) bills or joint resolutions requested in writing by the Governor; and, be it

RESOLVED FURTHER, That after the Special Session is convened for the first time, each body may adjourn from time-to-time until reconvened with at least 48 hours’ notice by the respective call of the Speaker of the House of Delegates or the Chair of the Senate Committee on Rules; and, be it

RESOLVED FURTHER, That for purposes of this resolution:

“Budget Bill” means a general appropriation bill introduced in each house that authorizes or commits the expenditure of public revenues during the Commonwealth’s fiscal year ending June 30, 2022; and, be it

RESOLVED FINALLY, That the 2021 Special Session II of the General Assembly shall be governed by the following procedural rules:

Rule 1. No single-house commending or memorial resolution shall be offered in either house after 5:00 p.m., Wednesday, August 4, 2021, except with unanimous consent of the house in which the resolution is offered.

Rule 2. Any conference committee on the Budget Bill shall complete its deliberations and make the report of such conference available to the General Assembly as soon as practicable. Neither house shall receive, consider, or vote on any Budget Bill that is in conference unless it has been agreed to in writing or signed electronically by a majority of conferees from each house. Neither house shall consider such conference report earlier than 48 hours after receipt, unless both houses respectively determine to proceed earlier by a vote of two-thirds of the members voting in each house. No engrossment of the Budget Bill shall be required in either house, and any conference on the Budget Bill shall consider, as the basis of its deliberations, the Budget Bill as recommended by the Governor and introduced in the House and the amendments thereto proposed by each house. A report shall be issued concurrently with the report of the conference committee that identifies the following by item number, narrative description, and dollar amount: (i) any nonstate agency appropriation, (ii) any item in the conference report that was not included in a general appropriation bill as passed by either the House or the Senate during Special Session II, and (iii) any item that represents legislation that failed in either house during Special Session II.

Rule 3. This special session of the General Assembly shall adjourn sine die no later than Saturday, August 14, 2021.