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HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION NO. 429
Offered January 13, 1995
Providing for a Joint Assembly and establishing a schedule for the conduct of business coming before the 1995 Regular Session of the General Assembly of Virginia.
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Patron--Cranwell
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RESOLVED by the House of Delegates, the Senate concurring, That the General Assembly shall meet in joint session in the Hall of the House of Delegates on Friday, February 3, 1995, at such time as specified by the Speaker of the House of Delegates, to receive The Honorable Margaret Thatcher, Chancellor of the College of William and Mary and former Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, and such address as she may desire to make, and that the rules for the government of the House of Delegates and the Senate, when convened in joint session for such purpose, shall be as follows:

1. At the hour fixed for the meeting of the Joint Assembly, the Senators, accompanied by the President and the Clerk of the Senate, shall proceed to the Hall of the House of Delegates and shall be received by the Delegates standing. Appropriate seats shall be assigned to the Senators by the Sergeant at Arms of the House. The Speaker of the House of Delegates shall assign an appropriate seat for the President of the Senate.

2. The Speaker of the House of Delegates shall be President of the Joint Assembly. In case it shall be necessary for the Speaker to vacate the Chair, the President of the Senate shall serve as the presiding officer.

3. The Clerk of the House of Delegates shall be Clerk of the Joint Assembly and shall be assisted by the Clerk of the Senate. The Clerk of the Joint Assembly shall enter the proceedings of the Joint Assembly in the Journal of the House and shall certify a copy of the same to the Clerk of the Senate, who shall enter the same in the Journal of the Senate.

4. The Sergeant at Arms, Doorkeepers, and Pages of the House shall act as such for the Joint Assembly.

5. The Rules of the House of Delegates, as far as applicable, shall be the Rules of the Joint Assembly.

6. In calling the roll of the Joint Assembly, the names of the Senators shall be called in alphabetical order, then the names of the Delegates in like order, except that the name of the Speaker of the House shall be called last.

7. If, when the Joint Assembly meets, it shall be ascertained that a majority of each house is not present, the Joint Assembly may take measures to secure the attendance of absentees, or adjourn to a succeeding day, as a majority of those present may determine.

8. When the Joint Assembly adjourns, the Senators, accompanied by the President and the Clerk of the Senate, shall return to their chamber, and the business of the House shall be continued in the same order as at the time of the entrance of the Senators; and, be it

RESOLVED FURTHER, That for purposes of the procedural deadlines established herein for the 1995 Regular Session of the General Assembly, the term:

1. "Budget Bill" shall mean the general appropriation bill introduced in each house which authorizes the biennial expenditure of public revenues for the period from July 1, 1994, through June 30, 1996.

2. "Revenue bill" shall mean any bill that increases or decreases the total revenues available for appropriation, including any sales tax exemption bill.

3. "Debt bill" shall mean any bill that authorizes the issuance of debt.

4. "Appropriation bill" shall mean any bill, except the general appropriation bill (Budget Bill), that authorizes or directs the expenditure of state funds.

Each budget, revenue, debt, and appropriation bill shall have its appropriate designation stamped upon its cover; and, be it

RESOLVED FINALLY, That the 1995 Regular Session of the General Assembly shall be governed by the following procedural rules, which establish time limitations for all legislation introduced for the 1995 Regular Session except House and Senate resolutions; legislation introduced after the deadline provided in Rule 3 with the consent of two-thirds of the members elected of the house in which the bill or joint resolution was offered; or legislation requested in writing by the Governor:

Rule 1. Pursuant to House Joint Resolution No. 2 (1994), neither house of the General Assembly shall receive from any committee any bill, joint resolution, or resolution that was continued on the agenda of such committee and acted on later than Tuesday, December 20, 1994. For purposes of this rule, a motion to rerefer a measure to another committee shall be treated as an action by a committee.

Rule 2. Neither requests for the preparation, redrafting, or correction of bills, nor requests for the preparation, redrafting, or correction of joint resolutions, except those affecting the rules of procedure or the schedule of business of the General Assembly, either of its houses, or any of its committees, shall be submitted to or received by the Division of Legislative Services later than 5:00 p.m., Monday, January 16, 1995.

Rule 3. Except for bills required to be filed earlier, no bill or joint resolution, other than one affecting the rules of procedure or the schedule of business of the General Assembly, either of its houses, or any of its committees, shall be offered in either house after the adjournment of that house on Monday, January 23, 1995.

Rule 4. The committees responsible for the consideration of revenue, debt, and appropriation bills shall complete their work on such bills that are in the houses of introduction no later than midnight, Thursday, February 2, 1995.

Rule 5. The committees responsible for the consideration of the Budget Bill in the houses of introduction shall complete their work on such bill, no later than midnight, Sunday, February 5, 1995, and any amendments proposed by such committees shall be made available to their respective houses no later than noon, Tuesday, February 7, 1995.

Rule 6. Except for the Budget Bill, beginning Wednesday, February 8, 1995, the House of Delegates shall consider only Senate bills, Senate joint resolutions, House bills with Senate amendments, and House joint resolutions with Senate amendments; the Senate shall consider only House bills, House joint resolutions, Senate bills with House amendments, and Senate joint resolutions with House amendments; and each house may consider conference reports and other privileged matters to the end that the work of each house may be disposed of by the other.

Rule 7. The houses of introduction shall complete their consideration of the Budget Bill, except for conference reports and other privileged matters relating thereto, no later than Thursday, February 9, 1995.

Rule 8. No later than midnight, Tuesday, February 14, 1995, each house shall complete consideration of the Budget Bill and all revenue bills, except for conference reports and other privileged matters relating thereto, and the appointing authority shall appoint the conferees to such bills.

Rule 9. The first conference on any revenue bills shall complete its deliberations no later than midnight, Saturday, February 18, 1995, and the report of such conference shall be available to all members of the General Assembly no later than noon, Monday, February 20, 1995.

Rule 10. Beginning Tuesday, February 21, 1995, neither house shall receive from any committee any bill, joint resolution, or resolution acted on by any committee later than Monday, February 20, 1995.

Rule 11. The first conference on the Budget Bill shall complete its deliberations no later than midnight, Tuesday, February 21, 1995, and the report of such conference shall be available to all members of the General Assembly no later than noon, Thursday, February 23, 1995; 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.

Rule 12. Except for joint resolutions affecting the rules of procedure or the schedule of business of the General Assembly, beginning Friday, February 24, 1995, the House shall consider only Senate joint resolutions and House joint resolutions with Senate amendments, the Senate shall consider only House joint resolutions and Senate joint resolutions with House amendments, and each house may consider conference reports or joint resolutions and other privileged matters relating thereto, to the end that the work of each house may be disposed of by the other.

Rule 13. No later than Friday, February 24, 1995, each house shall begin consideration of joint resolutions to fill any existing or pending vacancy on (i) the Supreme Court of Virginia, (ii) the Court of Appeals of Virginia, (iii) the State Corporation Commission, (iv) the Virginia Workers' Compensation Commission, or (v) the Judicial Inquiry and Review Commission. In the event that the houses cannot agree on the filling of any such vacancy before Saturday, February 25, 1995, such vacancy shall become the subject of a special and continuing order in each house at the time such house completes its morning hour, and such special and continuing order shall have precedence over all other business of either house, until such time as both houses reach agreement.

Rule 14. This session of the General Assembly shall be extended beyond the thirty-day period provided in Section 6 of Article IV of the Constitution of Virginia and shall adjourn sine die no later than the legislative day of Saturday, February 25, 1995. ( A legislative day begins with a call to order by the presiding officer and ends when declared adjourned by the presiding officer.

Rule 15. Pursuant to Section 6 of Article IV of the Constitution of Virginia, the General Assembly shall reconvene Wednesday, April 5, 1995, for the purpose of considering bills which may have been returned by the Governor with recommendations for their amendment and bills and items of appropriation bills, including the general appropriation act, which may have been returned by the Governor with his objections.

Rule 16. The conduct of the business of any subcommittee of any House committee, any joint subcommittee of House and Senate committees, and any interim study commission created pursuant to a House measure shall be governed by the Rules of the House of Delegates, and the conduct of the business of any subcommittee of any Senate committee, any joint subcommittee of Senate and House committees, and any interim study commission created pursuant to a Senate measure shall be governed by the Rules of the Senate.

Rule 17. Any staff member assigned to work for, and support the efforts of, any committee of the House or Senate, any subcommittee of any such committee, any joint subcommittee of House and Senate committees, or any interim study commission shall work under the direction of the chairman of such committee, subcommittee, joint subcommittee, or interim study commission.