8401 AMH CHOP H1032.3

SCR 8401 - H AMD 004 FAILED 1-24-97

By Representative Chopp

    On page 1, after line 2, strike all material through line 15, and insert the following:

    "NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, By the Senate of the State of Washington, the House of Representatives concurring, That during the 1997 legislative session forty bills, memorials, or resolutions (hereinafter collectively referred to as "bills") recommended by a joint, statutory, or conference committee established by the Senate and House of Representatives may, if introduced as a Senate bill, be also sponsored by a member or members of the House of Representatives, and if introduced as a House bill, be also sponsored by a member or members of the Senate; and

    BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, That the authority to determine which bills recommended by a joint, statutory, or conference committee are eligible to be jointly sponsored shall be allocated to the respective four caucuses as follows:  Senate majority caucus, ten bills; Senate minority caucus, ten bills; House of Representatives majority caucus, ten bills; and House of Representatives minority caucus, ten bills; and"

    On page 1, line 20, after "bill" insert "recommended by a joint or statutory committee"

EFFECT:  Limits jointly sponsored bills to those recommended by joint, statutory, or conference committees.  Authorizes each caucus to select ten of the forty bills eligible for joint sponsorship.  Limits cut-off date for introduction of jointly sponsored bills to those recommended by a joint or statutory committee.

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