HOUSE RESOLUTION 15

(By Delegate Forsht)

[February 17, 2022]

Amending House Rules 94 and 94b to allow unlimited joint sponsors of bills as well as unrestricted adding and deleting of joint sponsors of bills and resolutions.

Resolved by the House of Delegates:

That House Rule 94 and 94b be amended to read as follows:

Joint Sponsors of Bill

94.       A bill may be introduced bearing the names of not more than eleven additional members as joint sponsors. of the bill

Removal or Addition of Name as Sponsor of a Bill or Resolution

94b. Any Delegate whose name appears as a cosponsor joint sponsor of a bill or resolution may have his or her name removed as a sponsor of the bill or resolution by submitting a an written electronic request to the House Clerk via the delegate console not later than the day the bill or resolution is reported from its final committee: Provided, That the removal shall only be permitted if the member is not the last remaining sponsor of the bill or resolution.

Any Delegate wishing to be added as a cosponsor joint sponsor of a bill or resolution shall be added by the Clerk if written an electronic request is made to the Clerk via the delegate console not later than the day the bill or resolution is reported from its final committee. if the lead sponsor of the bill or resolution agrees in writing to the addition and if the bill has less than the maximum number of sponsors allowed by these rules

This amended rule shall not take effect earlier than the beginning of the 2023 Session and the completion of the update to the delegate console to support this amended rule. Nothing herein requires reprinting by the Clerk of paper copies of the bill to reflect the addition or removal of sponsors. Any such changes shall appear in electronic form only until reprinting of the bill is required by these rules.