House Resolution 3
(Originating in the Committee on Rules)
[January 10, 2008]
"Amending House Rule 91a, setting the last day for bill introduction at the forty-first day of the
session."
Resolved by the House of Delegates:
That House Rule 91a be amended to read as follows:
Time Limit on Introduction
91a.
No House joint resolution and no House bill, other than a House supplementary
appropriation bill or a House bill originating in a House standing or select committee, shall be
introduced in the House after the forty-fifth forty-first day of a regular session unless permission to
introduce the joint resolution or bill be given by a House resolution, setting out the title to the joint
resolution or bill and adopted by a two-thirds vote of the House members present. The forty-fifth
forty-first day of the regular session held in the year one thousand nine hundred ninety-seven two
thousand nine and every fourth year thereafter shall be computed from and include the second
Wednesday of February of such years. When permission is requested to introduce a joint resolution
or bill under provisions of this rule, quadruplicate copies of the joint resolution or bill shall
accompany the resolution or bill when introduced.