Rep. Norm Thurston — Voting Record

Bill

Number

H.R. 3 (2025GS)

Sponsor

Rep. Dunnigan, James A.

Final action

House/ to Lieutenant Governor 2/18/2025

Outcome

House/ to Lieutenant Governor

Summary

What it does

• This resolution:
• clarifies the duties of the chief clerk related to technical corrections to legislation;
• modifies requirements related to sharing requests for legislation with caucus staff;
• clarifies which legislation the House may pass without receiving a favorable recommendation from a House standing committee;
• modifies the circumstances under which a standing committee may recommend legislation for the consent calendar;
• provides legislators the right to attend House committee meetings, subject to certain restrictions;
• defines "censure"; and
• makes technical and conforming changes.

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Bill text

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HR1-4-302
HR1-10-101
HR3-2-401
HR3-2-405
HR3-3-103
HR4-2-103
House Rules Resolution - Legislative Process Amendments
2025 GENERAL SESSION
STATE OF UTAH
Chief Sponsor: James A. Dunnigan
LONG TITLE
General Description:
This rules resolution modifies House processes and procedures. 
Highlighted Provisions:
This resolution:
clarifies the duties of the chief clerk related to technical corrections to legislation;
modifies requirements related to sharing requests for legislation with caucus staff;
clarifies which legislation the House may pass without receiving a favorable 
recommendation from a House standing committee;
modifies the circumstances under which a standing committee may recommend 
legislation for the consent calendar; 
provides legislators the right to attend House committee meetings, subject to certain 
restrictions;
defines "censure"; and
makes technical and conforming changes.
Money Appropriated in this Bill:
None
Other Special Clauses:
This bill provides a special effective date.
Legislative Rules Affected:
AMENDS:
HR1-4-302
, (Effective upon final passage) 
HR1-10-101
, (Effective 05/07/25) 
HR3-2-401
, (Effective upon final passage) 
HR3-2-405
, (Effective upon final passage) 
HR4-2-103
, (Effective upon final passage) 
ENACTS:
HR3-3-103
, (Effective upon final passage) 
Be it resolved by the House of Representatives of the state of Utah:
Section 1. 
HR1-4-302
 is amended to read:
HR1-4-302 (Effective upon final passage). Duties of the chief clerk.
The chief clerk shall perform the following duties:
(1)
certify and transmit legislation to the Senate and inform the Senate of all House action;
(2)
assist in the preparation of the House Journal and certify it as an accurate reflection of 
House action;
(3)
make the following 
notify the Office of Legislative Research and General Counsel of 
any necessary 
technical corrections to legislation either before or following final passage
, 
including
:
(a)
correct 
correcting 
the spelling of words;
(b)
correct
correcting
 the erroneous division and hyphenation of words;
(c)
correct
correcting
 mistakes in numbering sections and their references;
(d)
capitalize
capitalizing
 words or 
change
changing
 capitalized words to lower case;
(e)
change
changing
 numbers from words to figures or from figures to words;
 or
(f)
underscore 
underscoring 
or 
remove
removing
 underscoring in legislation
 without 
a motion to amend
;
 or
(4)
(g)
modify 
modifying 
the long title of 
a piece of 
legislation to ensure that the 
long title accurately reflects any changes to the legislation made by amendment or 
substitute;
(5)
(4)
act as custodian of all official documents related to legislation;
(6)
(5)
receive all numbered legislation from the Office of Legislative Research and 
General Counsel;
(7)
(6)
record the number, title, sponsor, each action, and final disposition of each piece of 
legislation on the back of the legislation;
(8)
(7)
prepare and distribute the daily order of business each day;
(9)
(8)
advise the speaker on parliamentary procedure, Joint Rules, and House Rules;
(10)
(9)
assist with 
verbal 
amendments to legislation;
(11)
(10)
record votes and, if requested, present the results to the speaker;
(12)
(11)
record the votes of any member who is present in the House chamber who 
requests assistance of the chief clerk;
(13)
(12)
transmit all enrolled House bills and House concurrent resolutions to the 
governor;
(14)
(13)
approve material for placement on the representatives' desks if a representative 
has authorized that distribution;
(15)
(14)
maintain all calendars for the House floor; and
(16)
(15)
other duties as assigned by the chief of staff.
Section 2. 
HR1-10-101
 is amended to read:
HR1-10-101 (Effective 05/07/25). Requests for legislation -- Sharing with caucus 
staff.
(1)
As used in this rule, "caucus staff" means House staff assigned to the chief sponsor's 
caucus.
(2)
After a representative files a request for legislation in accordance with 
JR4-2-101
, the 
Office of Legislative Research and General Counsel shall provide caucus staff the 
drafting instructions, as defined in 
JR4-1-101
, provided in the request for legislation and 
the request's assigned short title, unless the representative
:
(a)
elects not to share the drafting instructions and short title with caucus staff
; or
(b)
fails to sign an acknowledgment, for purposes of Rule 1.6 of the Rules of 
Professional Conduct, that the Office of Legislative Research and General Counsel 
will share the representative's information in accordance with this rule
.
(3)
Caucus staff or staff from the Office of Legislative Research and General Counsel may 
share information provided under Subsection (2) with other representatives who are 
members of the chief sponsor's caucus.
Section 3. 
HR3-2-401
 is amended to read:
HR3-2-401 (Effective upon final passage). Standing committee review required 
-- Exceptions.
(1)
Except as provided in Subsection 
(2)
, the House of Representatives may not pass a bill, 
joint resolution, or concurrent resolution during the annual general session unless a 
House standing committee has given a favorable recommendation to the legislation.
(2)
Subsection 
(1)
 does not apply to:
(a)
a resolution regarding legislative rules or legislative personnel;
(b)
House 
legislation that is a committee bill as defined in 
JR7-1-101
 that:
(i)
received its favorable recommendation by a unanimous vote of the members 
present at the authorized legislative committee; and
(ii)
satisfied the posting requirements described in 
JR7-1-602.5
;
(c)
the revisor's statute; or
(d)
if the legislation was reviewed and approved by the Executive Appropriations 
Committee, legislation that:
(i)
exclusively appropriates money;
(ii)
amends Utah Code 
Title 53F, Chapter 2, State Funding -- Minimum School 
Program
;
(iii)
amends Utah Code 
Title 67, Chapter 22, State Officer Compensation
; or
(iv)
authorizes the issuance of general obligation or revenue bonds.
Section 4. 
HR3-2-405
 is amended to read:
HR3-2-405 (Effective upon final passage). Consent calendar -- Nonbinding 
resolutions -- Committee recommendations.
(1)
As used in this rule, "nonbinding resolution":
(a)
means a resolution that:
(i)
is primarily for the purpose of recognizing, honoring, or memorializing an 
individual, group, or event;
(ii)
requests, rather than compels, action or awareness by an individual or group; or
(iii)
is informational or promotional in nature; and
(b)
does not mean:
(i)
a rules resolution;
(ii)
a resolution for a constitutional amendment; or
(iii)
any resolution that approves or authorizes any action, requires any substantive 
action to be taken, or results in a change in law, policy, or funding.
(2)
(a)
A nonbinding resolution shall be placed on the consent calendar.
(b)
A nonbinding resolution may be moved to the time certain calendar or other calendar 
by a majority vote of those present.
(3)
A
On or before the 41st day of an annual general session, a
 standing committee may 
recommend that legislation in the standing committee's possession be placed on the 
consent calendar if:
(a)
the committee approves a motion, by a unanimous vote of those present, to give the 
legislation a favorable recommendation;
 and
(b)
immediately subsequent to that action, the committee approves a separate motion, by 
a unanimous vote of those present, to recommend that the legislation be placed on the 
consent calendar
; and
(c)
for Senate legislation, the Senate legislation is not a fiscal note bill, as that term is 
defined in 
JR4-4-101
.
Section 5. 
HR3-3-103
 is enacted to read:
HR3-3-103 (Effective upon final passage). Right of legislators to attend House 
committee meetings.
(1)
Any member of the Legislature may:
(a)
attend any meeting of a House committee or subcommittee, unless the meeting is 
closed in accordance with Utah Code Title 52, Chapter 4, Open and Public Meetings 
Act; and
(b)
if recognized by the chair, present the legislator's views on the subject under 
consideration.
(2)
A legislator who attends a meeting of a House committee or subcommittee of which the 
legislator is not a member may not:
(a)
make a motion; or
(b)
vote.
Section 6. 
HR4-2-103
 is amended to read:
HR4-2-103 (Effective upon final passage). Calling a representative to order for 
violation of a rule.
(1)
(a)
As used in this rule, "censure" means an official reprimand or condemnation, 
which, if approved by the majority of the House, is printed in the journal.
(2)
(a)
The presiding officer may call a representative to order for violating any House or 
Joint Rule.
(b)
Any representative may call another representative to order for violating any House 
or Joint Rule by raising a point of order under 
HR4-2-201
.
(2)
(3)
If the representative called to order appeals the ruling of the presiding officer, the 
House shall decide the issue without debate.
(3)
(4)
(a)
If the decision is favorable to the representative who has been called to order, 
the representative may proceed.
(b)
If the decision is unfavorable, the representative is subject to censure by the House.
(4)
(5)
Notwithstanding Subsection 
(1)
, a representative may not be called to order or 
censured for words spoken in debate if there has been intervening business.
Section 7. 
Effective Date.
(1)
Except as provided in Subsection 
(2)
, this resolution takes effect upon a successful vote 
for final passage.
(2)
HR1-10-101
 takes effect on May 7, 2025.
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