00                   HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION NO. 23                                                                   
01 Proposing amendments to the Uniform Rules of the Alaska State Legislature relating to                                   
02 amendments and committee substitutes that require bill or resolution title changes.                                     
03 BE IT RESOLVED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA:                                                               
04    * Section 1.  Rule 24(c), Uniform Rules of the Alaska State Legislature, is amended to read:                       
05            (c)  If a committee has more than one bill on the same subject or if it finds it                             
06       necessary to revise a bill substantially, it may report out a substitute bill and                                 
07       recommend that the substitute be accepted for second reading in the place of the                                  
08       original bill.  [A COMMITTEE OF THE SECOND HOUSE MAY NOT REPORT A                                                 
09       COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR A BILL OR AN AMENDMENT TO A BILL                                                         
10       THAT REQUIRES A CHANGE IN THE TITLE OF THE BILL, OTHER THAN A                                                     
11       CLERICAL OR TECHNICAL CHANGE, AS THE TITLE WAS ENACTED IN THE                                                     
12       HOUSE OF ORIGIN.]  Substitute bills are duplicated and distributed when they are                                  
13       reported out by the committee.  Committee substitute bills carry a notation of the                                
14       source or sponsor of the original bill in the manner prescribed by the drafting manual                            
15       unless the sponsor objects to the name so appearing.                                                              
16    * Sec. 2.  Rule 35, Uniform Rules of the Alaska State Legislature, is amended to read:                             

01            Rule 35.  Amendment.  A motion or proposition on a subject may not be                                      
02       admitted under color of amendment if the subject matter is different from that under                              
03       consideration.  [A MOTION OR PROPOSITION ON A SUBJECT THAT                                                        
04       REQUIRES A CHANGE IN THE TITLE OF THE BILL AS ENACTED IN THE                                                      
05       HOUSE OF ORIGIN, OTHER THAN A CLERICAL OR TECHNICAL CHANGE,                                                       
06       IS NOT IN ORDER IN THE SECOND HOUSE.]  An amendment may not be                                                    
07       considered by the house unless submitted in writing and read aloud by the clerk or                                
08       secretary.  Amendments offered by a committee shall be included in its written report                             
09       and attached to the original bill.  A bill in second reading is subject to amendment and                          
10       is treated section by section.  An amendment may not be made to a bill in its third                               
11       reading, but the bill may be returned to second reading by a majority vote of the full                            
12       membership of the house for the purpose of specific amendment.  When action on a                                  
13       specific amendment in second reading is completed, the bill automatically advances to                             
14       third reading.  A [EXCEPT AS PROVIDED IN THIS RULE, A] title may be                                           
15       amended or a change of sponsor made in third reading or after passage by a majority                               
16       vote of the members present, but the title amendment or sponsor change must be                                    
17       accomplished before the measure acted upon has been enrolled.  When amendments to                                 
18       the body of a bill affect the numbering of sections, or passage or failure of the                                 
19       effective date clause affects the title, the clerk or secretary may accomplish the                                
20       necessary changes without formal motion, and the changes shall be noted in the                                    
21       journal.  Resolutions may be amended in the same manner as a bill.                                                
22    * Sec. 3.  Uniform Rule 41(b) is repealed.                                                                         
23    * Sec. 4.  This resolution takes effect immediately.