ENROLLED SENATE
CONCURRENT
RESOLUTION NO. 65	By:	Coffee of the Senate

			and

		Benge of the House

A Concurrent Resolution relating to legislative procedures; establishing a legislative procedure schedule for the 53rd Oklahoma Legislature.

BE IT RESOLVED BY THE SENATE OF THE 2ND SESSION OF THE 52ND OKLAHOMA LEGISLATURE, THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES CONCURRING THEREIN:

THAT the First Regular Session of the 53rd Oklahoma Legislature shall adhere to the following procedure schedule:

1.  The First Regular Session of the 53rd Oklahoma Legislature shall convene at twelve noon on January 4, 2011, for the purposes only of performing the duties set forth in Section 5 of Article VI of the Oklahoma Constitution and organizing pursuant to the provisions of Article V of the Oklahoma Constitution, and shall recess no later than five p.m. on that same day until February 7, 2011, beginning at twelve noon.

2.  December 10, 2010, shall be the final date for requesting the drafting of bills and joint resolutions in the Senate and House of Representatives for introduction for consideration during the First Regular Session.

3.  January 20, 2011, no later than 4:00 p.m., shall be the deadline for introduction of bills and joint resolutions in the Senate and House of Representatives for consideration on the floor of the Senate or House during the First Regular Session.  Bills and joint resolutions subsequently introduced if reported from Committee, shall not be placed on the Calendar for consideration in said house until the first legislative day of the Second Regular Session.

4.  March 17, 2011, shall be the final legislative day for third reading and final passage of a bill or joint resolution in the house of origin.

5.  April 28, 2011, shall be the final legislative day for third reading and final passage of a bill or joint resolution in the house opposite the house of origin.

6.  The First Regular Session shall adjourn sine die not later than five p.m. on May 27, 2011.

7.  Upon a two-thirds (2/3) vote of the membership of both chambers, a bill or joint resolution can be exempt from all deadline dates in both chambers; provided, each chamber may adopt rules which supersede the provisions of this paragraph.

THAT the Second Regular Session of the 53rd Oklahoma Legislature shall adhere to the following procedure schedule:

1.  December 9, 2011, shall be the final date for requesting the drafting of bills and joint resolutions in the Senate and House of Representatives for introduction for consideration during the Second Regular Session.

2.  January 19, 2012, no later than 4:00 p.m., shall be the deadline for introduction of bills and joint resolutions in the Senate and House of Representatives for consideration on the floor of the Senate or House during the Second Regular Session.

3.  The Second Regular Session of the 53rd Oklahoma Legislature shall convene at twelve noon on February 6, 2012.

4.  March 15, 2012, shall be the final legislative day for third reading and final passage of a bill or joint resolution in the house of origin.

5.  April 26, 2012, shall be the final legislative day for third reading and final passage of a bill or joint resolution in the house opposite the house of origin.

6.  The Second Regular Session shall adjourn sine die not later than five p.m. on May 25, 2012.

7.  Upon a two-thirds (2/3) vote of the membership of both chambers, a bill or joint resolution can be exempt from all cutoff dates in both chambers; provided, each chamber may adopt rules which supersede the provisions of this paragraph.

THAT this schedule shall be inapplicable to any joint resolution introduced for the purpose of disapproving or approving agency rules pursuant to the provisions of the Administrative Procedures Act.

THAT this schedule shall be inapplicable to any bills introduced for the purposes of incorporation and merging different versions of a statute amended in more than one measure at the same or different sessions of the Legislature as set forth in Section 23.1 of Title 75 of the Oklahoma Statutes.

THAT this schedule shall be inapplicable to any bill or joint resolution introduced for the purpose of approving, disapproving, repealing or modifying rules of the Ethics Commission pursuant to the provisions of Section 3 of Article XXIX of the Oklahoma Constitution.

THAT this schedule shall be inapplicable to any bill or joint resolution which proposes a special or local law and for which notice of intended introduction is published in a newspaper for four consecutive weeks pursuant to the provisions of Section 32 of Article V of the Oklahoma Constitution.

THAT the dates specified in this resolution for introduction of bills or joint resolutions shall be inapplicable to any bill or joint resolution which contains an "RB" number pursuant to the provisions of the Oklahoma Pension Legislation Actuarial Analysis Act.  Such measures shall be submitted to the legislative actuary not later than such dates, and may be introduced not later than the first Monday in February following such submission.

Adopted by the Senate the 26th day of May, 2010.

	
Presiding Officer of the Senate

Adopted by the House of Representatives the 28th day of May, 2010.

	
Presiding Officer  of the House
	of Representatives