Reps. Stamas and Rutledge offered the following resolution:

            House Resolution No. 283.

A resolution to amend the Standing Rules of the House of Representatives.

            Resolved by the House of Representatives, That Rules 33 and 71 of the Standing Rules of the House of Representatives be amended to read as follows:

“Names and Number of Members.

Rule 33. (1) All standing committees shall be appointed by the Speaker, except where

the House shall otherwise order.

(2) The standing committees of the House and the number of Members shall be as

follows:

(a) Agriculture (17)

(b) Appropriations (29)

(c) Commerce (19)

(d)  Criminal Justice (11)

(e)  Education (17)

(f)  Elections and Ethics (9)

(g) Energy and Technology (20)  (22)

(h) Families, Children, and Seniors (9)

(i)  Financial Liability Reform (11)

(j)  Financial Services (12)

(k) Government Operations (5)

(l) Health Policy (17) (19)

(m) Insurance (15)

(n) Judiciary (11)

(o) Local Government (12)

(p) Michigan Competitiveness (15)

(q) Military and Veterans Affairs (13)

(r) Natural Resources (9)

(s) Oversight (6) (8)

(t) Regulatory Reform (15)

(u) Tax Policy (15)

(v) Tourism (9)

(w) Transportation and Infrastructure (15)

(3) Statutory Standing Committees:

(a) Joint Committee on Administrative Rules (5)

(b) House Fiscal Agency Governing Committee (6)

(c) Legislative Council (6)

(d) Michigan Capitol Committee (4)

(4) The House Journal shall report the roll call on all motions to report bills,

resolutions and reorganization orders. (See Const 1963, Art 4 § 17)

(5) Committees shall adopt a meeting schedule at the commencement of each term

which shall be printed in the House Journal. Additional meetings may be called by the Chair or

by a majority of the Members in writing to the Clerk. The Chair may cancel any scheduled

meeting, except one called by a majority of the Members, by notice to the Members.”

“House and Concurrent Resolutions.

            Rule 71.  (1)  The order to be taken by resolutions introduced in the House and received from the Senate shall be as follows:

(a)        Every resolution, both House and Concurrent, shall be read to the House and shall either be referred by the Speaker to a committee or MAY BE taken up immediately if agreed to by both the Speaker

and Minority Leader.

(b)        Reported by the committee and placed on reports of standing committees.

            (c)        Consideration on reports of standing committees unless discharged from further consideration under Rule 42(3) and placed on the order of Motions and Resolutions.

            (d)        Transmission to Senate if a concurrent resolution is adopted.

            (e)        Concurrent resolutions returned with amendment, may be taken up or remain on the order of Messages from the Senate.

(2)        Resolutions of sorrow may be considered immediately upon presentation.

(3)        The adoption of any concurrent resolution approving any intertransfer or transfer of any appropriation shall be by record roll call vote.

(4)        EACH MEMBER SHALL BE LIMITED TO INTRODUCTION OF TWO COMMEMORATIVE RESOLUTIONS PER CALENDAR YEAR. BY WRITTEN AGREEMENT, A MEMBER MAY ALLOW ANOTHER MEMBER TO USE THAT MEMBER’S YEARLY COMMEMORATIVE RESOLUTION ALLOTMENT. ”.