House Resolution No. 2 - Summary

• Establishes House rules for the 2021 and 2022 legislative sessions, governing procedures including speaker authority, clerk duties, committee operations, voting methods, and amendments.

• Includes COVID-19 emergency provisions allowing members to participate remotely through the electronic voting system, maintain cloth face coverings, and vote remotely when meeting specified health conditions related to COVID-19.

• Sets procedures for bill calendars, requiring bills to appear for two session days before action with exceptions for emergency certified bills (6-12 hour waiting periods) and special circumstances during final session days.

• Establishes rules for amendments (filed by 10 a.m. on action day with limited exceptions for leadership), roll call voting on all final bills and substantive resolutions, and consent calendar procedures requiring majority and minority leader agreement.

• Defines the order of business, committee appointments, leadership positions, debate rules limiting members to two speeches per question without unanimous consent, and allows rules suspension only by two-thirds vote of members present.