House Resolution 8
(By Delegates Lane, Ashley, Carmichael, Shott, Walters,
Sobonya, C. Miller and McGeehan)
[Introduced January 27, 2010]
"Amending the rules of the House of Delegates, relating to requiring consideration of jobs impact
statement of proposed legislation."
Resolved by the House of Delegates:
That the Standing Rules of the House of Delegates be amended by adding thereto a new rule
as follows:
"
Jobs Impact Statement.
95c. Prior to consideration, by the House or by any committee thereof, of any bill which
either increases or decreases the revenue or fiscal liability of individual citizens, employers, the State
or any county, municipality or other subdivision of the State or in any manner changes or modifies
any existing tax or rate of taxation or in any manner proposes to enact, amend or repeal rules
governing individual citizens, employers, the State or any county, municipality or other subdivision
of the State, such bill shall have attached thereto a jobs impact statement, which 'jobs impact
statement' shall conform to the requirements as to form and content prescribed by the 'Jobs Impact
Statement Manual,' prepared and adopted by the Committee on Rules to govern preparation of jobs
impact statements to bills introduced in the House of Delegates.
Nothing herein shall prohibit consideration of such a bill, if in the opinion of the chairman
of the committee to which the bill has been referred, or in the opinion of the Speaker, a reasonable time has elapsed since a jobs impact statement was requested and no jobs impact statement or an
incomplete jobs impact statement has been furnished.
It shall be the responsibility of the legislator introducing a bill to obtain such statement when
required. Such statement shall be attached to the bill when filed for introduction, if at all possible,
and shall accompany any bill requiring such statement when the same is reported from committee.
The jackets of all measures with jobs impact statements attached or requiring such statements
shall have the words 'Jobs Impact Statement' or the initials 'JS' clearly stamped or endorsed thereon.
Rule 95c, as amended herein, shall not take effect until January 12, 2011.
No Act shall be void or voidable for noncompliance with this rule."