Amend HR 4 (adopting the permanent rules of the house) as follows:

(1)  Amend Rule 4, Section 7, to read as follows:

Sec. 7.  BILL ANALYSES. (a) Except for the general appropriations bill, for each bill or joint resolution referred to the committee, the staff of the committee shall be responsible for distributing a copy of a bill analysis to:

(1)  each member of the committee [and to the author of a house measure or sponsor of a senate measure] at the earliest possible opportunity but not later than the first time the measure is laid out in a committee meeting; and

(2)  except for an analysis prepared by the Texas Legislative Council, the author of a house measure or sponsor of a senate measure at the earliest possible opportunity but not later than 48 hours before the first time the measure is laid out in a committee meeting.

(b)  The author of the bill or joint resolution may request the Texas Legislative Council to prepare an analysis for purposes of this section suitable for distribution by committee staff to each member of the committee.

(2)  Amend Rule 4, Section 32, by amending Subsections (d), (e), and (f) and adding Subsection (g) to read as follows:

(d)  The author of a bill or resolution for which an analysis is required by Subsection (c) of this section and the committee to which the bill or resolution is referred may request the Texas Legislative Council to prepare the analysis required by Subsection (c) of this section. The Texas Legislative Council shall provide to the author of a house measure or sponsor of a senate measure a copy of an analysis requested under this subsection at the time the analysis is provided to the staff of the committee.

(e)  Except for an analysis prepared by the Texas Legislative Council, a [A] committee chair shall provide to the author of a house measure or sponsor of a senate measure a copy of the analysis required by Subsection (c) of this section as soon as the analysis is complete.

(f)  The author of a bill or resolution may request that an analysis prepared for purposes of this section include a statement written by the author that includes any additional information that the author considers appropriate.

(g)  It shall be the duty of the committee chair, on all matters reported by the committee, to see that all provisions of Rule 12 are satisfied. The chair shall strictly construe this provision to achieve the desired purposes.