Rep. Meltzer offered the following resolution:

            House Resolution No. 137.

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

            Resolved by the House of Representatives, That Rule 74 of the Standing Rules of the House of Representatives be amended to read as follows:

"Personal Privilege and Conduct.

            Rule 74. (1) Matters involving personal privilege are limited and include only the following:

            (a) Anything tending to subject a Member to ridicule or contempt;

            (b) Charges in news media accounts relating to a Member in his or her representative capacity only;

            (c) News media accounts attributing to a Member remarks he or she has not made;

            (d) Accusation by another Member in debate of intentional misrepresentation;

            (e) Assault on a Member for words spoken in debate; and

            (f) Arrest of a Member except for treason, felony or breach of the peace.

            (2) A Member shall not use his or her position in any manner to solicit or obtain anything of value for himself or herself, House employees or any other Member which tends to influence the manner in which the Member performs his or her official duties.

            (3) Sexual harassment of Members or House employees is prohibited and will not be tolerated by the House.

            (4) A Member shall not convert for personal, business and/or campaign use, unrelated to House business, any supplies, services, facilities, or staff provided by the State of Michigan. This includes, but is not limited to, telephones, telecopy machines, computers, postage, and copy machines.

            (5) A Member shall not solicit or accept any type of campaign contribution in any

House facility or building.

            (6) No vote shall be conditioned on language to provide funding for a member's district, nor shall the threat of removal of funding, or other benefits, from a member's district be used to leverage a member's vote in the House of Representatives.".