Full Text of HR0045 96th General Assembly
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| AMENDMENT TO HOUSE RESOLUTION 45
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| AMENDMENT NO. ___. Amend House Resolution 45 as follows:
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| on page 4, line 12, after "acted", by inserting " , except as | 4 |
| limited by these House Rules "; and
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| on page 6, line 12, after "subject to", by inserting " these | 6 |
| House Rules and "; and | 7 |
| on page 13, line 1, by replacing ", however," with " , | 8 |
| however, "; and | 9 |
| on page 13, line 2, before the period, by inserting " ; this | 10 |
| Rule, however, is subject to the limitations of Rule 31 "; and
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| on page 30, by replacing lines 19 through 23 with the | 12 |
| following: |
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| "(g) Legislative measures may be discharged from the Rules | 2 |
| Committee only by unanimous consent of the House upon the | 3 |
| affirmative vote of 71 members elected or by petition. To | 4 |
| discharge by petition, a member must present to the Clerk a | 5 |
| motion in writing to petition discharge the Rules Committee | 6 |
| from consideration of the specified legislative measure. Only | 7 |
| one petition discharge motion may be presented for each | 8 |
| legislative measure, but a new motion may be filed if the | 9 |
| pending motion is withdrawn. The petition discharge motion | 10 |
| shall be placed in the custody of the Clerk, who shall arrange | 11 |
| a convenient place for the signatures of members. A member's | 12 |
| signature may be withdrawn by submitting a written request to | 13 |
| the Clerk at any time before a motion is placed on the Rules | 14 |
| Discharge Calendar. The Clerk shall make signatures a matter of | 15 |
| public record and shall also make the list of names available | 16 |
| to the public in electronic format. When 71 members of the | 17 |
| House have signed the motion, it shall be deemed adopted and | 18 |
| the legislative measure is immediately discharged from the | 19 |
| Rules Committee . Any legislative measure bill
discharged from | 20 |
| the Rules Committee shall immediately be placed on the | 21 |
| appropriate order of business on the Rules Discharge Calendar
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| order of Second Reading and assigned standard debate status, | 23 |
| subject to
Rule 52 ."; and | 24 |
| on page 46, by replacing lines 13 through 17 with the | 25 |
| following: |
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| "31. Standing Order of Business. The Unless otherwise | 2 |
| determined by the
Presiding Officer, the standing daily order | 3 |
| of business of the House
is as follows:
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| (1) Call to Order, Invocation, Pledge of Allegiance, | 5 |
| and
Roll Call. | 6 |
| (1.5) Rules Discharge Calendar. "; and | 7 |
| on page 47, below line 18, by inserting the following: | 8 |
| " The Speaker or Presiding Officer may vary the daily order | 9 |
| of the business of the House, but only with respect to items | 10 |
| (2) through (23); items (1) and (1.5) must always be the first | 11 |
| orders of business. | 12 |
| This Rule may be suspended only by the affirmative vote of | 13 |
| 71 members elected. "; and | 14 |
| on page 62, below line 18, by inserting the following:
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| (House Rule 42.1 new)
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| 42.1. Rules Discharge Calendar. | 17 |
| (a) The Clerk shall include a Rules Discharge Calendar on | 18 |
| the daily calendar and designate it as a separate part of the | 19 |
| daily calendar. The Rules Discharge Calendar shall contain 4 | 20 |
| orders of business: Rules Discharge Calendar - Second Reading, | 21 |
| Rules Discharge Calendar - Third Reading, Rules Discharge |
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| Calendar - Resolutions, and Rules Discharge Calendar - Motions. | 2 |
| (b) Whenever the House is on this order of business, each | 3 |
| principal sponsor of a legislative measure on the Rules | 4 |
| Discharge Calendar shall have the right to call that measure | 5 |
| for consideration by the House, but the Presiding Officer shall | 6 |
| determine the order in which those legislative measures are | 7 |
| considered. | 8 |
| (c) This Rule may be suspended only by the affirmative vote | 9 |
| of 71 members elected. "; and | 10 |
| on page 62, line 22, after "Officer", by inserting " , except as | 11 |
| limited by Rule 31 "; and | 12 |
| on page 63, by replacing lines 18 through 23 with the | 13 |
| following: | 14 |
| "may be necessary
for its completion but may occur no earlier | 15 |
| than after the completion of standing order (1.5) of Rule 31 . | 16 |
| Only matters that may otherwise properly be before
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| may be included in a special order. | 18 |
| (b) A special order shall appear on the Daily Calendar
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| 3 legislative days. This subsection (b) may be
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| by the affirmative vote of 71 members elected. " | 21 |
| on page 64, below line 4, by inserting the following: | 22 |
| " (d) This Rule may be suspended only by the affirmative |
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| vote of 71 members elected. ". |
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