Rules of the House of Representatives
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Rules of the House of Representatives
Rules of the House of Representatives
June 1998
June 1998RULES OF THE
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
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1 Convening 7a
2 Organization 7a
3 Powers and Duties of the Speaker 8a
4 Hour of Meeting ) Presiding Officer )
Attendance of Members 11a
5 Quorum 11a
6 Order of Business 12a
7 Motions 14a
8 Motions to Adjourn or Recess 15a
9 Motion to Refer 16a
10 Questions of Order 16a
11 Appeal 16a
12 Division of Question 17a
13 Recognition ) Speaking )
Limitation on Speaking 17a
14 Limiting Debate 18a
15 Questions Decided Without Debate 18a
16 Previous Question 19a
17 Secret Session 19a
18 Absence 20a
19 Call of the House 20a
20 Voting 21a
21 When Members Shall Vote ) Personal
Interest ) Changing Vote 23a
22 Personal Privilege 24a
23 Decorum 24a
24 Protest 25a
25 Committees 25a
26 Resolutions and Memorials 34a
26A Tributes 36a
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27 Introduction of Bills, Resolutions,
and Memorials 37a
28 Amendment 38a
29 Course of Bills 38aRules of the House of Representatives
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30 Demand 42a
31 Consideration by Committee of the Whole 42a
32 Committee of the Whole 42a
32A Fiscal Notes 44a
33 Third Reading and Final Passage of Bills 45a
33A General Appropriation Bill 46a
34 Action Final 48a
35 Reconsideration 48a
36 Disagreement 49a
37 Vetoed Bills 50a
38 Admittance to the Floor 51a
39 Lobbyists 52a
40 Registration of Lobbyists 52a
41 Material Distributed to Members 53a
42 Messages 54a
43 Chief Clerk 54a
44 Other Officers and Employees 57a
45 Printing of Bills Prior to Session 58a
45A Acting Speaker ) Succession 58a
46 Matters Not Covered by Rules 59a
47 Amendment of Rules 59a
48 Code of Ethics (Repealed) 59a
49 Committee on Ethics 60a
50 Review of Certain Bills by the
Capital Development Committee 63a
51 Control of Smoking 63a
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18 Absence 20a
45A Acting Speaker ) Succession 58a
34 Action Final 48a
36(b) Adhere, Bill 50a
8(a) Adjourn, Motion to 15a
38 Admittance to the Floor 51a
47 Amendment of Rules 59a
28 Amendments ) Bills, Resolutions,
and Memorials 37a
11 Appeal, Decision of the Chair 16a
33A Appropriation Bill 46a
29 Bills, Course of 58a
27 Bills, Introduction of 37a
45 Bills, Printing of 58a
19 Call of the House 20a
50 Capital Development Committee,
Review of Certain Bills 63a
43 Chief Clerk, Duties 54a
48 Code of Ethics (Repealed) 59a
32 Committee of the Whole 42a
32(f) Committee of the Whole, Amendments 42a
49 Committee on Ethics 60a
25 Committees 25a
25(E.2) Committees, Limit Testimony 29a
36 Conference Committees 49a
36(d) Conference Committees,
Last Three Days 50a
31 Consideration by Committee
of the Whole 42a
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51 Control of Smoking 63a
1 Convening 7a
29 Course of Bills 38a
14 Debate, Limiting 18a
13 Debate, Recognition ) Speaking )
Limitation on Speaking 17a
15 Debate, Questions Decided
Without Debate 18a
23 Decorum 24a
30 Demand of a Bill 42a
36 Disagreement Between the House
and Senate, Bills 49a
12 Division of Question 17a
49 Ethics, Committee 60a
48 Ethics Code (Repealed) 59a
34 Final Action 48a
27 First Reading of Bills 37a
32A Fiscal Notes 44a
33A General Appropriation Bill 46a
4 Hour of Meeting ) Presiding Officer
) Attendance of Members 11a
27 Introduction of Bills, Resolutions,
and Memorials 37a
14 Limiting Debate 18a
39 Lobbyists 52a
40 Registration 52a
16 Main Question 19a
41 Material Distributed to Members 53a
46 Matters Not Covered by Rules 59a
26 Memorials and Resolutions 34a
42 Messages 54a
7 Motions 14a
8 Motions, Adjourn or Recess 15a
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9 Motions, Refer 14a
32(c) Motions, Strike the Enacting Clause 43a
6 Order of Business 12a
44 Officers and Employees 57a
2 Organization 7a
22 Personal Privilege 24a
3 Powers and Duties of the Speaker 8a
45 Prefiled Bills 58a
16 Previous Question 19a
45 Printing of Bills Prior to Session 58a
24 Protest 25a
15 Questions Decided Without Debate 18a
10 Questions of Order 16a
5 Quorum 11a
6(g) Recall of a Bill by the Senate 14a
36(b) Recede, Bill 49a
13 Recognition ) Speaking ) Limitation
on Speaking 17a
35 Reconsideration 48a
35(b) Reconsideration, Last Two Days 48a
32(b) Reconsideration, Second Reading 43a
40 Registration of Lobbyists 52a
26 Resolutions and Memorials 34a
50 Review of Certain Bills by the
Capital Development Committee 63a
32(e) Rise and Report 43a
47 Rules, Amendments 59a
17 Secret Session 19a
51 Smoking, Control of 63a
45A Speaker, Acting ) Succession 58a
3 Speaker, Duties 8a
13 Speaking 17a
6(e) Special Orders 13a
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32(c) Striking Enacting Clause,
Second Reading 43a
33 Third Reading and Final Passage 45a
26A Tributes 36a
37 Vetoed Bills 50a
20 Voting 21a
21 When Members Shall Vote ) Personal
Interest ) Changing Vote 23a