Assembly Resolution No. 2–Committee on Elections,
Procedures, and Ethics
Assembly RESOLUTION—Adopting the Rules of the Assembly for the 18th Special Session of the Nevada Legislature.
1-1 Resolved by the Assembly of the State of Nevada, That the
1-2 following Rules of the Assembly for the 18th Special Session of the
1-3 Legislature are hereby adopted:
1-4 I. APPLICABILITY
1-5 Rule No. 1. Generally.
1-6 The Rules of the Assembly for the 18th Special Session of the
1-7 Legislature are applicable only during the 18th Special Session of the
1-8 Legislature.
1-9 II. OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES
1-10 Rule No. 2. Speaker of the Assembly.
1-11 1. All officers of the Assembly are subordinate to the Speaker in all
1-12 that relates to the prompt, efficient and correct discharge of their official
1-13 duties under the Speaker’s supervision.
1-14 2. Possessing the powers and performing the duties described in this
1-15 rule, the Speaker shall:
1-16 (a) Take the chair at the hour to which the Assembly will be meeting,
1-17 call the members to order, and upon the appearance of a quorum,
1-18 proceed to business.
1-19 (b) Preserve order and decorum and have general direction of the
1-20 chamber of the Assembly and the approaches thereto. In the event of
1-21 any disturbance or disorderly conduct therein, order the same to be
1-22 cleared.
1-23 (c) Decide all questions of order, subject to a member’s right to appeal
1-24 to the Assembly. On appeal from such decisions, the Speaker has the
1-25 right, in the Speaker’s place, to assign the reason for the decision.
1-26 (d) Have the right to name any member to perform the duties of the
1-27 chair, but such substitution must not extend beyond one legislative day.
1-28 (e) If the Assembly resolves itself into a Committee of the Whole,
1-29 name a chairman to preside thereover and call him to the chair.
1-30 (f) Have the power to accredit the persons who act as representatives
1-31 of the news media and assign them seats.
1-32 (g) Sign all bills and resolutions passed by the Legislature as provided
1-33 by law.
1-34 (h) Sign all subpoenas issued by the Assembly.
1-35 (i) Receive all messages and communications from other departments
1-36 of the government and announce them to the Assembly.
1-37 (j) Represent the Assembly, declare its will and in all things obey its
1-38 commands.
1-39 (k) Vote on final passage of a bill or resolution, but the Speaker shall
1-40 not be required to vote in ordinary legislative proceedings except where
1-41 the Speaker’s vote would be decisive. In all yea and nay votes, the
1-42 Speaker’s name must be called last.
2-1 3. If a vacancy occurs in the office of Speaker, through death,
2-2 resignation or disability of the Speaker, the Speaker pro Tempore shall
2-3 temporarily and for the period of vacancy or disability conduct the
2-4 necessary business of the Assembly.
2-5 4. If a permanent vacancy occurs in the office of Speaker, the
2-6 Assembly shall select a new Speaker.
2-7 Rule No. 3. Reserved.
2-8 Rule No. 4. Reserved.
2-9 Rule No. 5. Reserved.
2-10 Rule No. 6. Reserved.
2-11 The next rule is 10.
2-12 III. MEETINGS
2-13 Rule No. 10. Reserved.
2-14 Rule No. 11. Open Meetings.
2-15 All meetings of the Assembly and its committees must be open to the
2-16 public.
2-17 Rule No. 12. Reserved.
2-18 The next rule is 20.
2-19 IV. DECORUM AND DEBATE
2-20 Rule No. 20. Points of Order.
2-21 If any member, in speaking or otherwise, transgresses the rules of the
2-22 Assembly, the Speaker shall, or any member may, call to order, in which
2-23 case the member so called to order shall immediately sit down, unless
2-24 permitted to explain; and if called to order by a member, such member
2-25 shall immediately state the point of order. If the point of order be
2-26 sustained by the presiding officer, the member shall not be allowed to
2-27 proceed; but if it be not sustained, then he shall be permitted to go on.
2-28 Every such decision from the presiding officer shall be subject to an
2-29 appeal to the House; but no discussion of the question of order shall be
2-30 allowed unless an appeal be taken from the decision of the presiding
2-31 officer.
2-32 Rule No. 21. Portable electronic communication devices.
2-33 1. A person who is within the Assembly Chambers shall not engage
2-34 in a telephone conversation via the use of a portable telephone.
2-35 2. Before entering the Assembly Chambers, any person who
2-36 possesses a portable electronic communication device, such as a pager
2-37 or telephone, that emits an audible alert, such as a ringing or beeping
3-1 sound, to signal an incoming message or call shall turn the audible alert
3-2 off. A device that contains a nonaudible alert, such as a silent vibration,
3-3 may be operated in a nonaudible manner within the Assembly
3-4 Chambers.
3-5 Rule No. 22. Reserved.
3-6 Rule No. 23. Reserved.
3-7 The next rule is 30.
3-8 V. QUORUM, VOTING, ELECTIONS
3-9 Rule No. 30. Manner of Voting.
3-10 1. The presiding officer shall declare all votes, but the yeas and nays
3-11 must be taken when called for by three members present, and the names
3-12 of those calling for the yeas and nays must be entered in the Journal by
3-13 the Chief Clerk.
3-14 2. The presiding officer shall call for yeas and nays by a division or
3-15 by a roll call, either electronic or oral.
3-16 3. When taking the yeas and nays on any question, the electronic roll
3-17 call system may be used, and when so used shall have the force and
3-18 effect of any roll call under these rules.
3-19 4. When taking the yeas and nays by oral roll call, the Chief Clerk
3-20 shall take the names of members alphabetically, except that the
3-21 Speaker’s name must be called last.
3-22 5. The electronic roll call system may be used to determine the
3-23 presence of a quorum.
3-24 6. The yeas and nays must not be taken with the electronic roll call
3-25 system until all members present are at their desks. The presiding officer
3-26 may vote at the rostrum.
3-27 7. Only a member who is physically present within the Assembly
3-28 Chambers may cast a vote in the Assembly.
3-29 8. A member shall not vote for another member on any roll call,
3-30 either electronic or oral. Any member who votes for another member
3-31 may be punished in any manner deemed appropriate by the Assembly.
3-32 Rule No. 31. Reserved.
3-33 Rule No. 32. Announcement of the Vote.
3-34 1. A member may change his vote at any time before the
3-35 announcement of the vote if the voting is by voice, or at any time before
3-36 the votes are electronically recorded if the voting is conducted
3-37 electronically.
3-38 2. The announcement of the result of any vote shall not be
3-39 postponed.
3-40 Rule No. 33. Voting by Division.
3-41 Upon a division and count of the Assembly on any question, no person
3-42 without the bar shall be counted.
4-1 The next rule is 40.
4-2 VI. LEGISLATIVE BODIES
4-3 Rule No. 40. Standing Committees.
4-4 The standing committees of the Assembly are as follows:
4-5 1. Elections, Procedures, and Ethics.
4-6 2. Medical Malpractice Issues.
4-7 3. Ways and Means.
4-8 Rule No. 41. Appointment of Committees.
4-9 All committees must be appointed by the Speaker, unless otherwise
4-10 directed by the Assembly. The Speaker shall determine the appropriate
4-11 number of members for each committee and shall designate the
4-12 chairman and vice chairman of each committee.
4-13 Rule No. 42. Committee Action.
4-14 1. The committee shall have meetings in accordance with the
4-15 direction of the Assembly leadership. A quorum of the committee is a
4-16 majority of its appointed members and may transact business except as
4-17 limited by this rule.
4-18 2. Except as limited by this rule, a simple majority of those present
4-19 may move, second and pass a motion by voice vote.
4-20 3. Definite action on a bill or resolution will require a majority of the
4-21 entire committee.
4-22 4. A two-thirds majority of the entire committee is required to
4-23 reconsider action on a bill or resolution.
4-24 5. Committee introduction of legislative measures requires
4-25 concurrence of a majority of the members of the entire committee and
4-26 requires a commitment from each such concurring member to support
4-27 final passage. A decision by a committee to request the drafting of an
4-28 amendment for a bill requires concurrence of a majority of the members
4-29 of the entire committee and requires a commitment from each such
4-30 concurring member to support the amendment when it is considered on
4-31 the floor of the Assembly.
4-32 6. The chairman shall vote on all final action regarding bills or
4-33 resolutions.
4-34 7. No member of the committee may vote by proxy under any
4-35 circumstances.
4-36 8. A committee shall not take a vote on the question of whether to
4-37 exercise its statutory authority to issue a legislative subpoena unless the
4-38 chairman has informed the Speaker of the intention of the committee to
4-39 consider such a question.
4-40 Rule No. 43. Subcommittees.
4-41 Subcommittees made up of committee members may be appointed by
4-42 the chairman to consider and report back on specific subjects or bills.
5-1 Rule No. 44. Committee on Elections, Procedures, and Ethics.
5-2 The Committee on Elections, Procedures, and Ethics has jurisdiction
5-3 over matters relating to personnel. It shall recommend by resolution the
5-4 appointment of all attachés and employees of the Assembly not otherwise
5-5 provided for by law. It may suspend or remove any such attaché or
5-6 employee for incompetency or dereliction of duty. It shall function as the
5-7 Committee on Credentials of the Assembly.
5-8 Rule No. 45. Approval of Committee on Medical Malpractice Issues
5-9 Required Before Submission to Legislative Counsel of Request for
5-10 Drafting of Bill, Resolution or Amendment.
5-11 Except as otherwise provided in this rule and in Joint Rule No. 2 for
5-12 requests by a conference committee, a majority of the members
5-13 appointed to the Committee on Medical Malpractice Issues must approve
5-14 any request for the drafting of a bill, resolution or amendment during
5-15 the 18th Special Session before it is submitted to the Legislative Counsel.
5-16 The Speaker may request the drafting of one bill for the 18th Special
5-17 Session without seeking the approval of the Committee on Medical
5-18 Malpractice Issues. The Legislative Counsel shall not honor a request
5-19 for the drafting of a bill, resolution or amendment to be introduced in
5-20 the Assembly, unless it is submitted by the Committee on Medical
5-21 Malpractice Issues or a Conference Committee.
5-22 Rule No. 46. Committee Action on Reports.
5-23 Committee reports must be adopted at a committee session actually
5-24 assembled and meeting as a committee with a quorum present. Every
5-25 committee vote on a matter pertaining to a bill or resolution must be
5-26 recorded. The vote may be taken by roll call at the discretion of the
5-27 chairman.
5-28 Rule No. 47. Committee Records.
5-29 The chairman of each committee shall keep, or cause to be kept, a
5-30 complete record of the committee proceedings in which there must be
5-31 entered:
5-32 1. The time and place of each meeting;
5-33 2. The attendance and absence of members;
5-34 3. The names of all persons appearing before the committee, with the
5-35 names of persons, firms, corporations or associations in whose behalf
5-36 such appearance is made; and
5-37 4. The subjects or measures considered and action taken.
5-38 Rule No. 48. Disposition of Committee Records.
5-39 All minutes, records and documents in the possession of committees
5-40 and their chairmen must be filed in the offices of the Legislative Counsel
5-41 Bureau upon adjournment sine die.
5-42 Rule No. 49. Committee Hearings.
5-43 1. The presence of a quorum of the committee is desirable but not
5-44 required to conduct a public hearing. At the discretion of the chairman,
6-1 members of the committee may attend, participate in and, if applicable,
6-2 vote during the hearing via simultaneous telephone or video conference.
6-3 2. Public hearings are opened by the chairman who announces the
6-4 subject under consideration and provides for those wishing to address
6-5 the committee to be heard. These persons shall rise in an order
6-6 determined by the chairman, address the chair and furnish their names,
6-7 addresses and firms or other organizations represented. Committee
6-8 members may address the chairman for permission to question the
6-9 witness.
6-10 Rule No. 50. Reserved.
6-11 Rule No. 51. Reserved.
6-12 Rule No. 52. Concurrent Referrals.
6-13 When a bill or resolution is referred to two committees, the bill or
6-14 resolution must go to the first committee named. If the first committee
6-15 votes to amend the bill or resolution, it must be reprinted with
6-16 amendments and then returned to the first committee or sent
6-17 immediately to the next committee. If there is no amendment proposed
6-18 by the first committee, or if the first committee acts upon the bill or
6-19 resolution after amendment, the bill or resolution must be sent with the
6-20 committee recommendation immediately to the second committee.
6-21 The next rule is 60.
6-22 VII. RULES GOVERNING MOTIONS
6-23 A. Procedure
6-24 Rule No. 60. Entertaining.
6-25 No motion may be debated until it is distinctly announced by the
6-26 presiding officer. If desired by the presiding officer or any member, the
6-27 motion must be reduced to writing and be read by the Chief Clerk before
6-28 the motion is debated. A motion may be withdrawn by the maker at any
6-29 time before amendment or before the motion is put to vote.
6-30 Rule No. 61. Reserved.
6-31 Rule No. 62. Reserved.
6-32 B. Particular Motions
6-33 Rule No. 63. Reserved.
6-34 Rule No. 64. Reserved.
6-35 Rule No. 65. Indefinite Postponement.
6-36 When a question is postponed indefinitely, the same question must not
6-37 be considered again during the 18th Special Session of the Legislature
6-38 and the question is not subject to a motion for reconsideration.
7-1 Rule No. 66. To Strike Enacting Clause.
7-2 A motion to strike out the enacting clause of a bill or resolution does
7-3 not take precedence over any other subsidiary motion. If the motion is
7-4 carried, it shall be considered equivalent to the rejection of such bill or
7-5 resolution.
7-6 Rule No. 67. Division of Question.
7-7 Any member may call for a division of the question, which shall be
7-8 divided, if it comprehends propositions in substance so distinct that, one
7-9 being taken away, a substantive proposition shall remain for the
7-10 decision of the Assembly. A motion to strike out being lost shall preclude
7-11 neither amendment nor a motion to strike out and insert. A motion to
7-12 strike out and insert shall be deemed indivisible.
7-13 Rule No. 68. To Reconsider.
7-14 No motion to reconsider a vote is in order.
7-15 The next rule is 80.
7-16 VIII. DEBATE
7-17 Rule No. 80. Speaking on Question.
7-18 No member shall speak more than twice during the consideration of
7-19 any one question, on the same day, and at the same stage of proceedings,
7-20 without leave. Members who have once spoken shall not again be
7-21 entitled to the floor (except for explanation) to the exclusion of others
7-22 who have not spoken.Green numbers along left margin indicate location on the printed bill (e.g., 5-15 indicates page 5, line 15).
7-23 Rule No. 81. Previous Question.
7-24 The previous question shall be put only when demanded by three
7-25 members. The previous question shall not be moved by the member last
7-26 speaking on the question.
7-27 Rule No. 82. Privilege of Closing Debate.
7-28 The author of a bill, a resolution or a main question shall have the
7-29 privilege of closing the debate, unless the previous question has been
7-30 sustained.
7-31 The next rule is 90.
7-32 IX. CONDUCT OF BUSINESS
7-33 A. Rules and Procedure
7-34 Rule No. 90. Mason’s Manual.
7-35 The rules of parliamentary practice contained in Mason’s Manual of
7-36 Legislative Procedure shall govern the Assembly in all cases in which
7-37 they are applicable and in which they are not inconsistent with the Rules
8-1 and orders of the Assembly for the 18th Special Session of the
8-2 Legislature, and the Joint Rules of the Senate and Assembly for the 18th
8-3 Special Session of the Legislature.
8-4 Rule No. 91. Rescission, Change or Suspension of Rule.
8-5 No rule or order of the Assembly for the 18th Special Session of the
8-6 Legislature may be rescinded or changed without a vote of two-thirds of
8-7 the members elected, and one day’s notice being given of the motion
8-8 therefor; but a rule or order may be suspended temporarily by a vote of
8-9 two-thirds of the members present.
8-10 Rule No. 92. Notices of Bills, Topics and Public Hearings.
8-11 1. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 3, all committees shall
8-12 provide adequate notice of public hearings on bills, resolutions or other
8-13 topics which are to come before the committees. The notice must include
8-14 the date, time, place and agenda to be covered. The notice must be
8-15 posted conspicuously in the legislative building, appear in the daily
8-16 history and be made available to the news media. The daily history must
8-17 include the most current version of the notice that is available at the
8-18 time the daily history is created and an informational statement
8-19 informing the public where more current information, if any, regarding
8-20 such notices may be found.
8-21 2. The noticing requirements of this rule may be suspended for
8-22 emergency situations but only after approval by a two-thirds vote of a
8-23 committee.
8-24 3. Subsection 1 does not apply to:
8-25 (a) Committee meetings held on the floor of the Assembly during a
8-26 recess; or
8-27 (b) Conference committee meetings.
8-28 Rule No. 93. Reserved.
8-29 Rule No. 94. Privilege of the Floor and Lobbying.
8-30 No person, except Senators, former Assemblymen and state officers,
8-31 may be admitted at the bar of the Assembly, except by special invitation
8-32 on the part of some member; but a majority may authorize the Speaker
8-33 to have the Assembly cleared of all such persons. No person may do any
8-34 lobbying upon the floor of the Assembly at any time, and it is the duty of
8-35 the Sergeant at Arms to remove any person violating any of the
8-36 provisions of this rule.
8-37 Rule No. 95. Material Placed on Legislators’ Desks.
8-38 All papers, letters, notes, pamphlets and other written material placed
8-39 upon an Assemblyman’s desk shall contain the signature of the
8-40 Legislator requesting the placement of such material on the desk or
8-41 shall contain a designation of the origin of such material. This rule does
8-42 not apply to books containing the legislative bills and resolutions, the
8-43 legislative daily histories, the legislative daily journals or Legislative
8-44 Counsel Bureau material.
9-1 Rule No. 96. Peddling, Begging and Soliciting.
9-2 1. Peddling, begging and soliciting are strictly forbidden in the
9-3 Assembly Chamber, and in the lobby, gallery and halls adjacent thereto.
9-4 2. No part of the Assembly Chamber may be used for, or occupied by
9-5 signs or other devices for any kind of advertising.
9-6 3. No part of the hallways adjacent to the Assembly Chambers may
9-7 be used for or occupied by signs or other devices for any kind of
9-8 advertising for commercial or personal gain. Notices for nonprofit,
9-9 nonpartisan, civic or special legislative events may be posted in a
9-10 designated area of the hallways adjacent to the Assembly Chambers with
9-11 the approval of the Chief Clerk.
9-12 Rule No. 97. Petitions and Memorials.
9-13 Petitions, memorials and other papers addressed to the Assembly, shall
9-14 be presented by the Speaker, or by a member in the Speaker’s place. A
9-15 brief statement of the contents thereof shall be made by the introducer.
9-16 They shall not be debated on the day of their being presented, but shall
9-17 be on the table, or be referred, as the Assembly shall determine.
9-18 Rule No. 98. Request of Purpose.
9-19 A member may request the purpose of a bill or joint resolution upon its
9-20 introduction.
9-21 Rule No. 99. Remarks.
9-22 It shall be in order for members to make remarks and to have such
9-23 remarks entered in the Journal.
9-24 Rule No. 100. Precedence of Parliamentary Authority.
9-25 The precedence of parliamentary authority in the Assembly is:
9-26 1. The Constitution of the State of Nevada.
9-27 2. The Statutes of the State of Nevada.
9-28 3. The Rules of the Assembly for the 18th Special Session of the
9-29 Legislature and the Joint Rules of the Senate and Assembly for the 18th
9-30 Special Session of the Legislature.
9-31 4. Mason’s Manual of Legislative Procedure.
9-32 Rule No. 101. Reserved.
9-33 Rule No. 102. Privileged Questions.
9-34 Privileged questions have precedence of all others in the following
9-35 order:
9-36 1. Motions to fix the time to which the Assembly shall adjourn.
9-37 2. Motions to adjourn.
9-38 3. Questions relating to the rights and privileges of the Assembly or
9-39 any of its members.
9-40 4. A call of the House.
9-41 5. Motions for special orders.
9-42 Rule No. 103. Reserved.
10-1 B. Bills
10-2 Rule No. 104. Reserved.
10-3 Rule No. 105. Substitute Bills.
10-4 A substitute bill shall be deemed and held to be an amendment, and
10-5 treated in all respects as such. However, a substitute bill may be
10-6 amended after its adoption, in the same manner as if it were an original
10-7 bill.
10-8 Rule No. 106. Skeleton Bills.
10-9 The introduction of skeleton bills is not authorized.
10-10 Rule No. 107. Reserved.
10-11 Rule No. 108. Reserved.
10-12 Rule No. 109. Reading of Bills.
10-13 The presiding officer shall announce at each reading of a bill whether
10-14 it be the first, second or third reading. The first reading of a bill shall be
10-15 for information. If there is objection, the question shall be, “Shall the
10-16 bill be rejected?” If the question to reject fails to receive a majority vote
10-17 by the members present, or if there is no objection, the bill shall take the
10-18 proper course. No bill shall be referred to a committee until after the
10-19 first reading, nor amended until after the second reading.
10-20 Rule No. 110. Second Reading and Amendment of Bills.
10-21 1. All bills must be read the second time after which they are
10-22 reported by committee. Upon second reading, Assembly bills reported
10-23 without amendments shall be placed on the General File and Senate
10-24 bills reported without amendments shall be placed on the General File.
10-25 Committee amendments reported with bills shall be considered upon
10-26 their second reading, and such amendments may be adopted by a
10-27 majority vote of the members present. Any amendment which is
10-28 numbered, copied and made available to all members must be moved
10-29 and voted upon by number unless any member moves that it be read in
10-30 full. Assembly bills so amended must be reprinted, engrossed, and placed
10-31 on the General File. Senate bills so amended must be reprinted, then
10-32 engrossed or reengrossed, as applicable, and placed on the General File.
10-33 2. Only amendments proposed by the Committee on Medical
10-34 Malpractice Issues or a conference committee may be considered on the
10-35 floor of the Assembly. Such a motion to amend may be adopted on the
10-36 floor of the Assembly by a majority vote of the members present. Bills so
10-37 amended on second reading must be treated the same as bills with
10-38 amendments proposed by a committee. Any bill so amended upon the
10-39 General File must be reprinted and then engrossed or reengrossed, as
10-40 applicable.
10-41 3. The reprinting of amended bills may be dispensed with only in
10-42 accordance with the provisions of law.
11-1 Rule No. 111. Consent Calendar.
11-2 1. A committee may by unanimous vote of the members present
11-3 report a bill with the recommendation that it be placed on the consent
11-4 calendar. The question of recommending a bill for the consent calendar
11-5 may be voted upon in committee only after the bill has been
11-6 recommended for passage and only if no amendment is recommended.
11-7 2. The Chief Clerk shall maintain a list of bills recommended for the
11-8 consent calendar. The list must be printed in the daily history and must
11-9 include the summary of each bill, and the date the bill is scheduled for
11-10 consideration on final passage.
11-11 3. At any time before the presiding officer calls for a vote on the
11-12 passage of the consent calendar, a member may give written notice to
11-13 the Chief Clerk or state orally from the floor of the Assembly in session
11-14 that he requests the removal of a particular bill from the consent
11-15 calendar. If a member so requests, the Chief Clerk shall remove the bill
11-16 from the consent calendar and transfer it to the second reading file. A
11-17 bill removed from the consent calendar may not be restored to that
11-18 calendar.
11-19 4. During floor consideration of the consent calendar, members may
11-20 ask questions and offer explanations relating to the respective bills.
11-21 5. When the consent calendar is brought to a vote, the bills
11-22 remaining on the consent calendar must be read by number and
11-23 summary and the vote must be taken on their final passage as a group.
11-24 Rule No. 112. Reserved.
11-25 Rule No. 113. General File.
11-26 All bills reported to the Assembly, after receiving their second readings
11-27 must be placed upon a General File, to be kept by the Chief Clerk. Bills
11-28 must be taken from the General File and acted upon in the order in
11-29 which they were reported, unless otherwise specially ordered by the
11-30 Assembly. But engrossed bills shall be placed at the head of the file, in
11-31 the order in which they are received. The Chief Clerk shall post a daily
11-32 statement of the bills on the General File, setting forth the order in
11-33 which they are filed, and specifying the alterations arising from the
11-34 disposal of business each day. The Chief Clerk shall likewise post
11-35 notices of special orders as made.
11-36 Rule No. 114. Reserved.
11-37 Rule No. 115. Reserved.
11-38 Rule No. 116. Vetoed Bills.
11-39 Bills that have passed both Houses of the Legislature and are
11-40 transmitted to the Assembly accompanied by a message or statement of
11-41 the Governor’s disapproval or veto of the same must be taken up and
11-42 considered immediately upon the coming in of the message transmitting
11-43 the same, or become the subject of a special order. When the message is
11-44 received, or (if made a special order) when the special order is called, the
11-45 said message or statement must be read together with the bill or bills so
11-46 disapproved or vetoed. The message and bill must be read by the Chief
12-1 Clerk without interruption, consecutively, one following the other, and
12-2 not upon separate occasions. No such bill or message may be referred to
12-3 any committee, or otherwise acted upon save as provided by law and
12-4 custom; that is to say, that immediately following such reading the only
12-5 question (except as hereinafter stated) which may be put by the Speaker
12-6 is, “Shall the bill pass, notwithstanding the objections of the Governor?”
12-7 It shall not be in order, at any time, to vote upon such a vetoed bill
12-8 unless the same shall first have been read, from the first word of its title
12-9 to and including the last word of its final section. No motion may be
12-10 entertained after the Speaker has stated the question, save a motion to
12-11 adjourn or a motion for the previous question, but the merits of the bill
12-12 itself may be debated. The message or statement containing the
12-13 objections of the Governor to the bill must be entered in the Journal of
12-14 the Assembly. The consideration of a vetoed bill, and the objections of
12-15 the Governor thereto, shall be a privileged question, and shall take
12-16 precedence over all others.
12-17 Rule No. 117. Reserved.
12-18 C. Resolutions
12-19 Rule No. 118. Treated as Bills—Joint Resolutions.
12-20 The procedure of enacting joint resolutions must be identical to that of
12-21 enacting bills. However, joint resolutions proposing amendments to the
12-22 Constitution must be entered in the Journal in their entirety.
12-23 Rule No. 119. Reserved.
12-24 D. Order of Business
12-25 Rule No. 120. Order of Business.
12-26 The Order of Business must be as follows:
12-27 1. Call to Order.
12-28 2. Reading and Approval of Journal.
12-29 3. Presentation of Petitions.
12-30 4. Reports of the Standing Committees.
12-31 5. Reports of Select Committees.
12-32 6. Communications.
12-33 7. Messages from the Senate.
12-34 8. Motions, Resolutions and Notices.
12-35 9. Introduction, First Reading and Reference.
12-36 10. Consent Calendar.
12-37 11. Second Reading and Amendment.
12-38 12. General File and Third Reading.
12-39 13. Unfinished Business of Preceding Day.
12-40 14. Special Orders of the Day.
12-41 15. Remarks from the Floor, limited to 10 minutes.
12-42 Rule No. 121. Reserved.
12-43 Rule No. 122. Reserved.
13-1 Rule No. 123. Reserved.
13-2 Rule No. 124. Reserved.
13-3 Rule No. 125. Reserved.
13-4 Rule No. 126. Reserved.
13-5 Rule No. 127. Reserved.
13-6 Rule No. 128. Reserved.
13-7 The next rule is 140.
13-8 X. MISCELLANEOUS
13-9 Rule No. 140. Reserved.
13-10 Rule No. 141. Use of the Assembly Chamber.
13-11 The Assembly Chamber shall not be used for any public or private
13-12 business other than legislative, except by permission of the Assembly.
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