Assembly Resolution No. 3–Assemblymen
Perkins, Buckley and Hettrick

 

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Assembly RESOLUTION—Adopting the Rules of the Assembly for the 19th Special Session of the Nevada Legislature.

 

1-1  Resolved by the Assembly of the State of Nevada, That

1-2  the following Rules of the Assembly for the 19th Special Session of

1-3  the Legislature are hereby adopted:

 

1-4  I.  APPLICABILITY

 

1-5  Rule No. 1.  Generally.

1-6  The Rules of the Assembly for the 19th Special Session of the

1-7  Legislature are applicable only during the 19th Special Session of

1-8  the 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

1-12  in all that relates to the prompt, efficient and correct discharge of

1-13  their official duties under the Speaker’s supervision.

1-14      2.  Possessing the powers and performing the duties described

1-15  in this rule, the Speaker shall:

1-16      (a) Take the chair at the hour to which the Assembly will be

1-17  meeting, call the members to order, and upon the appearance of a

1-18  quorum, proceed to business.

1-19      (b) Preserve order and decorum and have general direction of

1-20  the Chamber of the Assembly and the approaches thereto. In the

1-21  event of any disturbance or disorderly conduct therein, order the

1-22  same to be cleared.

1-23      (c) Decide all questions of order, subject to a member’s right to

1-24  appeal to the Assembly. On appeal from such decisions, the

1-25  Speaker has the right, in the Speaker’s place, to assign the reason

1-26  for the decision.

1-27      (d) Have the right to name any member to perform the duties

1-28  of the chair, but such substitution must not extend beyond one

1-29  legislative day.

1-30      (e) If the Assembly resolves itself into a Committee of the

1-31  Whole, name a chairman to preside thereover and call him to the

1-32  chair.

1-33      (f) Have the power to accredit the persons who act as

1-34  representatives of the news media and assign them seats.

1-35      (g) Sign all bills and resolutions passed by the Legislature as

1-36  provided by law.


2-1  (h) Sign all subpoenas issued by the Assembly.

2-2  (i) Receive all messages and communications from other

2-3  departments of the government and announce them to the

2-4  Assembly.

2-5  (j) Represent the Assembly, declare its will and in all things

2-6  obey its commands.

2-7  (k) Vote on final passage of a bill or resolution, but the

2-8  Speaker shall not be required to vote in ordinary legislative

2-9  proceedings except where the Speaker’s vote would be decisive. In

2-10  all yea and nay votes, the Speaker’s name must be called last.

2-11      3.  If a vacancy occurs in the office of Speaker, through

2-12  death, resignation or disability of the Speaker, the Speaker Pro

2-13  Tempore shall temporarily and for the period of vacancy or

2-14  disability conduct the necessary business of the Assembly.

2-15      4.  If a permanent vacancy occurs in the office of Speaker, the

2-16  Assembly shall select a new Speaker.

 

2-17  Rule No. 3.  Reserved.

 

2-18  Rule No. 4.  Reserved.

 

2-19  Rule No. 5.  Reserved.

 

2-20  Rule No. 6.  Reserved.

 

2-21  The next rule is 10.

 

2-22  III.  MEETINGS

 

2-23  Rule No. 10.  Reserved.

 

2-24  Rule No. 11.  Open Meetings.

2-25      All meetings of the Assembly and its committees must be open

2-26  to the public.

 

2-27  Rule No. 12.  Reserved.

 

2-28  The next rule is 20.

 

2-29  IV.  DECORUM AND DEBATE

 

2-30  Rule No. 20.  Points of Order.

2-31      If any member, in speaking or otherwise, transgresses the rules

2-32  of the Assembly, the Speaker shall, or any member may, call to

2-33  order, in which case the member so called to order shall

2-34  immediately sit down, unless permitted to explain; and if called to


3-1  order by a member, such member shall immediately state the point

3-2  of order. If the point of order be sustained by the presiding officer,

3-3  the member shall not be allowed to proceed; but if it be not

3-4  sustained, then he shall be permitted to go on. Every such decision

3-5  from the presiding officer shall be subject to an appeal to the

3-6  House; but no discussion of the question of order shall be allowed

3-7  unless an appeal be taken from the decision of the presiding

3-8  officer.

 

3-9  Rule No. 21.  Portable electronic communication devices.

3-10      1.  A person who is within the Assembly Chambers shall not

3-11  engage in a telephone conversation via the use of a portable

3-12  telephone.

3-13      2.  Before entering the Assembly Chambers, any person who

3-14  possesses a portable electronic communication device, such as a

3-15  pager or telephone, that emits an audible alert, such as a ringing

3-16  or beeping sound, to signal an incoming message or call shall turn

3-17  the audible alert off. A device that contains a nonaudible alert,

3-18  such as a silent vibration, may be operated in a nonaudible

3-19  manner within the Assembly Chambers.

 

3-20  Rule No. 22.  Reserved.

 

3-21  Rule No. 23.  Reserved.

 

3-22  The next rule is 30.

 

3-23  V.  QUORUM, VOTING, ELECTIONS

 

3-24  Rule No. 30.  Manner of Voting.

3-25      1.  The presiding officer shall declare all votes, but the yeas

3-26  and nays must be taken when called for by three members present,

3-27  and the names of those calling for the yeas and nays must be

3-28  entered in the Journal by the Chief Clerk.

3-29      2.  The presiding officer shall call for yeas and nays by a

3-30  division or by a roll call, either electronic or oral.

3-31      3.  When taking the yeas and nays on any question, the

3-32  electronic roll call system may be used, and when so used shall

3-33  have the force and effect of any roll call under these rules.

3-34      4.  When taking the yeas and nays by oral roll call, the Chief

3-35  Clerk shall take the names of members alphabetically, except that

3-36  the Speaker’s name must be called last.

3-37      5.  The electronic roll call system may be used to determine

3-38  the presence of a quorum.


4-1  6.  The yeas and nays must not be taken with the electronic

4-2  roll call system until all members present are at their desks. The

4-3  presiding officer may vote at the rostrum.

4-4  7.  Only a member who is physically present within the

4-5  Assembly Chambers may cast a vote in the Assembly.

4-6  8.  A member shall not vote for another member on any roll

4-7  call, either electronic or oral. Any member who votes for another

4-8  member may be punished in any manner deemed appropriate by

4-9  the Assembly.

 

4-10  Rule No. 31.  Reserved.

 

4-11  Rule No. 32.  Announcement of the Vote.

4-12      1.  A member may change his vote at any time before the

4-13  announcement of the vote if the voting is by voice, or at any time

4-14  before the votes are electronically recorded if the voting is

4-15  conducted electronically.

4-16      2.  The announcement of the result of any vote shall not be

4-17  postponed.

 

4-18  Rule No. 33.  Voting by Division.

4-19      Upon a division and count of the Assembly on any question, no

4-20  person without the bar shall be counted.

 

4-21  The next rule is 40.

 

4-22  VI.  LEGISLATIVE BODIES

 

4-23  Rule No. 40.  Standing Committee.

4-24      The standing committee of the Assembly is the Select

4-25  Committee on State Revenue and Education Funding.

 

4-26  Rule No. 41.  Appointment of Committees.

4-27      All committees must be appointed by the Speaker, unless

4-28  otherwise directed by the Assembly. The Speaker shall determine

4-29  the appropriate number of members for each committee and shall

4-30  designate the chairman and vice chairman of each committee.

 

4-31  Rule No. 42.  Committee Action.

4-32      1.  The committee shall have meetings in accordance with the

4-33  direction of the Assembly leadership. A quorum of the committee

4-34  is a majority of its appointed members and may transact business

4-35  except as limited by this rule.

4-36      2.  Except as limited by this rule, a simple majority of those

4-37  present may move, second and pass a motion by voice vote.


5-1  3.  Definite action on a bill or resolution will require a

5-2  majority of the entire committee.

5-3  4.  A two-thirds majority of the entire committee is required to

5-4  reconsider action on a bill or resolution.

5-5  5.  Committee introduction of legislative measures requires

5-6  concurrence of a majority of the members of the entire committee

5-7  and requires a commitment from each such concurring member to

5-8  support final passage. A decision by a committee to request the

5-9  drafting of an amendment for a bill requires concurrence of a

5-10  majority of the members of the entire committee and requires a

5-11  commitment from each such concurring member to support the

5-12  amendment when it is considered on the floor of the Assembly.

5-13      6.  The chairman shall vote on all final action regarding bills

5-14  or resolutions.

5-15      7.  No member of the committee may vote by proxy under any

5-16  circumstances.

5-17      8.  A committee shall not take a vote on the question of

5-18  whether to exercise its statutory authority to issue a legislative

5-19  subpoena unless the chairman has informed the Speaker of the

5-20  intention of the committee to consider such a question.

 

5-21  Rule No. 43.  Subcommittees.

5-22      Subcommittees made up of committee members may be

5-23  appointed by the Chairman to consider and report back on specific

5-24  subjects or bills.

 

5-25  Rule No. 44.  Reserved.

 

5-26  Rule No. 45.  Request for Drafting of Bill, Resolution or

5-27  Amendment.

5-28      Except as otherwise provided in this rule, the Legislative

5-29  Counsel shall not honor a request for the drafting of a bill,

5-30  resolution or amendment to be introduced in the Assembly, unless

5-31  it is submitted by the Select Committee on State Revenue and

5-32  Education Funding, a Conference Committee or the Governor.

5-33  The Speaker may request the drafting of one bill for the 19th

5-34  Special Session without seeking the approval of the Select

5-35  Committee.

 

5-36  Rule No. 46.  Committee Action on Reports.

5-37      Committee reports must be adopted at a committee session

5-38  actually assembled and meeting as a committee with a quorum

5-39  present. Every committee vote on a matter pertaining to a bill or

5-40  resolution must be recorded. The vote may be taken by roll call at

5-41  the discretion of the chairman.

 


6-1  Rule No. 47.  Committee Records.

6-2  The chairman of each committee shall keep, or cause to be

6-3  kept, a complete record of the committee proceedings in which

6-4  there must be entered:

6-5  1.  The time and place of each meeting;

6-6  2.  The attendance and absence of members;

6-7  3.  The names of all persons appearing before the committee,

6-8  with the names of persons, firms, corporations or associations in

6-9  whose behalf such appearance is made; and

6-10      4.  The subjects or measures considered and action taken.

 

6-11  Rule No. 48.  Disposition of Committee Records.

6-12      All minutes, records and documents in the possession of

6-13  committees and their chairmen must be filed in the offices of the

6-14  Legislative Counsel Bureau upon adjournment sine die.

 

6-15  Rule No. 49.  Committee Hearings.

6-16      1.  The presence of a quorum of the committee is desirable but

6-17  not required to conduct a public hearing. At the discretion of the

6-18  chairman, members of the committee may attend, participate in

6-19  and, if applicable, vote during the hearing via simultaneous

6-20  telephone or video conference.

6-21      2.  Public hearings are opened by the chairman, who

6-22  announces the subject under consideration and provides for those

6-23  wishing to address the committee to be heard. These persons shall

6-24  rise in an order determined by the chairman, address the chair

6-25  and furnish their names, addresses and firms or other

6-26  organizations represented. Committee members may address the

6-27  chairman for permission to question the witness.

 

6-28  Rule No. 50.  Reserved.

 

6-29  Rule No. 51.  Reserved.

 

6-30  Rule No. 52.  Reserved.

 

6-31  The next rule is 60.

 

6-32  VII.  RULES GOVERNING MOTIONS

 

6-33  A.  Procedure

 

6-34  Rule No. 60.  Entertaining.

6-35      No motion may be debated until it is distinctly announced by

6-36  the presiding officer. If desired by the presiding officer or any

6-37  member, the motion must be reduced to writing and be read by the


7-1  Chief Clerk before the motion is debated. A motion may be

7-2  withdrawn by the maker at any time before amendment or before

7-3  the motion is put to vote.

 

7-4  Rule No. 61.  Reserved.

 

7-5  Rule No. 62.  Reserved.

 

7-6  B.  Particular Motions

 

7-7  Rule No. 63.  Reserved.

 

7-8  Rule No. 64.  Reserved.

 

7-9  Rule No. 65.  Indefinite Postponement.

7-10      When a question is postponed indefinitely, the same question

7-11  must not be considered again during the 19th Special Session of

7-12  the Legislature and the question is not subject to a motion for

7-13  reconsideration.

 

7-14  Rule No. 66.  To Strike Enacting Clause.

7-15      A motion to strike out the enacting clause of a bill or resolution

7-16  does not take precedence over any other subsidiary motion. If the

7-17  motion is carried, it shall be considered equivalent to the rejection

7-18  of such bill or resolution.

 

7-19  Rule No. 67.  Division of Question.

7-20      Any member may call for a division of the question, which

7-21  shall be divided, if it comprehends propositions in substance so

7-22  distinct that, one being taken away, a substantive proposition shall

7-23  remain for the decision of the Assembly. A motion to strike out

7-24  being lost shall preclude neither amendment nor a motion to strike

7-25  out and insert. A motion to strike out and insert shall be deemed

7-26  indivisible.

 

7-27  Rule No. 68.  To Reconsider.

7-28      No motion to reconsider a vote is in order.

 

7-29  The next rule is 80.

 

7-30  VIII.  DEBATE

 

7-31  Rule No. 80.  Speaking on Question.

7-32      No member shall speak more than twice during the

7-33  consideration of any one question, on the same day, and at the

7-34  same stage of proceedings, without leave. Members who have once


8-1  spoken shall not again be entitled to the floor (except for

8-2  explanation) to the exclusion of others who have not spoken.

8-3  Green numbers along left margin indicate location on the printed bill (e.g., 5-15 indicates page 5, line 15).

8-4  Rule No. 81.  Previous Question.

8-5  The previous question shall be put only when demanded by

8-6  three members. The previous question shall not be moved by the

8-7  member last speaking on the question.

 

8-8  Rule No. 82.  Privilege of Closing Debate.

8-9  The author of a bill, a resolution or a main question shall have

8-10  the privilege of closing the debate, unless the previous question

8-11  has been sustained.

 

8-12  The next rule is 90.

 

8-13  IX.  CONDUCT OF BUSINESS

 

8-14  A.  Rules and Procedure

 

8-15  Rule No. 90.  Mason’s Manual.

8-16      The rules of parliamentary practice contained in Mason’s

8-17  Manual of Legislative Procedure shall govern the Assembly in all

8-18  cases in which they are applicable and in which they are not

8-19  inconsistent with the Rules and orders of the Assembly for the

8-20  19th Special Session of the Legislature, and the Joint Rules of

8-21  the Senate and Assembly for the 19th Special Session of the

8-22  Legislature.

 

8-23  Rule No. 91.  Rescission, Change or Suspension of Rule.

8-24      No rule or order of the Assembly for the 19th Special Session

8-25  of the Legislature may be rescinded or changed without a vote of

8-26  two-thirds of the members elected, and one day’s notice being

8-27  given of the motion therefor; but a rule or order may be suspended

8-28  temporarily by a vote of two-thirds of the members present.

 

8-29  Rule No. 92.  Notices of Bills, Topics and Public Hearings.

8-30      1.  Except as otherwise provided in subsection 3, all

8-31  committees shall provide adequate notice of public hearings on

8-32  bills, resolutions or other topics which are to come before the

8-33  committees. The notice must include the date, time, place and

8-34  agenda to be covered. The notice must be posted conspicuously in

8-35  the legislative building, appear in the daily history and be made

8-36  available to the news media. The daily history must include the

8-37  most current version of the notice that is available at the time the

8-38  daily history is created and an informational statement informing


9-1  the public where more current information, if any, regarding such

9-2  notices may be found.

9-3  2.  The noticing requirements of this rule may be suspended

9-4  for emergency situations but only after approval by a two-thirds

9-5  vote of a committee.

9-6  3.  Subsection 1 does not apply to:

9-7  (a) Committee meetings held on the floor of the Assembly

9-8  during a recess; or

9-9  (b) Conference committee meetings.

 

9-10  Rule No. 93.  Reserved.

 

9-11  Rule No. 94.  Privilege of the Floor and Lobbying.

9-12      No person, except Senators, former Assemblymen and state

9-13  officers, may be admitted at the bar of the Assembly, except by

9-14  special invitation on the part of some member; but a majority may

9-15  authorize the Speaker to have the Assembly cleared of all such

9-16  persons. No person may do any lobbying upon the floor of the

9-17  Assembly at any time, and it is the duty of the Sergeant at Arms to

9-18  remove any person violating any of the provisions of this rule.

 

9-19  Rule No. 95.  Material Placed on Legislators’ Desks.

9-20      All papers, letters, notes, pamphlets and other written material

9-21  placed upon an Assemblyman’s desk shall contain the signature of

9-22  the Legislator requesting the placement of such material on the

9-23  desk or shall contain a designation of the origin of such material.

9-24  This rule does not apply to books containing the legislative bills

9-25  and resolutions, the legislative daily histories, the legislative daily

9-26  journals or Legislative Counsel Bureau material.

 

9-27  Rule No. 96.  Peddling, Begging and Soliciting.

9-28      1.  Peddling, begging and soliciting are strictly forbidden in

9-29  the Assembly Chamber, and in the lobby, gallery and halls

9-30  adjacent thereto.

9-31      2.  No part of the Assembly Chamber may be used for, or

9-32  occupied by signs or other devices for any kind of advertising.

9-33      3.  No part of the hallways adjacent to the Assembly

9-34  Chambers may be used for or occupied by signs or other devices

9-35  for any kind of advertising for commercial or personal gain.

9-36  Notices for nonprofit, nonpartisan, civic or special legislative

9-37  events may be posted in a designated area of the hallways adjacent

9-38  to the Assembly Chambers with the approval of the Chief Clerk.

 

9-39  Rule No. 97.  Petitions and Memorials.

9-40      Petitions, memorials and other papers addressed to the

9-41  Assembly shall be presented by the Speaker, or by a member in the


10-1  Speaker’s place. A brief statement of the contents thereof shall be

10-2  made by the introducer. They shall not be debated on the day of

10-3  their being presented, but shall be on the table, or be referred, as

10-4  the Assembly shall determine.

 

10-5  Rule No. 98.  Request of Purpose.

10-6      A member may request the purpose of a bill or joint resolution

10-7  upon its introduction.

 

10-8  Rule No. 99.  Remarks.

10-9      It shall be in order for members to make remarks and to have

10-10  such remarks entered in the Journal.

 

10-11  Rule No. 100.  Precedence of Parliamentary Authority.

10-12     The precedence of parliamentary authority in the Assembly is:

10-13     1.  The Constitution of the State of Nevada.

10-14     2.  The Statutes of the State of Nevada.

10-15     3.  The Rules of the Assembly for the 19th Special Session of

10-16  the Legislature and the Joint Rules of the Senate and Assembly

10-17  for the 19th Special Session of the Legislature.

10-18     4.  Mason’s Manual of Legislative Procedure.

 

10-19  Rule No. 101.  Reserved.

 

10-20  Rule No. 102.  Privileged Questions.

10-21     Privileged questions have precedence of all others in the

10-22  following order:

10-23     1.  Motions to fix the time to which the Assembly shall

10-24  adjourn.

10-25     2.  Motions to adjourn.

10-26     3.  Questions relating to the rights and privileges of the

10-27  Assembly or any of its members.

10-28     4.  A call of the House.

10-29     5.  Motions for special orders.

 

10-30  Rule No. 103.  Reserved.

 

10-31  B.  Bills

 

10-32  Rule No. 104.  Reserved.

 

10-33  Rule No. 105.  Substitute Bills.

10-34     A substitute bill shall be deemed and held to be an amendment,

10-35  and treated in all respects as such. However, a substitute bill may

10-36  be amended after its adoption, in the same manner as if it were an

10-37  original bill.


11-1  Rule No. 106.  Skeleton Bills.

11-2      The introduction of skeleton bills is not authorized.

 

11-3  Rule No. 107.  Reserved.

 

11-4  Rule No. 108.  Reserved.

 

11-5  Rule No. 109.  Reading of Bills.

11-6      The presiding officer shall announce at each reading of a bill

11-7  whether it be the first, second or third reading. The first reading of

11-8  a bill shall be for information. If there is objection, the question

11-9  shall be, “Shall the bill be rejected?” If the question to reject fails

11-10  to receive a majority vote by the members present, or if there is no

11-11  objection, the bill shall take the proper course. No bill shall be

11-12  referred to a committee until after the first reading, nor amended

11-13  until after the second reading.

 

11-14  Rule No. 110.  Second Reading and Amendment of Bills.

11-15     1.  All bills must be read the second time after which they are

11-16  reported by committee. Upon second reading, Assembly bills

11-17  reported without amendments shall be placed on the General File

11-18  and Senate bills reported without amendments shall be placed on

11-19  the General File. Committee amendments reported with bills shall

11-20  be considered upon their second reading, and such amendments

11-21  may be adopted by a majority vote of the members present. Any

11-22  amendment which is numbered, copied and made available to all

11-23  members must be moved and voted upon by number unless any

11-24  member moves that it be read in full. Assembly bills so amended

11-25  must be reprinted, engrossed and placed on the General File.

11-26  Senate bills so amended must be reprinted, then engrossed or

11-27  reengrossed, as applicable, and placed on the General File.

11-28     2.  Only amendments proposed by the Select Committee or a

11-29  conference committee may be considered on the floor of the

11-30  Assembly. Such a motion to amend may be adopted on the floor of

11-31  the Assembly by a majority vote of the members present. Bills so

11-32  amended on second reading must be treated the same as bills with

11-33  amendments proposed by a committee. Any bill so amended upon

11-34  the General File must be reprinted and then engrossed or

11-35  reengrossed, as applicable.

11-36     3.  The reprinting of amended bills may be dispensed with

11-37  only in accordance with the provisions of law.

 

11-38  Rule No. 111.  Consent Calendar.

11-39     1.  A committee may by unanimous vote of the members

11-40  present report a bill with the recommendation that it be placed on

11-41  the consent calendar. The question of recommending a bill for the


12-1  consent calendar may be voted upon in committee only after the

12-2  bill has been recommended for passage and only if no amendment

12-3  is recommended.

12-4      2.  The Chief Clerk shall maintain a list of bills recommended

12-5  for the consent calendar. The list must be printed in the daily

12-6  history and must include the summary of each bill and the date the

12-7  bill is scheduled for consideration on final passage.

12-8      3.  At any time before the presiding officer calls for a vote on

12-9  the passage of the consent calendar, a member may give written

12-10  notice to the Chief Clerk or state orally from the floor of the

12-11  Assembly in session that he requests the removal of a particular

12-12  bill from the consent calendar. If a member so requests, the Chief

12-13  Clerk shall remove the bill from the consent calendar and transfer

12-14  it to the second reading file. A bill removed from the consent

12-15  calendar may not be restored to that calendar.

12-16     4.  During floor consideration of the consent calendar,

12-17  members may ask questions and offer explanations relating to the

12-18  respective bills.

12-19     5.  When the consent calendar is brought to a vote, the bills

12-20  remaining on the consent calendar must be read by number and

12-21  summary and the vote must be taken on their final passage as a

12-22  group.

 

12-23  Rule No. 112.  Reserved.

 

12-24  Rule No. 113.  General File.

12-25     All bills reported to the Assembly, after receiving their second

12-26  readings must be placed upon a General File, to be kept by the

12-27  Chief Clerk. Bills must be taken from the General File and acted

12-28  upon in the order in which they were reported, unless otherwise

12-29  specially ordered by the Assembly. But engrossed bills shall be

12-30  placed at the head of the file, in the order in which they are

12-31  received. The Chief Clerk shall post a daily statement of the bills

12-32  on the General File, setting forth the order in which they are filed

12-33  and specifying the alterations arising from the disposal of business

12-34  each day. The Chief Clerk shall likewise post notices of special

12-35  orders as made.

 

12-36  Rule No. 114.  Reserved.

 

12-37  Rule No. 115.  Reserved.

 

12-38  Rule No. 116.  Vetoed Bills.

12-39     Bills that have passed both Houses of the Legislature and are

12-40  transmitted to the Assembly accompanied by a message or

12-41  statement of the Governor’s disapproval or veto of the same must


13-1  be taken up and considered immediately upon the coming in of the

13-2  message transmitting the same, or become the subject of a special

13-3  order. When the message is received, or (if made a special order)

13-4  when the special order is called, the said message or statement

13-5  must be read together with the bill or bills so disapproved or

13-6  vetoed. The message and bill must be read by the Chief Clerk

13-7  without interruption, consecutively, one following the other, and

13-8  not upon separate occasions. No such bill or message may be

13-9  referred to any committee, or otherwise acted upon save as

13-10  provided by law and custom; that is to say, that immediately

13-11  following such reading the only question (except as hereinafter

13-12  stated) which may be put by the Speaker is, “Shall the bill pass,

13-13  notwithstanding the objections of the Governor?” It shall not be in

13-14  order, at any time, to vote upon such a vetoed bill unless the same

13-15  shall first have been read, from the first word of its title to and

13-16  including the last word of its final section. No motion may be

13-17  entertained after the Speaker has stated the question, save a

13-18  motion to adjourn or a motion for the previous question, but the

13-19  merits of the bill itself may be debated. The message or statement

13-20  containing the objections of the Governor to the bill must be

13-21  entered in the Journal of the Assembly. The consideration of a

13-22  vetoed bill, and the objections of the Governor thereto, shall be a

13-23  privileged question, and shall take precedence over all others.

 

13-24  Rule No. 117.  Reserved.

 

13-25  C.  Resolutions

 

13-26  Rule No. 118.  Treated as Bills—Joint Resolutions.

13-27     The procedure of enacting joint resolutions must be identical to

13-28  that of enacting bills. However, joint resolutions proposing

13-29  amendments to the Constitution must be entered in the Journal in

13-30  their entirety.

 

13-31  Rule No. 119.  Reserved.

 

13-32  D.  Order of Business

 

13-33  Rule No. 120.  Order of Business.

13-34     The Order of Business must be as follows:

13-35     1.  Call to Order.

13-36     2.  Reading and Approval of Journal.

13-37     3.  Presentation of Petitions.

13-38     4.  Reports of the Standing Committees.

13-39     5.  Reports of Select Committees.

13-40     6.  Communications.


14-1      7.  Messages from the Senate.

14-2      8.  Motions, Resolutions and Notices.

14-3      9.  Introduction, First Reading and Reference.

14-4      10.  Consent Calendar.

14-5      11.  Second Reading and Amendment.

14-6      12.  General File and Third Reading.

14-7      13.  Unfinished Business of Preceding Day.

14-8      14.  Special Orders of the Day.

14-9      15.  Remarks from the Floor, limited to 10 minutes.

 

14-10  Rule No. 121.  Reserved.

 

14-11  Rule No. 122.  Reserved.

 

14-12  Rule No. 123.  Reserved.

 

14-13  Rule No. 124.  Reserved.

 

14-14  Rule No. 125.  Reserved.

 

14-15  Rule No. 126.  Reserved.

 

14-16  Rule No. 127.  Reserved.

 

14-17  Rule No. 128.  Reserved.

 

14-18  The next rule is 140.

 

14-19  X.  MISCELLANEOUS

 

14-20  Rule No. 140.  Reserved.

 

14-21  Rule No. 141.  Use of the Assembly Chamber.

14-22     The Assembly Chamber shall not be used for any public or

14-23  private business other than legislative, except by permission of the

14-24  Assembly.

 

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