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

 

FILE NUMBER..........

 

Assembly RESOLUTION—Adopting the Rules of the Assembly for the 20th 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 20th 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 20th Special Session of the

1-7   Legislature are applicable only during the 20th 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, preside as Chairman of the Committee or name a

1-32   Chairman to preside thereover and call him to the 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.


2-1  (g) Sign all bills and resolutions passed by the Legislature as

2-2  provided by law.

2-3  (h) Sign all subpoenas issued by the Assembly.

2-4  (i) Receive all messages and communications from other

2-5   departments of the government and announce them to the

2-6   Assembly.

2-7  (j) Represent the Assembly, declare its will and in all things

2-8   obey its commands.

2-9  (k) Vote on final passage of a bill or resolution, but the

2-10   Speaker shall not be required to vote in ordinary legislative

2-11   proceedings except where the Speaker’s vote would be decisive. In

2-12   all yea and nay votes, the Speaker’s name must be called last.

2-13      3.  If a vacancy occurs in the office of Speaker, through

2-14   death, resignation or disability of the Speaker, the Speaker Pro

2-15   Tempore shall temporarily and for the period of vacancy or

2-16   disability conduct the necessary business of the Assembly.

2-17      4.  If a permanent vacancy occurs in the office of Speaker, the

2-18   Assembly shall select a new Speaker.

 

2-19  Rule No. 3.  Reserved.

 

2-20  Rule No. 4.  Reserved.

 

2-21  Rule No. 5.  Reserved.

 

2-22  Rule No. 6.  Reserved.

 

2-23  The next rule is 10.

 

2-24  III.  MEETINGS

 

2-25  Rule No. 10.  Reserved.

 

2-26  Rule No. 11.  Open Meetings.

2-27      All meetings of the Assembly and its committees must be open

2-28   to the public.

 

2-29  Rule No. 12.  Motion to Rise Committee of the Whole.

2-30      A motion that the Committee of the Whole rise is always in

2-31   order, and must be decided without debate.

 

2-32  The next rule is 20.

 

 

 

 


3-1  IV.  DECORUM AND DEBATE

 

3-2  Rule No. 20.  Points of Order.

3-3  If any member, in speaking or otherwise, transgresses the rules

3-4   of the Assembly, the Speaker shall, or any member may, call to

3-5   order, in which case the member so called to order shall

3-6   immediately sit down, unless permitted to explain; and if called to

3-7   order by a member, such member shall immediately state the

3-8   point of order. If the point of order be sustained by the presiding

3-9   officer, the member shall not be allowed to proceed; but if it be

3-10   not sustained, then he shall be permitted to go on. Every such

3-11   decision from the presiding officer shall be subject to an appeal to

3-12   the House; but no discussion of the question of order shall be

3-13   allowed unless an appeal be taken from the decision of the

3-14   presiding officer.

 

3-15  Rule No. 21.  Portable electronic communication devices.

3-16      1.  A person who is within the Assembly Chambers shall not

3-17   engage in a telephone conversation via the use of a portable

3-18   telephone.

3-19      2.  Before entering the Assembly Chambers, any person who

3-20   possesses a portable electronic communication device, such as a

3-21   pager or telephone, that emits an audible alert, such as a ringing

3-22   or beeping sound, to signal an incoming message or call shall

3-23   turn the audible alert off. A device that contains a nonaudible

3-24   alert, such as a silent vibration, may be operated in a nonaudible

3-25   manner within the Assembly Chambers.

 

3-26  Rule No. 22.  Reserved.

 

3-27  Rule No. 23.  Reserved.

 

3-28  The next rule is 30.

 

3-29  V.  QUORUM, VOTING, ELECTIONS

 

3-30  Rule No. 30.  Manner of Voting.

3-31      1.  The presiding officer shall declare all votes, but the yeas

3-32   and nays must be taken when called for by three members

3-33   present, and the names of those calling for the yeas and nays

3-34   must be entered in the Journal by the Chief Clerk.

3-35      2.  The presiding officer shall call for yeas and nays by a

3-36   division or by a roll call, either electronic or oral.

3-37      3.  When taking the yeas and nays on any question, the

3-38   electronic roll call system may be used, and when so used shall

3-39   have the force and effect of any roll call under these rules.


4-1  4.  When taking the yeas and nays by oral roll call, the Chief

4-2  Clerk shall take the names of members alphabetically, except that

4-3   the Speaker’s name must be called last.

4-4  5.  The electronic roll call system may be used to determine

4-5   the presence of a quorum.

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

4-7   roll call system until all members present are at their desks. The

4-8   presiding officer may vote at the rostrum.

4-9  7.  Only a member who is physically present within the

4-10   Assembly Chambers may cast a vote in the Assembly.

4-11      8.  A member shall not vote for another member on any roll

4-12   call, either electronic or oral. Any member who votes for another

4-13   member may be punished in any manner deemed appropriate by

4-14   the Assembly.

 

4-15  Rule No. 31.  Reserved.

 

4-16  Rule No. 32.  Announcement of the Vote.

4-17      1.  A member may change his vote at any time before the

4-18   announcement of the vote if the voting is by voice, or at any time

4-19   before the votes are electronically recorded if the voting is

4-20   conducted electronically.

4-21      2.  The announcement of the result of any vote shall not be

4-22   postponed.

 

4-23  Rule No. 33.  Voting by Division.

4-24      Upon a division and count of the Assembly on any question, no

4-25   person without the bar shall be counted.

 

4-26  The next rule is 39.

 

4-27  VI.  LEGISLATIVE BODIES

 

4-28  Rule No. 39.  Committee of the Whole.

4-29      1.  All bills and resolutions may be referred to the Committee

4-30   of the Whole.

4-31      2.  All amendments proposed by the Committee:

4-32      (a) Must first be approved by the Committee.

4-33      (b) Must be reported by the Chairman to the Assembly.

4-34      3.  The minutes of the Committee’s meeting must be entered

4-35   in the final Journal.

 

4-36  Rule No. 40.  Standing Committee.

4-37      The standing committee of the Assembly is the Select

4-38   Committee on State Revenue and Education Funding.

 


5-1  Rule No. 41.  Appointment of Committees.

5-2  All committees must be appointed by the Speaker, unless

5-3   otherwise directed by the Assembly. The Speaker shall determine

5-4   the appropriate number of members for each committee and shall

5-5   designate the chairman and vice chairman of each committee.

 

5-6  Rule No. 42.  Committee Action.

5-7  1.  The committee shall have meetings in accordance with the

5-8   direction of the Assembly leadership. A quorum of the committee

5-9   is a majority of its appointed members and may transact business

5-10   except as limited by this rule.

5-11      2.  Except as limited by this rule, a simple majority of those

5-12   present may move, second and pass a motion by voice vote.

5-13      3.  Definite action on a bill or resolution will require a

5-14   majority of the entire committee.

5-15      4.  A two-thirds majority of the entire committee is required to

5-16   reconsider action on a bill or resolution.

5-17      5.  The chairman shall vote on all final action regarding bills

5-18   or resolutions.

5-19      6.  No member of the committee may vote by proxy under any

5-20   circumstances.

5-21      7.  A committee shall not take a vote on the question of

5-22   whether to exercise its statutory authority to issue a legislative

5-23   subpoena unless the chairman has informed the Speaker of the

5-24   intention of the committee to consider such a question.

 

5-25  Rule No. 43.  Subcommittees.

5-26      Subcommittees made up of committee members may be

5-27   appointed by the chairman to consider and report back on specific

5-28   subjects or bills.

 

5-29  Rule No. 44.  Reserved.

 

5-30  Rule No. 45.  Request for Drafting of Bill, Resolution or

5-31   Amendment.

5-32      Except as otherwise provided in this rule, the Legislative

5-33   Counsel shall not honor a request for the drafting of a bill,

5-34   resolution or amendment to be introduced in the Assembly, unless

5-35   it is submitted by the Select Committee on State Revenue and

5-36   Education Funding, the Committee of the Whole, a conference

5-37   committee or the Governor. The Speaker may request the drafting

5-38   of one bill for the 20th Special Session of the Legislature without

5-39   seeking additional approval.

 

 

 


6-1  Rule No. 46.  Committee Action on Reports.

6-2      Committee reports must be adopted at a committee session

6-3   actually assembled and meeting as a committee with a quorum

6-4   present. Every committee vote on a matter pertaining to a bill or

6-5   resolution must be recorded. The vote may be taken by roll call at

6-6   the discretion of the chairman.

 

6-7  Rule No. 47.  Committee Records.

6-8  The chairman of each committee shall keep, or cause to be

6-9   kept, a complete record of the committee proceedings in which

6-10   there must be entered:

6-11      1.  The time and place of each meeting;

6-12      2.  The attendance and absence of members;

6-13      3.  The names of all persons appearing before the committee,

6-14   with the names of persons, firms, corporations or associations in

6-15   whose behalf such appearance is made; and

6-16      4.  The subjects or measures considered and action taken.

 

6-17  Rule No. 48.  Disposition of Committee Records.

6-18      All minutes, records and documents in the possession of

6-19   committees and their chairmen must be filed in the offices of the

6-20   Legislative Counsel Bureau upon adjournment sine die.

 

6-21  Rule No. 49.  Committee Hearings.

6-22      1.  The presence of a quorum of the committee is desirable but

6-23   not required to conduct a public hearing. At the discretion of the

6-24   chairman, members of the committee may attend, participate in

6-25   and, if applicable, vote during the hearing via simultaneous

6-26   telephone or video conference.

6-27      2.  Public hearings are opened by the chairman, who

6-28   announces the subject under consideration and provides for those

6-29   wishing to address the committee to be heard. These persons shall

6-30   rise in an order determined by the chairman, address the chair

6-31   and furnish their names, addresses and firms or other

6-32   organizations represented. Committee members may address the

6-33   chairman for permission to question the witness.

 

6-34  Rule No. 50.  Reserved.

 

6-35  Rule No. 51.  Reserved.

 

6-36  Rule No. 52.  Reserved.

 

6-37  The next rule is 60.

 

 


7-1  VII.  RULES GOVERNING MOTIONS

 

7-2  A.  Procedure

 

7-3  Rule No. 60.  Entertaining.

7-4  No motion may be debated until it is distinctly announced by

7-5   the presiding officer. If desired by the presiding officer or any

7-6   member, the motion must be reduced to writing and be read by the

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

7-8   withdrawn by the maker at any time before amendment or before

7-9   the motion is put to vote.

 

7-10  Rule No. 61.  Reserved.

 

7-11  Rule No. 62.  Reserved.

 

7-12  B.  Particular Motions

 

7-13  Rule No. 63.  Reserved.

 

7-14  Rule No. 64.  Reserved.

 

7-15  Rule No. 65.  Indefinite Postponement.

7-16      When a question is postponed indefinitely, the same question

7-17   must not be considered again during the 20th Special Session of

7-18   the Legislature and the question is not subject to a motion for

7-19   reconsideration.

 

7-20  Rule No. 66.  To Strike Enacting Clause.

7-21      A motion to strike out the enacting clause of a bill or resolution

7-22   does not take precedence over any other subsidiary motion. If the

7-23   motion is carried, it shall be considered equivalent to the rejection

7-24   of such bill or resolution.

 

7-25  Rule No. 67.  Division of Question.

7-26      Any member may call for a division of the question, which

7-27   shall be divided, if it comprehends propositions in substance so

7-28   distinct that, one being taken away, a substantive proposition

7-29   shall remain for the decision of the Assembly. A motion to strike

7-30   out being lost shall preclude neither amendment nor a motion to

7-31   strike out and insert. A motion to strike out and insert shall be

7-32   deemed indivisible.

 

7-33  Rule No. 68.  To Reconsider.

7-34      No motion to reconsider a vote is in order.

 


8-1  The next rule is 80.

 

8-2  VIII.  DEBATE

 

8-3  Rule No. 80.  Speaking on Question.

8-4  No member shall speak more than twice during the

8-5   consideration of any one question, on the same day, and at the

8-6   same stage of proceedings, without leave. Members who have

8-7   once spoken shall not again be entitled to the floor (except for

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

8-9  Green numbers along left margin indicate location on the printed bill (e.g., 5-15 indicates page 5, line 15).

8-10  Rule No. 81.  Previous Question.

8-11      The previous question shall be put only when demanded by

8-12   three members. The previous question shall not be moved by the

8-13   member last speaking on the question.

 

8-14  Rule No. 82.  Privilege of Closing Debate.

8-15      The author of a bill, a resolution or a main question shall have

8-16   the privilege of closing the debate, unless the previous question

8-17   has been sustained.

 

8-18  The next rule is 90.

 

8-19  IX.  CONDUCT OF BUSINESS

 

8-20  A.  Rules and Procedure

 

8-21  Rule No. 90.  Mason’s Manual.

8-22      The rules of parliamentary practice contained in Mason’s

8-23   Manual of Legislative Procedure shall govern the Assembly and

8-24   its committees in all cases in which they are applicable and in

8-25   which they are not inconsistent with the Rules and orders of the

8-26   Assembly for the 20th Special Session of the Legislature, and the

8-27   Joint Rules of the Senate and Assembly for the 20th Special

8-28   Session of the Legislature.

 

8-29  Rule No. 91.  Rescission, Change or Suspension of Rule.

8-30      No rule or order of the Assembly for the 20th Special Session

8-31   of the Legislature may be rescinded or changed without a vote of

8-32   two-thirds of the members elected, and one day’s notice being

8-33   given of the motion therefor; but a rule or order may be

8-34   suspended temporarily by a vote of two-thirds of the members

8-35   present.

 

8-36  Rule No. 92.  Notices of Bills, Topics and Public Hearings.

8-37      1.  Except as otherwise provided in subsection 3, all

8-38   committees shall provide adequate notice of public hearings on


9-1  bills, resolutions or other topics which are to come before the

9-2  committees. The notice must include the date, time, place and

9-3   agenda to be covered. To the extent practicable, the notice must

9-4   be posted conspicuously in the legislative building, appear in the

9-5   daily history and be made available to the news media. The daily

9-6   history must include the most current version of the notice that is

9-7   available at the time the daily history is created and an

9-8   informational statement informing the public where more current

9-9   information, if any, regarding such notices may be found.

9-10      2.  The noticing requirements of this rule may be suspended

9-11   for emergency situations but only after approval by a two-thirds

9-12   vote of a committee.

9-13      3.  Subsection 1 does not apply to:

9-14      (a) Committee meetings held on the floor of the Assembly

9-15   during a recess; or

9-16      (b) Conference committee meetings.

 

9-17  Rule No. 93.  Reserved.

 

9-18  Rule No. 94.  Privilege of the Floor and Lobbying.

9-19      No person, except Senators, former Assemblymen and state

9-20   officers, may be admitted at the bar of the Assembly, except by

9-21   special invitation on the part of some member; but a majority may

9-22   authorize the Speaker to have the Assembly cleared of all such

9-23   persons. No person may do any lobbying upon the floor of the

9-24   Assembly at any time, and it is the duty of the Sergeant at Arms to

9-25   remove any person violating any of the provisions of this rule.

 

9-26  Rule No. 95.  Material Placed on Legislators’ Desks.

9-27      All papers, letters, notes, pamphlets and other written material

9-28   placed upon an Assemblyman’s desk shall contain the signature

9-29   of the Legislator requesting the placement of such material on the

9-30   desk or shall contain a designation of the origin of such material.

9-31   This rule does not apply to books containing the legislative bills

9-32   and resolutions, the legislative daily histories, the legislative daily

9-33   journals or Legislative Counsel Bureau material.

 

9-34  Rule No. 96.  Peddling, Begging and Soliciting.

9-35      1.  Peddling, begging and soliciting are strictly forbidden in

9-36   the Assembly Chamber, and in the lobby, gallery and halls

9-37   adjacent thereto.

9-38      2.  No part of the Assembly Chamber may be used for, or

9-39   occupied by signs or other devices for any kind of advertising.

9-40      3.  No part of the hallways adjacent to the Assembly

9-41   Chambers may be used for or occupied by signs or other devices

9-42   for any kind of advertising for commercial or personal gain.


10-1  Notices for nonprofit, nonpartisan, civic or special legislative

10-2  events may be posted in a designated area of the hallways adjacent

10-3   to the Assembly Chambers with the approval of the Chief Clerk.

 

10-4  Rule No. 97.  Petitions and Memorials.

10-5      Petitions, memorials and other papers addressed to the

10-6   Assembly shall be presented by the Speaker, or by a member in

10-7   the Speaker’s place. A brief statement of the contents thereof

10-8   shall be made by the introducer. They shall not be debated on the

10-9   day of their being presented, but shall be on the table, or be

10-10   referred, as the Assembly shall determine.

 

10-11  Rule No. 98.  Request of Purpose.

10-12     A member may request the purpose of a bill or joint resolution

10-13   upon its introduction.

 

10-14  Rule No. 99.  Remarks.

10-15     It shall be in order for members to make remarks and to have

10-16   such remarks entered in the Journal.

 

10-17  Rule No. 100.  Precedence of Parliamentary Authority.

10-18     The precedence of parliamentary authority in the Assembly is:

10-19     1.  The Constitution of the State of Nevada.

10-20     2.  The Statutes of the State of Nevada.

10-21     3.  The Rules of the Assembly for the 20th Special Session of

10-22   the Legislature and the Joint Rules of the Senate and Assembly

10-23   for the 20th Special Session of the Legislature.

10-24     4.  Mason’s Manual of Legislative Procedure.

 

10-25  Rule No. 101.  Reserved.

 

10-26  Rule No. 102.  Privileged Questions.

10-27      Privileged questions have precedence of all others in the

10-28   following order:

10-29     1.  Motions to fix the time to which the Assembly shall

10-30   adjourn.

10-31     2.  Motions to adjourn.

10-32     3.  Questions relating to the rights and privileges of the

10-33   Assembly or any of its members.

10-34     4.  A call of the House.

10-35     5.  Motions for special orders.

 

10-36  Rule No. 103.  Reserved.

 

 

 


11-1  B.  Bills

 

11-2  Rule No. 104.  Reserved.

 

11-3  Rule No. 105.  Substitute Bills.

11-4      A substitute bill shall be deemed and held to be an amendment,

11-5   and treated in all respects as such. However, a substitute bill may

11-6   be amended after its adoption, in the same manner as if it were an

11-7   original bill.

 

11-8  Rule No. 106.  Skeleton Bills.

11-9      The introduction of skeleton bills is not authorized.

 

11-10  Rule No. 107.  Reserved.

 

11-11  Rule No. 108.  Reserved.

 

11-12  Rule No. 109.  Reading of Bills.

11-13     The presiding officer shall announce at each reading of a bill

11-14   whether it be the first, second or third reading. The first reading

11-15   of a bill shall be for information. If there is objection, the

11-16   question shall be, “Shall the bill be rejected?” If the question to

11-17   reject fails to receive a majority vote by the members present, or if

11-18   there is no objection, the bill shall take the proper course. No bill

11-19   shall be referred to a committee until after the first reading, nor

11-20   amended until after the second reading.

 

11-21  Rule No. 110.  Second Reading and Amendment of Bills.

11-22     1.  All bills must be read the second time after which they are

11-23   reported by committee. Upon second reading, Assembly bills

11-24   reported without amendments shall be placed on the General File

11-25   and Senate bills reported without amendments shall be placed on

11-26   the General File. Committee amendments reported with bills shall

11-27   be considered upon their second reading, and such amendments

11-28   may be adopted by a majority vote of the members present. Any

11-29   amendment which is numbered, copied and made available to all

11-30   members must be moved and voted upon by number unless any

11-31   member moves that it be read in full. Assembly bills so amended

11-32   must be reprinted, engrossed and placed on the General File.

11-33   Senate bills so amended must be reprinted, then engrossed or

11-34   reengrossed, as applicable, and placed on the General File.

11-35     2.  Only amendments proposed by the Select Committee, the

11-36   Committee of the Whole or a conference committee may be

11-37   considered on the floor of the Assembly. Such a motion to amend

11-38   may be adopted on the floor of the Assembly by a majority vote of

11-39   the members present. Bills so amended on second reading must be


12-1  treated the same as bills with amendments proposed by a

12-2  committee. Any bill so amended upon the General File must be

12-3   reprinted and then engrossed or reengrossed, as applicable.

12-4      3.  The reprinting of amended bills may be dispensed with

12-5   only in accordance with the provisions of law.

 

12-6  Rule No. 111.  Consent Calendar.

12-7      1.  A committee may by unanimous vote of the members

12-8   present report a bill with the recommendation that it be placed on

12-9   the consent calendar. The question of recommending a bill for the

12-10   consent calendar may be voted upon in committee only after the

12-11   bill has been recommended for passage and only if no

12-12   amendment is recommended.

12-13     2.  The Chief Clerk shall maintain a list of bills recommended

12-14   for the consent calendar. The list must be printed in the daily

12-15   history and must include the summary of each bill and the date

12-16   the bill is scheduled for consideration on final passage.

12-17     3.  At any time before the presiding officer calls for a vote on

12-18   the passage of the consent calendar, a member may give written

12-19   notice to the Chief Clerk or state orally from the floor of the

12-20   Assembly in session that he requests the removal of a particular

12-21   bill from the consent calendar. If a member so requests, the Chief

12-22   Clerk shall remove the bill from the consent calendar and

12-23   transfer it to the second reading file. A bill removed from the

12-24   consent calendar may not be restored to that calendar.

12-25     4.  During floor consideration of the consent calendar,

12-26   members may ask questions and offer explanations relating to the

12-27   respective bills.

12-28     5.  When the consent calendar is brought to a vote, the bills

12-29   remaining on the consent calendar must be read by number and

12-30   summary and the vote must be taken on their final passage as a

12-31   group.

 

12-32  Rule No. 112.  Reserved.

 

12-33  Rule No. 113.  General File.

12-34     All bills reported to the Assembly, after receiving their second

12-35   readings must be placed upon a General File, to be kept by the

12-36   Chief Clerk. Bills must be taken from the General File and acted

12-37   upon in the order in which they were reported, unless otherwise

12-38   specially ordered by the Assembly. But engrossed bills shall be

12-39   placed at the head of the file, in the order in which they are

12-40   received. The Chief Clerk shall post a daily statement of the bills

12-41   on the General File, setting forth the order in which they are filed

12-42   and specifying the alterations arising from the disposal of

12-43   business


13-1  each day. The Chief Clerk shall likewise post notices of special

13-2  orders as made.

 

13-3  Rule No. 114.  Reserved.

 

13-4  Rule No. 115.  Reserved.

 

13-5  Rule No. 116.  Reserved.

 

13-6  Rule No. 117.  Reserved.

 

13-7  C.  Resolutions

 

13-8  Rule No. 118.  Treated as Bills—Joint Resolutions.

13-9      The procedure of enacting joint resolutions must be identical to

13-10   that of enacting bills. However, joint resolutions proposing

13-11   amendments to the Constitution must be entered in the Journal in

13-12   their entirety.

 

13-13  Rule No. 119.  Reserved.

 

13-14  D.  Order of Business

 

13-15  Rule No. 120.  Order of Business.

13-16     The Order of Business must be as follows:

13-17     1.  Call to Order.

13-18     2.  Reading and Approval of Journal.

13-19     3.  Presentation of Petitions.

13-20     4.  Reports of the Standing Committees.

13-21     5.  Reports of the Committee of the Whole.

13-22     6.  Communications.

13-23     7.  Messages from the Senate.

13-24     8.  Motions, Resolutions and Notices.

13-25     9.  Introduction, First Reading and Reference.

13-26     10.  Consent Calendar.

13-27     11.  Second Reading and Amendment.

13-28     12.  General File and Third Reading.

13-29     13.  Unfinished Business of Preceding Day.

13-30     14.  Special Orders of the Day.

13-31     15.  Remarks from the Floor, limited to 10 minutes.

 

13-32  Rule No. 121.  Reserved.

 

13-33  Rule No. 122.  Reserved.

 

13-34  Rule No. 123.  Reserved.


14-1  Rule No. 124.  Reserved.

 

14-2  Rule No. 125.  Reserved.

 

14-3  Rule No. 126.  Reserved.

 

14-4  Rule No. 127.  Reserved.

 

14-5  Rule No. 128.  Reserved.

 

14-6  The next rule is 140.

 

14-7  X.  MISCELLANEOUS

 

14-8  Rule No. 140.  Reserved.

 

14-9  Rule No. 141.  Use of the Assembly Chamber.

14-10     The Assembly Chamber shall not be used for any public or

14-11   private business other than legislative, except by permission of the

14-12   Assembly.

 

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