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House Journal: Page 146: Tuesday, January 24, 1995

17  of bills, reports, messages, communications, business
18  pending at adjournment, resolutions and bills on their
19  passage.
20	Rule 2
21	Quorum Call and Time of Convening
22     The house shall convene each Monday at 10:00 a.m.
23  1:00 p.m.  and at 8:45 a.m. on all other legislative
24  days, unless otherwise ordered.  The time of convening
25  shall be recorded in the journal.  The house shall not
26  convene on Sunday during a regular or special session.
27     The speaker or a member may request a roll call to
28  determine if a quorum is present.
29	Rule 3
30	Absences from the House

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 1     No member shall be absent without leave while the
 2  house is in session unless the member is sick or
 3  unable to attend.
 4	Rule 4
 5	Preservation of Order
 6     The speaker shall preserve order and decorum and
 7  speak to points of order in preference to other
 8  members.  Subject to an appeal to the house by any
 9  member, the speaker shall decide questions of order
10  which shall not be debated.
11     The speaker may have the chamber of the house
12  cleared in case of any disturbance or disorderly
13  conduct.
14     Only past legislators, state officials, persons
15  whose presence is deemed by the speaker to be of
16  special significance to the house, and school classes
17  accompanied by teachers and seated in the galleries
18  shall be introduced in the house.
19     The public may take photographs from the galleries
20  at any time.  However, the use of flash bulbs or any
21  other artificial lighting is prohibited.  The press
22  may photograph from the press section, but may not use
23  artificial lighting except for live television crews
24  who receive permission in advance from the chief clerk
25  of the house or the sergeant-at-arms.  Photographic
26  instruments shall not be used on the house floor at
27  any time during debate or consideration of a question.
28	Rule 5
29	Rules of Parliamentary Practice
30     The rules of parliamentary practice in Mason's

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 1  Manual of Legislative Procedure shall govern the house
 2  in all cases where they are not inconsistent with the
 3  standing rules of the house or the joint rules of the
 4  senate and house.

Iowa General Assembly

Index: House Journal (76th General Assembly: Session 1)

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