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House Journal: Page 156: Tuesday, January 24, 1995

28  consist of the title, enacting clause, bill number and
29  committee to which the bill is referred to be
30  published in the house journal.  This publication

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 1  shall constitute a first reading and commitment and
 2  shall contain the notation "read and committed under
 3  Rule 31.4".
 4     31.5.  All amendments offered to bills on file or
 5  on the regular calendar shall be accompanied by such
 6  copies as the chief clerk shall direct.
 7     31.6.  Such amendments shall give the number of the
 8  bill sought to amend and the chief clerk shall
 9  designate each such amendment thus:  Amendment to
10  House File          , or Senate File         , by
11             .
12     31.7.  A bill reported out by committee shall go to
13  the speaker who shall direct that the bill be placed
14  on the regular calendar unless it covers subject
15  matter more properly within the jurisdiction of some
16  other standing committee, in which case the speaker
17  shall refer the bill to the proper standing committee.
18  In order to expedite important business and set a
19  definite time for the bill's consideration, the
20  speaker may direct the bill to be placed on the
21  special order calendar.
22     31.8.  No amendment to the rules of the house, to
23  any resolution or bill, except technical amendments
24  and amendments to bills substituted for by senate
25  files containing substantially identical title,
26  language, subject matter, purpose and intrasectional
27  arrangement, shall be considered by the membership of
28  the house without a copy of the amendment having been
29  filed with the chief clerk by 4:00 p.m. or within one-
30  half hour of adjournment, whichever is later, on the

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 1  day preceding floor debate on the amendment.  If the
 2  House adjourns prior to 2:00 p.m. on Friday, the final
 3  deadline is two hours after adjournment.  However,
 4  committee amendments filed pursuant to the submission
 5  of the committee report may be accepted after this
 6  deadline.  This provision shall not apply to any
 7  proposal debated on the floor of the house after the
 8  fourteenth week of the first session and the twelfth
 9  week of the second session.  No amendment or amendment
10  to an amendment to a bill, rule of the house, or
11  resolution shall be considered by the membership of
12  the house without a copy of the amendment being on the
13  desks of the entire membership of the house prior to
14  consideration.

Iowa General Assembly

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

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