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House Journal: Page 166: Tuesday, January 24, 1995

 4      5.  Refer or commit.
 5      4.  Defer.
 6      3.  Amend an amendment.
 7      2.  Amend.
 8      1.  Postpone indefinitely.
 9     These motions are listed in descending order of
10  precedence.
11     A motion to postpone definitely or to a certain time, to
12  refer or commit, or to postpone indefinitely a particular
13  question shall not be considered more than once on the same
day.
14     Adoption of a motion to strike the enacting words is
equivalent
15  to rejection of the question.
16	Rule 68
17	Order of Consideration of Amendments
18     Amendments shall be considered by earliest position
19  in the bill.  Amendments to the same place in the bill
20  shall be considered by the lowest amendment number.
21  An amendment which inserts language after a line and
22  an amendment which inserts language before the
23  succeeding line shall be considered amendments to the
24  same place in the bill.
25     However, an amendment to strike the enacting clause
26  shall always be considered first.  An amendment filed
27  by a committee shall have the next highest order of
28  priority, followed by an amendment to strike
29  everything after the enacting clause and insert new
30  language.  An amendment to strike language or to

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 1  strike and insert new language, except an amendment to
 2  strike everything after the enacting clause and insert
 3  new language, shall not be considered before
 4  amendments to perfect all or part of the same portion
 5  of the bill.
 6	 Rule 69
 7	Motions Not Debatable
 8     The motions to lay on the table, to adjourn, to
 9  adjourn to a time certain, for the previous question,
10  to defer, to rerefer, and appeals of a ruling of the
11  presiding officer shall be decided without debate.
12	Rule 70
13	Motion to Adjourn
14     A motion to adjourn shall always be in order,
15  except when a member is speaking or the house is
16  voting.
17	Rule 71
18	Withdrawal of Motions
19     After a motion is stated by the speaker, or read by
20  the chief clerk, it shall be deemed to be in
21  possession of the house, but may be withdrawn by leave
22  of the house.
23	Rule 72
24	Referral and Rereferral
25     Motions and reports may be referred and rereferred
26  at the pleasure of the house.

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