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House Journal: Page 111: Thursday, January 23, 1997

13                  Certification of Bills
14     The chief clerk shall certify the passage of each
15  bill and note the date of its passage.
16                          Rule 43
17                        Rereferral
18     A bill may be rereferred at any time before its
19  passage and after the report of its referral to
20  committee.
21                          Rule 44
22             Effect of Indefinite Postponement
23     When a question is indefinitely postponed, it shall
24  not be acted upon again during that session.  Any bill
25  which receives a committee recommendation of
26  indefinite postponement shall be disposed of within
27  three legislative days after the printed journal
28  containing the report has been placed upon the desks
29  of the members of the house, or the committee
30  recommendation will be considered adopted.

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 1                          Rule 45
 2                 Status of Bills Following
 3                   First Regular Session
 4     Except for those bills which have been adopted by
 5  both houses in different forms, all bills which have
 6  not been withdrawn, defeated or indefinitely
 7  postponed, shall be rereferred to committee upon
 8  adjournment of the first regular session.  Within
 9  seven days after the first committee meeting following
10  convening of the second regular session, the committee
11  chair shall submit the bill to the full committee for
12  action or the chair shall reassign the bill to a
13  subcommittee.
14             DIVISION V - COMMITTEE PROCEDURES
15                          Rule 46
16                 Appointment of Committees
17     All committees shall be appointed by the speaker,
18  unless otherwise especially directed by the house.
19                          Rule 47
20              Order on Question of Commitment
21     When a resolution is offered or a motion made to
22  refer any subject, and different committees are
23  proposed, the question shall be taken in the following
24  order:  The committee of the whole house; a standing
25  committee; a select committee.
26                          Rule 48
27                        Study Bills
28     A study bill is any matter which a member of the
29  house wishes to have considered by a standing
30  committee, other than appropriations, and which has

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 1  not been included in a previously introduced bill.

Iowa General Assembly

Index: House Journal (77th General Assembly: Session 1)

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