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House Journal: Page 125: Thursday, January 23, 1997

 6  Amendments filed from the floor to strike sections of
 7  the bill or the committee amendments shall be in
 8  order.  Following amendment and passage by the second
 9  house, only amendments filed from the floor which
10  strike sections of the amendment of the second house
11  shall be in order.
12                          Rule 12
13                 Amendments by Other House
14     I.  When a bill which originated in one house is
15  amended in the other house, the house originating the
16  bill may amend the amendment, concur in full in the
17  amendment, or refuse to concur in full in the
18  amendment.  Precedence of motions shall be in that
19  order.  The amendment of the other house shall not be
20  ruled out of order based on a question of germaneness.
21  Precedence of motions shall be in that order.
22     A.  If the house originating the bill concurs in
23  the amendment, the bill shall then be immediately
24  placed upon its final passage.
25     B.  If the house originating the bill refuses to
26  concur in the amendment, the bill shall be returned to
27  the amending house which shall either:
28     1.  Recede, after which the bill shall be read for
29  the last time and immediately placed upon its final
30  passage; or

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 1     2.  Insist, which will send the bill to a
 2  conference committee.
 3     C.  If the house originating the bill amends the
 4  amendment, that house shall concur in the amendment as
 5  amended and the bill shall be immediately placed on
 6  final passage, and shall be returned to the other
 7  house.  The other house cannot further amend the bill.
 8     1.  If the amending house which gave second
 9  consideration to the bill concurs in the amendment to
10  the amendment, the bill shall then be immediately
11  placed upon its final passage.
12     2.  If the amending house refuses to concur in the
13  amendment to the amendment, the bill shall be returned
14  to the house originating the bill which shall either:
15     a.  Recede, after which the bill shall be read for
16  the last time as amended and immediately placed upon
17  its final passage; or
18     b.  Insist, which will send the bill to a
19  conference committee.
20     II.  A motion to recede has precedence over a
21  motion to insist.  Failure to recede means to insist;
22  and failure to insist means to recede.
23     III.  A motion to lay on the table or to
24  indefinitely postpone shall be out of order with
25  respect to motions to recede from or insist upon and

Iowa General Assembly

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

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