House Journal: Page 143: Wednesday, January 20, 1999

29  be amended on the floor of the house.

30                             Rule 29
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 1               Time of Introduction of Bills
 2     No bill or joint resolution under individual
 3  sponsorship, other than a nullification resolution,
 4  shall be read for the first time after 4:30 p.m. on
 5  Friday of the 6th week of the first regular session of
 6  the general assembly unless a written request for
 7  drafting the bill has been filed with the legislative
 8  service bureau before that time.
 9     After adjournment of the first regular session,
10  bills may be prefiled at any time before the convening
11  of the second regular session.  No bill or joint
12  resolution under individual sponsorship, other than a
13  nullification resolution, shall be read for the first
14  time after 4:30 p.m. on Friday of the 2nd week of the
15  second regular session of the general assembly unless
16  a written request for drafting the bill has been filed
17  with the legislative service bureau before that time.
18     However, bills or joint resolutions sponsored by
19  standing committees or the administrative rules review
20  committee, co-sponsored by the majority and minority
21  floor leaders, or companion bills sponsored by the
22  house majority leader and the senate majority leader
23  may be drafted and introduced at any time permissible
24  under Joint Rule 20.  House, concurrent, and
25  nullification resolutions may be introduced at any
26  time.
27                             Rule 30
28             Introduction and Reading of Bills
29     All bills and resolutions to be introduced in the
30  house shall be typed in proper form and filed with the
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 1  chief clerk no later than 4:30 p.m. on the legislative
 2  day preceding its introduction.
 3     Every bill shall receive two readings but no bill
 4  shall receive its first and last readings on the same
 5  day.
 6     A "reading of a bill" as required by these rules
 7  shall consist of a reading of the title and enacting
 8  clause unless otherwise demanded by a house member.
 9                             Rule 31
10         First Reading, Commitment, and Amendment
11     31.1.  A bill is introduced into the house by an
12  initial or "first reading of the bill".
13     31.2.  When the house is in session the first
14  reading shall consist of a "reading" as provided in
15  Rule 30.
16     31.3.  Upon a first reading of the bill, the

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