House Journal: Page 150: Wednesday, January 20, 1999

11                             Rule 53

12               Quorum and Vote Requirements
13     The committee roll shall be taken at the convening
14  of each meeting to determine the presence of a quorum.
15  A majority of the committee membership shall
16  constitute a quorum.
17     An affirmative vote of a majority of the committee
18  membership is required to report a bill out of
19  committee or to suspend a committee rule.
20     A motion to reconsider may be made only by a
21  committee member who voted on the prevailing side of
22  the question sought to be reconsidered.  a motion to
23  reconsider may only be made provided the bill is still
24  in possession of the committee.
25     If a member, who is in the committee room when a
26  question to report a bill out of committee is put, has
27  not asked to be excused prior to commencing to take
28  the vote on the question, the member shall vote aye or
29  nay unless the committee has excused the member for
30  special reasons.  However, a member may pass on the
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 1  first taking of the roll call on the question but
 2  shall vote aye or nay when the member's name is called
 3  for a second time.
 4                            Rule 54
 5          Committee Attendance Record and Report
 6                     of Committee Form
 7     1.  A committee attendance record shall be filed
 8  with the chief clerk no later than 10:00 a.m. or two
 9  hours after the house convenes, whichever is later, of
10  the legislative day immediately following the day of
11  the committee meeting.  The committee attendance
12  record is a public record and may be published in the
13  journal.  The committee attendance record shall
14  include the following information:
15     a.  The time the meeting convened.
16     b.  The members present at the meeting.
17     c.  The time the meeting adjourned.
18     d.  a list of bills receiving final committee
19  disposition.
20     2.  A report of committee form shall be filed with
21  the chief clerk no later than 10:00 a.m. or two hours
22  after the house convenes, whichever is later, of the
23  legislative day immediately following the day of the
24  committee meeting for each study bill, numbered bill
25  or resolution receiving final committee disposition.
26  The report of committee form is a public record and a
27  report of committee action shall be printed in the
28  journal.  The report of committee form shall include
29  the following information:
30     a.  The committee action taken.

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