House Journal: Page 328: Wednesday, February 7, 2001
30 the time of initial committee passage of the bill to
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1 the floor for debate or after rereferral to the
2 committee, shall not be incorporated into the bill in
3 the originating house but shall be filed separately.
4 Such a bill shall be limited to corrections which:
5 Adjust language to reflect current practices, insert
6 earlier omissions, delete redundancies and
7 inaccuracies, delete temporary language, resolve
8 inconsistencies and conflicts, update ongoing
9 provisions, and remove ambiguities. Amendments filed
10 from the floor to strike sections of the bill or the
11 committee amendments shall be in order. Following
12 amendment and passage by the second house, only
13 amendments filed from the floor which strike sections
14 of the amendment of the second house shall be in
15 order.
16 Rule 12
17 Amendments by Other House
18 1. When a bill which originated in one house is
19 amended in the other house, the house originating the
20 bill may amend the amendment, concur in full in the
21 amendment, or refuse to concur in full in the
22 amendment. Precedence of motions shall be in that
23 order. The amendment of the other house shall not be
24 ruled out of order based on a question of germaneness.
25 a. If the house originating the bill concurs in
26 the amendment, the bill shall then be immediately
27 placed upon its final passage.
28 b. If the house originating the bill refuses to
29 concur in the amendment, the bill shall be returned to
30 the amending house which shall either:
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1 (1) Recede, after which the bill shall be read for
2 the last time and immediately placed upon its final
3 passage; or
4 (2) Insist, which will send the bill to a
5 conference committee.
6 c. If the house originating the bill amends the
7 amendment, that house shall concur in the amendment as
8 amended and the bill shall be immediately placed on
9 final passage, and shall be returned to the other
10 house. The other house cannot further amend the bill.
11 (1) If the amending house which gave second
12 consideration to the bill concurs in the amendment to
13 the amendment, the bill shall then be immediately
14 placed upon its final passage.
15 (2) If the amending house refuses to concur in the
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