House Journal: Page 392: Tuesday, February 13, 2001
9 Rules in Committee of the Whole
10 The rules of the house shall be observed in
11 committee of the whole house, so far as they are
12 applicable.
13 Rule 65
14 Bills in Committee of the Whole
15 Bills committed to the committee of the whole house
16 shall first be read in their entirety by the chief
17 clerk or chair and then read again or debated by
18 section, leaving the preamble to be considered last.
19 After report, the bill shall again be subject to
20 debate and amendment before a vote is had on its last
21 reading and passage.
22 Rule 66
23 Amendments by Committee of the Whole
24 All amendments made to a report committed to a
25 committee of the whole house shall be noted and
26 reported as in the case of bills.
27 DIVISION VII - MOTIONS
28 Rule 67
29 Order and Precedence of Motions
30 The following order and precedence of motions shall
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1 govern when a question is under debate:
2 11. Adjourn.
3 10. Recess.
4 9. Questions of privilege.
5 8. Lay on the table.
6 7. Previous question.
7 6. Postpone definitely or to a certain time.
8 5. Refer or commit.
9 4. Defer.
10 3. Amend an amendment.
11 2. Amend.
12 1. Postpone indefinitely.
13 These motions are listed in descending order of
14 precedence.
15 A motion to postpone definitely or to a certain time, to
16 refer or commit, or to postpone indefinitely a particular
17 question shall not be considered more than once on the same day.
18 Adoption of a motion to strike the enacting words is equivalent
19 to rejection of the question.
20 Rule 68
21 Order of Consideration of Amendments
22 Amendments shall be considered by earliest position
23 in the bill. Amendments to the same place in the bill
24 shall be considered by the lowest amendment number.
25 An amendment which inserts language after a line and
26 an amendment which inserts language before the
27 succeeding line shall be considered amendments to the
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