House Journal: Page 81: Thursday, January 17, 2002
6 Be It Further Resolved By The House Of
7 Representatives, That rule 31.8, of the permanent
8 rules of the House of Representatives for the Seventy-
9 ninth General Assembly, is amended to read as follows:
10 31.8. No amendment to the rules of the house, to
11 any resolution or bill, except technical amendments
12 and amendments to bills substituted for by senate
13 files containing substantially identical title,
14 language, subject matter, purpose and intrasectional
15 arrangement, shall be considered by the membership of
16 the house without a copy of the amendment having been
17 filed with the chief clerk by 4:00 p.m. or within one-
18 half hour of adjournment, whichever is later, on the
19 day preceding floor debate on the amendment. If the
20 house adjourns prior to 2:00 p.m. on Friday, the final
21 deadline is two hours after adjournment. However,
22 committee amendments filed pursuant to the submission
23 of the committee report may be accepted after this
24 deadline. This provision shall not apply to any
25 proposal debated on the floor of the house after the
26 fourteenth week of the first session and the twelfth
27 tenth week of the second session. No amendment or
28 amendment to an amendment to a bill, rule of the
29 house, or resolution shall be considered by the
30 membership of the house without a copy of the
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1 amendment being on the desks of the entire membership
2 of the house prior to consideration.
RULE 31.8 SUSPENDED
Fallon of Polk asked and received unanimous consent to suspend
Rule 31.8, relating to the timely filing of amendments, for the
immediate consideration of amendment H-8002.
Fallon of Polk offered the following amendment H-8002 filed by
him from the floor and moved its adoption:
H-8002
1 Amend House Resolution 101 as follows:
2 1. Page 1, line 7, by inserting after the word
3 "REPRESENTATIVES," the following: "That rule 4 of the
4 permanent rules of the House of Representatives for
5 the Seventy-ninth General Assembly, is amended by
6 adding the following new unnumbered paragraph:
7 NEW UNNUMBERED PARAGRAPH. All individuals,
8 including members and employees of the house, who
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