House Journal: Page 124: Wednesday, January 22, 2003
9 bills and joint resolutions from the regular calendar.
10 The noncontroversial calendar shall appear under
11 separate heading on the regular calendar.
12 Notwithstanding Rule 34, a bill or joint resolution
13 on the noncontroversial calendar may be called up for
14 debate at any time by the majority leader beginning
15 the third legislative day after it appears on the
16 noncontroversial calendar. a bill or joint resolution
17 shall be stricken from the noncontroversial calendar
18 if a written objection to the bill or joint resolution
19 is filed with the chief clerk prior to the time the
20 bill or joint resolution is called up by the majority
21 leader.
22 Debate on a bill or joint resolution from the
23 noncontroversial calendar shall be limited to ten
24 minutes. If debate exceeds ten minutes, the bill or
25 joint resolution shall be stricken from the
26 noncontroversial calendar.
27 Rule 36
28 Consideration of Committee Amendments
29 After a bill has been referred and reported back,
30 it shall be considered on its first reading after the
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1 amendments of the committee have been read.
2 Rule 37
3 Amendments to Special Order Bills
4 All amendments to bills on the special order
5 calendar shall be filed at least three session days
6 prior to the date set for debate. Amendments to an
7 amendment shall be filed at least two session days
8 prior to the date set for debate. However, corrective
9 amendments and amendments sponsored by either the
10 majority floor leader or the minority floor leader may
11 be filed at any time. Rule 31.8 shall not apply to
12 these amendments.
13 A corrective amendment is an amendment which does
14 not substantively change the amendment or the bill.
15 Rule 38
16 Irrelevant Amendments
17 No motion or proposition on a subject different
18 from that under consideration shall be admitted under
19 color of an amendment.
20 Rule 39
21 Consideration of Bills
22 Bills, including committee bills, and nullification
23 resolutions, reported out for passage, for indefinite
24 postponement, for amendment and passage, or without
25 recommendation by the committee, shall not be acted
26 upon until after the second legislative day following
27 the day the report was printed in the journal.
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