House Journal: Page 127: Wednesday, January 22, 2003
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1 Rule 48
2 Study Bills
3 A study bill is any matter which a member of the
4 house wishes to have considered by a standing
5 committee, other than appropriations, and which has
6 not been included in a previously introduced bill.
7 Upon taking possession of a study bill, the committee
8 chair shall notify the speaker and then submit fifteen
9 copies of the bill to the legal counsel's office for
10 numbering.
11 A study bill shall bear the name of the member who
12 wishes to have the bill considered. a study bill
13 submitted by a state agency or board for consideration
14 shall bear the name of the state agency or board. A
15 committee chair may submit a study bill in the name of
16 that committee.
17 Final committee action on a study bill shall not be
18 taken until one day following the notation of the
19 study bill assignment in the house journal.
20 A study bill not prepared by the legislative
21 service bureau may be submitted to a standing
22 committee, but shall not be considered by the full
23 committee unless reviewed and typed in proper form by
24 the legislative service bureau.
25 Rule 49
26 Committee Meetings
27 No committee, except a conference committee or the
28 administrative rules review committee, shall meet
29 while the house is in session without special leave.
30 Rule 50
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1 Smoking Prohibited
2 Smoking shall not be permitted in the house or in
3 any area of the capitol building controlled by the
4 house or controlled jointly by the house and senate.
5 Rule 50A
6 Nondegradable Polystyrene Cups
7 The use of nondegradable polystyrene cups shall not
8 be permitted on the floor of the house, at the
9 speaker's station, or in the press boxes.
10 Rule 51
11 Assignments to Subcommittee
12 The chair of the committee shall report to the
13 house the bill number of each bill assigned to
14 subcommittee and the names of the subcommittee
15 members. The report shall be printed in the journal.
16 All bills, prior to consideration by the committee,
17 shall be referred by the chair to a subcommittee,
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