House Journal: Page 140: Wednesday, January 22, 2003
25 Companion Bills
26 Identical bills introduced in each house shall be
27 called companion bills. Each house shall designate
28 the sponsor in the usual way followed in parentheses
29 by the sponsor of the companion bill in the other
30 house. The house where the bill is first introduced
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1 shall print the complete text.
2 Rule 7
3 Reprinting of Bills
4 Whenever any bill has been substantially amended by
5 either house, the secretary of the senate or the chief
6 clerk of the house shall order the bill reprinted on
7 paper of a different color. All adopted amendments
8 shall be distinguishable.
9 The secretary of the senate or the chief clerk of
10 the house may order the printing of a reasonable
11 number of additional copies of any bill, resolution,
12 amendment, or journal.
13 Rule 8
14 Daily Clip Sheet
15 The secretary of the senate and the chief clerk of
16 the house shall prepare a daily clip sheet covering
17 all amendments filed.
18 Rule 9
19 Reintroduction of Bills and Other Measures
20 A bill or resolution which has passed one house and
21 is rejected in the other shall not be introduced again
22 during that general assembly.
23 Rule 10
24 Certification of Bills and Other Enrollments
25 When any bill or resolution which has passed one
26 house is rejected or adopted in the other, notice of
27 such action and the date thereof shall be given to the
28 house of origin in writing signed by the secretary of
29 the senate or the chief clerk of the house.
30 Rule 11
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1 Code Editor's Correction Bills
2 A bill recommended by the Code editor which is
3 passed out of committee to the floor for debate by a
4 committee of the house or senate within the first four
5 weeks of convening of a legislative session and which
6 contains Code corrections of a nonsubstantive nature
7 shall not be amended on the floor of either house
8 except pursuant to corrective or nonsubstantive
9 amendments filed by the judiciary committee of the
10 senate or the house. Such committee amendments,
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